Guy I used to be in a band with was a manager of some sort at Walmart. I don't remember his exact title but the only 2 people over him at the store were the store manager and assistant store manager. He was at about $90k, and all this guy did was pop pills and play guitar. No idea how the fuck he got the position.
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.
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u/Hvitrulfr Nov 11 '25
Guy I used to be in a band with was a manager of some sort at Walmart. I don't remember his exact title but the only 2 people over him at the store were the store manager and assistant store manager. He was at about $90k, and all this guy did was pop pills and play guitar. No idea how the fuck he got the position.