Walmart Employee Reviews

3.0

Food and Consumables Team Associate (Current Employee)

3.12.2022, Job Location: Greenfield, IN

Fast paced place to work. Freight come in constantly and needs to be checked and shelved, or sent to the back for later. Pallets are heavy, but it is not unmanageable. Its not a hard job but there are a lot of pieces to learn, and they all fit together. As long as you show up and don't call in, do your work, Deal with customers in a courteous manner, mind your own business and pay attention to the clock, you will do fine here. To me, WalMart is a great place to start as a younger person and move up. They have a strong promote from within culture, and this is a place where a college degree is not required to move into a supervisory position.

WalMart is WORK. You will do physical work here. Lifting is not heavy (at least not for me) and you'll log a lot of steps every day. Time will fly by.

As for managers... there are many! The big thing is learning who does what. If you do your work and do it quickly, they'll check up on you but pretty much leave you alone.

The hardest part of this job are all of the policies and just dealing with attendance. Basically if you're scheduled to work and you don't go, you get points. Too many points and you're terminated. Most people do at least one weekend day, which means there are days off during the week for appointments.

I think its a good place to work as long as you understand that it IS WORK. But there is also a lot of self satisfaction in working at WalMart because you see what you've done each day.

1.0

Associate (Former Employee)

23.11.2022, Job Location: Elkton, MD

The supposed salaried managers at this location are terrible. They will single people out and do whatever it takes to either find petty reasons to fire them or make work so terrible they quit.

They don’t care about their employees one bit. If you need help in any department better call a team lead because even a team lead from a different area is more likely to help than salaried members of management.

Also salaried members of management clearly have favorite associates and they show that favoritism loud and clear.

5.0

Department management. Walmart (Former Employee)

17.11.2022, Job Location: Baton Rouge, LA

What is the best part of working at the company?
Customer service I enjoyed customer service at Walmart and I really not a people person but I enjoy helping people find their items and talking with them about the items that they chose

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I enjoy a good challenge there was never a stressful part working with Walmart I was a back door receiver department manager manager over Frozen dairy and I never had a stressful moment

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Family orientated family family Walmart is all about the families working together and living better that's what I think

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Working on the computer was very good for me because I had an opportunity to learn exactly what the do's and don'ts were hazmat Walmart rules the safety team it kept me on the computers I have a lot of family while employed at Walmart they didn't discriminate they helped me got through every obstacle that I encountered in my life I appreciate everything that Walmart did for me and I will forever be grateful

1.0

Sales Associate

15.11.2022, Job Location: Tyler Texas

I was fired because a NEW Manager saw me on my phone, but I was using it to check a price!!!

I have since seen MANY Employees on their phone. If I could afford a lawyer I would bring a law suite against the Company and the Stupid Manager that fired me!!!
I was fired because a NEW Manager saw me on my phone, but I was using it to check a price!!!

I have since seen MANY Employees on their phone. If I could afford a lawyer I would bring a law suite against the Company and the Stupid Manager that fired me!!!

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

1.1.2022, Job Location: Spokane, WA

The coworkers were usually more friendly and helpful but finding a manager was nearly impossible and the management was unfriendly and rude.

Had a team lead try to fight me because he thought I was telling him he was wrong. Management did nothing about it and his behavior kept up. Management was poor and the managers seemed to not have much experience and expected extreme amounts of work out of people.

Was asked multiple times to restock and zone half of the store on my own without any help within an hour or I'd get in trouble

1.0

Apparel Associate (Former Employee)

13.9.2021, Job Location: The corner of Russell Cave and New Circle Rd

If you are looking for a workplace that cares about the employees... you should look somewhere else. If you are a college student...

RUN! Management will act as though they care that you are pursing your education. They will lie and tell you that they will work around your school schedule. However, as soon as you let them know that you have to have a certain amount of days off for school activities, they have an issue. The leadership/management is beyond horrible. There is no positive communication between the team leads. They constantly degrade one another.

They don't seem to realize that bad management affects the entire team... to the point where no one wants to work with them because they have negative attitudes. They try to degrade and talk to you like you are a child... and then get mad when you stand your ground and confront them about it. It's a way to talk to someone. They fail to realize that everyone is an adult and you should treat people as such. There is a lot of unnecessary micro-management.

