employees globally. In the U.S., it has 1.4 million workers but fewer than 25,000 are in high school.
The company acknowledges that's a very small percentage, and it's especially small when compared with competitors.: offering high school students free SAT and ACT prep, subsidizing a large chunk of their tuition, and offering them the chance to earn some college credit. Hiring employees early in their careers comes with a number of benefits. It costs less to employ them, and it's typically easier to train them to fit the company's needs, since there are no old habits to break.
acorns Walmart is going out of its way to hire more teen workers. equilarinc notes that CEO Douglas McMillon earned $22,527,249 in compensation in 2018, while the median employee pay was $21,952. $WMT execcomp employeepay CorpGov Source:
acorns For all of their faults, Walmart, as a company, has always been good to employees. Sure, individual stores are run poorly, and the pay scale isn't the greatest... But when you directly compare them to their competitors, they are as good, or better, across the board.
acorns Free market ! DNC TheDemocrats need to learn private business is the answer, not government
acorns All the sudden I'm hungry for cupcakes.
acorns Ah, make money on YT and other freelance work or work at Walmart... Most teenagers rather work on freelancing and making YT videos than work at Walmart Poop.