Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,217 total reviews)
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John Furner

58% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,217 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Walmart 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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142K reviews
2.0
Oct 24, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It is easy to move your way up the ladder. I started out as a cashier and got promoted 4 times. It is very fast passed so you dont have to worry about having nothing to do no matter where you work. For the most part it does have the feeling of family there. If I were to find another job or in previous jobs i have never had a feeling that everybody I work with is family which is really weird to say. Wal-Mart is deffinetly a place to earn experience to put on an application that looks good.

Cons

Getting time off is tough. Requesting it in 3 weeks in advance is ridiculous and good luck ever getting a holiday off. Managment there has no communication, one manager says do this so you do it and another manager say do this when your already filled up with tasks to last you all night, when you explain your day is full they frown upon you and when all work isn't completed because overtime is completely unexcepatable they get upset. Taking on somebody elses tasks is a very common thing yet they expect you to complete all your work as well. They seem to promote alot of worthless people. The company gets worse and worse day by day. Everything about the company seems very unexceptable for a workplace. The pay is okay but not worth the stress supervisors get on the job. Salaried managers are almost as worthless as most of the supervisors they guinea pig around to tell other supervisors and associates what to do, There are so many supervisors and associates you don't no who to follow and you cant satisfy everybody. Their timelines to get work done are completely outragous. Most people you ask that work at walmart will tell you they are looking for a different job. Once you start, it is fine, once you are with the company for a year or more you realize what a craphole the place really is. Their benefits are not that great at all and are expenisve as hell. When a position is taken, when you get promoted for instance, it is pretty much here's your job do it. Getting trained in a new position never happends you have to predy much learn on your own. The testing required is ridiculous for wal-mart. I wouldnt recommend this place to anybody unless I hated them.

2.0
Oct 22, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Considering the economy, $9.40 per hr was not too shabby. They did give you about 32 hours a week. If you just need a check, don't want to get personal this is the place and can stand on your feet all day ( on cement) go for it.

Cons

Exhausting, long hours, not much movement behind register, tough on you legs. Managment is there own click, you and an manager can be the only two in a hall and manager won't speak. GEEZZ buddy, you already work me to death, at least acknowledge my existance!!! Hard time getting time off, you need to know 3 weeks in advance unless you can switch with someone, which is impossible since you don't know people because turnover is rampant. It was looked down upon if you could not work until 10-11 pm--I had little kids and would not work past 8pm--so my future even as a cashier was shakey!! I opted no to stay. I only needed a short gig fo get us through a layoff--then my husband got back to work and now I am home with kids. I would do it again if I had too, but I wore me out, my legs still throb at night!!!

2.0
Oct 20, 2009
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

You need money or insurance and can't find another job anywhere else.

Cons

It's political and people are never allowed to move up because other people in supervisor positions won't move up to make room for you to go into a higher position. The pay isn't great and the hours are often short to make you work more days.

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