Walmart Paid Its People More to Get Cleaner Stores and Higher Sales
Another Wally post that gets many comments. Perhaps I am the only HN poster with actual working experience at wally - in the retail area too. So let me react to others&#x27; posts.<p>The Walmart worker image I seem to read by comments are the sales floor and cashier type associate. Yes, there are Some that you wonder if they can be employed elsewhere. But that is not even close to a majority at the store I know about.<p>Can a Walmart worker work at a Starbucks?  Of course!! Can a Starbucks worker work at Wal-Mart?  Sure. But retail sucks at times and I would bet more Starbucks -&gt; Wally failures than the other way around.<p>Many wally workers have been there decades. They earn 50 -125% more than the $10&#x2F;hr publicised. First level managers Get the 48k required to avoid overtime when the new law takes effect.<p>Since the new wage hike in my store there has not been any &quot;ventilation&quot; of out with the old and in with better employees. Its really really hard to hire anybody now. Heartbeat? You are hired.<p>Promotions come at such a rapid pace it is truly wonderful to see. 20 year old given 4 Promotions in 18 months to become assist the manager at 48k. It happens. On another site Many posts about how rapidly promotions occur. Many store managers who make 130-250+ and more started out selling dirt alongside those &quot;can&#x27;t be employeed elsewhere&quot; associates.  In many cases it only takes 10 years to get to that level.<p>Retail is its own form of servitude.  It&#x27;s hard. Takes work and a special person to succeed. Once off the clock you can not work.<p>The &quot;$10&quot; pay more to employees was a brilliant move. The press ate it.<p>I&#x27;ll finish by my own transformation. I used to think Wally workers were in a class of their own. I worked at Costco too. There is no difference.  There are substantially fewer Costcos than Wally. And Costco has much less need for employees. So you don&#x27;t see the &quot;can&#x27;t work anywhere else&quot; types.