Walmart, Kmart ,homedepot, lowes.?

This is for the real workers of company's like Homedepot,Lowe's,Kmart,Walmart. that are not assistant or store managers , or Human resource. that work for any of these company's.have you`ve notice that it takes anywhere from 2 yrs to 3 1/2 to 4 years to make a one dollar raise? but they work the aprons off your chest and because of the economy you better do what your told and do it when I say attitude. everything has gone up but your raise. heck didn't minimum wage is up? how many people out there work for these company's feel the same way, and what do you think can be done to make thing`s right.

I for one do not agree with the other answerers. Anyone who comes to Homedepot or Lowes always gets a honest answer. They have saved me tons of $$$. One nice person at homedepot even told me how to fix my garbage disposal without buying the pricy gadgets there were selling. You guys are the best. Can't speak much for the walmart workers though, they all look like they are trying to just stand around and do nothing.

At these places the raises are fixed, depending on how good you work. Most of these store pay above minimum (well maybe not Kmart), but they are jobs, for people who need a job. Would these people like to work at something with better pay? Sure, but those jobs in their career field don't exist anymore, and they rather put food on the table, instead of leeching off unemployment. So better come off your pedestal, because not everyone has a golden spoon in their mouth.

I second Ryan's post.

Believe me, in order to get paid a higher wage, you have to be worth that wage, and thus train for a specific thing, if you specialize in something you get higher wage, hence a career.

If you don't like the wage, get a REAL career. There is a reason why those types of jobs pay like that. You don't need an education or experience to do them! A trained monkey could work at WalMart or K-Mart.