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Preston’s prognosis is very good. At 2 and a half years old,
McKinney says, his son is a happy child whose speech
improves every day. “He also does sign language for food
and drink, and he’s using one of those walk-behind toys
to help him get around.”
Like other Associates, McKinney remembers
thinking that the kind of medical
catastrophe discussed in the open-
enrollment video would “never happen to
me.”But when this type of thing
happens, he says,“it adds peace of
mind to know you’ve got good
benefits and that Wal-Mart is going
to take care of you.”
Carmen Garcia
At the age of 21, Carmen Garcia of
Aurora, Ill., was already a veteran of the
retail industry.When she moved back
home in 1992 and applied for a position
as customer service manager at the local
Wal-Mart, she was looking for a job,
not a career.
Today, after working in various Wal-Mart
jobs over the last 12 years, Garcia serves as a
Wal-Mart store manager back in her
hometown, and says she can’t imagine working
for another company.
“There is just something special about Wal-Mart and
everything that Wal-Mart stands for,”she says. Garcia is
part of the Company’s Leadership Express Program, a
structured mentoring program established to help
identify and develop management Associates who
have the capacity to move at least two levels beyond
their current positions. Leaders from around the
Company frequently stop in on Leadership
Express Program Associates to offer advice,
encouragement and a friendly ear.
“I love the growth that Wal-Mart has,
the stability and the opportunities,”
Garcia says. “There is such a wide
range of fields I could go into in
this Company, and that’s why I
feel very comfortable continuing
my career here.”
“As a store manager, I really enjoy
attending the twice-a-year meetings
where we are grouped with 3,000 other
managers, sharing our experiences and
seeing how the Company’s doing.”
“Wal-Mart is a very genuine Company, very
honest with everything,” Garcia says. “They
genuinely care about their Associates. It would
be easy for me to find a job with another retailer,
but that thought never crosses my mind. I feel in
my mind that there is nobody better.”
“There is just
something special
about Wal-Mart and
everything that
Wal-Mart stands for.”
Carmen Garcia
Carmen Garcia