New Delhi: Walmart Inc.
said on Wednesday, he planned to rent 20,000 workers in the supply chain division and increased wages ahead of the busy holiday season anticipating higher demand.
The role, which will be a mixture of part-time and full-time work, will be employed in more than 250 distribution centers of Walmart and Sam clubs, fulfillment centers and transportation offices, retailers said in a statement.
The world’s largest retailer also employs around 20,000 seasonal workers last year at the e-commerce fulfillment center to meet vacation demand.
The average wage for supply chain workers will be $ 20.37 per hour, the statement is added, which compares with the announcement of the company of $ 15.25 per hour wage average wage in February.
Walmart, however, did not disclose its costs for new recruitment and wages to increase.
Moving by Walmart came when retailers in the US were worried they would not have enough workers in shops and warehouses during the holiday shopping season because of the shortage of national labor because of a pandemic, encouraging them to increase wages this year.
Last year, many US companies employed thousands of seasonal workers to improve their distribution center and cut the delivery time as shopping for the holiday season mostly shifted online because of a pandemic.