Walmart Hires 200,000 Associates and Pays $180 Million in Early Associate Bonuses
April 30 2020 - 12:23PM
Business Wire
Thursday morning, Donna Morris, Chief People Officer at Walmart
made the following announcement:
“We’ve seen firsthand our associates’ unwavering focus to take
care of customers and members while providing a vital service to
communities. In this unprecedented period of time, we have made
several commitments focused on our associates and wanted to provide
an update on our progress.
“Recognizing the hard work ahead of our associates as COVID-19
spreads and to help provide more cash in hand for them sooner, we
shared plans to accelerate the payout for our quarterly incentive,
which store, club and supply chain associates received today. With
this, we paid nearly $180 million in cash bonuses to hourly
associates, with more to come next month on our originally
scheduled quarterly bonus payout date. This is in addition to the
special cash bonus for all U.S. hourly associates earlier this
month, which was $300 for full-time hourly and $150 for part-time
hourly, a total of more than $365 million paid to our
associates.
“In addition, we’ve fulfilled our commitment to hire 200,000
associates in our stores, clubs, distribution centers and
fulfillment centers, since March 19. We are humbled to be able to
give an opportunity to so many Americans to work, often serving as
a bridge for employment, while helping Walmart better serve
customers during this time of increased demand.
“Our focus on our associates’ health and safety continues. We’re
conducting health screens and daily temperature checks and
providing masks and gloves to all associates. We’ve also added
sneeze guards at registers, limited the number of customers in
stores, installed social distancing signage and instituted
sanitation protocols.
“We appreciate everything our associates are doing to serve our
customers and communities. They’re truly making a difference.”
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