04/15/2016
I had a conversation recently with a friend whose spouse had asked Jenn about a home based business that I am involved in. We discussed the business, shared the benefits, had good conversation and there was some genuine excitement, but they had to do a little research on their own. I was good with that, even encouraged it. We followed up and continued to get evasive answers. A few weeks later I was told they weren’t interested because of all of the bad publicity and the small claims that they had found. That bothered me. It bothered me that someone that I consider a close friend would think that I would knowingly lead them into something that would scar their reputation or set them up for a bad future.
With that in mind, it just kept bouncing around in my head, it just wouldn’t leave. So, I did my own research. Here’s what I found:
Wal-Mart has approximately 1.3 million employees (we have approximately 1.7 million customers). With this in mind I found it interesting that Wal-Mart has roughly 5,000 suits filed against them annually, or about 17 per working day. (1) According to the BBB, my company has had 638 complaints in the last 3 years. Wal-Mart surpasses that in just over 5 weeks. I used Wal-Mart as my example simply from a numbers standpoint.
So, I did a little more reviewing. I looked at McDonalds, Hardees, Dairy Queen, Culvers, Target, Sears, Best Buy, Office Max, Menards, Home Depot & Lowes. I even did their utility providers. I wanted a good mix. I didn’t’ want it to be biased. There was some consistency in what I found, they all have complaints. It just baffles me sometimes the excuses we hear. The funny thing, I know they do business with some (if not all) of these businesses.
In my research I was glad to find that we have an A+ rating with the BBB. Now, I can put it to rest. I’m pleased to know that I represent a legitimate company that truly cares about their representatives and their customers. Not that I ever questioned it, but doing the research and finding what I did made me feel better.
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Thank you for taking the time to allow me to decompress and for reading my rant.
(1) Source http://www.workplacefairness.org/reports/good-bad-wal-mart/wal-mart.php
Information about Wal-Mart and the year (2006) in Workplace Fairness.