Everyone wants to be the boss and it causes confusion and frustration with other team members. The team leads and management constantly want you to pick up the slack for others and then get mad when you don't complete your own tasks. This place is a constant headache. They will try to work you like a servant if you let them. You will dread having to come in to work.

The low pay, constant confusion, and aggravation is not worth your sense of peace.

2.0

Cashier (Former Employee)

21.8.2021, Job Location: Swansboro, NC

There are very few good things I can say about working at Wal-Mart. The best part of my job was my co-workers. We were there to help each other get through the day. We all knew how bad the job was and were all really supportive of each other.

And I will say that there were a FEW customers who were nice and who were what you would call regulars who liked me to wait on them. The job itself was very, very hard on the body. I left every day with my feet just screaming at me. Customers at this store were demanding and unappreciative. So were the managers. They did not appreciate you and loved to play the "gotcha" game. meaning they loved to catch you doing something wrong. The only reason I took this job is because it was suggested to me that I get a job "with benefits."

Well, I never signed up for benefits because they don't really give you the time to do that. You are either on the floor or on break. And you cannot, per company policy, do administrative tasks such as sign up for medical benefits on break. Speaking of medical, I had to get a DOCTOR'S NOTE to go to the bathroom. Yes, folks. I was going to the bathroom a lot because of a medical condition I have. I was not able to go to the bathroom as many times as I needed to without a doctor's note.

So they work you so hard that they even track your bathroom breaks. I would not work here again unless I was on the verge of homelessness. True talk.

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

15.8.2021, Job Location: Independence, MO

As a sales associate it's a pretty easy job unless management finds you to be a hard worker then they will leach the life out of you. From jus tidying up, helping customers and putting up returns you end up starting to do your managers job and more if they can.

You MIGHT get a 10 cent raise every year but that's a big maybe because if you have too many points at the time they're doing evaluations you wont get it. Management is terrible. You can barely call them management because they do NOT know how to manage. HR can't even get schedules right. Coworkers can be chill though. Additionally the company/management doesn't take complaints about harassment seriously. They say they'll address it and then swipe it under the rug. I did enjoy the job for the first year as I was in high school and it honestly kept me busy and they would be REALLY flexible with my schedule. But as I was there longer and longer they kind of just started not caring and overworked me. Also a good thing to note is that they do not take doctors notes.

TLDR: If you're a teen and want a job that pays pretty good and can give you some good stories. You'll wanna work here. If you're an adult looking for reliable benefits and growth opportunities? Run.

3.0

Warehouse Associate (Former Employee)

29.7.2021, Job Location: Union City, GA

The breaks are too short for long 10+ hour shifts, we've complained but its done nothing. You are tracked all day so you even feel rushed to use the restroom, their system sometimes messes up and will issue you points unfairly or show gap time or even mark you as "" missing"" even if you've been working steadily. The point system is terrible and unrealistic. Basically you fear ever having car trouble or getting sick because if you ever have to call out you will still get points. You're only allowed to get a very small amount of points during a 6 month period so you never feel secure within your job but the constant overtime can get in the way of having a backup job or really doing anything else.

You pick one shift but more than likely you'll be forced to work another shift (through constant overtime). The overtime is rarely optional so if you made plans months before or have aging parents who need your attention or care, you are completely drained and stressed because you can't go visit them with 1 or 2 days off for most of the year then when the holiday season comes you definitely won't be able to. Its so restrictive. They offer educational benefits but how can you even think about that when you are always forced to be at work for long shifts.

Not to mention depending on which shift you pick you will be there every holiday and whats even worse there's no more holiday pay so you can't have family time OR even get an incentive anymore for missing out on so much. Its literally your whole life and your only life being there all of the time.

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

2.7.2021, Job Location: Starkville, MS

- Not stressful on overnights, enjoy working alone
- Plenty of opportunities to change positions or go to a different shift.
- Ability to transfer to other stores. If you decide to move you can always have a job lined up since Walmart is everywhere.
- Discount card perk is nice but it's excluded on some food and that's a con. Discount should apply on everything across the board.
- Decent pay for my area WITH my shift differential, not anything to brag about! Overnights gets a 1.50 shift differential, I would not consider it decent pay if I was making only base pay of 13
- Plenty of opportunity to advance and receive promotions. Any of the management positions seem to pay really well. An assistant manager or a ""team lead"" as they call it apparently makes 65k a year.
- Hour lunches are pretty cool, I like that.

