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For some Walmart employees, Christmas is coming early this year. Walmart will be providing new Samsung smartphones to all of its 740,000 employees by the end of the year.
Employees will be provided with a new Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro smartphone, case and protection plan free of charge — the retail price usually runs for $499.99.
The offer coincides with the launch of Me@Walmart, a new app built by the retail chain to help employees simplify tasks, serve customers and manage life outside of work.
"The idea of this app started as a way to manage associates’ schedules and has grown into our single in-store app for U.S. associates, saving them time and helping them be more efficient," Drew Holler, Walmart U.S. senior vice president of people operations, and Kellie Romack, vice president or product and associate experience, said in a blog post. "We believe it’s the first of its kind in the retail industry."
The app will only be accessible when employees are at work but, the phone is permitted to be used as their personal device as well, and Walmart will not have access to any personal data.
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"Until now, associates have shared company handheld devices. We did an initial test with the new smartphones earlier this year, and the response was good. We are now expanding the test and will continue to evaluate to make sure we’re providing our associates with the best tools to do their jobs," the company said in a statement.
In the coming months, the Me@Walmart app will also roll out a feature that will speed up the time it takes for employees to bring items from the backroom onto the sales floor. Instead of scanning each box individually, associates just hold up their device and, using augmented reality, highlight the boxes that are ready to go.
The phones are being implemented in Walmart stores to increase efficiency. Earlier this year, Walmart added small robot-staffed warehouses to dozens of its stores to help employees fill orders for pickup and delivery as online shopping surged due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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