Walmart is hiring 300 new workers to staff a new store being built just north of Charlotte, the company said Wednesday.
Workers will start in June, the company said, to prepare the store for its grand openings. The store is the first Walmart in Huntersville.
Walmart is building the store as part of Bryton, a 450-acre mixed use development at NC 115 and Alexanderana Road. That's just east of the I-485 and I-77 interchange. It's the second big development at that interchange, following the opening of Rick Hendrick's Northlake Auto Mall.
The mega-retailer has opened a temporary hiring center nearby at 104 Gilead Road, in Huntersville. "Applications will be accepted from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday. Interested applicants may also apply online at
http://careers.walmart.com," the company said in a press release. The center will start accepting applications starting Thursday, April 11.
Walmart's temporary hiring center
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Walmart hiring 300 for new Huntersville supercenter
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I can't WAIT for this traffic!
Oh, that evil Wal Mart creating jobs again. This has to be stopped somehow.
"creating jobs again"...at the sacrifice of jobs in smaller independent retailers. Choose your poison. Me? I'd rather see the old family store survive, but I'm just sentimental that way.
Wal Mart does not pay their employees enough to get by without government assistance via food stamps and/or medicaid, so our tax dollars will be assisting most of these 300 people. Don't get too excited about the seemingly lower prices at Wal Mart since we will be supplementing most of their employees' salaries with our tax dollars.
So, Anonymous, you think we aren't supporting those same people now? Anything they can bring in REDUCES the amount of support they get from us. Your logic fails since they don't START getting support because they work at Walmart...they are already getting it. Try again.
Sure, MacGyvr, they probably are already getting assistance. But it's insane that you can work a full 40 hours per week in the United States of America and still not be able to afford basic staples like food and medicine. Minimum wage will get you $290 a week in NC before taxes. The Walton family has every right to make a profit, but they do so on the backs of tens of thousands of employees who work long hours and still come up short at the end of every month. It's shameful that they make so much and chose not to pay a living wage.
No one working 40 hr/week at Walmart is making minimum wage. The begining cashiers, cart wranglers, and greeters may make minimum wage, but none of them are working 40 hours. The stockers, department heads, and managers all make a good living and have good benefits. These people are part time because they are not needed at a regular timed 8 hour shift, Walmarts are busy at lunch hours and afternoons. The schedule people for when it is busy. Some of these people prefer that type of flexible schedule, maybe they go to school or have kids in school and need off to pick them up. No one is forced to work there for whatever pay.
Just so you know, begining cashiers and baggers at Food lion and Bi-Lo also start at minimum wage.
$6000 is the average cost to own and operate a car. Unless you are independently wealthy or have a spouse who is, working minimum wage jobs is almost a losing proposition for most people in country that is built for cars.
Go read The WalMart Effect. From a review: "On a global scale, Wal-Mart's relentless commitment to 'everyday low prices' has had a massive impact on the trend toward importing from countries like China and the resultant loss of manufacturing jobs here. Because of its strict policy on secrecy, surprisingly little is known about the inside workings of the largest corporation ever in the U.S and now the world."
Walmart is not hiring part-timers because they only need part of the day. They do so to avoid providing benefits. The problem is you can't live on what they pay! So, yes, these will be close to 300 assisted workers...
Stay away from Walmart!
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