Walmart Employee Reviews

2.0

Stocker (Current Employee)

1.1.2015, Job Location: Norristown, PA

There is a lot of demand at this job and little praise. A typical night starts with clocking in and down stocking the merchandise. After that its involves working in ones aisle putting up the products in proper places until around four-thirty-five. After that is zoning for the rest of the shift. I find my coworkers to be fairly reasonable and easy to get along with. There are three breaks- two fifteen minutes and a hour lunch.

the most difficult part of the job is keeping up with what the managers want. Normally this wouldn't be a problem, but we're extremely understaffed; thus more demands are placed on us to cover the areas that are lacking.

As for the managers- most of them seem to think that the best way to motivate us is by yelling and threatening to fire us. Things have improved slightly since one of the managers moved to days. Not a glowing report I know, but this is the simple and plain truth.

1.0

Cashier / Layaway (Former Employee)

30.12.2014, Job Location: Hueytown, AL

I have never hated working anywhere before I worked at Walmart. I had a pre-existing medical condition in which I had to take injections that made me sick. I asked for two off days together not caring which days it was, but they would never give it to me.

They changed my schedule every week. That would have been fine if I wasn't having to take injections. I can work and I can work hard, but the two days after my injection, I was very sick. Walmart did not care and would not take doctor's excuses or letters from the doctor. I ended up having to quit just so I wouldn't get fired.

Maybe it would have been better to get fired and then take it to court or something. Management at the Hueytown location was awful! They acted like all the other employees were low lifes. But they are just managers of Walmart... nothing special.

4.0

Cashier/Sales Associate (Former Employee)

16.12.2014, Job Location: La Grange, Tx/ Farmington, MO

My experience working for walmart all depended on the store i worked for, and who i worked with. I worked for Walmart twice. The first time i worked as a cashier and CSM had a grudge against me. She didn't know me, since i had not lived there long, but i was engaged to someone who had lived there all his life, and she didn't like him, and made sure to tell me that every chance she got.

In front of co workers and customers. The second time i worked for walmart, i had a good experience since i was on the floor, and not a cashier. I was being prepaired for department manager, but due to family issues i had to transfer to another store, and that store was a nightmare. The managers, did't care and would even lie about openings.

I was told I would be able to choose where i went to in the store when i got there, and i didn't. I was paid less than i should have for the position, and when i inquired about a floor position that the computer showed as open, i was told it was an error, but all employee's in that department told me that it was still open.

3.0

Sales associate (Former Employee)

3.12.2014, Job Location: Bryan, TX

Typical Day:
Clock in and scan my badge to see what tasks needed to be done. Check in with fitting room to see if there were any returns. Put away returns and begin ""zoning"" department. I.e. refolding clothes, organizing clothes by color and size, gather items that didn't belong in my area. Check in with fitting room for breaks, lunches, and to pick up more returns. Find an assistant manager near the end of shift and have him or her check my zone.

What I Learned:
High school behavior continues into the adult workforce.

Management:
I didn't have any issues with management.

Co-workers:
As a floor associate, you come across two kinds of co-workers. The ones that are always visible in their department and do their jobs, and the ones that hide from customers and managers all day yet their department still passes inspection.

Hardest part of the job:
Low pay, no benefits, some weeks you work 38 hours and some you only get 16 hours.

Most enjoyable part of the job:
The autonomy of being a floor associate. I like organizing so it was a great job.

1.0

Inventory Manager (Former Employee)

20.11.2014, Job Location: NY

I worked with the company for nearly 10 years, and seen a lot. The stores managers lie, hide things, and are taught to abuse their authority. Associates are disposable to the company, and they could care less about your well being.

Fire exits were constantly blocked, equipment was broken often and never got repaired, broken ladders you were told to just use them, the roofs leaked badly like a small river in the back rooms, black mold growing on walls, open ended wires hanging from the ceiling, dead rodents under the steel found in back rooms, company policies and standards constantly ignored or changed by managers, broken carts your forced to use, unloaders being told to work harder and faster by management resulting in one unloader dying of a heart attack, and another getting her toe smashed.

