If I was working there, I'd have to cheer myself in a trance like state too.

Disturbing.

gotta have morale even in shitty jobs yo. Not too many people grow up and tell their guidance counselor: I want to work for Wal-Mart when I grow up!"

I've worked at walmart as a summer job, along with many other summer jobs. It was a job among jobs; no more memorable or terrible than the previous job. The brainwashing seems to be among the internet folk, who use it as a scapegoat for all the evil in the world.

@VoodooV has it right; if you want to make more than minimum wage, you have to be a skilled laborer.

> if you want to make more than minimum wage,
> you have to be a skilled laborer.

Does the $75,000 a year manager lead the cheer?

I used to work for Target, thankfully it was the third shift so not only did I get paid more but between the hours of 10 pm and 6 am you can safely not give a fuck.

>Does the $75,000 a year manager lead the cheer?

what do you expect from a bald guy with a Dante goatee ?

My wife worked at Wal-Mart when she was younger. Reports that she never had to do anything ridiculous like this.

Either times have changed, or they have a ridiculous manager who thinks he can motivate his employees the same way his football coach motivated him in high school. (Though, sometimes that can be true...)

Sigh. "Gimme a ... PINK SLIP!"

They hate us for our freedoms...

God, this is my new pep talk. Accident free! Errrawr! *phft*

I've worked retail during my 20's, and some companies/stores are similar to this. Although in my experience the group was never really all that motivated or even happy to be there.

Only retail job I had that treated it's employees like adults was at the Dell Kiosks, they paid well and didn't have us attend terrible meetings like this one.

This is more depressing than having no job? I think not.

That manager must be related to Steve Balmer... developers, developers, developers! woooooooooo!