Walmart spent $35.3B on stock buybacks from 2019 to 2024, enough to give each of its 2.2M employees annual bonuses of $2,719.
Last year, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay of just $29,469.
Textbook corporate greed.
When they could have gotten back the stock at a massive discount by the simple expedient of waiting for the #TrumpAndDump.
Mr Sam would not be happy
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From the beginning of Walmart everything about it screamed negative. I have NEVER shopped at Walmart & as I see this I won't change. Shop small/shop local.
Or $1.36 an hour raise.
Now, do Shell Oil.
Until we kick the billionaires in the billfold, this will never end.
DO NOT SHOP AT WALMART! Unless you have no other option.
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How many are on government assistance?
Corporatist Wealthfare
Haven’t been in a Walmart in 17yrs & I live 1/2 mile from one they don’t pay workers their worth they run small farms out of business they don’t promote women Nothing they have that I can’t get somewhere else
But people still shopping at Walmart. 🤷🏻♀️. We need to bankrupt all these companies.
Someone should publish a list of how much Fortune 500 companies spent on buybacks, instead of investing in America!
hell My Daughter ended up in the hospital for a week, she almost died her white blood cell count went to 32,000 and Walmart said they did not accept doctor's notes for an absence, and fired her right the week after Black Friday in 2022 and said her constant week long absence is why she was let go!
This is exactly what “corporate greed” looks like in plain numbers. Stock buybacks enrich shareholders and executives while the workers who actually run the business get scraps. If capitalism is meant to reward labor and innovation, Walmart is doing it backward.
it is
“Bonuses”
Still in shock how Trump & Right Wing Propagandists sold first tax cut
Anyway…
Stock Buybacks should be illegal
“Shareholder Value” is repeated over & over to justify & is just ridiculous propaganda
So many other ways to increase “Shareholder Value”
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Yesterday, he called same CEO - “Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company”
Will Donald DEMAND 10% of Space X since giving Elon BILLIONS?
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President Trump urged Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan to resign on Thursday, calling him "highly conflicted."
Need a legally defined fixed cap on the CEO : median employee ratio.
Want to talk about extremism? This is a prime example of extreme capitalism— the rich building their wealth off the back of the poor. We’re looooong overdue for a democratic socialist federal government; otherwise, reap what you sow.
Why I won’t shop there..
Thanks for everything you do, Mr. Reich. 😊👍
And most of their employees are forced to be on public assistance. Disgusting. #GreedIsaDisease
I deliberately stopped shopping there. Can’t make profit if we don’t buy their junk.
Thet should call it trickle-up economics
Here’s the thing, if money is what you want, learn the money game.
Glad you went with median. Corps love to use average to obscure the insanely high salaries at the top and make it look like those at the bottom are doing better than they really are.
Thoroughly enjoying your new book “Coming Up Short”
That's capitalism, the same system of exploitation that you embrace sir. Nothing changes until capitalism is dismantled.
We are way beyond the definition of capitalism now in this country.
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Doug McMillon is a major Dump Supporter!... This sounds about right!... Screw the little guy as long as the ReTHUG CEO Billionaire is thriving!
Does this really surprise you?
Which is exactly why I don't shop at Walmart.
I’d bet my social security check employee bonuses from stock buybacks never crossed Walmart management’s minds. And if it did, it was good for a laugh in their corporate boardroom. Social Darwinism is in their DNA.
Trump and the Republicans keep giving them “no strings attached” tax cuts that they do not need. The GOP never even stipulates that they should have to pay a living wage. Same with McDonald’s and every other mega profitable corporation. All while cutting benefits for the less fortunate.
Trump Media (DJT) announced a $400 Million buyback June 23 at a price of $18.21 and their stock is now $17.55. Could that be due to who owns most of the stock?
The DJIA is up uppity up 7% ⬆︎⇧↑ since the same date.
Too bad Walmart wiped out everyone else where they went. Some places have no opportunity to boycott. 😡😭
Every member of the Walton clan could randomly make 1 employee a millionaire every day, and it wouldn't even make a dent in their overhead. They deliberately drive mom and pop stores to the ground, ruin the local economy, and leave Walmart is the welfare queens. It will never be enough Tax the rich
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It is a much heavier and harder train to slow down now, isn't it? The best time for government was yesterday, the second best time .. yada yada
Walmart should never be mentioning without pointing out that much of their work force is on public assistance. WE paid for those stock buybacks.
Any stats on Medicaid and SNAP usage among their employees? Employers who don't provide reasonable healthcare should be forced to fund Medicaid Expansion. They're treating it as a free health insurance program.
