Applicants For Jobs At The New DC Walmart Face Worse Odds Than People Trying To Get Into Harvard
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The store is currently combing through more than 23,000 applications for 600 available positions, reports NBC Washington.
That means that Wal-Mart will be able to hire one person for every 38 applications it receives - i.e., just 2.6% of applicants will walk out with a job.
That's more difficult than getting into Harvard. The Ivy League university accepts 6.1% of applicants.
This Wal-Mart's opening in the Capitol has already been controversial.
The retail giant threatened it wouldn't open in the D.C. area if Mayor Vincent Gray signed a living wage bill, NBC reports.
The bill would have required businesses to pay a minimum of $12.50 an hour.
But the bill was vetoed, and now minimum wage stands at $8.50 an hour.
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