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<blockquote data-quote="vvvvvvv" data-source="post: 1344192" data-attributes="member: 5151"><p>What gets me is most Wal-Marts are hiring... but people still complain they can't find a job after refusing to apply...</p><p></p><p>Also, the 20 checkout lanes serve two main purposes: Black Friday and simplifying Accounting's job. It's much simpler and less time consuming to audit registers between cashier shifts when a till comes up with a discrepancy.</p><p></p><p>Of course, with the hiring practice that they started when I was a Department Manager (and might still use), I can see why people end up going elsewhere. They took local management out of the process except to ask specific questions on a questionairre. When I left, you had two local interviews: DM/CSM and Assistant Manager. After a background check was completed, you got called for your first interview, typically 1-2 weeks after applying. After that first interview, Home Office HR came back and said yes or no to calling you for a second interview about 2 weeks later. On that second one, you also got the form for the piss test. And then it was another 2-3 weeks before you were approved.</p><p></p><p>Their reason for that was local management not following policy on starting pay. You were supposed to get X amount more per hour based on your experience in retail. Most local management wouldn't consider it, while a few did, so Corporate decided to take it into their own hands.</p><p></p><p>But yeah, it took around 6 weeks from the time that I saw an application for an open position until I could actually hire them. That doesn't work when people are actually looking for a job. It was also made more difficult in Weatherford because Wal-Mart uses broad Department of Labor statistics to determine the base hourly wage. Because Weatherford is rural, it's minimum wage. That makes it difficult to compete for new hires when McDonald's is starting people at $9/hr, especially when Wal-Mart is only going to be a part-time job unless you work overnight. The local stores still had discretion on overnight differential pay when I left, and it was all over the place from store to store.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vvvvvvv, post: 1344192, member: 5151"] What gets me is most Wal-Marts are hiring... but people still complain they can't find a job after refusing to apply... Also, the 20 checkout lanes serve two main purposes: Black Friday and simplifying Accounting's job. It's much simpler and less time consuming to audit registers between cashier shifts when a till comes up with a discrepancy. Of course, with the hiring practice that they started when I was a Department Manager (and might still use), I can see why people end up going elsewhere. They took local management out of the process except to ask specific questions on a questionairre. When I left, you had two local interviews: DM/CSM and Assistant Manager. After a background check was completed, you got called for your first interview, typically 1-2 weeks after applying. After that first interview, Home Office HR came back and said yes or no to calling you for a second interview about 2 weeks later. On that second one, you also got the form for the piss test. And then it was another 2-3 weeks before you were approved. Their reason for that was local management not following policy on starting pay. You were supposed to get X amount more per hour based on your experience in retail. Most local management wouldn't consider it, while a few did, so Corporate decided to take it into their own hands. But yeah, it took around 6 weeks from the time that I saw an application for an open position until I could actually hire them. That doesn't work when people are actually looking for a job. It was also made more difficult in Weatherford because Wal-Mart uses broad Department of Labor statistics to determine the base hourly wage. Because Weatherford is rural, it's minimum wage. That makes it difficult to compete for new hires when McDonald's is starting people at $9/hr, especially when Wal-Mart is only going to be a part-time job unless you work overnight. The local stores still had discretion on overnight differential pay when I left, and it was all over the place from store to store. [/QUOTE]
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