Walmart is a store full of possibilities. You can go as far as your talent and hard effort will allow.
We're delighted to be a part of our associates' success stories as they construct better lives for their families. We value our employees by providing fair pay, advanced training through walmart wire Academies, career growth through our Pathways training program, and, most importantly, the opportunity to advance. We want to help our associates achieve their professional and personal goals, no matter what they set for themselves. As a result, we provide a variety of educational perks.
• Walmart Academies is an intensive training program linked to a live supercenter that allows associates to obtain classroom and sales floor training in advanced retail skills as well as soft skills like as leadership, communication, and change management. In 2018, we taught 450,000 workers in our Academies, including frontline supervisors, department managers, and assistant managers.
• Anyone can “play” as a department manager in a new video game called Spark City. Walmart Academy students learn the same strategies and processes that they would utilize on the sales floor in real life through the game. The game is available for download for free on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.
• During Walmart's fiscal year 2019, we promoted over 215,000 workers to higher-paying, more responsible positions.
• Over 75% of our salaried store management teams began their careers as hourly associates.
• Store managers make an average of $175,000 each year and supervise and mentor 300 employees.
• Quarterly bonuses are available for both full-time and part-time colleagues depending on store performance. Hourly staff at Walmart received approximately $800 million in bonuses in fiscal year 2019.
In fiscal year 2019, we converted almost 175,000 associates from part-time to full-time.
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• Our Live Better U initiative, in collaboration with Guild Education, allows colleagues to obtain debt-free, high-quality degrees in business or supply chain management for just $1 each day. Walmart will reimburse the remaining expenditures as well as any additional fees that may be required.
• Associates who complete paid training at Walmart Academies can earn college credit. Associates have already earned over $317 million in college credits as of 2019. Walmart also offers GED, high school completion, language training, and professional development education perks.
Walmart has a long tradition of offering comprehensive health care and benefits to its employees, and we're proud of the high-quality plans we provide, which are among the finest in the industry. We believe that associates are better equipped to bring their best selves to work when they have security in areas like health care, maternity and parental leave, paid time off, and retirement planning.
Options for health care and insurance have been made more affordable.
• All qualified colleagues, including full-time and part-time, have reasonable alternatives, including no lifetime maximum and 100% coverage for necessary preventive care.
• We have medical, dental, and vision insurance available starting at roughly $26 every pay period.
• There is coverage for domestic partners.
• Our Centers of Excellence program includes a variety of spine and cardiac treatments, as well as knee and hip replacement surgeries, organ and tissue transplants, and breast, lung, and colorectal cancers, all at no cost to colleagues.
• Nurse care managers and health care consultants are available to associates at no cost.
• Health reimbursement plans range from $300 to $1,000, while our health savings account plan matches up to $700 in eligible network or non-network medical expenses.
• Resources for Living, a free confidential counseling and health information service, is available to associates.
• Company-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, critical illness insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and business trip accident insurance are all further alternatives.
