So, You Want $15 An Hour?

S

Street Glider

Verified User
So, you want $15 to start as a cashier at Wal-Mart?

I rarely go to Wal-Mart, but the last time I was there (about three weeks ago) there were two cashiers on duty, and eight self-service lanes open.

It's a smart move by Wal-Mart. At $15 an hour, eight cashier lanes running 17 hours a day (my local Wal-Mart is open from 6am-11pm) costs Wal-Mart $2,040 per day to operate. In just 2-1/2 days a single kiosk can pay for itself (they run around five grand a pop). The kiosk then no longer needs anything; no training, no time off, no breaks, no health insurance, no paid holidays; nothing.

This is where retail is headed. If we assume ten kiosks per store and an otherwise hourly wage of $15 an hour per soon-to-be-out-of-work cashier, once these kiosks pay for themselves (which would happen in rather short order) Wal-Mart will save a total of $2,550 per day in hourly wages. That's $17,850 per week, or $928,200 a year, and that's per store. Wal-Mart has approximately 10,500 stores. If this approach was put in place in all of their stores, Wal_Mart would save $9,746,100,00 per year.

Many retailers will follow Wal-Mart's lead. If the kiosk idea ultimately fails, Wal-Mart is large enough to absorb the loss. If it succeeds, though, other retailers will start adopting the use of kiosks instead of employing cashier's. Even the largest grocery stores (which are also currently employing self-serve kiosks) will be able to operate with far fewer employees.

This is just an observation based on what I've seen locally here in northeast Florida. I have to believe that northeast Florida is not unique...
 
Street Glider said:
So, you want $15 to start as a cashier at Wal-Mart?

I rarely go to Wal-Mart, but the last time I was there (about three weeks ago) there were two cashiers on duty, and eight self-service lanes open.

It's a smart move by Wal-Mart. At $15 an hour, eight cashier lanes running 17 hours a day (my local Wal-Mart is open from 6am-11pm) costs Wal-Mart $2,040 per day to operate. In just 2-1/2 days a single kiosk can pay for itself (they run around five grand a pop). The kiosk then no longer needs anything; no training, no time off, no breaks, no health insurance, no paid holidays; nothing.

This is where retail is headed. If we assume ten kiosks per store and an otherwise hourly wage of $15 an hour per soon-to-be-out-of-work cashier, once these kiosks pay for themselves (which would happen in rather short order) Wal-Mart will save a total of $2,550 per day in hourly wages. That's $17,850 per week, or $928,200 a year, and that's per store. Wal-Mart has approximately 10,500 stores. If this approach was put in place in all of their stores, Wal_Mart would save $9,746,100,00 per year.

Many retailers will follow Wal-Mart's lead. If the kiosk idea ultimately fails, Wal-Mart is large enough to absorb the loss. If it succeeds, though, other retailers will start adopting the use of kiosks instead of employing cashier's. Even the largest grocery stores (which are also currently employing self-serve kiosks) will be able to operate with far fewer employees.

This is just an observation based on what I've seen locally here in northeast Florida. I have to believe that northeast Florida is not unique...
Click to expand...

Walmart started doing that over 5 years ago
 
Street Glider said:
So, you want $15 to start as a cashier at Wal-Mart?

I rarely go to Wal-Mart, but the last time I was there (about three weeks ago) there were two cashiers on duty, and eight self-service lanes open.

It's a smart move by Wal-Mart. At $15 an hour, eight cashier lanes running 17 hours a day (my local Wal-Mart is open from 6am-11pm) costs Wal-Mart $2,040 per day to operate. In just 2-1/2 days a single kiosk can pay for itself (they run around five grand a pop). The kiosk then no longer needs anything; no training, no time off, no breaks, no health insurance, no paid holidays; nothing.

This is where retail is headed. If we assume ten kiosks per store and an otherwise hourly wage of $15 an hour per soon-to-be-out-of-work cashier, once these kiosks pay for themselves (which would happen in rather short order) Wal-Mart will save a total of $2,550 per day in hourly wages. That's $17,850 per week, or $928,200 a year, and that's per store. Wal-Mart has approximately 10,500 stores. If this approach was put in place in all of their stores, Wal_Mart would save $9,746,100,00 per year.

Many retailers will follow Wal-Mart's lead. If the kiosk idea ultimately fails, Wal-Mart is large enough to absorb the loss. If it succeeds, though, other retailers will start adopting the use of kiosks instead of employing cashier's. Even the largest grocery stores (which are also currently employing self-serve kiosks) will be able to operate with far fewer employees.

