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BeardedVol said:
Says who? Have you ever actually known someone who works there?

Walmart is the largest employer in several states, including Tennessee . You guys can crap on honest work all you want, but this myth that only teenagers and college students are working retail oriented jobs has been debunked ad nauseum.
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He should’ve stated “Walmart cashier, isn’t meant to be a career”. I agree, there’s plenty of careers there.

What I disagree with is the notion that you should be able to support a family working as a cashier. Minimum work and minimum skill = minimum pay.
 
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swampfoxfan said:
And why is that?
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Average starting pay at WMT for full time associates is 17.50 chainwide. That's 36K a year at 40 hrs a week.

What you have is a system where people who work 30 hours a week ends up coming out further ahead than someone working 40 once you factor in assistance.
 
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swampfoxfan said:
And why is that?
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Per Demandsage.com, the average income in the US is $62,192/year. (Up 4.6% YoY) Per Salary.com, the average salary at Walmart is $101,830/year. (The low end they cite is $89,317/year) It seems to me that you are hyper focused on a handful of employees that are working and below the poverty line, but I would contend that that is a conscious choice in order to get government bennies. The poverty level for 2025 is $21,250 for a family of 2. Do you still think Walmart is paying poverty wages?

Or if that doesn't do it for you. The percentage of Americans on SNAP is 12.3%. The percentage of Walmart employees receiving SNAP benefits is 0.9%.

You picked an awfully strange hill to plant a flag.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Per Demandsage.com, the average income in the US is $62,192/year. (Up 4.6% YoY) Per Salary.com, the average salary at Walmart is $101,830/year. (The low end they cite is $89,317/year) It seems to me that you are hyper focused on a handful of employees that are working and below the poverty line, but I would contend that that is a conscious choice in order to get government bennies. The poverty level for 2025 is $21,250 for a family of 2. Do you still think Walmart is paying poverty wages?

Or if that doesn't do it for you. The percentage of Americans on SNAP is 12.3%. The percentage of Walmart employees receiving SNAP benefits is 0.9%.

You picked an awfully strange hill to plant a flag.
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Would it make a difference if it was a rainbow flag ? I bet it was !
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
We are discussing SNAP. Most of the SNAP recipients at WMT arent those working 40+ hrs with another working spouse.

It's those working sub 35 hrs a week usually by their own choice (for govt benefit purposes whether its SNAP or EITC).

And yes, Ill stand by that. Working less than 35 hrs a week at WMT isnt a career....
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BigOrangeMojo said:
We are discussing SNAP. Most of the SNAP recipients at WMT arent those working 40+ hrs with another working spouse.

It's those working sub 35 hrs a week usually by their own choice (for govt benefit purposes whether its SNAP or EITC).

And yes, Ill stand by that. Working less than 35 hrs a week at WMT isnt a career....
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Working less than 35 hour per week is not a career in many occupations.
Try moving the goal post ,40 hrs workers at WMT are eligible for snap. I get tired of hearing about some jobs meant as non career, starter jobs etc . So let's only allow pre HS grads to work at fast food places. You'll be skipping the McDonald's breakfast or late night stop at IHOP.
 
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Hoosier_Vol said:
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One of my favorite aspects of Trump's administration is that they dont start new wars and help to end wars across the globe. That said...I hope we start drone striking trucks full of muslims headed to towns, homes and churches to hack Christians to pieces with machetes. The genocide against Christians there has been disgusting and its always perpetrated by the same groups. Time to put an end to that. Its become far too prevalent as islam infects more and more of Africa.
 
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swampfoxfan said:
Working less than 35 hour per week is not a career in many occupations.
Try moving the goal post ,40 hrs workers at WMT are eligible for snap. I get tired of hearing about some jobs meant as non career, starter jobs etc . So let's only allow pre HS grads to work at fast food places. You'll be skipping the McDonald's breakfast or late night stop at IHOP.
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Where are those 40 hour WMT workers qualifying for SNAP benefits? California? New York? Illinois?

0.9% of the entire workforce of Walmart.

That's it.
 
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SpaceCoastVol said:
Per Demandsage.com, the average income in the US is $62,192/year. (Up 4.6% YoY) Per Salary.com, the average salary at Walmart is $101,830/year. (The low end they cite is $89,317/year) It seems to me that you are hyper focused on a handful of employees that are working and below the poverty line, but I would contend that that is a conscious choice in order to get government bennies. The poverty level for 2025 is $21,250 for a family of 2. Do you still think Walmart is paying poverty wages?

Or if that doesn't do it for you. The percentage of Americans on SNAP is 12.3%. The percentage of Walmart employees receiving SNAP benefits is 0.9%.

You picked an awfully strange hill to plant a flag.
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99% of their employees are hourly and not salaried so bringing up salary is kinda an irrelevant argument.

It's a lot more than .9% that are on SNAP.

But yeah, if you make 17.50 an hour, you can make ends meet in many rural areas....
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
99% of their employees are hourly and not salaried so bringing up salary is kinda an irrelevant argument.

It's a lot more than .9% that are on SNAP.

But yeah, if you make 17.50 an hour, you can make ends meet in many rural areas....
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Yeah, fair enough.... I did another search and found the average wages at WMT brings them to $31,616 which is still above poverty wages.

And....

14,500/1,600,000 = .0090625
 
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swampfoxfan said:
Working less than 35 hour per week is not a career in many occupations.
Try moving the goal post ,40 hrs workers at WMT are eligible for snap. I get tired of hearing about some jobs meant as non career, starter jobs etc . So let's only allow pre HS grads to work at fast food places. You'll be skipping the McDonald's breakfast or late night stop at IHOP.
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Yes, you have some working 40 hrs that are eligible for SNAP. Those would be ones that have 3 or more dependents without another income. I would say that is much more on personal choice than WMT.

The overwhelming majority are those on SNAP at WMT are working sub 35.
 
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