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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by pavel_lishin on Monday January 29, 2024 @02:52PM (#39181528)
> So Wal Mart does pay well in fact if you are in the right position.

This feels like a globally true statement, regardless of the employer, no?

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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by resolutebat on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:06PM (#39181738)
Most companies don't have 14,000 of these "right" positions.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by filmgirlcw on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:40PM (#39182212)
14,000 out of their total number of employees is such a drop in the bucket though. If you can get hired as a Wal-Mart trucker, from what I understand, you're the best of the best. Also, consider there are like 3.5 million truck drivers in the US - only a tiny percentage of those can get jobs at places that pay as well as Wal-Mart. And Wal-Mart has 1.6 million US employees alone, so you're talking less than 1% of total jobs when you say 14,000.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by jonlucc on Monday January 29, 2024 @03:26PM (#39182011)
Most companies don't have 2.1M employees.
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Re:Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures by fuzztester on Monday January 29, 2024 @06:15PM (#39184091)
yes. or of the industry. it's called supply and demand. econ 101.
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