Walmart Hiring an Additional 50,000 New Workers After 150,000 Added as Pandemic Continues

Walmart Hiring an Additional 50,000 New Workers After 150,000 Added as Pandemic Continues

Walmart is hiring 50,000 new workers, after hitting its previous goal of hiring 150,000 new employee..

Walmart is hiring 50,000 new workers, after hitting its previous goal of hiring 150,000 new employees more than six weeks ahead of schedule.

The company announced Friday the new hires for temporary or part-time positions gives Walmart the “opportunity to provide additional staffing in key areas where its needed most,” including at its stores, fulfillment and distribution centers.

The workers are needed to satisfy customers insatiable demand for household goods and groceries, as most of the nation is under shelter-in-place restrictions during the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.

Walmart is Americas largest grocer and one of the few big-box retailers that remain open.

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Customers look on as a Walmart cashier rings up their purchases at a Walmart store in California in a file photograph. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Walmarts new wave of hiring comes about a month after its previous round. It worked with 70 companies to recruit furloughed workers with many people coming from restaurant and hospitality industries, which have both been battered by the pandemic.

“We are humbled and proud to be able to give an opportunity to so many workers during this critical time,” said Donna Read More – Source

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