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> Finally, what do employees care about theft? It's not coming out of their paycheck. False positives from an anti-theft system seems like a small job nuisance
by Melting_Harps 6y ago
> Finally, what do employees care about theft? It's not coming out of their paycheck. False positives from an anti-theft system seems like a small job nuisance at best -- not something to whistleblow with a "slickly produced video".
I think their is a massive divide from Walmart's Corporate/Tech branch and that of the typical store employee. I overheard one employee saying back in December as we were days away from NYE that she had to remain at work despite having been approved for leave weeks earlier as most of her coworkers simply just didn't show up to work and demanded a raise from her manager. I now always wear earbuds when I go inside of one.
Whereas for the tech employee or risk management office drones they don't face those concerns and instead have to justify a growing budget for their department, perhaps even their jobs in this environment, with these kind of antics.
I inadvertently noticed how easy it is to use their buggy and slow check-out kiosks against them, but since I only ever buy motor oil at Walmart anymore I don't see this being a useful risk. I actually went back and paid for the item when I noticed it made the noise that it scanned but didn't include the item to my checkout price, which was a total pain in the ass that meant standing in line at the nearly always understaffed customer service/return area.
Bobby Lee, the ex-owner of massive Bitcoin exchange in China and the brother of Charlie Lee creator of Litecoin, was ex-Walmart tech. In a recent podcast outlining his previous history in the Bitcoin ecosystem he made it clear they have no shortage of talent there. To what end, is another matter entirely.