Also interesting that the 350 acre corporate campus in Bentonville AR features a Food Hall and child care facilities for executives and high salary tech specialists. Meanwhile, store employees and warehouse workers often qualify for SNAP and Medicaid benefits.
That certainly used to be the case.
Former WalMart CEO McMillan loosen the pursue strings. The starting wage at my local WalMart was $13/hour several years ago. Many states now much higher minimum wage than the federal minimum wage.
Raises for hourly store workers will now be based on performance and tenure
Previously, annual pay adjustments were tied solely to years of service The average hourly wage for U.S. frontline associates is close to $18
So WalMart like the US military follows:Rank has its own privileges
In fact throughout history humans have followed the above practice.
I r a loyal WalMart shopper and stock holder.
WalMart-the poor man’s department store.
I think Walmart does a very good job online. They acquired Jet and now have a wide variety of merchandise. Often delivered to your closest store w no shipping cost.
Apparently, working at Olive Garden is worst than working for WalMart: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/olive-garden-horror-184932 An Olive Garden employee died from burn injuries he suffered after thrusting his head into a deep fryer in what police have categorized as a suicide attempt.
The harrowing incident occurred Friday afternoon at the Williamsport, Pennsylvania restaurant where the decedent worked as a cook.
Well, I give him an A+ for originality. I’ve never heard of that one before. I must give him a D on “finding ways to die that aren’t painful” however. There are worse, like slow acting poison, but this one also inconveniences diners at the same time, “inconsiderate” as well as stupid.
Who was it said “All publicity is good publicity”? I don’t think they saw this one.