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In this case, thereâs good reason to think that Walmart needed to raise wages anyway: Labor markets are tight, and in a number of areas, the company is now contending with locally imposed minimum wages that are already forcing Walmart to raise wages to $11 an hour, or even higher.
Step One: Pay your employees so little that they are forced to rely on food stamps to survive. Even at Walmartâs definition of a full-time job, an employee earning the companyâs average wage of $8.81/hour makes just $15,500 per year, placing them well below the federal poverty line for a family of four.