Absolutely agree! CEOs make way too much money today and their incentives are all about profits and nothing about long term employee engagement. Look to Costco, great pay and benefits and a long term growth strategy based on every employee’s participation.
And now they are closing stores in rural areas because they are "losing too much money" due to tariffs. Greedy assholes.
Yet nobody is boycotting Walmart, why?
I have met McMillion actually.. kind of quiet and unassuming but he is the man.. I like him
With Medicaid and SNAP gone as part of the benefits package for WM employees will the uprising against the Nazis grow?
I cannot stress this enough. Those who are in control of the money overvalue the actual worth of their contribution to the work being done.
Walmart Retention Score
Walmart is in the Bottom 30% of similar sized companies in its ability to retain quality employees. 39% of employees would not leave Walmart if they were offered a job for more money while 48% are excited to go to work each day.
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See what people like you get paid and how they rate their jobs. Comparably makes work better by making compensation and culture transparent.
Simple math shows that the bonus they could have given is about 10%. Clearly, not enough for their tragically-underpaid workers, but a much better use of the money than lining the pockets of the already-wealthy few.
Last year walmart reintroduced annual bonuses. The amount of this bonus is based of years employed. Many employees reported only getting $50 for being employed for a few years. Employees with more years 8-10 reported getting around $250, not even a paycheck worth. Some employees said it never
In a 2020 Government Accountability Office analysis of 15 state, Walmart ranked among the top 4 employers of SNAP and Medicaid beneficiaries in every state surveyed.
In those states, Walmart alone accounted for an estimated 14,500 employees receiving SNAP benefits — and that’s just food aid.
Yep
Plus all their employees still need to draw on government assistance to survive, among other corporations doing the same thing.
Greed is the fevered eye of Sauron. Classic confederate ethos.
And the government subsidizes their workers with food stamps and earned income credit..and on top of that Walmart has caused small independent businesses go bankrupt over the last 30 years.
Is that Asda in the UK?
Solution: Stop shopping at Walmart and buy your products at local stores.
Hmm. NANCY PELOSI has 246 million. The average US SENATOR has between 10 million and 50 million. The prices you named MEAN NOTHING to the Politicians, as those prices are half of their net worth. They have no claim to the system. They dont have to work again. THEY could care less about citizens.
And how many Walmart employees receive government assistance? Taxpayers are subsidizing the CEO and shareholders of Walmart.
So as my daughter reminds me that I am not the Democracy saving fairy, I have resorted to a song. I don't think I have time or inspiration for a dedicated Labor Day protest song. This is "Yellow Texas". Lyrics are mine, AI music/voice. Protest on Labor Day. youtu.be/O6EzqLPbMt8?...
Stock buybacks used to be illegal they still should be!
I worked for them in the 90's for a time...worst job I've ever had. Great coworkers but management was terrible! The company treats "associates" worse than dog shit. The pay was terrible to but the inhumane way they treat workers is unforgivable.
Damn shame.
AVOID Walmart
They sell junk
I wish stock buybacks were illegal again. It seems like market manipulation to me.
Wake up people! This system is not benefitting us. It is designed to benefit the wealthy. And they just can’t seem to get enough.
Biden was president during those yrs!
Buybacks became legal under Reagan, surprise, surprise.
Why didn't Democrats change tax laws to make buybacks illegal?
Why are we even bothering to elect Democrats if they aren't willing to straighten out the problems created by Republicans?
And they'll still blame COVID, Tariffs, inflation, and any number of other excuses for continually raising their prices year after year
Again, the COE pay is absurd, but don't forget the owners = shareholders: Through those buybacks, WalMart tripled the value of its shares from ~ 300 bn to ~900 bn. The value add amounts to ~20,000 years of this absurd CEO pay!
Biblical greed!!!!
Watch out now, take care Beware of greedy leaders..
G Harrison 1970
Disgusting
And the repugs are still flogging ‘Trickle-down’.🙇🏼♀️
Yeah, but what are you going to do. People still keep giving them money hand over fist no matter how they treat their employees or how little they pay them. They have put themselves in a position to control people's spending in many cases where they're the only store in a reasonable distance.
Or at least buy decent grocery carts !!
All stock buybacks should be required to be matched dollar for dollar with profit sharing for non-executive employees.
Union time! Stand and fight together!
My bonus last year was $163. It was the first time in years that they gave one to all of their employees. I was happy to get that, even though it's nowhere near what the ceo got.
Stock buybacks should be illegal...
This is why I never shop at Walmart.
