Aviation's best kept secret wears blue vests

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE: WMT) serves customers and members more than 208 million times per week at more than 8,600 retail units under 59 different banners in 15 countries. With fiscal year 2010 sales of $405 billion, Wal-Mart employs more than 2 million associates worldwide. Roughly 76 of these employees are pilots for their corporate flight department and another 40 are mechanics. There flight department currently consists of 20 aircraft. 14 Lear 31's, 4 Lear 45's, a Lear 40, and a Global Express BD-700. They fly mostly regional and divisional vice presidents to and from there stores and the head quarters in Arkansas. They also fly purchasers to insudstry shows and companies Wal-Mart buys their merchandise from.
Pilot's fly mostly weekdays and most are round trips. They have 11 days off a month and at least one four day weekend a month. It averages to 15 flight days a month. Pilots are only expected to do two overnights a month. All flights are scheduled pilots do not carry pagers and are not "On Call"  Salary starts at $50,000 a year with 10% bonus and company stock for a First Officer with a guaranteed 3 year upgrade. First year captains salary is $74,000 a year with 10% bonus and company stock. 
Wal-Mart does not post minimums for flight positions. They say they hire people not log books. However it is generally accepted you must have 3000 hours with some turbine experience to be competitive with other applicants. The interview process is an all expense paid interview and once hired you will be recuurrent trained at flight safety twice a year.
As of now there are no job listings for pilots at Wal-Mart Aviation. The last hiring was 3 pilots in April. I could not find any management positions either although it seems the hired a flight planner in July of this year. You can keep an eye on their website for future job openings it also offers minimal information about the department http://walmartstores.com/Careers/7687.aspx Many furloughed pilots have gotten jobs at Wal-Mart and decided not to leave when called back to the majors. As one employee stated Wal-Mart is Aviation's best kept secret.