If I were Walmarts competitors I wouldn't mind them doing this one bit. The best people are not becoming managers in this scenario so Walmart is hurting themselves. I'd let Walmart train them and then pluck the best ones. Another reason to like the Free Market. One of the managers I worked with would go into other businesses and check out the "talent". He was always looking to hire a good person.
One problem is individuals not knowing their self worth as well as how to advance themselves. We get comfortable, don't like change. How many of these woman lost opportunities to advance because they didn't check other businesses? How many people here have lost money because they didn't ask for a raise? When I first started working I didn't know any better and accepted what was given to me. A business is like you, they want to make money. They don't "give away" raises and promotions. What a business thinks is fair, is different from what you think is fair.
