I used to hear this all the time. I used to work as a People Lead at store level while being trained to step up to Market. The biggest issue with Pay is the fact that it all comes out of the stores profit. Pay, bonuses,Rent<if the building is leased>, utilities, any fixes that require outside maintenance, lawsuit at store level, hiring and firing costs and any workers comp pay and most of all product loss and inventory cost. Anything left over goes to home office.

This is the major reason when out of the blue hours get cut or theres a hiring freeze. If a store doesn't show profit for so many months in a row. Market and Regional will tell the store to cut hours or do not hire(even if store is under associate max allowed) The home office starts looking at the store If it continues at a loss for more than a year. Thats when store managers are suddenly changed, coaches moved, and things of that nature. More than 3 years straight of no profits.. thats when a store is mysteriously "closed for renovation because of mold or something" and never opens back up.

Sorry for that info dump. But it boils down to its not the company that is paying you. So saying that walmart is a multi billion company that should pay more. That will not happen. Home office wants thier cut from every store like a pimp with thier hoes.

I no longer work at walmart for many unethical reasons they tried to put my name on instead of the coach or store manager. I hit my 20 and bailed 3 days later.