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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its cute that you are trying to twist what I said into something that I didnt say.

  No wait, not cute. the opposite of that.

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry you’ve taken offence to my throw away comment, as no offence was meant.

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    • petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is it actually “cute” that this person allegedly overinflates the worth of checkout labor, or were you being condescending?

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      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is not and I was not meaning to be condescending.

        I was trying to add a little humour, clearly I’m not funny. It’s not that deep.

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• YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Just curious, I have no idea what the real number is, what do you think it is?

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  • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I have no clue. I guess you can look at the profit margin for a supermarket (Walmart is around 2%, I just checked), then figure out the average full food shop spend, and finally see what the average hourly wage is for a worker and how long it would take to ring up a full shop.

    Although, this also highlights why they can’t give OP 25% off as their margin isn’t anywhere near this figure. I guess we should also factor in handouts that companies like Walmart get from the government to subsidise their staff etc.

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    • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Apparently they spend about 7.67% of their operating budget on labor. Just in case anyone was wondering. Source.

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      • wolfpack86@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I would wager that a significant piece of that is centered around the logistics and distribution element. Cashiers are probably rounding errors.

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      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Thanks for posting this.

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    • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From reading a few reports, after looking this up, it seems walmart spend about 7% of it’s revenue on hiring, and about 32% on payroll. The other costs towards labor seem to vary greatly from source to source, depending on exactly what they take into consideration as a labor expense. So it is somewhere between 39% and 60% of the revenue.

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      • YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So that other person was probably being super condescending for no reason? That’s kind of the impression I got when they said they had no idea the actual number.

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