This is just an observation based on what I've seen locally here in northeast Florida. I have to believe that northeast Florida is not unique...
Click to expand...

I refuse to use the self checker-outer. :nono:

I want to deal with a person.
 
Street Glider said:
So, you want $15 to start as a cashier at Wal-Mart?

I rarely go to Wal-Mart, but the last time I was there (about three weeks ago) there were two cashiers on duty, and eight self-service lanes open.

It's a smart move by Wal-Mart. At $15 an hour, eight cashier lanes running 17 hours a day (my local Wal-Mart is open from 6am-11pm) costs Wal-Mart $2,040 per day to operate. In just 2-1/2 days a single kiosk can pay for itself (they run around five grand a pop). The kiosk then no longer needs anything; no training, no time off, no breaks, no health insurance, no paid holidays; nothing.

This is where retail is headed. If we assume ten kiosks per store and an otherwise hourly wage of $15 an hour per soon-to-be-out-of-work cashier, once these kiosks pay for themselves (which would happen in rather short order) Wal-Mart will save a total of $2,550 per day in hourly wages. That's $17,850 per week, or $928,200 a year, and that's per store. Wal-Mart has approximately 10,500 stores. If this approach was put in place in all of their stores, Wal_Mart would save $9,746,100,00 per year.

Many retailers will follow Wal-Mart's lead. If the kiosk idea ultimately fails, Wal-Mart is large enough to absorb the loss. If it succeeds, though, other retailers will start adopting the use of kiosks instead of employing cashier's. Even the largest grocery stores (which are also currently employing self-serve kiosks) will be able to operate with far fewer employees.

This is just an observation based on what I've seen locally here in northeast Florida. I have to believe that northeast Florida is not unique...
Click to expand...

Yeah, how the hell are the Waltons ever gonna become trillionaires if they have to give some of the money to the people doing the work?
 
Street Glider said:
So, you want $15 to start as a cashier at Wal-Mart?

I rarely go to Wal-Mart, but the last time I was there (about three weeks ago) there were two cashiers on duty, and eight self-service lanes open.

It's a smart move by Wal-Mart. At $15 an hour, eight cashier lanes running 17 hours a day (my local Wal-Mart is open from 6am-11pm) costs Wal-Mart $2,040 per day to operate. In just 2-1/2 days a single kiosk can pay for itself (they run around five grand a pop). The kiosk then no longer needs anything; no training, no time off, no breaks, no health insurance, no paid holidays; nothing.

This is where retail is headed. If we assume ten kiosks per store and an otherwise hourly wage of $15 an hour per soon-to-be-out-of-work cashier, once these kiosks pay for themselves (which would happen in rather short order) Wal-Mart will save a total of $2,550 per day in hourly wages. That's $17,850 per week, or $928,200 a year, and that's per store. Wal-Mart has approximately 10,500 stores. If this approach was put in place in all of their stores, Wal_Mart would save $9,746,100,00 per year.

Many retailers will follow Wal-Mart's lead. If the kiosk idea ultimately fails, Wal-Mart is large enough to absorb the loss. If it succeeds, though, other retailers will start adopting the use of kiosks instead of employing cashier's. Even the largest grocery stores (which are also currently employing self-serve kiosks) will be able to operate with far fewer employees.

This is just an observation based on what I've seen locally here in northeast Florida. I have to believe that northeast Florida is not unique...
Click to expand...
Walmart is starting at $16+/hour.

I always use the self checkout, in large part because there are on other lanes moving as quickly. But they only accept credit cards lately, so there will always be a need for humans. Less cashiers up front means there can be one manned register in the perimeter departments.

If your argument is that Walmart is moving toward self checkout because they can't afford to pay humans, that's nuts.

They're making record profits and paying a dividend that will more than likely increase due to automation.

Which is what the investors demand. They don't shop in Walmart.
 
1644695803332-png.927067
 
Frank Apisa said:
Yeah, how the hell are the Waltons ever gonna become trillionaires if they have to give some of the money to the people doing the work?
Click to expand...

You seem to think that the ultimate purpose of Wal-Mart is to provide jobs to people which pay a living wage.

That's so far off base it's funny. I'm laughing at you.

