Economy getting worse and these asshole franchise decides to lower the hiring range.
When my son started less then year ago he was hired at 13 an hour. Now it's 11. They been short staff and losing workers and my learned this.
Added insult to injury he is getting a promotion to Team Lead which used to pay 17 an hour now it lower to 16. He about fed up working his ass off and a promotion means little when Walmart pays more with a starting wage then where he currently works.
Fucking corporation are fucking stupid.
35 Comments
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 96 pts · 81d
They're greedy, not stupid.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 81d
Greedy and stupid because no one applying even when they need the help and have been hiring. No one will apply at a job paying 11 when all the jobs around them are starting at 13 and higher.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club · 41 pts · 81d
Unless the existing staff break down and can't do enough work to keep the place running, management don't care.
Omgpwnies@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 81d
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 81d
Which will eventually happen, although who knows when.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 81d
Not necessarily
People aren't eating out much anymore especially at fast food. Fast food as a business model is falling apart
obre@slrpnk.net · 69 pts · 81d
rf_@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 80d
This is from 1894, nothing has changed, the systems are still in place and arguably have grown to cover a wider spread of the socioeconomic classes.
It blows my mind, for all the advances in technology, human nature hasn’t changed and we’re still exploiting our fellow people. It’s just one “fuck you” after another
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 55 pts · 81d
If Walmart is paying more, than it's time to go work for Walmart. As the other comment said, they're greedy, and the only way to get around this is to show them that they won't take it. They lowered the wage because they know the employees won't do anything about it.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 81d
He plans on doing it but only after working as a Team manager for awhile. Will look good on his resume. Also he worked hard for the title. Had to take a test that apparently can use anywhere.
grue@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 81d
He should unionize the staff before he leaves.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 80d
If you're going to leave anyway, drop the Union Bomb, and maybe they'll fire you, and you can sue them for a zillion bucks. Or just leave when you have something better to go to, although don't expect a good reference.
Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 81d
That sounds very sensible actually, and hopefully would mean earning more than he otherwise would when he moves.
Pika@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 80d
Walmart starts at like 21 an hour for team leads as well, at least around here. So that's not a bad idea.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 81d
I've known many people who were rejected from Walmart
Godric@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 81d
I've unknew Walmart rejects too, fricken methheads
Pika@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 80d
Not just meth heads. If you live in a really populated area, Walmart is actually super picky.
Their HR departments are basically brainless. The computer makes all the choices
when you apply to Walmart you drop into a 3 colored queue, red yellow/orange green
They're heavily pushed towards hiring greens, and if forced to, they'll hire yellows, and they're not allowed to hire reds outside of excruciating circumstances.
I had a friend who had no criminal record whatsoever, but due to someone being disabled and needing care in their household, they had never really held a job into their late 20's, The Walmart that was closest to her house wouldn't touch her with a ten-foot pole after repeated attempts, but that was in a massively populated area. However, the one that was in her old town, which was significantly lower population, called first try (but sadly that was an accidental application didn't notice the town defaulted back)
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 81d
Given the high inflation, his pay has actually been reduced $2.50, not $2.
Triumph@fedia.io · 27 pts · 81d
Name and shame.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 81d
Wateraburger.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 81d
That place seems like they put in the minimum amount of work to be considered a business. I went in one near me and the vibe is just weird. Almost liminal. The walls were bare and they had one or two people working tops.
fireweed@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 81d
For reference, the highest state* minimum wage in the US is Washington State at $17.13 (in Seattle it's $21.30).
*not counting Washington DC
Wage laws across the US are all over the place. Meanwhile the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 19 pts · 81d
Yeah one of the most trumped up thing of our time is rising costs and lowering wages. I simply will not work to lose money. Its not a tough equation. It has to pay for food, houseing, utilities, transit, etc. If you can't so much as get a beer because your already in the red. whats the point.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 81d
I'm not sure there is an alternative
I would rather not be homeless
HubertManne@piefed.social · 1 pts · 81d
if your working to be in the red its going to happen anyway. The only difference is how long and if you will be working while homeless.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 80d
What if working didnt even guarantee that?
x00z@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 81d
You mean that new people get a lower starting wage? Or that his own wage has been lowered?
Fredselfish@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 80d
New employee get paid the new lower wage, but when he was hired 11 months ago the starting wage was 13.
NastyNative@mander.xyz · 12 pts · 81d
He needs to lower his output!
spectrums_coherence@piefed.social · 8 pts · 81d
11$ per hour is not an okay wage in the U.S.
ActualGrapesTasteGreen@piefed.zip · 8 pts · 81d
You're a better parent than the ones I have who would laugh at my learning experience as they tell me "welcome to the real world"
kurikai@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 81d
why is he wirking gis arse off? ge is not being paid enough to do that. as team lead he should be encouraging the same.
felixwhynot@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 81d
Classic
Doomsider@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 80d
Everything is more expensive so we will pay the most important part of the business, the employees who need the money to live, even less. This only makes sense in bizzaro land.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe · 2 pts · 80d
The Federal Minimum wage is $7.25 an hour. It has been raised only twice since 1997, for a total of $2.10.
Some states have a higher minimum wage, but many Red states remain at, or default to, the Federal Minimum Wage.
Chris Rock said that "Minimum wage is your boss telling you that he'd pay you LESS, but it's AGAINST THE LAW!"