Walmart hiring 150K workers as online/store traffic jumps during coronavirus outbreak

March 20, 2020

Walmart said it would hire 150,000 additional hourly workers to help keep pace with the spikes in traffic it has seen with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. The retailer also announced plans to pay a special cash bonus of $300 to full-timers and $150 to part-timers in the next scheduled quarterly payout.

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