Walmart Employee Reviews

1.0

ZMS (Former Employee)

18.4.2012, Job Location: NJ

Thats how I felt the day I left. I was an associate for WalMart for over 12 years. I had a wonderful relationship with my fellow associates and management.....so I thought. I was moving out of state, and wanted to transfer to a WalMart in my new location. OMG !!!

It was like pulling teeth to get help. I asked management to help me, personnell manager to help me & nothing....I kept being told "I'll help you find the information you need" or "I'll look into it for you" or (my favorite saying) "I'll get back to you". And nothing ! No help from any of them. I even called the store I wanted to transfer too, hard to believe... They did the same thing "I'll call you back" and they didn't. I went onto the wire & put in for a transfer & no one would follow through with it. It was like....too bad, so sad.....if I didn't stay with this WalMart I couldn't go to any. And that's what happened....

Management took so long to get their act together, when I got to my new home & went to the local WalMart...I was told it was too late. I had to reapply and start all over again, at part time with less pay and a lower position. This just proves, you cannot be loyal to a company like WalMart, they don't care about their associates at all. Thanks to them, I wasted 12 years and am now unemployed.

Maybe someone of importance will read these reviews and make some needed changes to this company.

4.0

Cashier (Former Employee)

15.4.2012, Job Location: Bristol, CT

A typical day at work at the Bristol walmart was setting up your register, cashing out customers, and helping take care of overstock on the downtime. It was generally a fun place to work. I learned to work fast, without sacrificing quality of work and working with many people at once.

The only complaint I ever had with my Walmart store was that the managers either played favorites with the higher up employees or they completely ignored you all together. None of the managers knew any of the cashier or stockers names by memory, they were rude to all the workers in front of customers, and they were even rude to customers!

The hardest part of working at Walmart is not being able to help customers in all situations. Sometimes there is something wrong with a product that customers need fixed, or a product that is no longer on the shelf and there is nothing we can do to help them find it and they leave upset. But the most enjoyable part of the job was most definitely the atmosphere. Aside from very few minor customer/worker problems in the time I worked there, it was a very happy environment.

The other cashiers were friendly and down to earth and the customers were all usually very polite and easy to wait on.

4.0

ICS Lead (Former Employee)

2.4.2012, Job Location: Six Mile Cypress and Colonial

My typical day when I worked at nights was to go have a meeting, then gather my team which consisted of at least 20 - 25 people depending on the night. Depending on whether it was a holiday or not, or if the store had been ran sacked because of a hurricane dictated the outcome. I would pull all the pallets out from the grocery side for each aisle usually would have somebody help me. Then would drop all the merchandise on the floor where it goes including all of the gm freight that came into the grocery side.

Depending on the aisle on how it looked would usually determine how much backstock I would pull out. If the aisle wasn't so bad and the amount of grocery that came in for that night maybe just try to find all the lows and outs. After I got my team set with that I would go around and look at all the displays, front main displays, side displays and skids for each aisle and determine whether I would have to tear them down and rotate them to smaller displays or fill them up. At 3 in the morning I usually would receive a dairy, frozen, or charts (sales items for the week) truck and would unload it. At around 4:30 we would have to pick up shrink wrap all pallets going back and get them lifted into the racks so the backroom would look good.

After all that we would zone the isles which is bringing everything forward.

3.0

Instock Associate (Former Employee)

31.3.2012, Job Location: Gilbert, AZ

I had worked for Walmart super center store. It's a fun place to meet new people every day; you get to work independently; you can choose the hours. But health insurance does not cover some needs like chiropractic services.

Walmart is a good place for young people to work and support themselves through colleges. It's also good for disabled people to work part time and get to keep their SSDI benefits, too. Same for retired people to work there to supplement their retirement pension benefits. The pay is better for management level jobs. But the pay raise is only 35 cents to 60 cents for non-management level jobs.

The best part about it is bonus surplus added to the paycheck if the store meets monthly profit goal every month. I would not mind to work part time for Walmart. If you want higher pay, bigger pay raise and better healh insurance coverage and especially retirement plan, it is better to seek jobs with other employers that can afford to give you more! It's okay to work for Walmart if you are looking for a part time job. That is all.

