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[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Some are actually trying to bring company towns back. In some countries, Walmart pays their employees, in whole or in part, with gift cards.

[–] flipht@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the US, Walmart pays their employees by teaching them to file for food stamps and then keeping their pay depressed enough to qualify.

[–] prole@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Bonus, those employees use those food stamps at Walmart.