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In August 2014, a Walmart assistant manager from Oklahoma wrote to Gawker about the incentives for store managers to keep payroll costs down and the consequences: "Their pay can get doubled if they meet certain criteria. A huge part of it is keeping your payroll costs down. Which means gradually forcing the long time employees out. And replacing them with temporary workers, who are not eligible for healthcare, time off, or even a discount card. Most of these people start off at $7.90 an hour and are already on public assistance."<ref>Hamilton Nowlan, "[http://gawker.com/a-walmart-manager-describes-walmarts-mismanagement-1625530679 A Walmart Manager Describes Walmart's Mismanagement]," ''Gawker'', August 22, 2014.</ref>
In late 2014, Reuters reported that Walmart would be forced to increase base wages in over one-third of its U.S. stores due to increases to the minimum wage in numerous states across the country. The information was contained in a leaked internal memo, which went on to explain that the company would narrow the gap between lower paid positions and higher paid positions to help absorb some of the cost. Reuters quoted an anonymous manager who explained, “Essentially that wage compression at the upper level of the hourly associate is going to help absorb that cost of the wage increase at the lower level.”<ref>Nathan Layne, "[http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/24/us-walmart-wages-idUSKBN0K20AE20141224 Exclusive: U.S. minimum wage hikes to affect 1,400-plus Walmart stores]," ''Reuters'', December 24, 2014. Accessed February 13, 2015.</ref>
===Worker Reliance on Public Assistance===
