The results of these Human Resource activities speak for themselves. Wal-Mart has achieved a very good retention rate for their employees, and the proof of this is their focus on adding to their workforce over the next five years by hiring 800,000 new employees bringing the total over two million.[16] Despite the reports that Wal-Mart’s employees are
underpaid and not given benefits, Wal-Mart has not wavered. Employees, as much as 60%, have gone on record saying that they stay with Wal-Mart because the benefits allow them to take care of their families.[17] If employees were unhappy and leaving at a considerable rate, then the focus would be on filling these open spaces rather than expanding their workforce.