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Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by ruste on Friday June 02, 2017 @02:03PM (#14472046)
Gross profit. Not Net profit. They made a tenth of that after all other costs are considered. [1] 13.6 billion spread over 2.1 million employees works out to about a $6500 per year raise or about $3.10 per hour given 2087 working hours in a year before they're in the red. It'd help a bit, but nothing life changing. You're vastly overestimating their ability to raise wages without raising prices.

[1]http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/wmt/financials

Re:Wal-Mart will pay employees to deliver packages on their ... by timthelion on Saturday June 03, 2017 @01:46PM (#14477479)
Are you sure that a 35% increase in sallary wouldn't be life changing for a person making 18k a year? https://www.glassdoor.com/Hourly-Pay/Walmart-Sales-Associate...