Cons
- Everyone should be paid more and offered better benefits, 13/hr base pay is still really low and I don't understand how anyone could live on that.
- Health insurance plans aren't good. The deductibles on them are ridiculously high. I expect one of the richest companies to offer 100% employer paid health insurance for their employees.
- No shift flexibility. Should offer employees choice to work 8s, 10s, or 12s. I'd prefer to work 4 10 hour shifts, always dread going in that 5th day.

Advice to Management
Jump in and help people working on the floor to maintain a healthy relationship and perspective with associates.

1.0

Walmart Stocker (Current Employee)

29.6.2021, Job Location: Leeds, AL

I've been working at Walmart for nearly three months now, and it is byfar one of the worst jobs I've had. Not because of the labor itself, but because Management is probably the worst it could possibly be. They blatantly ignore your availability, they give you occurrences for being sick, they don't send you home if you come in with a fever, and they don't treat you like a person or value your time.

Considering I'm a minor and I NEED my availability to be followed, I have already gained enough occurrences to be fired. I haven't yet for some reason that I don't know, but I probably won't mind if I do. I told them I want a maximum of 25 hours a week, and they're scheduling me 30-35 a week. Not to mention, they blatantly ignored my updated availability and are scheduling me on days that I specifically said I can't work.

On a side note, contacted management through the phone is almost impossible. One time I got scheduled while I was on vacation(while my time off had already been approved), and it took me two hours to get in contact with a manager. When I finally did, I didn't get an apology or any sympathy. Instead the manager said ""Oh, I was gonna call you back but I forgot."" and reluctantly removed me from the schedule.

Overall, this is an AWFUL company to work for and you should avoid it at ALL COSTS. If you want to be full time, then it's alright, but you have to deal with the garbage management. Walmart is the definition of a bad company to work for, and shouldn't even be considered a last resort.

3.0

Cashier / Customer Service (Current Employee)

13.6.2021, Job Location: Elgin, TX

Didn't always get support from upper management but I know they have their own worries to deal with so I keep that in mind. My store is pretty good with working with my school schedule which is something that is very important to me. The benefits are very good for a job that requires no previous experience or special skills. I took advantage of their 401k and stock purchase plan which the company does match a percentage of both.

Lunches are an hour long for a full shift and you get a 15 minute break every two hours, but breaks aren't always guaranteed. Management isn't always consistent with store policy which can be frustrating when assisting customers at customer service. I have worked with people who find promotions come easily, I personally have not had such luck. I believe building a strong relationship with management is the best way to get a promotion, don't expect it come just from hard work. Attendance works on a points system which is nice because you can track it yourself, and it ties into your quarterly bonus. I also personally don't have any trouble with requesting vacation time, paid or unpaid.

All in all, not a bad place to work but I would not make a career out of it. The higher you go, the more stressful your work life is and the more your work and personal life start blending."

3.0

Cashier/Customer Service (Former Employee)

6.6.2021, Job Location: Rice Lake, WI

As a Walmart cashier, expect monotony and a lack of challenge or mental stimulation. Every day is basically the same. Expect to feel fatigued by the repetitiveness. Nothing about this job is hard except for the learning process when you first start. Soon enough you'll realize that no one really cares about their work.

If you happen to work at a larger store, you'll most likely get positioned as a self-checkout (SCO) host. It is a lot of pacing back and forth, monitoring customers to make sure they don't steal, cleaning machines, fixing scanning errors, and greeting customers.

Being an actual cashier is slightly better IMO as you get to use the machine (I know, so fun) and use your hands. Bagging is essentially Tetris so that's cool.

Sometimes you have to go outside and pushcarts because they ran out of the usual cart pushers. If you are lucky, they let you put the returns back on the shelf. I took as long as humanly possible to avoid doing the usual cashier-type work.

The best part of the job is the breaks and lunch. Though you have to clock out, so maybe some would find this unappealing. I found breaks to be absolutely vital in saving myself from going insane.