You would constantly sweat because the backrooms had no A/C, and unloaders were forced to work in a truck that was over 100 degrees inside during the summer, and they froze during the winter due to the dress code policies. They have little clicks of people who band together and get their way, and with whom buy managers gifts, coffee, dinner, etc, to get ahead.

Managers will target anyone who doesn't kiss their behind. So the whole theory of just going to work and getting your job done, won't work with them, as they will find ways to make your job miserable. Pay wasn't great either, as it took me nearly 10 years to even start making decent money, and that was after going on overnights.

Apply at your own risk is all I can say.

2.0

Sales Associate/Customer Service (Current Employee)

13.11.2014, Job Location: Idaho Falls, ID

I like working with my associates. I have a hard time with management. They seem to not communicate well. And they make things so stressful sometimes it wasn't necessary. At my work I go see what needs to be done if my truck came in and then I go see management to see which direction they want.

If I am working seasonal candy or regular candy. Management is the hardest part for me. They have their favorites and they harass me sometimes. This manager I have was doing that to me for awhile. I feel like their trying to get rid of me. I like when management leaves me a lone.

When I can work with my co workers it's always fun. I have my favorite customers that come in and look for me. I look for them too, they give me excitement about how they like how I work and how much of a friend they have become over the years. It's the best part of my day.

4.0

Cash Office Manager (Former Employee)

3.11.2014, Job Location: Chattanooga, TN

My job started at 5 AM. I would start by collecting all of the money out of the SAM coke machines. I would go back to the cash office and start the daily count of all the money, the safe, and the money bags for front registers.

When that was over I would move on to the paperwork portion. I would go through and highlight any suspicious activity from previous days' returns. We would allow customers to return items with no receipt and put them on a store card by using their DL. I would flag anything over $50. We caught many thieves this way. I learned money management while working here. I also learned new tricks to find people trying to steal. I had a great management team here. The co-workers were all great and supportive.

Many people will argue that walmart is the devil, but when you have a great team, it will wash everything bad away. The hardest part of the job was finding out that sometimes when the registers were short, it was because employees were stealing. The most enjoyable part of the job was re-organizing and filing paperwork.

I take pride in the fact that I am neat, organized and a clean freak. I want everything labeled and easy to find in case I need to go back a few months and find a person that was returning items using a DL.

2.0

Cashier (Former Employee)

25.10.2014, Job Location: Russellville, AR

I didn't like this job at all and it was very hard to work here. During the time I worked there I would go in for 8 hour shifts and stand on my feet the whole time behind a cash register and when I didnt have a customer I would be standing at the end of my register asking people to check out.

I learned how to work a register better and how to do returns. I learned that all customers are not the same and I just have to stay calm and do my job. I didn't really like my managers and they were very rude and just didn't care whether you were sick or not feeling well.

The co workers were the best though. I loved being around them and talking to them. They were all friendly and outgoing. The hardest part of this job was the managers being rude and the customers yelling at you and getting mad because of a communication problem.

5.0

Inventory Control Specialist (Current Employee)

19.10.2014, Job Location: Cookeville, TN

The beginning of the shift involves locating merchandise in the backroom and preparing these items for the sales floor. At this stage, item locations are inspected to maintain an accurate count in the system. This process continues until lunch break. The remaining time after lunch is spent scanning new and old merchandise into the system and maintaining the integrity of the backroom.

Although this job is primarily performed in the backroom, it is not uncommon to be stopped by customers looking for a particular item. Using knowledge of the company's system, the item can be found in the backroom if the shelves are empty.

Management is usually close by if anything is required. Although, we are fairly autonomous with respects to decision making regarding merchandise.

All coworkers work as a team. We have tasks that cannot be accomplished as an individual. As such, we separate into the areas in which we best perform.