2.0

Cashier (Current Employee)

22.3.2012, Job Location: Show Low, AZ

Walmart has a bad relation with its employees. High turnover rates; poor beginning wages which makes the majority of its employees reliant on welfare to survive; it takes a year to get some of your benefits and two years to get all of them; backstabbers and favoritism is more common than you know.

Walmart is so busy being an equal opportunity employee that some individuals with particular needs (like single moms with small children) get overlooked because it's not a federally protected group like race or religion. Opportunities are taken away from single moms when they have to have weekends off, because the daycare isn't open and babysitters don't want to watch your kids on the weekend.

I work with the most dedicated, hardworking, amazing group of people that make all of the issues in the first two paragraphs endurable.

4.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

2.3.2012, Job Location: Carrollton, GA

I was very generous in my ratings considering I experience a little racism with the uneducated staff, but if you work in a rural area you should expect that anyway. The work is decent it will get your basic bills paid, but you dont have much after that. I would promote Wal-Mart as a temporary job. 6 to 8 months if you find a new job take it, but leave on good terms and you can always come back if anything happen.

Which means put in your two weeks’ notice and make sure you fill it. You will be able to rehire. I've been rehired twice because I have left on good terms. The staff is very undereducated so you can get the job if you have a high school diploma and know maybe a little bit of Spanish. If you have a 2- or 4-year degree you automatically will qualify, but don’t stay long if you have a degree because you will feel underappreciated and overworked.

Use this as a platform to advance into other fields.

3.0

Department Manager (Current Employee)

23.2.2012, Job Location: Kansas City, MO

Having had positions from cart pusher & maintenance all way to a salaried assistant manager I can say that there are some job codes that Walmart favors over others. Department managers are tasked with too many projects in a weeks’ time and pressured so much to get them done that they do not take the proper time to complete them which in turn could get them into trouble.

Management is so far removed from the hourly associates they have lost perspective on what it really takes to be an effective department manager. Store managers flip out and even make threats to gilt you into pushing for sales increases to the point of nearly ignoring company policies and doing things to make them look good on paper. The family atmosphere left the company when Sam & Helen past away.

3.0

Sales Associate (Current Employee)

17.2.2012, Job Location: Tulsa, OK

From what i`ve seen working at the walmart location that I do is walmart is a good company to work for, but the store I was generally hired on was a stop and go from the beginning. I was originally hired on for a certain position and then when I went in to do my interview I was then told by the Personnel Supervisor that I was to either be put into another position or I would not be able to work at WalMart Superstores.

When originally, I selected the position to better suit my Schedule due to parents’ medical problems. So, in turn I had to completely change my schedule for Walmart`s benefit. But, A job was a job, I took the position which I ended up enjoying in the end, but at the end I was transferred into a department I was completely unacknowledged on and was the only associate in that department for most of the day so it put me at a big disadvantage.

Walmart may be a great company to work for, but from what I have seen so far, as an Employee i`m not satisfied.

3.0

Meat department sales (Former Employee)

1.2.2012, Job Location: Mesa, AZ

I took a job at walmart when the economy went bad in 2008 because they were the only ones hiring at the time. I spent almost 4 years there and most of the time it was horrible. Always having to walk on egg shells because management is quick to fire people.

The pay is VERY VERY unfair for what you have to do and put up with. When walmart as a company says they are competitive with other companys, NO NO NO they are not. Dont get me wrong if you’re ok with being paid peanuts for long hours then this is the job for you.

My coworkers were good people and fun to be around for the most part.

2.0

Cartpusher/Stock Associate (Former Employee)

29.1.2012, Job Location: Ontario, OH

The turnover was the biggest problem because there were many times where nobody could assist me on tasks involving more than one person. Poor morale also contributed to problems, although in the begininng morale wasn't a big issue.

My supervisors really weren't that involved with me enough and I found that not really anybody in the store guided me enough to make my job easier. Favorability was also a factor, especially with the people that moved up in the company.

I felt that I was not the right fit with the company and wasn't showcased in the right way.

4.0

Customer Service Manager (Former Employee)

16.1.2012, Job Location: Carrollton, TX

Walmart is a stable company, and can provide job security for a good employee. However, the work-life balance with this company is not desirable, as you must be available for any shift, which is subject to change week to week, and weekends are required. Additionally, all holidays other than Christmas day are required, and blackout dates for vacation apply.

