In late September, after Mayor Vince Gray vetoed the so-called living wage bill, Wal-Mart opened two hiring centers in D.C. to begin staffing its six planned stores for the city.

According to a video released by the big box retailer, 11,000 applications came in during the first week of hiring, with 3,000 coming in on the first day alone. With between 1,500 and 1,800 jobs available at all six stores, even a person who cried during algebra class can see that the odds of landing on of those positions is pretty slim. Wal-Mart plans to open two stores, one at 99 H Street NW and 5968 Georgia Avenue NW, by the end of the year.

The company threatened to call off plans for three stores in July after the Council passed the Larger Retailer Accountability Act, which would have required Wal-Mart and companies like them to pay employees $12.50 an hour. A former spokesperson for the company told Washingtonian that Wal-Mart will pay employees “at least $1 per hour higher than what is offered currently at Safeway and Giant.” That should put their pay at somewhere between 11 and 13 bucks an hour. Request for comment to see if that’s still the case has yet to be returned.