<story><title>Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures</title><url>https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-walmart-uses-trucking-to-dominate-american-retail</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>subsubzero</author><text>There is a narrative that Wal-mart pays low wages, I think its quite apt as most positions do pay quite low, I worked at Wal Mart while in college and saw it first hand. A few things to note, certain positions do pay well, store managers for one, I know for a fact that over 20 years ago certain store managers would see over $300k in yearly compensation. In addition once I got into tech after college I worked with a few walmart.com ex-employees, and these employees stated that part of their bonus was tied to a percentage of sales walmart.com made and they said the bonus pay was wildly lucrative. So Wal Mart does pay well in fact if you are in the right position. Considering keeping your shelves(and online distribution centers) stocked is the lifeblood of the company it behooves them to have a healthy circulatory system and not have drivers who do not deliver on time or get into accidents.</text></comment>
<story><title>Why Walmart pays its truck drivers 6 figures</title><url>https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-walmart-uses-trucking-to-dominate-american-retail</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>asimpleusecase</author><text>Here is the money quote that makes the most sense to me:
“They wanted to pay them good money because it was the absolute core of their, of their business — to get this stuff from the distribution center to the store at precisely the right time with no screw-ups,” Lichtenstein said. “That was crucial.”&lt;p&gt;I am sure that WalMart demands full compliance with all regulations and is very exacting in pick up and delivery times. Likely drives are doing the same routes all the time. A lot of drivers would find that boring.</text></comment>