The retailer says the change will create consistency in starting hourly pay across individual stores.
meanwhile, record profits and unprecedented wealth for one family
When you didn’t think they could be more evil:
Oh quit being so obtuse. They only generated 143 billion dollars in profit last year. How can they be expected to pay their employees a living wage like that??
Yeah plus they have over 2 million associates per their website. Even if they COULD give everybody a raise, that’s only like $70,000 per person.
After all, if they took 140 of that billion and divided it among their 2.1 million global retail employees, that’d only be 66,666 each with a 1.4 million left over. Hardly worth doing, obviously. After all, what will the shareholders say??
So they could increase all wages at or below of $10 to $43 and still get bonuses.
God don’t you love America?
I’m actually surprised they were paying what they pay. My nephew got hired to move carts around for $19 an hour. Sure, it’s part-time, but that’s a crazy starting wage for a big box store in Indiana.
Edit: Before you think I’m pro-Walmart, fuck Walmart. I hope every store closes down and the Waltons go bankrupt.
Edit 2: Also, minimum wage should be $21 an hour everywhere, so it’s only a crazy starting wage because Indiana is a fucked up red state.
I haven’t shopped at Walmart in years. Their stores are truly shit.
I’m surprised they had room to cut without going below minimum wage.
I once listened to someone who managed a walmart-esque store complain how to get their cashiers who earned slightly above minimum wage to go above and beyond their required duties
Not like that!
