It’s time for the latest addition of Wal-Mart Watch’s speak out round up. As workers continue to write to us about their experiences with Wal-Mart, we’ll make sure to highlight some of the best submissions of the week. The following comments include a retail industry veteran telling it like it is, the experiences of a disabled employee, the departure from Sam Walton era values, and a dream job gone wrong.

A former employee from New York writes to us anonymously to say that Wal-Mart is one of the worst jobs out there:

“I’m 62 years old with 18 years of produce experience and over 30 years experience in retail. I wanted a part-time job to help pay for the extras my wife and I love. I took a job at hell-mart. In all my years of working in retail, I have never witnessed a company as heartless as Wal-Mart.

The pay is a joke; I was told my starting pay is based on my experience (LOL). I make $8.30 an hour. I was told I would be part-time...24 hours a week. They have no one in the produce department who knows what they are doing so they work me two weeks at 40 hours and then one week of 32 hours. This way they don’t have to make me full time and won’t have to pay for benefits.

When I complain about the number of hours I’m working, they tell me how lucky I am to be working at Wal-Mart. The hours are a joke. Every week is different. You never get the same hours from week to week. It’s impossible to plan anything.

God help you if you get sick. You better come in and work no mater how you feel. If you take a sick day five times in any six-month period, they coach you. This is when they take you behind closed doors and read you the riot act. If you are sick one more day after that, you are fired - for any reason they want. I have seen some very sick people come into work - so sick, they could hardly stand up. Wal-Mart doesn’t care. If they ask to go home, they are told it will count against them if they do. I was told even if your doctor puts you off from work you still have a count against you. There is absolutely no excuse for being sick.

There is a God and I just pray one day that the Walton family pays for the way they treat the people who make them rich. I have only been there for 7 months and I could tell you things you wouldn’t believe, it is unreal the way they treat the employees.”

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Finding Dulcinea reminds us that Sam Walton would be turning 101 today.

There shouldn’t be any doubt that the Wal-Mart of Mike Duke is different from the Wal-Mart of Sam Walton. Mike Duke just hired an outsider to be the new Sam’s Club CEO. Brain C. Cornell was the CEO of the craft-store chain Michaels - and is replacing Doug McMillan, who left to take over Mike Duke’s old job as head of Wal-Mart International. Follow that?

It gets more ridiculous. Michael’s also just announced it’s new replacement for CEO - and it’s none other than John Menzer - who just retired from Wal-Mart as Vice Chairman. And he also served as International Chief, Mike Duke’s job, not that long ago.

I think I’m dizzy…

Wal-Mart, you’ve come a long way.

Says Fortune today:

“Duke does have his indulgences, including a cherry-red Porsche 911 - although he is not audacious enough to drive it to the office.”

First Sam Walton, then David Glass and H. Lee Scott. Now Mike Duke takes over as Wal-Mart’s Chief Executive Officer. We wish him the best of luck.