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It’s a big week at Walmart. The retailer’s annual shareholders’ meeting is on June 5, amid what’s known as Associates Week, when the company welcomes top associates from across the country to its Bentonville, AR, headquarters for recognition and celebration.
As it welcomes its high achievers, it’s also unveiled new offerings that it hopes will incentivize employees to grow their careers with Walmart, according to a company blog post.
One of those offerings is a new associate-to-technician pipeline program that will train associates to become facilities maintenance, HVAC, and automation technicians. The program is a response to Walmart’s skilled trade workers shortage,