Sunday, January 30, 2011

#26 Quotes (3)

     In order to earn more profits, some companies intend to abuse their employees and use them illegally. While the employees suffer a lot of pain in both physical and mental aspects because of the unfair treatment, the company will also face a lot of troubles when the government and society find out the operation of these enterprises.
The reputation of those companies will be poorer which reduce the amount of clients. And those companies may also face the financial crisis. According to Stephanie Armour,
Roughly 40 lawsuits have been filed by employees who say they were forced to work overtime for no pay. The company is facing a sexual discrimination lawsuit in California that could become the largest case in history. And overtime and sexual bias lawsuits could cost the company millions of dollars; similar class-action cases involving overtime claims at other companies have brought verdicts as $90 million.
Employees in Wal-mart can’t bear the unjust treatment anymore, so they sue the company. From the number out of lawsuits, it’s easy to see that the problem of unfair treatment in Wal-mart is serious. A lot of employees can’t bear such unjust treatment like unequal payment with the work and gender discrimination. As a result, the company also meets considerable difficulties since the expensive fee for those suit cases. These events show that unfair remuneration and care to employees not only bring a lot of displeasure to employees, but also cause a lot of trouble to the company. When those scandals exposed to the world, companies must offer a lot of compensation and accept the critique.

2 comments:

  1. I always believe that a good, well-known company would not only has a nice management philosophy but also provides the employees a pleasant working environment. Some companies would lose their reputation if they treat their workers unfairly.
    Have you ever thought about talking about Fushikang Company has driven workers to jump off the building in Taibei. You could also search some information about job-related suicide, especially in some fast paced countries.

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  2. What kind of treatment is so unbearable at Wal-Mart, do they have people cracking whip, god forbid work is difficult.

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