OldChum OldChum:
Yes some stores pay them but they are also to make up for typically low wages .
I remember reading that Wal-Mart refuses to release a median wage. To defend its treatment of workers, Wal-Mart releases statistics on its average hourly wage for full-time employees. However, Wal-Mart has never published its median wage -- a data point that would give a clearer sense of what workers earn. Instead, the store uses misleading language that masks the fact that hourly managers earn higher wages than hourly floor workers -- a fact that skews the "average" wage of “store associates” -- and refuses to release wage levels for specific job functions.