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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Except that they have medical and dental.  And they have a number of other insurance and financial benefits available.  I do not know the full tuition benefits, but I know they have at least two scholarship programs for employees.  One is based on financial need, and the other on academic merit.

Really, why does everyone keep insisting that Walmart does not have benefits when they plainly do?  It's on their benefits page:
http://walmartstores.com/Careers/7750.aspx

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Hmmmmm... a few things left out of that nice looking list of benefits - like the 6 month waiting period for FULL TIME employees before they can purchase health insurance, and the 12 month waiting period of part-time employees.   Since job turnover at Wal-Mart is high, there are a LOT of employees who never have to be covered.

(I used to work part time for UPS.   What a great company.  I worked 4 hours a day, and they provided health insurance benefits starting the first week I got paid.)

From Walmart Watch, dated 2009:

http://action.walmartwatch.com/page/-/Fact%20Sheets/2009%20health%20care%20fact%20sheet_040709.pdf

More of the Same: Wal-Mart’s 2009 Health Care Fails To Deliver for Associates

The release of the Susan Chambers memo in the fall of 2005 put Wal-Mart on the defensive regarding Wal-Mart’s benefits strategy. Finally, critics and consumers alike had a firsthand look into the internal decisionmaking process of Wal-Mart’s leadership – and the results were appalling.

Shockingly, Wal-Mart admitted “Wal-Mart’s critics can easily exploit some aspects of our benefits offering to make their case; in other words, our critics are correct in some of their observations. Specifically, our coverage is expensive for low-income families, and Wal-Mart has a significant percentage of associates and their children on public assistance.”1

Despite widespread criticism of the strategy outlined in the memo and Wal-Mart’s denial of plans to implement such a strategy, Wal-Mart has continued to follow Susan Chambers’ advice. Wal-Mart’s 2009 health care offering is part of a tactic to reframe the public’s perception about the company’s health care offering and make changes that appear to make the plans more affordable and accessible. To more fully comprehend the strategy behind Wal-Mart’s newest health care offering, it should be viewed through the lens of the Chambers memo.
Although the plan may be a small step up over its previous efforts, the retailer still has a long way to go.

[b][size=18]The Susan Chambers Health Care Equation: More Part Time Workers + High Turnover = Fewer Employees Reaching Health Care Eligibility[/size][/b]

Wal-Mart’s refusal to disclose details regarding the premiums employees must pay for the various health care plans does not reveal the true cost to the average employee. In addition, the complexity of Wal-Mart’s offering makes it nearly impossible to discern employee co-pays.

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