Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their way home

Post by losteverything » Fri, Jun 02, 2017, 6:33 PM UTC

petra wrote: post #131

losteverything wrote: post #79

As a professional delivery worker and an employee of the everyone-hates retailer i have this view: This is an experiment. Only. Lore has said that 75% of delivery cost is labor related. Wal-Mart is insane about not working off the clock. They won't force associates to do this. From the delivery aspect: When we get a new delivery person they suck for months. There are so many variables that make failure probable: unma…

Interesting view. You mention many problems. Most of them can be solved with data gathering - what's this unmarked address, which is the relevant unit, what the right access path, which workers do and don't give a shit, etc. and with the right app, and so many employees, you can gather all that data relatively fast, assuming some repeat orders. Heck, maybe do that with augmented reality via phone, to make it dead sim…

Post by ianai » Fri, Jun 02, 2017, 6:33 PM UTC

ensiferum wrote: post #31

wyldfire wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

shrug the natural instinct seems to be to skewer WalMart for oppressing their employees but this seems like a good idea to me. > Workers can opt in to earn extra money by making deliveries using their own cars. They’re assigned packages based on where they live so the route aligns with their commute home, the company said Thursday in a blog post. Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated. It's not…

"Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated." They can be compensated by a coffee voucher. Or compensated by the joy and feelings of accomplishment they'll derive from their new work tasks. Just saying. Seriously tho, if they get into an accident delivering the packages is that something that'll get covered by Walmart? How about the wear and tear on the vehicle? It really seems like it's a better d…

Post by sangnoir » Fri, Jun 02, 2017, 6:34 PM UTC

aaron-lebo wrote: post #179

leggomylibro wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're right that I don't know all the details, but I know how Walmart tends to behave with regards to their workers, and I know that the system their proposing looks unusually ripe for abuse, to the point where it seems like it must have been intentional. I'm tired of people wrapping shit in a pretty bow and trying to pass it off as a gift. It keeps happening, and people keep going along with it. Maybe this time we'…

What do you propose? I'm against exploitation of workers, too, but at the end of the day there is only so much you can do with jobs that require relatively unskilled labor. If a 15 year old can do your job as well as you can after a few months of training, it's not a safe job that you can expect anything out of. It's gonna get automated away anyway. But here Walmart (whatever their other faults), offers a way for wor…

Post by Splendor » Fri, Jun 02, 2017, 6:35 PM UTC

ythn wrote: post #166

vkou wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Now, if only there was some sort of way to force Wal-mart to answer these kinds of questions. Maybe... A union of employees, who want to understand their relationship with their employer better, and to push back on unfair parts of said relationship.

If you don't understand why businesses don't like unions, you've never owned a business. Also, historically, unions in the USA for whatever reason a lot of times end up becoming mafioso (not sure if it's the same in other countries).

Post by __jal » Fri, Jun 02, 2017, 6:35 PM UTC

Consultant32452 wrote: post #213

SilasX wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The parent meant in the area where Walmart etc are paying that wage .

Okay, then since the Walmart employees are still alive, the answer is yes. They can live on $40/day. As an added bonus, they have a higher standard of living than the vast majority of humans on the planet.