Posted on 02/19/2015 9:51:16 AM PST by Olog-hai
Hoping to shed its reputation for offering little more than dead-end jobs, Wal-Mart, the nations biggest private employer, is giving raises to nearly a half-million workers and offering what it says are more opportunities for advancement.
Wal-Mart told The Associated Press that as part of $1 billion its spending to change the way it trains and pays workers, the company will give raises to nearly 40 percent of its 1.3 million U.S. employees in the next six months.
In addition to raises, Wal-Mart said it plans to make changes to how workers are scheduled and add training programs for sales staff so that employees can more easily map out their future at the company.
The company said the changes, which were announced on Thursday as Wal-Mart reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results, will hurt profits this year. We are trying to create a meritocracy where you can start somewhere and end up just as high as your hard work and your capacity will enable you to go, CEO Doug McMillon told the AP during an interview this week at the companys headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas.
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Of course it will. How dare Wal-Mart give raises to the more productive and intelligent employees and not the lazy employees as well.
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