Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,155 total reviews)
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58% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,155 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
3.0
May 6, 2009
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Pros

Walmart is really good about promoting from within. I went from a Sales Floor Associate to a Department Supervisor within three months. With such a promotion comes the opportunity to be a leader. The actual job is fairly easy, anyone could probably do it. The pay is pretty good for a single guy such as myself. The benefits are great (As long as you are willing to pay for them) . If you want a day off management is good about letting you have that day off. As long as it is not near inventory time. I have met a lot of great people that I have became friends with.

Cons

Every job has to have downsides and Walmart is no exception. It seems as if the harder you work the more management expects you to accomplish within a shorter time frame. Often times you feel overwhelmed and unappreciated. My stress levels are always off the charts. There is a lot of immaturity, including some from the store manager. As a result the environment seems unprofessional. Customers will often yell at you for things that are beyond your control. Such as when an item has been discontinued. They will often walk away saying that they will simply go somewhere else to find the merchandise. The lack of communication between managers will often lead to conflicts of interest. For example the backroom manager will want you to clear out the warehouse while the front end manager wants you to run register. No matter what you do one of them will be mad at you.

1.0
May 6, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

If you are a Store Manager or Co-Manager, the best reason to work for Wal-Mart would be the money. I worked endless hours with little or no acknowledgement giving up my days off 75% of the time because I felt I had to. The regular pay is average as far as all big box retailers are but the bonus was nice, which was why I kept putting up with the long hours. I also really enjoyed the people that worked for Wal-Mart, we had a great time and for the most part pitched in to make the store successful.

Cons

The hours for the management associates were deplorable, you had little or no personal life and no one cared. I came up thru the ranks fairly quickly and was considered to be an excellent manager, most of my staff enjoyed working with me and I believe they would say I was consistently fair. As managers we were constantly being told to treat our associates like they were gold, however senior management did not tgive the store managment the same respect. Several times as an assistant manager I was told to go to another store to assist in some way but could not go home to change or make other arrangements at home. As an Assistant Manager I worked an average of 55 hours per week, as Store Manager, 65.

4.0
May 5, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Wal-Mart awarded me extra pay for my previous work experience, and I made around $10 an hour, which is not bad, especially in Georgia when the minimum wage was $5.15 an hour at the time. In an eight-hour shift you're given a one-hour unpaid lunch break and two 15-minute paid breaks, so you get a break every two hours. I liked the work environment since I didn't have to be bothered by cigarette smoke or smelling like food after work.

Cons

I worked the overnight shift which got pretty boring after a while, especially when I was assigned to be a door greeter. Even cashiers sometimes have to work as door greeters. Also, part-timers don't get as many benefits as full-timers, and if you want health insurance you have to sign up for it during a certain window of time or you won't be able to get it until the next year.

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