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Walmart is also pushing hard into R&D, see http://www.walmartlabs.com/ http://www.walmartlabs.com/ . Of all the traditional retailers, I'd say Wallyworld is the

Walmart is also pushing hard into R&D, see http://www.walmartlabs.com/ http://www.walmartlabs.com/ . Of all the traditional retailers, I'd say Wallyworld is the most invested in 21st century retail tactics and actually doing a decent job of it.

ntkachov 15y ago
I took a look at that website and noticed alot of the job openings were very similar to job openings of Start-ups.
- earl 15y ago
  Except you're working for a corporation that is actively evil. Walmart has a long history of discriminating against women [1]; has an extremely high percentage of employees who are on welfare (it's at minimum unseemly for an employed person to be paid so poorly they still need welfare) (examples from ohio[2]; general [3]; arkansas [4]; washington [5]); works hard to avoid giving health insurance to their employees -- as of 2005 they only covered 44% [6]; etc etc etc. There are far more reasons than the type of work to avoid working for a corporation with such a refined sense of ethics. [1] http://www.walmartclass.com/public_home.html http://www.walmartclass.com/public_home.html [2] http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jan/12/robert-hagan/rep-robert-hagan-slams-wal-mart-over-workers-needi/ http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jan/12/robert... [3] http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/ http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/ [4] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1321376 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=... [5] http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002791346_walmart07m.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002791346_w... [6] http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf20051020_3732_db016.htm http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf200510...
  - kls 15y ago
    Yeah I have to agree with you there, it would be hard for me to believe that Walmart would not cut high pay developers at the first opportunity. I remember AT&T forcing my paraplegic developer buddy to train his Indian replacement or face instant termination. To me Walmart seems like the same kind of, eternal quest for profit type organization.
hello_moto 15y ago
Wallmart Labs was the result of a purchased of an engineering company (Kosmix.com) http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/18/walmart-ventures-into-the-social-media-space-with-acquisition-of-kosmix/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/18/walmart-ventures-into-the-s...

ntkachov 15y ago

I took a look at that website and noticed alot of the job openings were very similar to job openings of Start-ups.

earl 15y ago
Except you're working for a corporation that is actively evil. Walmart has a long history of discriminating against women [1]; has an extremely high percentage of employees who are on welfare (it's at minimum unseemly for an employed person to be paid so poorly they still need welfare) (examples from ohio[2]; general [3]; arkansas [4]; washington [5]); works hard to avoid giving health insurance to their employees -- as of 2005 they only covered 44% [6]; etc etc etc. There are far more reasons than the type of work to avoid working for a corporation with such a refined sense of ethics. [1] http://www.walmartclass.com/public_home.html http://www.walmartclass.com/public_home.html [2] http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jan/12/robert-hagan/rep-robert-hagan-slams-wal-mart-over-workers-needi/ http://www.politifact.com/ohio/statements/2011/jan/12/robert... [3] http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/ http://www.alternet.org/story/22298/ [4] http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1321376 http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=... [5] http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002791346_walmart07m.html http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002791346_w... [6] http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf20051020_3732_db016.htm http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/oct2005/nf200510...
- kls 15y ago
  Yeah I have to agree with you there, it would be hard for me to believe that Walmart would not cut high pay developers at the first opportunity. I remember AT&T forcing my paraplegic developer buddy to train his Indian replacement or face instant termination. To me Walmart seems like the same kind of, eternal quest for profit type organization.

hello_moto 15y ago

Wallmart Labs was the result of a purchased of an engineering company (Kosmix.com) http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/18/walmart-ventures-into-the-social-media-space-with-acquisition-of-kosmix/ http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/18/walmart-ventures-into-the-s...