...AND Walmart gives seminars to employees how to get food stamps and medicaid...
or could've given everyone (FT) a pay raise of $1.31/hr
But folks are still supporting the multi billionaire owners and shareholders by shopping at Walmart. Folks need to look at what harto Target when that CEO decided to bite the hands that feed. The stock is still dropping.
NO ONE should be shopping at Walmart.
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Walmart is evil. Always has been. The best thing we could do is shut them down. They’ve killed rural America and continue to drive poverty wages, monopolize whole areas, and shut down mom & pop establishments.
And they wonder why people steal from them.
I never shop there, never have. Ugly American greed.
Walmart is honestly the worst
And how much money do the tax payers pay to supplement their employees with assistance, since they do not pay a living wage?
A comparison of apples and snowmobiles.
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Have stock buybacks always been a practice for publicly traded companies or was there a regulatory shift that made this practice easier/more profitable?
I asked GPT-5 to gather DEA data to calculate how many Olympic swimming pools filled with cocaine that Elon Musk can afford.
Answer: Six
Now I'm no socialist, but I think anything over one is a bit too much, y'know?
Like one 660,000 gallon pool of cocaine should be enough for anyone. Just sayin'
It's slave labor
Walmart was the only place that would hire someone old like me, what are old people like me supposed to do when you can only find a job at Walmart? Are you going to hire us? The job market for seniors is a disastrous uphill battle so if Walmart is the only place for us seniors so be it.
There’s no other word for it they’re despicable cunts
Before Reagan, stock buybacks were illegal. They enrich the wealthy at the expense of the middle-class. Most investors think more stock is better so they buy the cheaper common stock. The wealthy buy preferred stock, because companies can force common stock holders to sell their stock to the company
Textbook wage theft turned into bonuses for those on top at the expense of the workers who actually make the company money. Who would be missed more if 2 weeks went by: All workers or All management?
I have instructed family to write on my tombstone: "She Never Shopped at Walmart".
There should be tax incentives for businesses that tie CEO pay to the lowest paid worker. a ratio of 30 to 1 would be a good start. All compensation received by the CEO is included and no contracting out your lowest paid jobs.
I have not set foot in a Walmart in at least 2 decades.
Hey, treating employees like peons is hard work.
Why don't employees buy a few shares of stock? Or better yet employers could give them some stock. Them employees would be owners and would benefit from the value they create and from stock buy backs, too
Time to dine. “A loaf of bread… Pepper and vinegar besides…” as the Walrus always sez.
And yet,at the till, the cashier has to ask each customer if they would like to donate to the cause of the week. My answer is always, "Mr Walmart is the one who should be donating, not his customers!"
we boycott til they human right
Full blown. In our faces. People still not mad, or stunned into shock that those folks would even think to do that. I'm hoping the mid-terms will show what angry voters will do. But Beware...
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No Walmart for 2.5 years.
Yet everyone continues to shop and work at Walmart. This country doesn't have a fucking clue how to sacrifice to save our freedoms. We are finished.
Hate shopping at Walmart... only do so when there is no other choice.
On devrait boycotter Walmart! Mais en même temps, on fait perdre des emplois???
Nothing trickles down!
I've been boycotting walmart for decades. Who is shopping there?
And tax payers pay for their healthcare, housing and food.
Corporate greed is what will destroy the free market. cbwrong.blogspot.com/2025/08/trum...
No war but class war
Per usual! I expect nothing less from these greedy corporations! They don’t pay their fair share in taxes and believe in slave labor! Don’t patronize Walmart, Target, Amazon and get off all Social Media platforms except Blue Sky and YouTube !!!
Seriously that why trickle down never works!
Like Old-fashioned selfish Robber Barons, instead of welcoming, the generosity of “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door" Emma Lazarus
How many of his employees are on food stamps?
Oh ya, wait, they are taking those away too so the corporations can’t be measured on how meager they pay their employees.
And Walmart employees are the largest receivers of government assistance because Walmart doesn't pay them enough to live
I don't shop there.
#CapitalismIsFun
Thank you so much, Ronald Reagan, for making this the United Corporations of Amerikkka.
Despicable & predictable
Fucking disgusting 🦋💙
Don't stop what you are doing, Robert. You're doing a great job 👏 👍.
Imagine a corporate pay gap tax. Where the percentage of taxes is based on the difference between the top pay job and the median employee pay.
The higher the gap the more they must pay. This will force them to decided. “I can’t have the money, so do I give it to my employees or the government?”
I AM AO FUCKING SICK OF ALL OF THIS!!! FUCK THESE GREEDY CORPORATIONS!
But if Walmart employees threatened to quit all at once...
Yet they accept the corruption, and so it gets worse.
A microcosm of the American story in 2025.
