Comment I got a bonus every single quarter at Wally-World (Score 4, Interesting) 108
actual bonuses? not for the rank-and-file. plenty in bentonville get them, though.
I actually worked at Wal-Mart for 7 years and have several phone calls out to a few market managers because I wouldn't mind going back (at a much higher pay rate after I'm done with school). I'm in the pharmacy, mind you, but the seven years I spent there were as a tech. I can assure you that the rank and file get bonuses every single quarter. There's a big poster in the break room tracking progress. The bonus is given based on store performance in four categories (profit, inventory turns, total sales, and something else). If you're at a high performing store you can make an extra $2000 a year or so (sadly that's ~10% extra for a full time employee). Number-wise for someone like you who probably makes six figures it's probably not much, but to those people who are barely above minimum wage it's huge.