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Walmart Managers Make on Average- $175k a year.

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Sonikku said:
Don't worry. It's getting fewer all the time. Still the same amount of work to be done though, just with fewer bodies with which to do it.
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Admittedly, there are a TON of dumb stupid people that work at the likes of Walmart. We're talking about people that ask questions in life such as "How can I report to work and do the least amount of work possible?" everyday.

And that's fine - But if someone doesn't like that kind of mindless labor work, the successful ones are asking: "What can I do to work hard enough to get promoted to the next level?"

I mean, just think of how many employees ever go up to a manager in a retail store and say "I'm out of work to do, what would you like me to do next?" I would bet it's less than 5%.
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
Admittedly, there are a TON of dumb stupid people that work at the likes of Walmart. We're talking about people that ask questions in life such as "How can I report to work and do the least amount of work possible?" everyday.

And that's fine - But if someone doesn't like that kind of mindless labor work, the successful ones are asking: "What can I do to work hard enough to get promoted to the next level?"

I mean, just think of how many employees ever go up to a manager in a retail store and say "I'm out of work to do, what would you like me to do next?" I would bet it's less than 5%.
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lol, "I'm out of work to do". Have you been down the aisles lately? Scarcely a blue vest to be seen to ask a question. Checkout? Maybe 20 stations with two-three cashiers around peak hours. Customer service? Not a body in sight, ring the buzzer and someone may or may not be with you in about ten minutes.

Walmart has regeared their stores to run on skeleton crews to maximize margins. Rest assured those that complete assigned tasks already have plenty more in the queue. And they get treated like shit by corporate and customers alike for a pittance while they do it. None of them are full time any more, so no benefits. In the rare event you do see one standing around that is not on break, I strongly suspect that they are at a point where they just don't give a shit any more. I don't blame them.
 
Sonikku said:
lol, "I'm out of work to do". Have you been down the aisles lately? Scarcely a blue vest to be seen to ask a question. Checkout? Maybe 20 stations with two-three cashiers around peak hours. Customer service? Not a body in sight, ring the buzzer and someone may or may not be with you in about ten minutes.

Walmart has regeared their stores to run on skeleton crews to maximize margins. Rest assured those that complete assigned tasks already have plenty more in the queue. And they get treated like shit by corporate and customers alike for a pittance while they do it. None of them are full time any more, so no benefits. In the rare event you do see one standing around that is not on break, I strongly suspect that they are at a point where they just don't give a shit any more. I don't blame them.
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I won't disagree with you one bit.

I remember when going to Walmart because my friends wanted to go to do their grocery shopping there (instead of the local grocery store) - this was in college 10 years ago. I always detested it. Then I ran into examples where it was later in the night (9 - 11PM) and there were 20+ people in line with 2 registers open.

No thanks. Abandoned my cart right there. Go fuck yourself very much.

The fact of the matter is that the CUSTOMERS should be rejecting this. If you want to see changes in their employment - and specifically employee treatment - then stop shopping there. I don't care if a product is $19.99 or $19.84. At the same time, last time I was at a Walmart their pricing was simply no better than the grocery store. I really just don't understand it. If you bend over and take it with a 60 minute wait in line, then you're the problem - not Walmart.
 
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i never use the register lines at walmart anymore, i just do the self-checkout. i'm cool with that, one less person touching my foodstuffs.
 
brianmanahan said:
i never use the register lines at walmart anymore, i just do the self-checkout. i'm cool with that, one less person touching my foodstuffs.
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I do that anymore too. I used to avoid self checkout cause I had an ~80% failure rate where the scanner had no idea what I was telling it. It's improved over the last few years, and they only have a couple registers open anyway.

I try to avoid walmart anyway, but the one close to me is only .5 miles away, so it's easy to hit on the way home. I'm *not* a fan of their prices. For a complete food order, I can do just as well at local upscale groceries, and aldi completely blows them out of the water. I do like their motor oil prices, and that's the main thing I get from them.
 
brianmanahan said:
i never use the register lines at walmart anymore, i just do the self-checkout. i'm cool with that, one less person touching my foodstuffs.
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lxskllr said:
I do that anymore too. I used to avoid self checkout cause I had an ~80% failure rate where the scanner had no idea what I was telling it. It's improved over the last few years, and they only have a couple registers open anyway.

I try to avoid walmart anyway, but the one close to me is only .5 miles away, so it's easy to hit on the way home. I'm *not* a fan of their prices. For a complete food order, I can do just as well at local upscale groceries, and aldi completely blows them out of the water. I do like their motor oil prices, and that's the main thing I get from them.
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It's funny because there is this whole coalition of people on Facebook that says they will only deal with people (not automated checkouts) because reasons....

