Sam's Club reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(12,871 total reviews)
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Latriece Watkins

60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Sam's Club has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 12,871 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sam's Club employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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13K reviews
1.0
Apr 21, 2019
Recommend
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Pros

Pays above minimum, at least in my state. Forged some really good friendships in my department.

Cons

Pretty much everything else. The company likes to trim their budget by cutting hours, especially the hours of front end associates. They changed the registers so it is pretty much mandatory that two people are needed to run them BUT they never schedule enough people to actually do that. So lines are always insanely long, which stresses out associates and angers members, thus leading to members yelling at the cashiers who have no say on how many people get scheduled. I cannot tell you how many times I'm scolded by a member to open another register, even though I would love too but there are no associates :). We used to get 30 hours of PTO every January to use as we please, which was good to have in case of medical emergencies or family emergencies, but that was taken away. In many clubs, wholesale department is being taken away and shipping jobs to different cities to keep up with Amazon, so if your club relied on wholesale to boost your bonuses, say goodbye to that. Constantly pushing the members to upgrade their memberships from $45 to $100/year or opening up a their credit card with an insanely high interest rate, is the worst part of the job. And I understand that Sam's Club functions as a members only store but it's really not worth it unless you are a business owner or buy bulk every week. I can see members getting angry of being hassled every time they shop to upgrade. And if you do not get upgrades or credits you have little sit-down with the Membership Champ to "talk" which is less of a chat and more of you being berated and not listened too when you bring up your concerns. Management does not listen to you. If another associate is causing problems or not pulling their own weight, they won't help you or take notice of the problem.

4.0
Jun 17, 2016

Part Time

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I get full time hours, 10% off produce, free membership, clean store, friendly employees, every day the employees get to eat the expired bakery items, or items customers ordered and didn't want.

Cons

push $100 membership, like really push it. If the customer says, no, you have to continue to push it. Only two days of training. Cashiers have to stand in one spot until break or lunch time. Don't recommend if you have back problems, or cannot deal with extremely rude customers

4.0
Nov 9, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is good bad compared to what you would get doing the same job at another company. The yearly bonus always comes in handy. Last year mine was over 1100. The people I work with are great. I enjoy my job. Its a good job while im finishing my degree.

Cons

It can get aggrivating when youre busy and the supervisors are hassling you to get upgrades, credit applications, etc but thats not too bad. You will be on your feet all day.

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