Wal-Mart exists to make money. Period. And they make a shit-ton of it. And, as long as they break no laws doing it, I hope the Walton's do become trillionaires one day. That'd be sweet. See, you see it as, if they have money, you don't, as if you (meaning any retail employee) has a right to the insane profits Wal-Mart makes. Well, you don't. You're entitled to what Wal-Mart elects to pay someone in your position. You, on the other hand, can choose to either accept the terms of employment with that salary, or you can go elsewhere.

How much is a cashier worth? $10 an hour? $15? If they're worth $15 an hour, why not $20? Or $40?

See, as long as you're not the one signing the checks, you'll sit there and spew your nonsense, simply because you have no skin in the game. As someone who does sign the checks, your perspective changes when you have that responsibility.

I pay my employees very well. But everyone of them knows that if they approached me and demanded a higher salary or they were leaving, they wouldn't be shown the door fast enough...
 
Street Glider said:
You seem to think that the ultimate purpose of Wal-Mart is to provide jobs to people which pay a living wage.

That's so far off base it's funny. I'm laughing at you.

Wal-Mart exists to make money. Period. And they make a shit-ton of it. And, as long as they break no laws doing it, I hope the Walton's do become trillionaires one day. That'd be sweet. See, you see it as, if they have money, you don't, as if you (meaning any retail employee) has a right to the insane profits Wal-Mart makes. Well, you don't. You're entitled to what Wal-Mart elects to pay someone in your position. You, on the other hand, can choose to either accept the terms of employment with that salary, or you can go elsewhere.

How much is a cashier worth? $10 an hour? $15? If they're worth $15 an hour, why not $20? Or $40?

See, as long as you're not the one signing the checks, you'll sit there and spew your nonsense, simply because you have no skin in the game. As someone who does sign the checks, your perspective changes when you have that responsibility.

I pay my employees very well. But everyone of them knows that if they approached me and demanded a higher salary or they were leaving, they wouldn't be shown the door fast enough...
Click to expand...

Good enough.

So why don't you go fuck yourself?
 
Althea said:
Walmart is starting at $16+/hour.
Click to expand...

Not at my local one, they're not...

I always use the self checkout, in large part because there are on other lanes moving as quickly. But they only accept credit cards lately, so there will always be a need for humans.
Click to expand...

My local Wal-Mart must be an anomaly, because the kiosks there accept cash...

Less cashiers up front means there can be one manned register in the perimeter departments.
Click to expand...

Automotive and electronics are always manned with, at least, one person. Electronics usually has two. It was that way when there were eight cashiers up front...

If your argument is that Walmart is moving toward self checkout because they can't afford to pay humans, that's nuts.
Click to expand...

Oh, but you've misunderstood. They're moving towards self-checkout not because they can't afford to pay humans. They're moving that way because it means they won't have to...

They're making record profits and paying a dividend that will more than likely increase due to automation.
Click to expand...

Which means that those who believe cashiers should get $15 an hour can whine even more...

Which is what the investors demand. They don't shop in Walmart.
Click to expand...

I have Wal-Mart stock. I occasionally shop there. I bought stock when it was $45 a share. It's about $145 a share today...
 
Last edited:
Street Glider said:
You seem to think that the ultimate purpose of Wal-Mart is to provide jobs to people which pay a living wage.

That's so far off base it's funny. I'm laughing at you.

Wal-Mart exists to make money. Period. And they make a shit-ton of it. And, as long as they break no laws doing it, I hope the Walton's do become trillionaires one day. That'd be sweet. See, you see it as, if they have money, you don't, as if you (meaning any retail employee) has a right to the insane profits Wal-Mart makes. Well, you don't. You're entitled to what Wal-Mart elects to pay someone in your position. You, on the other hand, can choose to either accept the terms of employment with that salary, or you can go elsewhere.

How much is a cashier worth? $10 an hour? $15? If they're worth $15 an hour, why not $20? Or $40?

See, as long as you're not the one signing the checks, you'll sit there and spew your nonsense, simply because you have no skin in the game. As someone who does sign the checks, your perspective changes when you have that responsibility.

I pay my employees very well. But everyone of them knows that if they approached me and demanded a higher salary or they were leaving, they wouldn't be shown the door fast enough...
Click to expand...

I do have skin in the game. Because Walmart, for YEARS has use my tax dollars to provide benefits and supplement the income of their employees. Another big shot 'business owner' that doesn't know a thing about running a business. LOL at you.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top