I only ever ran into a few non-so-pleasant customers, but certainly don't expect everyone to be friendly. Just be nice at first. If they don't comply, just become completely unresponsive. It works.

The managers at best case send you off to lunch/breaks on time and mention they appreciate your work. Worst case, you are stuck an hour past your shift.

3.0

Cashier (Current Employee)

26.5.2021, Job Location: Cumming, GA

The benefits:
- Pays better than many smaller retailers.
- Flexible scheduling for students, parents, and those seeking a second job.
- Associates can change to different roles with relative ease.
- Employee discount.
- Relaxed dress code.
- Protected PTO
- stock options
- benefits for full-time employees
the problems:
- Pay raises are too infrequent and too small.
- Pay is not adequate for the physical and emotional demands of the job.
- Scheduling can be inconsistent.

Stores are held to unrealistic and sometimes nonsensical stardards that will never be achieved, but management will push this burden on to you, sometimes coming up with rules that seem to serve no purpose other than to dehumanize you or make your job more difficult.

How good or bad of a time you will depend on the competence of your supervisors. You will likely have a different boss every 3-6 months, resulting in a endless merry go round of people with their own unique kind of neurosis. If you get a good one, one of two things will happen: they will transfer or find a better job.

- With only a few exceptions, you may be on your feet for seven hours or more.
- more often understaffed than not
- slowly crushes your spirit"

2.0

OGP Associate (Current Employee)

13.5.2021, Job Location: Ontario, CA

When it comes to basically getting any other kind of position other than the base associate it’s all favoritism. It dosnt matter how hard you work or how good you are at your job if the management does not like you you will be terminated or constantly harassed by them.

Management is poor, there is literally managers that don’t do anything, and will ask you one question when they see you Example (What commodity is next) and sit on their phones and get paid for it. On top of this management is disorganized and fundamentally flawed due to favoritism as presented above.

You have managers that are incompetent and not qualified to do their jobs, some don’t even have the training done at the academy that goes along with the job. The only good thing about this job if you can deal with management and rude customers is the pay, and benefits (If you ever manage to get them). To receive benefits you have to work 40hrs a week and for three months straight. What will management do, give you a 38hr work week the last week of your three months to reset the timer.

So in conclusion this job is only good for the pay :)

3.0

Cashier (Current Employee)

6.5.2021, Job Location: Medina, OH

Walmart can and will hire anybody at their retail stores who can stand or walk all day. The starting pay in my area is better than average for walking in the door knowing nothing.

However, due to management or corporate, often problems evident to everyone are never fully corrected. Not enough people working in each department, equipment that often doesn't work correctly, and inconsistent rule enforcement is common. This deflates employee's enthusiasm and commitment to the company. In some cases, not mine fortunately, employees were told their days or hours off would be honored as agreed, then they were scheduled to work anyway. The employee was then not able to work another job, or care for a loved one, or go to class. When this happens, it explains the turnover.

The upside is that they do often promote from within and I know of several fellow employees who have changed positions within our store. Many are happier in their new role. Most of the customers are great, and are patient enough if an issue can get resolved in a reasonable time. Most other employees are very helpful and I work with a lot of good people. If you can put up with the lack of support from management and corporate, you can really move up in this company. Not for me anymore, though, I'm planning on leaving.

2.0

Personal Shopper (Former Employee)

24.4.2021, Job Location: Tucson, AZ

The job itself isn’t bad, the main problem here is management and how little they care about their employees. At my location, there’s been multiple times when we’ve had to either cancel orders or have ridiculous wait times because we don’t have enough people to dispense or pick the orders. Despite this, management keeps increasing our order limit because this leads to them getting bonuses even if they know we don’t have enough people or equipment to get those orders ready and therefore cause terrible stress on all of us.

There’s always new people because everyone ends up quitting and this leads to so many mistakes that just make us get behind. The training is a joke, they just have new people shadow us for a day and then they’re on their own after that. Management acts like they’re there to help but will yell and get frustrated when someone makes a mistake. One of the managers is always yelling and being rude to dispensers when they’re behind on wait times and instead of helping or finding a way to get caught up, she just throws a fit and leaves.

