Walmart Says Goodbye to Greeters
Business Wars Daily
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4.6 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 5 March 2019
⏱️ 5 minutes
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Today is Tuesday, March 5, and we’re looking at Walmart vs. Amazon.
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| 1:13.3 | Walmart's greeters are going away. |
| 1:18.2 | The friendly doorman and women have been an institution at the retailer since the 1980s, |
| 1:22.8 | but soon most Walmart stores will be saying goodbye to those smiling faces. |
| 1:26.6 | And that's a problem for greeters, many of whom have disabilities. In 2016, Walmart began phasing out the greeter job and offering those employees a new position called a host. |
| 1:34.1 | Unlike greeters, however, hosts must be able to lift 25 pounds and stand for long periods of time, |
| 1:41.0 | something many greeters with disabilities can't do. |
| 1:45.8 | As a result, greeters at about 1,000 stores have already lost their jobs, NPR reported last week. The greeter program will |
| 1:52.4 | officially shut down at the end of April, prompting outrage from many workers and their families. |
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