There are all kinds of comments in other threads talking about how "voluntary" it may end up being in practice.
> I suppose it's fantasy simply because you hate Walmart (I presume)....
You presume quite a bit, and your presumptions border on fantasy.
> The facts, so far, state this is a 100% volunteer program...
> and the employee will be compensated for that delivery above their normal wage...
Correction: the company PR so far, this is all based on a Walmart blog post. Anyway, let's play quote the OP:
>>> Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is testing a program...
>>> Wal-Mart didn’t specify how the employees will be compensated.
You're right that it's all-volunteer now, but it's reasonable to question how much that will remain true in the future, especially since it's still being developed. It could even turn out to be de-jure voluntary but de-facto mandatory. Walmart could also shower money on its employees for this work, but history suggests otherwise.
Did you miss the part where this is a voluntary program? If the employee doesn't like the route, they don't have to take it.
> Dude, you're engaging in fantasy
I suppose it's fantasy simply because you hate Walmart (I presume). If this was, say, Amazon... I wager most would take a different opinion. "Look at how ingenuitive Amazon is! They'll deliver packages even faster and cheaper, and pay employees more while they're at it!"
You have no idea what the compensation is, but immediately assume it's big bad Walmart beating up on poor employees. Many just immediately assume this is some new devilish ploy to exploit workers... that's absurd, especially given how few facts we have about this program so far.
The facts, so far, state this is a 100% volunteer program... will only suggest package deliveries along the employees current (and specified by the employee) route home... and the employee will be compensated for that delivery above their normal wage... and Walmart will pass the savings to the customer, and offer faster delivery.
How is this not a win based on what we know so far? It's pure conjecture and bias that leads to the default assumption this is some absurdly evil, exploitative scheme...