Walmart Newest Profit Strategy Is To Hire A Bunch Of Temporary Workers

The new hiring policy is to ensure “we are staffed appropriately,” when the  stores are busiest and is not a cost-cutting move, said company spokesman David  Tovar. Temporary workers, he said, are paid the same starting pay as other  workers.

Using temporary workers enables the company to have adequate staff on busy  weeknights and weekends without having to hire additional full-time staff.

Tovar said fewer than 10 percent of its U.S. workforce is temporary – or what  the company internally calls “flexible associates” – compared to 1 to 2 percent  before 2013. The majority of its workforce is still regular full-time staff, he  said.

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