Wal-Mart employees receive good health insurance coverage. Leaves Most Workers Uncovered. The Real Story is that Wal-Mart freely acknowledges shifting its health care costs to taxpayers and responsible employers. Last anyone checked, full-time work in the rest of the country still means 40 hours a week, although a few companies have gone to a 37.5 and 35 hour workweeks. Studies show that for every two jobs created by a Wal-Mart store, the community loses three.
Jobs are merely shift from local businesses to the giant retailer.
In a 1994 report, the Congressional Research Service warned Congress that communities need to evaluate the significance of any job gains at big-box stores against any loss of jobs due to reduced business at competing retailers. The Real Story is that when Wal-Mart moves into the neighborhood, it devours local businesses and lowers community living standards.