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The $400k Job That Doesn't Require a College Degree
- gnicholas 3y agoI didn't realize there were still companies where you could work your way up the ladder like this. It's good to know this still exists. I wonder what the average age of a store manager is, and if someone who aspires to this has to move a lot to move up the ladder.
- bell-cot 3y agoNice...but there are less than 11k Walmart stores in the world, and I suspect that managing one is a seriously grueling job. Vs. GM's Flint Truck Assembly Plant employs nearly half that many people all by itself. (From Wikipedia's "2022" numbers.) Which is still only a shadow of the Ford Rouge Complex's peak employment in the 1940's - over 100,000, in area of about 2 square miles. But most WSJ readers will be content to skimp on the details, and happily reassure themselves that there are still plenty of well-paid, working-class jobs - if only those stupid, lazy poor people would actually work at something...
- billy99k 3y agoI think the difference is that the jobs with college degrees are nice, cushy, office jobs. This sounds like you would have almost the same stress as running your own business.