India, Oct. 31 -- In December 2008, the release of the Quarter Pounder burger by McDonald's was quite sensational. There was a crowd of about 1,000 people queued outside the US fast food major's outlet in Kansai area of Japan from midnight onwards, hours before the opening of the branch that morning. In another part of the world, in the US, a blog by the name of Working Families for Walmart, praised the efforts made by the retail corporation for the welfare of its employees. On the face of it, both these examples show the popularity of these companies, but the truth is that McDonald's paid 1,000 part-time employees $11 an hour each to queue up in front of the store and even reimbursed their burger purchase. On the other hand, Walmart owned ...