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Part 1/4 : My Immigrant Story #immigrant #immigrants #immigration

31 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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An immigrant's first job was at Walmart earning $7.25 an hour on the night shift, which helped fill the gap between homesickness and needing money. They note store managers there make $400,000 in total compensation, highlighting the wage gap between entry-level workers and management.

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Okay, I was reading the Wall Street Journal today and this popped up on my feed. Guys, Walmart is a huge part of my immigrant story. That's why I'm here to just kind of celebrate this because $400,000 as part of the package for the store managers for Supercenters. Good for them. They deserve it. Right? My first job in America was Walmart. I figured it was the fastest job I could get, and my paycheck was $7.25 an hour. I remember I always got the swing shift from 3 PM to midnight, and I wanted the fastest job because I needed to fill in the gap between thinking about home and being homesick. And for those of you that are Uh, immigrants in America, you know how lonely it gets when you're brand new to the country, so I knew I could get Walmart.