Don’t even get me started on the favoritism, it’s ridiculous. So many people that are close to the managers get to do whatever they want, they even disappear for long periods of time and no one says anything.

This job is just not worth it, unless you really need a job then I would suggest looking elsewhere.

2.0

Overnight Team Lead (Former Employee)

14.4.2021, Job Location: Crosby, TX

The quality of working for Walmart as an hourly associate, manager or salaried manager depends entirely on the upper management culture at the specific store you work at. No matter what, with the current changes coming down from corporate, work will be chaotic every day and you have to respond to the chaos as best as you can, which is common in most retail jobs, but is getting worse at Walmart in 2020 during the changes to management.

If you can get into a store that is well managed, then you'll have an opportunity to learn, promote and grow within the company. It will always be a high stress job to manage or work easily if you work hard and socialize, but how manageable that is will change dramatically if you find yourself in one of the many stores that are poorly managed.

A Walmart store with poor upper management can be absolutely vicious and a high-school level political minefield to work in. Some stores can absolutely be soul-draining as you work hard just to have salaried managers steal credit for your work or blame you for their own mistakes. The amount of work required for some Team Lead roles such as overnight are so heavy that you're truly better off finding another management position at another company for higher pay to go with the workload and pace of the job. $22 an hour to run an entire shift by yourself while simultaneously performing extremely physical work while fighting just to have working equipment just isn't high enough, which is why I decided to take my skills elsewhere.

4.0

Staff Pharmacist (Current Employee)

6.4.2021, Job Location: Salem, OR

For a chain pharmacy, they do a good job of setting up procedures to prevent mistakes and support you. Compared to what I hear from colleagues at Walgreens and CVS, they staff better too. However, it is more difficult to branch out and take advantage of state specific protocols since they like to keep things as uniform as possible and send everything through legal.

As far as general experience, I have worked at good stores and ones with some irritating problems. Like with any job, who you work with is a huge part of job satisfaction. I think most of issues you might have working for Wal-Mart come from bad co-workers. When you have good managers and district managers, problem employees will be given plenty of opportunities and resources to correct deficiencies; and in bad cases fired (other than the fact you don’t have a union representative for interactions with management, you will get similar treatment as if you were in a union since managers will document these interactions and make sure you are aware of the potential consequences). Problems usually come when managers have not done a good job of setting and enforcing expectations.

1.0

Front End Cashier (Former Employee)

6.4.2021, Job Location: Louisville, KY

Walmart does not care about you.

Management will mistreat you heavily. Scheduling is a nightmare and getting a day off is a struggle, even when requested way in advance regardless of the reason for needing off. Your schedule can/will be changed at the last minute without your knowledge and you will get in trouble for not knowing. Your schedule can/will also list you for times you’ve informed management and HR over and over again that you cannot work. They don’t care. There is a lot of petty actions by management and coworkers alike and it’s always understaffed.

Customers usually come in prepared to hate you and treat you terribly. That is the most positive part of the job.

The physical toll the job has on your body in ANY position within the store is atrocious. For example, I have chronic back pain from working as a cashier for only 7 months at the age of 16.

There are essentially no bonuses and the annual raise isn’t noteworthy. You will also be lucky to get all of your breaks, or at least all of your breaks in full. The attendance system is also always pressured on you and severely strict, to the point of being unbearably stressful.

3.0

Electronics Sales Associate (Former Employee)

4.3.2021, Job Location: Streator, IL

Policies are flawed with respect to the company as a whole and due to the large employee pool misinformation about policy change or anything similar is rampant. The pay is OK and generally remains at-average or competitive to the area. PTO accrual is decent if you are full time and other benefits are decent, although newer hires do not receive dedicated vacation time.

It is extremely hard to advance higher in the company ladder and due to multiple restructures and eliminations of multiple upper-level management positions, it has become even harder in the last five years. At my facility, favoritism was rampant as was micromanagement. The company loves to cut employee hours when they overspend on other areas of the budget. Schedules are generally flexible but they try and scare you in to having open availability.

Specifically, being back in Electronics, I was often expected to run sporting goods, paint counter, and garden center additionally. This is extremely overwhelming and was a result of poor attention to detailing during scheduling or because of the aforementioned cutting of hours.

