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Nice one, They could also ask them to drive to work on their days off to pick up some deliveries ;-)

• wyldfire 9y ago
  shrug the natural instinct seems to be to skewer WalMart for oppressing their employees but this seems like a good idea to me. > Workers can opt in to earn extra money by making deliveries using their own cars. They’re assigned packages based on where they live so the route aligns with their commute home, the company said Thursday in a blog post. Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated. It's not uncompensated -- so it could be really symbiotic.
  • ensiferum 9y ago
    "Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated." They can be compensated by a coffee voucher. Or compensated by the joy and feelings of accomplishment they'll derive from their new work tasks. Just saying. Seriously tho, if they get into an accident delivering the packages is that something that'll get covered by Walmart? How about the wear and tear on the vehicle? It really seems like it's a better deal for Wallmart. A handy way to offload delivery costs to the workers for a small compensation.
    • linkregister 9y ago
      It's a violation of federal labor law to pay less than minimum wage for work. Wal-Mart stores have been found many times to have coerced employees to work unpaid hours, but this wasn't successfully shown to be corporate policy.
    • NoCoastCoder 9y ago
      Then they're free to not do it. How is this an issue?
    • ianai 9y ago
      Of course it's a better deal for Walmart. This is Walmarts thing to do or not do. They're the biggest party in the negotiation. They will always dictate terms that benefit them at their workers expense. It's negotiation 101.