The best part of the job is the coworkers---getting to know them strengthens the team and makes the workday pass by.

2.0

Certified Pharmacy Technician (Current Employee)

6.10.2014, Job Location: Leland, NC

You clock in and boom! You already head deep into work. Trying to multitask here is crazy. When you got insurance to clarify and people trying to drop off prescriptions and prescriptions need to input then how you suppose to help anyone!?

We are over worked! Multitasking can be up to 4 things being done at once, not simultaneously but at the most! Wal mart wants us to do more. Sometimes I have to stop myself so I can use the bathroom. I do not enjoy the job anymore. People are complaining about the wait time. Pharmacists are really being held responsible for too much.

Health & Wellness will fall flat on its face within the year with all these new changes. Technicians are underpaid and so are the cashiers. When someone calls out sick, then we have to do their job as well. I am not saying the work is bad, but too much work in this type of field can literally kill someone! The corporate bosses don't realize that and probably have never worked in a base line pharmacy!

It's time to get out and find a better and MORE rewarding career!

3.0

Front End Cashier (Former Employee)

24.9.2014, Job Location: Opelousas, LA

I believe that some members of management at Walmart Super Center did not care about their duties at Walmart like they should have. The hand scanners did not work when I started working there as a front end cashier, none of them.

The cashiers that were there before me were afraid to address the issue but I wasn't. The hand scanners were finally repaired or replaced. This helped the cashiers to avoid hurting their backs by lifting something that was too heavy and also helped us to scan faster. Whenever, I shop at Walmart now, I am often thanked by some of the cashiers that I worked with, for the new and, or repaired hand scanners. There are some members of management that look at me like I did something wrong at that time.

I believe that I helped the company and I helped my fellow workers and that makes me feel good. I believe that those in authority at that time did not care that backs could have been sprained, or something worse could have happened. I'm thankful for the time that I was employed at the Super Center. I believe that I did make a difference there and if they would rehire me I would go back.

I keep applying but I believe that management considers me too outspoken and won't call me. Oh well, if they don't, it's their loss.

2.0

Sales floor clerk (Former Employee)

18.9.2014, Job Location: Hamilton, AL

Work sales floor for out of dates and block up and level product. Pull trucks when they arrive and breakdown product in an efficient timely manner and fill product holes on sales floor while tending to customer needs.

I learned that working at Publix Supermarkets was much more rewarding and all the experience I gained was a direct result of their superior training in comparison to Wal-Mart. Management has a tendency to overlook employees who work very hard to set up and merchandise product in a professional manner and are consistent in their work.

Most co-workers were decent to work with but, many had similar complaints about how they were treated. The hardest part of the job was to consistently produce the highest level of customer service and product maintenance on a daily basis and yet never feel that management was paying any attention to the amount and quality of customer service and floor maintenance you would produce every day.

What I liked most about the job was after breaking down a truck and setting up the floor in an efficient and productive manner, I could step back and look at my work and be proud of it. Publix was much better about recognizing quality and hard work.

3.0

Inventory Supervisor (Current Employee)

1.9.2014, Job Location: Chester, SC

In the past 7 years I have leaned quite a bit working with Walmart. If you show interest in learning other areas of the store, you will most definitely be trained in those areas. Since I showed interest, I learned the whole store, 1st-3rd shift, which helped me advance to my supervisor position. The pay is not so great but it is a stable job.

Managers come and go though. Some of them will like you and some will not, which will limit how far you can move up. They do what they want with who they hire for certain spots and are very biased sometimes. Overall, everyone is friendly. They do not want to work with availability any more though. You are married to Walmart if you work there.

The job isn't hard, but I do love what I do. My associates sometimes complain but they do have the hardest and least compensated job in the store. Unloading trucks IS a task. Other than that, Walmart is an easy job if you are willing to just do what is asked of you, even though your job title may not entail it, if management deems it necessary you will be scrubbing toilets and pushing buggies.

