Someone really needs to take this public they treat the walmart.com workers like kings compared to the people in Bentonville.
Men get 12 weeks paternity leave
Health insurance for .com and key talent is amazing compared to rest of corporate
This should be published on a News website the differences
@ggad, did you forget your sarcasm tag? I certainly hope so. There are talented and valuable associates in every location, just as there are duds. I know, as I’ve interacted with plenty of people in San Bruno who are just as incompetent and reckless as their counterparts in Bentonville.
@hrsb, agree that the cost of living and stiff competition on the coasts accounts for much of the disparity in salary and health benefits. Not convinced about some of the cultural perks that are afforded to the dotcom teams, tho; seems like it would cost the company little to extend some of those perks across the box. Anyway, if EDLC is still a guiding principle for the company, why continue to support operations in these costly areas of the country? Bring it back here, at least the customer-facing roles. Merchants are a dime a dozen around here. And given how poorly the mobile and digital platforms function, I don’t really see where the company is getting much ROI from these high dollar offices.
Come on Wake Up, you know that isn't true. People are not paid the same because the areas of the US are not the same. It is not at all unusual for a company to have a pay differential for people who are either in hard to staff areas, or areas of the U.S. that have a higher cost of living. The differences between BV and either coast are staggering. Competition in BV is almost non-existent. Housing costs in BV are among the most affordable in the nation, which is the absolute opposite for CA and NJ.
You are not paid the same because you are not as valuable. .com employees are highly skilled and educated. Sounds to me like u folks planned your life wrong
You need to realize that there are 500 tech companies within steps of the .com offices, don’t tell me there is that much competition in BV. The reality is it’s expensive to live in California, you can not be a 1 Income household even with a 150k salary it’s impossible
Right. But they're treating their workers in Bentonville as a sort of underclass or second class citizen by not offering them the same benefits and perks. That's sort of a shoddy thing to do to the workers running the heart of the company business.
I get the argument about cost. My point is that this isn't escaping the Bentonville associates notice. And it's just the cherry on top of the crap sandwich that is extreme nepotism, poor treatment, long hours, and two years of layoffs.
You have to figure, the reason associates are so upset is because they actually DID care about the business. They put their heart and souls into this company along with a good portion of their lives. The people that they worked with became a sort of family. That was the secret sauce.
Then for two years there have been rolling layoffs. People watch as friends and family who spent long hours at the company get tossed away like refuse. Folks are scared that their livelihoods are being replaced by machines.
Then to top it all off, the associates at these acquisitions are treated better than the folks at Bentonville? Or in our stores?
It's not that we begrudge the new associates these benefits. It's that the folks that have put in the long hours want, just for once, not to be bent over and then be expected to say, "Yes, master! May I have another?!" Equal treatment isn't a lot to ask.
The company will not offer equivalent benefits to employees who are not in the .com business for cost reasons, and for that fact that they know most people outside of .com are likely not willing to leave the company voluntarily over benefits. The market for talent in in ecommerce is different from that of other functional areas, and the company provides the improved benefits to attract, recruit, and retain talent in that space. Additionally, if the talent leaves the .com enterprises that Walmart has acquired, then the antipated synergies, capabilities, and business growth is at risk of not being realized. These acquisitions already had their own culture, ways of working, and benefits packages established, and simply transitioning on to the HO ways of working could be a dealbreaker.
What’s stopping you from relocating to one of the locations with better benefits?
I guess key talent doesn't include the hard working folks in Bentonville. Good to know.
Not just better benefits for california.. Oregon, Detroit, new jersey... key talent areas are what walmart calls them. Basically anywhere outside of bentonville
.com associates also get their paid holidays in addition to PTO.
It is funny that walmart provides better pay, wages and incentive plans (.com get their stock vested faster) when walmart is pushing "inclusion"
6 weeks paid, 12 protected
Yes it’s cali law. http://www.ocregister.com/2017/10/12/parental-leave-expands-for-california-workers-so-they-can-bond-with-their-newborns/
Lots of g-- /same s-x in California . Sure it’s state driven and not company
Discrimination 101