I was talking last week with someone who works customer service at a nearby Walmart. She told me that people are either leaving or moving up the chain, and it's hard to keep new employees retained. She had one who was in for three days, then just went AWOL and was never heard from again.
I asked her what starting salary was. (The Walmart's in out-state MN.) She said $11.50.
I guess Walmart can't help but behave this way. What they should be doing is raising salaries. Instead, they choose to offer a "per
A phone that lasts two years and costs $500 works out to the equivalent of a $0.24/hour raise, which wouldn't improve their employee retention rate at all (and could actually make it worse, since it'd be insultingly petty). Factor in the cost of the monthly account, and it's still a lot cheaper than enough of a raise to actually improve retention.
And that's without factoring in any side benefits.
With all due respect to both you and Walmart employees, what percentage of Walmart employees do you think will take the time and have the knowledge to make that calculation like you did?
Not surprised... (Score:5, Interesting)
I was talking last week with someone who works customer service at a nearby Walmart. She told me that people are either leaving or moving up the chain, and it's hard to keep new employees retained. She had one who was in for three days, then just went AWOL and was never heard from again.
I asked her what starting salary was. (The Walmart's in out-state MN.) She said $11.50.
I guess Walmart can't help but behave this way. What they should be doing is raising salaries. Instead, they choose to offer a "per
Re:Not surprised... (Score:2)
What they should be doing is raising salaries.
A phone that lasts two years and costs $500 works out to the equivalent of a $0.24/hour raise, which wouldn't improve their employee retention rate at all (and could actually make it worse, since it'd be insultingly petty). Factor in the cost of the monthly account, and it's still a lot cheaper than enough of a raise to actually improve retention.
And that's without factoring in any side benefits.
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Given how many of them almost certainly have phones of their own already, I'd say nearly all.