5.0

Claims Supervisor (Current Employee)

27.8.2014, Job Location: Tompkinsville, KY

Starts out processing returns from the night before. Work the bins that are set up in claims nothing over 48 hours can be in these bins. Then I work the stolen tote. Then I start the soak ups. Get Paperwork from invoice office. File paperwork, put paperwork that goes in binders in their correct binders. Check E-mails print e-mails, the distribute which e-mails goes to which depts.

Start filling out operational paperwork. Print the reports I need to fill this paperwork out with. Take break. Work on Bins I didn't finish earlier. Go to store meeting. Fill out more of op paperwork still working on bins and soaking up. Work with any Vendors who come. Go to lunch. Come back finish op paperwork print paperwork for my throw aways. Do recalls. Go to operational meeting. File paperwork after that meeting. Go on break. Finish soaking up. Usually processing Vendor claims at this time.

Movies, Music, and Books. Check up at service desk for returns. Take things up to the return bins at service desk that were not defective. Get along with all my co workers. Management is great can go to any of them if I have an issue. Learn something everyday. Hardest part is trying to get it all done in the scheduled hours. The starting of the day planning my work and then working my plan.

5.0

Overnight Stocker (Former Employee)

10.8.2014, Job Location: Hesperia, California

My review working at Walmart was an exciting experience. We had managers who knew exactly what to say and do to make us feel loved. A typical day at work would be to down stack various departments and then stock for a certain amount of time. When the time came close to zoning/facing, we would clean up and take overstock to the backroom to bin. When departments are cleaned and prep we zone till it is time to go. If the department is not completely zoned we will work OT to be able to impress the Store Manager.

What i have learned while working in this company is that you need to be able to communicate. Communication is key to everything. I have learned that when you communicate with your managers and co-workers you will be able to enjoy your job and will build a stronger relationship.

The hardest part of of the job would be to not know the department you are working in however, learning was a big part of a job.

The most enjoyable part of work would be Learning. I knew everyday that i tried my best finding out better possibilities to maneuver the things i think of doing the day before.

2.0

Pharmacy Cashier (Former Employee)

4.8.2014, Job Location: Montgomery, AL

I don't know if it was because I was at a ghetto Walmart but it was horrible. Management had horrible attitudes. Example: I had a manager, when I worked in the front as a cashier, that would repeatedly get reported how she kept her job is beyond me. I transferred into the pharmacy and become a pharmacy cashier and it was the worst mistake EVER.

The Walmart I worked for had pharmacy techs that would be on the store phone for 10-15 mins at a time while not doing work. No one wanted to help in the front and the customers was extremely rude and inconsiderate. They would see you working with someone else while trying to get you to find their medicine like you're some type of superhuman.

My pharmacy managers were very nice and helpful. I would do cashiering duties and bag the medicine in the pharmacy. I was a cashier in the front at first but switched over to a pharmacy cashier. DO NOT do it! Your pay will be the same but you will have to deal with and do way more. It is very stressful, especially when you have lazy co-workers that would rather hide than help!

Very poor experience and would not recommend.

5.0

Photo center Manager (Former Employee)

28.7.2014, Job Location: Titusville, FL

I started at Walmart in 1996 as a seasonal part time but after my 90day I was a full time cashier. Month later got offered a position in electronic department 6 months later got another position in the photo lab where I later became an assistant manager shortly after became the photo lab manager where I remind there for 4 years until I stepped down in 2003, and moved to Sanford. Supervised employees, engage in sales, taking of my department inventory, Check cash with sales receipts Keeping operating records and preparing daily record of transactions. Ensure employees compliance Keeping procedures and practice, Answered Customer complaints and inquiries directed and coordinated workers activities, investigating, evaluating and settling complaints and claims of customers.