1.0

Overnight Stocker (Former Employee)

25.2.2021, Job Location: Bellingham, MA

I started out as an overnight general merchandise stocker. I was fortunate to have a great overnight ASM. I learned a lot as far as retail and it was a good experience for me for the first 2 years. At the end of 2 years my ASM left and her replacement was not the same. Things began to go downhill and six months after that night shift was taken away.

I became a DM for the next 6 months and without night shift it was basically miserable for everyone. When I started as a dm I was informed "I " had 30 pallets in the back and a trailer out in the back parking lot. As I pulled spring clearance off of the trailer Christmas was coming in and I was given no associate to help. Cap 1 and cap 2 never even made it to the apparel side of the building.

We all stocked our own freight and still were taken to help in other departments. A month after Christmas, after I had gotten it done, I was then told that my priorities were f'd up because I had done exactly what they told me, while doing price changes etc. Nothing was good enough. They say it is like a family. It truly is, a dysfunctional abusive family.

By the end I felt as though they worked you hard and kept you off balance so you wouldn't have the time or energy to even think about looking for another job. It reminds me of the song "Hotel California " by the Eagles. I think my original good feeling had to do with the one exceptional manager and without her, forget it.

4.0

Asset Protection Associate (Current Employee)

17.2.2021, Job Location: Jasper, AL

Not a bad place to work if you need the income, overall the company itself is alright and tries to go the extra step for their employees, but that doesn't always go as planned.

When I first started here, one of the biggest things that was stressed to me by other associates was the lack of structure within the store. This hasn't been a huge issue for me yet, but it's obvious that it's true to some extent. You hardly ever get breaks or lunches on time, if you even get either breaks.

The store manager is nowhere to be seen, and I have yet to meet him, even after several months of being employed with Walmart. Coaches rarely enforce rules that really matter, but are quick to nitpick things that are out of their responsibility. Just general stuff of that nature. However, it's a laid back job for the most part.

Everyone in my department gets along usually and I've met some pretty great people here so far. The two biggest issues would be constantly being understaffed, and entitled customers that think what they say is law. Overall, if you have decently thick skin and are willing to just show up, you can go pretty far here.

1.0

Ecommerce Personal Shopper (Former Employee)

3.2.2021, Job Location: North Port, FL

Almost all of the management team at my location were chosen because of their closeness to the store manager and not on their actual effectiveness, worked in what should have been the easiest department (OGP) and with proper duties and roles being known and assigned it would have been.

Instead they just let everyone come in and do whatever they want until someone starts failing then they take 99% of the team and put them on that task until the others fail and move everyone over to the other parts. The people getting left after those 99% go to whatever is failing are always the best workers and they end up having to do a teams job all by themselves most of the time. The asm over OGP at my store fired people once they knew they would put in a 2 week notice so they wouldn't mess up the turnaround, regardless of the fact we needed all the bodies we could get. not that you would know until you've worked your whole day anyways.

He also must have used a spinning dart board with times on them to come up with schedules because nobody with a brain could have possibly come up with a customer service department all having lunches and breaks at the same time leaving 1 person to deal with 23 customers at a time.

1.0

Assistant Supervisor (Former Employee)

15.1.2021, Job Location: Hazel Dell, WA

Was typically short handed to achieve daily tasks thanks to certain greedy dept managers who only care about their own necks. working hard consistently will not get you anywhere as there is not much chance for advancement and even a job well done goes unrewarded and generally not recognized by upper management.

Pay is very poor and the work is very hard. the culture is very clique with a lot of favoritism, scandals and in-fighting between depts. very strict rules and policies. there are some good managers and employees but its hit and miss and they include a lot of slackers and big egos. seems they will hire and retain anyone even if they arent doing their job and then expect you to take up the slack.

They harp on about treating their employees with respect - i rarely saw it nor was it encouraged. everyone seems to be in survival mode but on the flip side many recognized that fact and were sympathetic to one another watching each others backs so it is fair to say there is a sense of belonging and family within smaller groups/depts.

Those people were my favorite part of the job as we all felt like we were in the same boat. never worked so hard for so little while feeling so unappreciated. BUT, they will hire anyone so if you're desperate for income you have a good chance.