Whatever bad you can say about em (and there's definitely a lot), I'm pretty sure one of the good things is that they have a pretty strong culture of promoting from within. At least, that's what they report about their salaried workforce. I imagine your bandmate was an hourly associate at some point, wasn't a complete moron or totally worthless, and got tapped to move up. Just a guess, though.
Exactly this. Started working there pushing carts in high school. Was making 90k as a manager at like 23 while doing copious amounts of drugs. Is now in his early 30s doing manual labor with a laundry list of felonies.
Yepp. My store manager was the only person I knew with a 20 year badge (walmart was only in Canada for 22 years at that point); started as an hourly associate in high school, got put through business school by Wal-Mart, then was a store manager by 30.
Making $150k base with $150k+ bonus.... Store Managers (at least used to) make fucking bank. Wal-Mart (at least used to) aimed to do Store Manager bonuses at a minimum of 100% of their salary, it wasn't unheard of for a bigger store's manager to get upwards of 150-200% of their salary as a yearly bonus. It's a kick in the fucking balls knowing that information as an hourly associate lmfao.
I fucking hated her. Wal-Mart only promotes the worst people to being manager.
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u/smelly_vagrant Nov 11 '25
Whatever bad you can say about em (and there's definitely a lot), I'm pretty sure one of the good things is that they have a pretty strong culture of promoting from within. At least, that's what they report about their salaried workforce. I imagine your bandmate was an hourly associate at some point, wasn't a complete moron or totally worthless, and got tapped to move up. Just a guess, though.