They do give their employees more breaks than most employers, and promotion into lower supervisory positions is pretty easy to obtain. Walmart is a company that will require you to work in any other given position at any time. This can be both good and bad, as the experience in another position can help you become a more well-rounded employee, but the constant removal from your own duties causes you to be unable to complete work on time.

No consistency between policy and enforcement of said policy by management.

5.0

stocker (Former Employee)

11.1.2012, Job Location: Marshall, Tx. and Del Rio, Tx.

Great company to work for, the benefits and great for when u have a family as well and the management are great people to work for and so many opportunities to grow with the company as management...

The only reason i Quit was because i was pregnant and moved... if not i have to say i would still be there... i enjoyed working for them, i have friends and family that have worked for them for 6 years or more...

And there have overnight for if u can’t work during the day... I worked both... As a stocker and at the cosmetics...

1.0

Assistant Manager (Former Employee)

23.12.2011, Job Location: Bashford Manor Louisville

3 days on 3 days off for thirteen hours is a terrible schedule. No home life, off with wife 2 times a month. No communication with other assistant that worked your three days off.

Bad Comanger in store tried to be dominate male. Other Comanager or myself build as feature, then he comes in a wastes time moving it. He was never happy with 40 pallets ran during day.

Associates forced to work on freight during day and did not treat customers with respect. How could they, if they got in trouble for not stocking frieght fast enough. Customer service was "go away it is over there, leave me alone, I have to stock shelves". They had 100 Letter to the Presidents in one month I was there. I left a Neighborhood Market because I could not move up.

They would not hire or promote out of small format stores. I only worked for Bash for 1 month and am now unemployed. I told them I had Fibromyalgia and they did not care if I did or not. I worked 4 days and 53 hours and had my first day off. I was called to hours from 8 P.M. to work thirds and jerk would not take no for an answer. I could not work thirds with no sleep and Fibromyalgia. They would have to call an ambulance for me that night to take me to hospital.

This was a high shrink store also, they would just push cart loads out to the Neighborhood around the store. I guy got a gun shoved in his face, duct taped, kidnapped, car jacked and thrown out into the street by two thugs four days after I left. No one cared about me.

2.0

ICS Team (Former Employee)

17.12.2011, Job Location: West Burlington, IA

I am sorry that I cannot give a great review for this company. I went into it, thinking that it would be a great place to work and be a fulfilling place to work. I worked very hard to the point of having panic attacks and almost blacking-out on several occasions.

The harder I worked, the more they wanted. Also, it was a rule that we were to get every fourth weekend off, but that rarely happened. Finally, I got burned-out. I had to quit. That night, I tried to call the store several times, with no answer, so I ended up being a "no call, no show."

I am a people-person that tries very hard to please others. But the more I tried to please my employer, the more they wanted.

1.0

Cashier (Former Employee)

12.12.2011, Job Location: White House ,Tn

Some people get treated better than others, some get promotions after only weeks of starting, for others it takes months to get a transfer to another department, then they look for anything to get you in trouble. The open-door policy says no reproductions, bull you get treated even worse.

They want you to do the work of three people, when you are out it takes two or three people to do your job and make a mess, then you get yelled at to clean up the mess. The front-end managers take so long to get to the registers to help the customers that the customer takes it out on you.

You do right by them and they call in and get you in trouble for something you did not do. a very un-fair company.

4.0

Assistant Manager (Former Employee)

13.11.2011, Job Location: Plano Texas

I enjoyed working at Wal-Mart. Typically, there management style is more structured than some that I may have encountered previously, but I enjoyed being in that environment.

Wal-Mart was excellent about communication from the Home Office regarding events, season events, changes, features, new merchandising....about every knowledge-based tool was available to you and -most often - likewise the processes required to a successful completition. Follow-through and accountabilty were crucial and, though this seems like a "no-brainer", you may be surprised that you rate less-than-amazing inn that regard until you've worked in the Wal-Mart management structure. I for one found this performance-based, accountabilty-based style very useful and I know I left the company a much better manager and supervisor than when I came onboard.

Typically, bad store visit or good store visit, you could never tell it from my Store Manager's mood, which is great.

