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Walmart is huge in China, but non-existant in Europe as far as I know.


They own one ASDA, one of the top four grocery chains in the UK.


I was just using Wal-Mart as and example, and also poking fun at their recent "Reduce Benefits" memo.

All I know is that the company I work for is a global company with 70k employees around the world. We are expanding in the Philippines and India where a work day is often 12 hours and vacation time is about non-existent. I’m not saying that right it’s just a fact. We do have a small office in France that we are eliminating. We obtain it through an acquisition and had to make all kinds of concessions in our HR system to deal with the less than 8 hour work days and the massive amount of vacation they get.

Since we are a “global economy now” (like it or not) IMO France will have to become a lot more productive somehow. Possibly lowering these benefits might help short term. I know I’ve had to make concessions to keep competitive with my Indian competition. I didn’t like it either.