It's amusing to me how out of touch executives are. Some executive makes a decision for this and everyone is too scared to tell them it's a stupid idea.
This happens where I work, too.
They could have had the employees deliver for 10 hours of their 40 hour shift so they aren't exhausted while driving. Have the employees do it during the shift rather than after which is likely during rush hour. Give employees consistent routes they are familiar with. If there's a package to deliver ok that route...great. if not, then do the regular associates job. Company vehicles to reduce burden on your employees who make $11 an hour. Buy some Chevy Bolt that can be charged at Walmart. It's also hatchback so store lots of stuff. Plaster Walmart ads to increase visibility of the service. A clean looking new car will increase branding.
This is the largest retailer in the world...don't act like a poor startup.
So then you have to have someone else on overlapping schedule to cover that portion of the shift whilst the original worker is away on delivery. But if there are no deliveries then cancel the overlap.
And if the deliveries are to occur mid-shift then the overlapper is on a split-shift schedule.
Eventually it becomes simpler to handle the deliveries outside the store shifts.
And everyone is to scared to say, "yes you're the big boss, but this idea is still dumb and won't work. Let's at least go on linkedin and try to poach at least one executive from amazon flex."
This happens where I work, too.
They could have had the employees deliver for 10 hours of their 40 hour shift so they aren't exhausted while driving. Have the employees do it during the shift rather than after which is likely during rush hour. Give employees consistent routes they are familiar with. If there's a package to deliver ok that route...great. if not, then do the regular associates job. Company vehicles to reduce burden on your employees who make $11 an hour. Buy some Chevy Bolt that can be charged at Walmart. It's also hatchback so store lots of stuff. Plaster Walmart ads to increase visibility of the service. A clean looking new car will increase branding.
This is the largest retailer in the world...don't act like a poor startup.