Posted on 06/05/2021 5:49:56 AM PDT by deport
Walmart will give 740,000 employees free Samsung smartphones by the end of the year so they can use a new app to manage schedules, the company announced Thursday.
Employees will only be able to use work features on the new Me@Walmart while on the clock, the company said. "The idea of this app started as a way to manage associates' schedules and has grown into our single in-store app for U.S. associates, saving them time and helping them be more efficient," the company said.
Earlier this year, Walmart announced pay increases for nearly a third of its U.S. workforce of 1.6 million. In February, digital and store workers saw their starting hourly rates increase from $13 to $19 depending on their location and market.
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Hope the employees read the fine print...
Samsung phones? Walmart must hate their employees.
The rest of the time it's completely disabled.
always good to see you deport. thanks for posting.
6 buck @ hr pay increase. Not bad. Keep the samsung pos.
$6.00 more per hour. The whiny “living wage” crowd has raised their “demands” to $24 per hour. $15 was so 5 minutes ago
Jiu Jitsu lessons might be more useful.
I’ve had a company issued cellphone for many years now. Yes, it’s more for the company’s benefit than mine but I’m okay with that. It goes right back to them once I retire
Yeah, Samsung phones are made by slaves in China.
No, wait...
So they can track their employees as to where they go and what they search for on the internet.
Color me jaded, but I no longer trust ANYONE!!!!
Just who is it he deported? If he's deporting bad guys, I'm all for it.
Walmart manager: “OK Smith, you’ve been in the bathroom 24 seconds longer than company policy allows, your pay is docked.”
“Free”
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“I’ve had a company issued cellphone for many years now. Yes, it’s more for the company’s benefit than mine but I’m okay with that. It goes right back to them once I retire”
I retired a year and a half ago (actually I got pissed off and quit after 20 years) but the first thing I had to do was get my own cell phone. I had a company cell phone for 20 years. A lot of people had a personal phone and a company phone but I never saw the need for that.
I know people who work for Walmart, and the way they handle schedule management is disgusting. Whatever schedule would work the best for an employee, management does the opposite. If there were a good reason for it, that’s one thing, but they seem to be doing a mind f—k on their employees just for the sadistic fun of it.
A smart phone isn’t going to help the employees, but will help management track people. Just GPS microchip them; it would be easier and cheaper.
740,000 employees who are of low capability?
Probably so they can be forced to use it as a COVID tracker before they scan in to work at the store .
Weed out the Republicans ?
My note 20 5g was made in south Korea. My work iPhone 11 not so much.
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