(they act as if they are saving jobs I guess?)
 
Have none of you worked in retail? Managers don't manage 200+ employees, the supervisors do. The managers just keep the supervisors in line.
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
It's funny because there is this whole coalition of people on Facebook that says they will only deal with people (not automated checkouts) because reasons....

(they act as if they are saving jobs I guess?)
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I have some sympathy for that position, but times are changing. I'm not gonna punish myself to stave off the inevitable. What's more interesting, is what everyone will do for jobs when robots do just about everything. You only need so many robot managers...
 
lxskllr said:
I have some sympathy for that position, but times are changing. I'm not gonna punish myself to stave off the inevitable. What's more interesting, is what everyone will do for jobs when robots do just about everything. You only need so many robot managers...
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Humans are simply incompetent (including myself as much as I tell myself I'm not apart of it)... Computers will always beat us.

So no, I don't want idiots scanning my items and making calculations and hoping they are correct. I would trust a computer a million times over.

I mean, I hold sympathy for the 5% I've met that seem to have some ounce of human decency... but the rest? Nahhh...
 
s0me0nesmind1 said:
How else can you be a giant piece of shit company and demand that every worker is "part time" (regardless of hours desired) to prevent them from getting company benefits?
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Increase the tax burden, then, Nationalise health care costs so that health care benefits are no longer a factor. Then, mandate paid leave time at the national level like every other country in the world. My recomendation is 30 days paid vacation for the legal minimum, and then companies can give bonus pay for Most "nice" countries have around 20-30 days minimum required paid vacation and then around 10 national holidays. Make these the minimum rules so that every company has to pay the same benefits.
 
Sonikku said:
Probably because he was managing a dozen odd people tops. Kmart was like venturing into a ghost town back when we still had one a couple years ago.
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This was 2010 or so so probably like ~50 or so but yeah still a big difference from a busy walmart.
 
BurnItDwn said:
Increase the tax burden, then, Nationalise health care costs so that health care benefits are no longer a factor. Then, mandate paid leave time at the national level like every other country in the world. My recomendation is 30 days paid vacation for the legal minimum, and then companies can give bonus pay for Most "nice" countries have around 20-30 days minimum required paid vacation and then around 10 national holidays. Make these the minimum rules so that every company has to pay the same benefits.
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Let's put small business out of business. And who's going to pay for all of those vacation days?
Sonikku said:
Probably because he was managing a dozen odd people tops. Kmart was like venturing into a ghost town back when we still had one a couple years ago.
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Well, he should have been managing their bottoms too.😉
 
Well people who are capable of managing an operation the size of a Walmart store aren't disposable like the floor staff. It makes sense they would be able to demand real wages. It would be interesting to see how they're paid vs other retail managers at similar sized stores.
 
The GM of Walmart or similar size stores do not make 175k in my area. Their number is more like 60-90k. The 90k figure is probably too high as well. I've interviewed #2s from full sized Walmarts and Meijer and their salaries for 60ish hour weeks were 45-55k. The GM is 50% more than them at best. Now my areas aren't major cities but large enough areas to have a big Walmart or Meijer.
 
That isn't exclusive to Walmart or even retail stores. I worked for an IT company that did that every Monday morning.

I left soon after they started that retarded bullshit.
 
Sgt. York said:
That isn't exclusive to Walmart or even retail stores. I worked for an IT company that did that every Monday morning.

I left soon after they started that retarded bullshit.
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I don't blame you - daily meetings and "rah rah rah!" sessions made me leave companies too.
 
Yeah, I can't imagine dealing with that kind of shit on a daily basis. Salary probably not high enough. I'd demand a 30% raise, then hire an assistant, give them a cut, and delegate 70% of the work to them.

I'm brilliant.
 
zinfamous said:
Yeah, I can't imagine dealing with that kind of shit on a daily basis. Salary probably not high enough. I'd demand a 30% raise, then hire an assistant, give them a cut, and delegate 70% of the work to them.

I'm brilliant.
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Stores this size have an upper management team of 3 to 4. It's usually 1 GM and 2 or 3 assistants. It's not really that bad.
 
I might have missed someone already pointing this out, but that dollar figure from the article includes benefits and bonuses. Health insurance, vision, dental and other benefits are a huge part of a retail managers overall compensation, so it's not like the head wally is actually taking home $175,000/year on their paycheck. He or she is likely banking far, far less.
 
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