Wal-Mart, everyone has heard of it and has been there at least once in their life. Wal-Mart is the world's largest retailer doing $220 billion in sales annually with over one million hourly workers, only 2/3 of whom are women, accounting for just 10% of management positions. (Olsson 608). Everyone has heard of Wal-Mart's famous "Everyday Low Prices" logo that attracts thousands of consumers per day. Many people love to shop at Wal-Mart, but no one looks at the picture behind the scenes. Sebastian Mallaby and Karen Olsson, both credited authors, wrote an essay on two different perspectives of Wal-Mart and how they treat their employees. Mallaby, who has written for the Washington Post and about the financial situation, uses his essay to defend Wal-Mart, using factual information. Olsson, who has written for both the Washington Post and the New York Times, uses his essay to criticize what Wal-Mart is doing by using the stories and personal information of former employees. In my opinion, Mallaby has a more persuasive essay because of how he uses real information to support all of Wal-Mart's different tactics and how he attacks his audience through his tone of voice. Olsson uses her essay to try to persuade her readers into thinking that Wal-Mart is not treating its employees fairly by using some of Wal-Mart employee stories to support her claims. In his essay he talks about the company as a whole and how they try to push you to do different jobs so they don't have to hire and pay someone else to do it. He uses these stories to provide an emotional edge to his argument and convince his readers to believe that Wal-Mart is not a good place to work. Olsson also mentions how some employees......middle of paper......sson use his essay to explain how Wal-Mart doesn't pay employees enough and treats them unfairly. “the way they pay you, you can't make it on your own without having a second job or someone to help you, unless you've been there 20 years or you're a manger” (Olsson 607). This explains that employees do not think they are paid enough to live on and cover basic daily expenses. He then goes on to mention several scenarios where employees were “…regularly forced to work overtime without pay” (Olsson 612). By using these employee experiences, Olsson exposed her to bias because she only looked at Wal-Mart's negative image and did not compare both sides. This makes the argument not as convincing as Mallaby's. Mallaby approaches the topic of working long hours for little or no pay and not being paid enough to live using pure logic..