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Running out of? Or burned through all of?

by MBCook 4y ago

bluedino 4y ago
Does Walmart have the issue of not being able to find workers?
- josefresco 4y ago
  I didn't find any recent headlines specifically referencing Walmart, but in the following article* they mention it's a "general trend" for retailers. March 2022: *https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/walmart-new-employees/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/walmart-new-employee...
- hgsgm 4y ago
- dr-detroit 4y ago
- riskable 4y ago
  FYI: Walmart doesn't treat their workers nearly as harshly as Amazon does. They don't pay as well but no one who works for Walmart is incessantly being told they need to work harder than their peers or they'll be fired. Not like Amazon anyway. Furthermore, if you work for one Walmart and get fired you can always go work for a different Walmart at a later date as long as the reason why you were fired wasn't for something like theft. They're not too picky about such things. Anecdote: I knew a guy (neighbor) who worked at a Walmart in a different town that got fired for missing too many work days (don't know why). He had no trouble at all going to work for a new Walmart that had recently opened up nearby. From what I've heard, this is the type of thing that would get you blacklisted from Amazon (because they're just that ridiculous about punishing people who don't put in extra hours or "just do their job").
  - bluedino 4y ago
    I also notice most Walmart stores have employees doing nothing and the stores are a giant mess
    - dmix 4y ago
      I've noticed this too at multiple locations, I guess keeping aisles clean isn't a requirement for a store's success. People will go there anyway.
treeman79 4y ago
Interviewed at a local company software. I was well qualified. But interview was brutal. Basically arrogant managers. Didn’t get hired. Turned out they had turned down everyone local, hundreds of developers. They had to replace managers and were trying re interview all the locals. Everyone I knew refused.
josefresco 4y ago
> Amazon, which churns through hourly workers at a brisk pace, has long expected to one day run out of warm bodies for its US fulfillment centers Looks like it's the latter.
riskable 4y ago
The real problem for Amazon is that people who used to work there never want to go back. Either you're OK with the stack ranking system that favors psychopaths or you're glad to be rid of it after you're gone.

Running out of? Or burned through all of?

by MBCook 4y ago

Running out of? Or burned through all of?

bluedino 4y ago

Does Walmart have the issue of not being able to find workers?

josefresco 4y ago
I didn't find any recent headlines specifically referencing Walmart, but in the following article* they mention it's a "general trend" for retailers. March 2022: *https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/walmart-new-employees/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/business/walmart-new-employee...
hgsgm 4y ago
dr-detroit 4y ago
riskable 4y ago
FYI: Walmart doesn't treat their workers nearly as harshly as Amazon does. They don't pay as well but no one who works for Walmart is incessantly being told they need to work harder than their peers or they'll be fired. Not like Amazon anyway. Furthermore, if you work for one Walmart and get fired you can always go work for a different Walmart at a later date as long as the reason why you were fired wasn't for something like theft. They're not too picky about such things. Anecdote: I knew a guy (neighbor) who worked at a Walmart in a different town that got fired for missing too many work days (don't know why). He had no trouble at all going to work for a new Walmart that had recently opened up nearby. From what I've heard, this is the type of thing that would get you blacklisted from Amazon (because they're just that ridiculous about punishing people who don't put in extra hours or "just do their job").
- bluedino 4y ago
  I also notice most Walmart stores have employees doing nothing and the stores are a giant mess
  - dmix 4y ago
    I've noticed this too at multiple locations, I guess keeping aisles clean isn't a requirement for a store's success. People will go there anyway.

treeman79 4y ago

Interviewed at a local company software. I was well qualified. But interview was brutal. Basically arrogant managers. Didn’t get hired. Turned out they had turned down everyone local, hundreds of developers. They had to replace managers and were trying re interview all the locals. Everyone I knew refused.

josefresco 4y ago

> Amazon, which churns through hourly workers at a brisk pace, has long expected to one day run out of warm bodies for its US fulfillment centers Looks like it's the latter.

riskable 4y ago

The real problem for Amazon is that people who used to work there never want to go back. Either you're OK with the stack ranking system that favors psychopaths or you're glad to be rid of it after you're gone.