Thanksgiving is a national holiday where most people get a day off to rest. However, some people are still forced to work, which sucks for them. Walmart announced that they will be opening at 6:00pm on Thanksgiving. Too bad for the 1 million Walmart employees that have to work that day. But there is a silver lining. Walmart also announced that it would feed the 1 million employees a Thanksgiving turkey dinner, an extra day of pay, and 25% off a future shopping trip at Walmart.

This is a pretty nice example of Corporate Social Responsibility. Walmart is giving back to the people that have to work on Thanksgiving Day. However, just because this small thing is taking place doesn’t mean Walmart is an amazing company with amazing policies. In contrast to this, I watched a documentary in Sociology about Walmart and how its policies “force” its employees to end up buying from them with the pay that they get from Walmart and how all the money in these communities ends up going back to Walmart. So a small display of kindness from Walmart doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s a benevolent company.

Although it is pretty nice that they gave these employees a turkey dinner, better that than nothing.