Analyzed reports of findings and, maintain personnel records. Recorded employee information Updated employee files. Compile data from vendor invoices compare invoice determined prices and discounts Recorded data in control. Review claims for completeness. Determined expenses, Plan and prepared work schedules Assigning employees to specific tasks. Formulated pricing policies on merchandise according to requirements for profitability of store operations, Coordinated sales promotion activities. Prepared and presented notes to store manager.

5.0

Logistics Router (Former Employee)

18.7.2014, Job Location: Brundidge, AL

I got there and wanted to prove myself. I did I broke records as a Transportation Router, and figured out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Its not an easy job to take on but worth the benefits. You always have interaction with the public whether it be that driver, the receiving associate, or sometime a customer that just wants to vent about having bad service.

Thing is I learned to listen and inform, I still had to deal with people who wanted to talk over me or out talk me but that didn't bother me, I was good at my job and no one except me could take that away. It was stressful work and many times I wondered why I had been hired, alot of associates told me I was gonna either quit or be fired in six months. I quit before moving to New York with my husband and daughter, the next DC was too far away from where we were moving so I couldn't transfer, but I'm glad I did that job well, last time I talked to some of my old co workers they told me that it takes two people to do my old job now.

I'm glad even if it isn't the truth, I was intimidated by that job at first,but once I learned it, I became the intimidating one because I knew my job and I worked hard at it.

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

2.7.2014, Job Location: Pooler, GA

The management was less than professional. Only cared for personal benefit and almost seemed as there was a quota for firing people and breaking people until they quit. Favorites were played not only personally but in pay ranks as well. Inappropriate relationships were played out and there was no effort to hide these.

If you were someone who worked your job then you took on your duties of everyone around you. Stealing was of no issue to the top if you were caught stealing then a blind eye was turned and even worse were the customers people were walking out with TVs and large appliances everyday. The hardest part of my job was dealing with the feminist harassment of customers which no one would help me and the flirting from the top.

I learned that the only to progress was to have a physical relationship with your boss. I worked there a year and well educated above many others always tried to better my job and experience turning down advances that were wrong I quit and refuse to do anything legally to protect myself because how large a corporation that walmart is that I know nothing will be done about it and people will continue to get away with whatever they please.

3.0

Customer Service (Current Employee)

28.6.2014, Job Location: Potsdam, NY

Although management is aware that the overnight crew is terribly understaffed, they neglect to hire on an appropriate amount of workers. I and one other worker are in charge of stocking merchandise for all infants and apparel departments. Due to different schedules; Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I am in alone in departments 23-31, 33-36, and 79. Management is in charge of designating which workers work in certain areas of the store by using the computer task manager. This system also calculates how long each department should take and many workers are given far more than eight hours of work and given attitude when they can't finish.

Management does not praise hardwork so much as overload hardworkers with the extra efforts that other workers refuse to exhibit. And then they refuse to discipline the workers who are careless and don't properly manage their time.

The only advantage to working at Walmart for me, other than the obvious reason of not being unemployed, is that the overnight shift allows me to participate in family life, as I have the weekends off and can situate my sleep hours around whatever needs to be done during the day.

3.0

Courtesy Associate (Former Employee)

17.6.2014, Job Location: Bluffton, IN

I was getting decent hours prior to the new year, but once the new year started, I went from ~25 hours per week to maybe 15 hours per week. I had to pick up another job just to get by. This store also was horrible at granting days off. I asked off months in advance for appointments and a vacation I had planned. A month out and they still had not been approved or denied. I had to find my assistant manager and stand there while he approved them. Another issue I had was being scheduled on days that I put I could not work consistently every week.

I did have great co-workers, so that made the job at least bearable. A typical day would involve putting away any freight that was not done before I got there. Then I would go through the department and zone everything up to make sure that it looked presentable. Overall, this would be a good place for a high school-er or recent high school graduate to get work experience, but I would not recommend it for an adult that has anything to do outside of work.

