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What do you think? Walmart is asking employees to deliver packages on their way home from work
Walmart is looking for a cheap "last mile" delivery solution to the customer's door. It is currently being tested at 3 stores - 2 in New Jersey amd 1 in Arkansas.
Employees will be paid extra for the voluntary program, and offered overtime pay as necessary to make the deliveries “Walmart is uniquely qualified, uniquely positioned, to be able to offer this,” he said, adding that 90 percent of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store. “There is really strong overlap between where our associates are already heading after work and where those packages need to go.”
Hey, as long as they pay them, I don't see a problem with it, and it could be a nice way to make a little extra cash so long as they don't get sent out of the way too far.
If Wally's pays the employee, it is completely voluntary and the customer wants to sit more on their tushes, who cares?
However, the people who do this will most likely be the Walmart electric cart whales who need to get out more and exercise. But I guess in reality, we know that will never happen.
This is kinda hilarious to me. I actually had a workers comp case based on a similar situation. Wal-Mart will need to pay the employees for the mileage at the IRS rate for business write-offs, or they'll be on the hook for any damage done to/by the employee who is on the clock who gets into an accident. And that includes accidents where it's the employee's fault.
I was still on the clock delivering mail and packages to the post office and FedEx office when I got into an accident and my car got smashed to the tune of nearly $5,000, and my employer had to pay me directly for that damage to my car, and I went out on a worker's comp claim because of the injuries and they had to pay a settlement for that, as well, which ended up being around another $6,000, and their workers comp insurance rate went up too, no doubt. All because they weren't reimbursing me for mileage. Paying me for my time didn't cover the liability for the use of my vehicle. Just duh. Cheapskates.
Unless those laws are somehow different in the states where they're trying it out, this could be a really expensive dumb idea.
Considering the cost to mail packages today, I think it's a fine idea. Walmart benefits, the customers benefits, the employee benefits.
But I suspect that the post office won't sit still for this. They find a way to stop it.
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