Sam's Club reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(12,872 total reviews)
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60% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Sam's Club has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 12,872 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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1.0
Jan 27, 2015

Sucks

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Pros

Pay pay pay decent pay

Cons

Everything sucks here company doesn't care

1.0
Nov 20, 2014
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Pros

Most people will say the pay , but in my case is barely above minimum wage. Besides , nothing good to say about them.

Cons

I here to comment on couple of incidents that have happened to me during the last couple of weeks in my store. This past Saturday when i came and started my shift , the COS forced me to stay past my shift if I didn't get a Plus upgrade. During the day , the management and COS were harassing me and disrespecting me in front of the members when working on a register. In all my jobs in retail , I have never been so disrespected and I believe it was illegal to force me to stay past schedule shift because of selfish reasons. I was let go almost two hours past my shift , nearing the 6 hour warning to be forced to get a lunch. I thought that perhaps things were going to be better the next day , but unfortunately despite doing at least 3 upgrades , renewals and credit card application , I was still insulted and harassed by this COS and the management team. There were a lot of times , in which I got 4 pluses , 7 renewals and 3 credit card applications in one day and still was not acknowledged and instead receive insults in front of members when ringing up their items. I cannot respect a company that treat their employees like crap and despite doing everything they are told and still getting pluses , credits and renewals the employee is disrespected and treated like trash. I tried to call Wal Mart ethics office to report this illegal behavior , but so far I have not received any response. Right now I am dreading to even go to work there because ,the management has been very unsupported and they all care about getting pluses , credits and renewals for their big bonus. Customer service here is nonexistent and I am currently looking for an employer that respects and lets the employee do what must be done to bring excellent customer service. Here is the specific list of cons. Low pay Dealing with difficult supervisors , managers and members. Forced to stay past scheduled shift and being held hostage and harassed to get a ridiculously number of 10 pluses , 10 credits and 10 renewals. The ridiculous goal right now is to get 100 plus each day at the store. To add to injury , if we get a certain number of pluses , we get ridiculous , unethical and pathetic gifts like small pieces of candy, free food from cafeteria , hitting pie to COS face , getting a stupid Sundae on Sunday in which you can get for less than two bucks and other insulting stuff. No COS or management support at the Front End when dealing with members and long lines. Do cleanup jobs and other tasks that floor associates supposed to do. Always being threatened to being written up for ridiculous reasons such as missing items , "not pushing" enough upgrades and memberships. Being disrespected and not enough help when dealing with long lines. Not having the necessary communication tools like radios and telephones to contact floor departments to help members to look for specific items. No benefits for part timers for about one or two years. No sick hours A lot lifting and not necessary tools to help associates when lifting heavy items. Parking lot always a mess because of not enough help for lot attendants.

1.0
Nov 20, 2014

Good Employee's Used Up

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Positive interview experience with professional management staff. Quick turn around time from interview to job offer. Managers work along side hourly staff 'associates' doing the same jobs and working harder than most.

Cons

Very little in the way of positive feedback. Not once have I been told I've done a good job even though I go home each day sore and tired from working my butt off. Scheduling changes can come with little to no warning. Managers do little to motivate less productive associates choosing instead to pile more responsibility on associates that do work hard. There is definitely an atmosphere of favoritism. Promotions or transfers are rarely approved based on merit. Associates often get away with no-call-no-shows while others are written up or 'coached' for such things as not taking a lunch break within their allotted time frame. Very little communication from management unless the team has fallen short on some expectation. Very little done to staff properly. Always short handed. Overtime is a dirty word. Made to work well past quitting time frequently then told to keep track of your hours so as to avoid overtime. That means coming in late for the next shift or two and falling behind in your assigned areas only to have to stay late again once you've balanced your hours. Assigned to multiple areas. Working in one area means falling behind in another and held responsible when things aren't done despite working through breaks and watching other associates take hour long lunch breaks or half hour breaks on their 15 minute breaks.

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