4.0

Sam's Club Optical Department (Former Employee)

9.11.2011, Job Location: Licensed Dispensing Optician

I loved the friendliness of the people working at Sam's Club. There were always pleasant people to spend break times with and the company was always providing some type of benefit for us.

Many times, there would be free lunch and supper in the break room. They also provided a birthday cake once a month for those employees who had a birthday that month. I was given financial incentives I didn't even know about until I received my paycheck.

There were programs where the employees voted for such things as employee of the month. My favorite manager was voted department manager of the year by his peers. We did have problems within the optical department; such as, the Texas/Mexico laboratories were not efficient. We had many remakes coming directly from the laboratories that we could not pass.

I believe this to be one of the main reasons Sam's Club has problems keeping their managers and opticians. The manager's bonus is based on keeping a low remake level. Apparently, this is impossible under the current laboratories' proficiency levels.

1.0

Sales Associate (Former Employee)

9.10.2011, Job Location: Alamogordo, NM

I have seen the allot of people in the Area of the store, and allot have to wait forever for someone to help them an no one does, because they are doing what their boss ask them to do, then get mad and ask to talk to Managers, and the Managers talk to the Associate, but then the associate does more an more times.

Some stand around an do nothing an play around teaching the other Kong-fu martial Arts, and Managers say nothing.

i walked by an saw a movie laying on the ground, to say they should have been zoning not playing around at their job.

And i have worked at this company an i have to say, People that work there are not really nice, and talk behind your back, an try getting you fired.

1.0

Electronics Assosiate (Former Employee)

27.9.2011, Job Location: Seekonk, MA

Walmart in Seekonk, MA I have to say is horrible. They are always trying to catch you doing something wrong. Some of the management is nice, to a point and other are just mean or crazy.

Example, I worked in the Electronics portion of Walmart. We had to arrange the Video games in plastic cases a certain way. The manager showed us how to do it "Exactly how they wanted it to be done" So it was done to there standards. Same manager comes by the next day and starts complaining that it wasn't done right and rips the video games off the shelf and tell us to do it over again.

Another example same manager. Some one had left a box of swiffer on the counter and in front of a customer also interrupting the employee helping the customer, the manager start yelling that the table need to always be cleaned and flings the box on to the floor and walks away. The employee apologized to the customer. The customer replied its ok, I feel sorry for you.

That's just two examples.

3.0

TLE Tech (Former Employee)

23.8.2011, Job Location: Rolla, Mo

The management team at this place posesses a friendly atmosphere but when it comes to advancement they already pick the individual. I know this because I was among the individuals that was picked because they have to pick three, I was informed that I was not selected for the position and that they have to inform everyone that was interviewed. I asked then "where is my interview?"

They had hired a guy that was a CSM's boyfriend from outside the company when by policy it states that individuals have to be there for at least 6 months for advancement. I was there for three. Right then I knew what was going on and no one cared to listen.

The Individual that was hired made staff do illegal things according to DOT policy, threatened our jobs and I recieved a D-Day because I refused to perform any Illegal act directed by this individual. I confronted the individual and other management and got nowhere. Then, I had made a full report with several members of staff signitaures including pictures of illegal activity that was directed by this support manager.

As a result, for my troubble I was asked to leave as if I had resigned and later learned that the individual was terminated for foul play and caused the company to get sued.

I have got Rehired only to be dismissed 60 days later.

1.0

Overnight Maintenance and Stocker, Support Manager (Former Employee)

25.2.2011, Job Location: Baldwin Park

I am an honest and dedicated person. I cannot say the same for the rest of my co-workers and managers.

Here's a list of things I witness:
-Someone smoking crack
-Manager sleeping on top of old Lay Away counter
-Co-Workers drunk with stolen store beers
-Tagging in restroom stalls by co-workers
-Fighting

The day I gave my two week notice is the day I got Conveniently Terminated. Although, I told I was terminated, my records show I was not. This so called termination was just a rowdy mislead by an miserable assistant manager. After a year, I attempted to come back to work at Wal Mart, but was not able to, because I supposedly threaten to kill my manager.

I never did such a thing, and in fact, she was terminated for stealing company money.

I just want to work a honest job in peace!