Sam's Club reviews

3.3

51% would recommend to a friend

(12,892 total reviews)
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62% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

Sam's Club has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 12,892 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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2.0
Jun 19, 2025

Inconsistency at all times

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Pros

If you are willing to work the job will be there and the paycheck is consistent. There are some good people working for the company and some of the Managers do care about the employees, trying their best to support good workers to keep things flowing.

Cons

The company runs on micromanagement and fear from the GM level and above. Every week there are multiple threats of some higher-level boss coming in and yes, we've all seen these bosses come in and fear the fall out we will get from the GM when they leave, because nothing is ever good enough. Management seems more worried that something made them look bad to their boss, instead of providing the best experience to the members. Everything can change on a whim from day to day, even by the same Managers. You can follow directions given today and two days later you are given completely different directions by the same manager with a denial that they ever gave you the initial direction. The entire organization seems to be ran on reactionary reflexes from higher level managers coming in and changing everything based on something they saw or heard that they feel will get them better recognition.

2.0
Dec 5, 2024
Recommend
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Pros

Had a block schedule that I could always count on being the same every week. Benefits were pretty good.

Cons

A very toxic work environment. People seemed to have a “you make more than me so I’m not helping you with anything” attitude. Working there felt like junior high, everyone was constantly doing nothing while complaining that everyone else was doing nothing. Being employee of the month was extremely easy. Managers get paid a lot and don’t do much at all.

3.0
Jun 24, 2024

Could be a great place to work

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Pros

The job itself is simple. I oversee about 15-20 people with 3 areas of 1 department. I get along with my employees well, everyone is very kind, and I like working here overall.

Cons

The salaried managers are what makes the job difficult. None of them have any experience working in the departments they control so they don't understand any of the processes within each area of a department. They don't hire enough staff, cut part-time hours without notifying associates, complain that people aren't working hard enough, and expect one person to do a three person job. They are all fake and passive aggressive, just itching to fire someone or provide them with negative feedback. If you do your work and never call out or speak out about a frustration, you'll enjoy working here a lot. As soon as you become a strong employee and you have stuff going on in your personal life, they will, and I quote a salaried manager, "Do what I can to make their lives harder because they aren't performing." My schedule as an hourly manager changes weekly with no warning. The roles and responsibilities change daily with no training. I haven't been working here for a full year and it feels like I've worked here for years.

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