Almost every single major problem we face has its roots in income inequality or poverty. We do not have infinite resources and access is determined by income. The clear hoarding of those resources is an affront to human rights in a world where many do not have clothes, shelter or healthcare. Facts
This is why I don’t shop there
How many horsewhippings do you think Doug should be sentenced to at the Tribunals? Cast your votes!
💙💙💙 and the stores have already raised prices
Perché non richiediamo che almeno la metà degli utili lordi vada ai dividendi degli azionisti?
Workers benefited when stock buybacks were illegal. The whole working middle class benefitted before stock buybacks Thank Ronnie the deregulator Reagan for that one.
Wage theft, pure and simple.
Glad to say I’ve never set foot in Crapmart.
Boycotting Walmart
Driven by Wall Street
Thankful I think I e been in a Walmart maybe 3x mostly to use the restroom Don’t shop there.
I'd like to have your opinion on Mark Cuban's latest posts about Trump's Intel deal?
Walmart delivers reliable quality and prices consistently lower than other providers where I live in rural America. They also employ people (blue collar people) and promote from within. They are a cornerstone of rural American life.
Stock buybacks don’t make stores run smoother or workers’ lives better.They just inflate share prices and CEO paychecks. Imagine the economic ripple if $35B went into wages instead.
Walmart - The company that famously refuses to even give its health benefits and used to teach new employees how to sign up for Medicaid.
So we all agree it’s shitty. How do we fix it?
The greedy, traitorous ceo’s of corporations supporting trump assisted by the treasonous gop, corrupt justices of the Supreme Court & trump the traitor president must be called-out & held accountable for trying to kill our democracy. Boycott these corporations by protests & not buying from them
#boycottwalmart #fuckwalmart #boycottwholefoods #boycottamazon #shoplocal #boycottpenske #boycotttesla #boycottfox #boycotthomedepot
There a rumbling movement to make no blue chip physical purchases every Thursday
Sign of protest
If it got legs
I’ve never shopped at a Walmart.
I will never spend a cent at wallys
Since watching "The high cost of low price" in 2025, Walmart has not received one single penny from me.
Fuck the Waltons.🖕 Fuck Doug McMillon.🖕
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Yes, that how it has always been. They pay employees nothing, so they can get the ALL the profits
Sam Walton built a large corporation. Today his 7 heirs have a combined wealth of nearly a quarter trillion dollars. They didn’t have to work for that money. They also didn’t need the tax cut the Republicans gave them while taking away healthcare and food from millions.
And in return for their greed they gave us radioactive shrimp
So far Trump has made $3.4 Billion dollars during his 2025 presidency..Trump reported on his taxes during his first presidency earnings of $1.6 billion dollars..the presidency is lucrative for this guy..
Is that 27.4M including the additional share price from the buybacks?
Now do United Healthcare and Optum 🙄
This is one reason why I never shop at Walmart
Absolutely sad and pathetic indeed.😡🤬😠👎🏾
One at a time!! Just have to agree on which one is next.🤔😏
Yeah, but his kids might have needed a second super yacht 😃
And Walmart employees often rely on food stamps and other government subsidies as a result.
And their stores are everywhere! Boycott!
👹👹👹F Swilmart!
Yes! Corporate greed to be sure, @rbreich.bsky.social, but you need to start calling it what it is, instead of the tame language of an analyst. This is THEFT! It's wage theft, benefits theft, whatever kind of theft seems best to label it. I won't stop calling you out on this until you use that word!
The MEDIAN employee pay is $29,469….The MEDIAN…WOW!
We need a national walkout!
That amount is just about the amount to cost them any tax breaks or credits or programs for child care. It’s a difficult solve at that pay level.
Somewhat, these people are entitled to your work (slavery) while you are not entitled to benefits and getting your fair share from your work and public services
It's how the system was designed.
If you don't put limits they won't put limits themselves.
If you put limits they will cheat them.
The whole system is designed around making the wealthy wealthier.
Yea, but the price of gas for his 4th yacht is like, really expensive.
Why anyone other than executives would work for Walmart is beyond me!
Whose the real “welfare Queen”
Which qualifies most employees for Medicaid.
Greed. They live Donnie.
Now do Uber. They cut driver payouts by 75%, their stock is soaring & they pay a team of people $75k each to lie directly into drivers’ faces telling them that the 75% cut doesn’t actually affect their take home.
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Ugh
I'm tired of helping to make the Walton family and Walmart executives rich with my tax dollars going to public assistance to their retail employees who can't make Ends meer.
their motto, keep prices low, keep wages low, CEO takes all the money.
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