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

10.6.2014, Job Location: North Augusta, SC

Typical day included being in charge of maintaining multiple departments at once on my own and being expected to do the work of 5 people at once. After a while I learned the reason to over load associates with work was to help management fore workers before they could get to a pay raise so they could keep rehiring and maintaining pay rates at the minimum $7.25 rate.

Management was also TERRIBLE, as there were about 5 managers for every three associates on the floor, and rarely did a manager try to listen or help resolve any issues. The hardest part was when there were two customers that kept coming into the store to harass me, they refused to get security or to resolve the harassment issues to the point of blaming me for their showing up.

Nothing about this job was enjoyable, and it was stressful to the point that I left without notice because they refused to give me a raise, do anything about the verbal/s.exual harassment, and high workload. It is impossible to work a third of a store that's high traffic and the size of two football fields with little to no help!

1.0

Cashier (Former Employee)

28.5.2014, Job Location: Longview, TX

A typical (9 hour) shift starts by scanning my I.D. Badge to find out what register I'm assigned to until my first break, which I probably won't get. I sign into my register and start to check out customers.

Hopefully I won't run out of change or need a price check, because the managers ignore your page half of the time. After my first break I go back and scan my badge to go to another register. This time I go to the self check. It's simple enough. Help up to six customers when needed. Scan your badge to verify age or to fix simple problems. Pray that the machines don't mess up.

You'll have a hard time getting a manager to come help you! Thank goodness it's lunch time. I love that I get an entire hour to eat and relax. Back to work, scan your badge, go to a register, wait for my last break. 90% of the time, I will not get my last break. Finally, time to go home.

After an hour drive, I put my 3 kids to bed. Get up the next day and do it again.

3.0

Sales Associate (Current Employee)

19.5.2014, Job Location: Recreation Dr., Canandaigua, NY 14424

Maintains the Dairy/Frozen area in accordance with Company policies and procedures by properly handling claims & returns, zoning the area, arranging and organizing merchandise / supplies, identifying shrink and damages, ad ensurig a safe work environment. Maintains merchandise presentation in the Dairy/Frozen area by stocking and rotating merchandise, removing damaged or out-of-date goods, setting up, cleaing, and organizing

Product displays, signing and pricing merchandise appropriately, and securing fragile and high-shrink merchandise.

Provides Customer Service.

The management continue giving short shift schedule which I got 2 days short shift - 4hrs each day. It's not worth it, spending money for transportation.

Some of my co-workers are good & some I noticed they are too lazy, thats why most of the time I work by myself. Working in frozen/dairy is tough but I handle it with less pressure. In fact I got ""Exceed Expectation Performance"" review from my one year.

I enjoy working every time customers smile at me & always thank me for helping them. They keep telling me that they always see me keep moving such a hard worker. They happy to know my name, they appreciated my help always commented that I have a good smile and always approachable.

4.0

Sales, Backroom, Mechanic Associate (Former Employee)

5.5.2014, Job Location: Ames, IA

I worked in the Auto department, Hardware department, and Download/Truck Unloading department. Everything is mostly individualized except the backroom truck download teams. I liked the Hardware department better because I was able to talk to many customers and practice my customer service skills to be very helpful and people would take sales or walk in my department area for more assistance. I liked helping and would complete my department zoning and desk requirements before assisting others in their departments.

I made friends in different departments and help zoning throughout the store. The management worked on Wal-Mart's own promotion ladder for checking off training and trying hard to get noticed, but even if they got their payouts, they would overlook the people that worked primarily the whole store. The workers in the departments and downloading trucks are hardworking ethical people.

The management was run by those that only see money and overlook and overstep the department workers. Some supervisors were college students aching for attention, got it, but then they were ignorant and only cared about themselves and their duties so if they got done then that is what mattered to them, they did not care about their team because they want to go home.

I cared about being a good morale support to those I worked with, even if they were supervisors. I avoided those that did not care about anyone. I try to talk to them about being a team at least one time to express concern.