WalMart Canada Reviews

I have been working at WalMart Canada full-time for more than a year

Pros – Met nice people... room for advancement

Cons – extremely low pay.. upper management can be brutal to lower management while they barely life a finger to help

Advice to Senior Management – Pay more... lead by example

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at WalMart Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – IF you have laid back supervisiors,good for you

Cons – Cashiers and grocery are the busiest

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at WalMart Canada

Pros – Good hours, flexible, easy to switch shifts/ get covered, friendly coworkers, easy to work your way up, easy to get the job

Cons – rude customers, long hours, low pay, superviors don't really know what they're doing, management expects employees stand by policies yet doesnt back up associates

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I worked at WalMart Canada for less than a year

Pros – The best part about working here is that you meet so many different people. Both shoppers and colleagues give you the chance to socialize with others. Plus you get to shop as you work, scouting out new products and promotions that are going on.

Cons – The down side of working here is that the pay is less than nominal, the hours of operation demand very flexible availability, and its quite boring.

Advice to Senior Management – My advice is to really engage with all associates and get feedback to improve not only the customer's experience but the employee's as well. Especially since most employees are also customers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

I worked at WalMart Canada

Pros – Amazing Co-workers, make me laugh and taught me a lot every shift. Great Experience. I love the people.

Cons – Management was awful. Disorganized and not understanding at all. Did't know how to manage workers and were often rude to everyone.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at WalMart Canada part-time for less than a year

Pros – great benefits, fantastic profit sharing options, RSP contributions very good. Fun place to learn and never get fired from

Cons – long work week. non negotiable availability. sometimes very disorganized

Advice to Senior Management – listen more. talk less put away your clipboard and roll up your sleeves.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at WalMart Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – - coworkers become like family
- flexible hours [to an extent]
- room to grow if willing to put in the time and effort
- standard wages with yearly profit-sharing bonus
- generally friendly assistant managers
- job security

Cons – - too much pressure on middle management, which is then taken out on lower-level workers
- upper management barely know lower-level workers' names
- expectation of managers that Walmart is what their employees' entire lives revolve around
- budget is terrible even when store is doing well; "everyday low prices" means cutting hours, making associates work several departments at a time, giving part-timers full-time hours to avoid giving benefits
- department managers who don't understand the above and expect associates to get all of the work in their departments done despite understaffing
- initial training consisted of tiresome computer-based learning modules and no actual face-to-face training, so first few months are rough (esp. when answering customers' questions); being able to learn fast and on your own is essential
- barely anyone gets fired, which means job security, but also terrible workers whose incompetence other workers have to make up for
- customers, of course, suck (but that's all retail jobs); people have a tendency to treat Walmart associates like scum
- altogether, decent job for a student (at lower levels), but definitely not a position you want to be stuck in for the rest of your life (move up or get yourself an education and leave)

Advice to Senior Management – to upper management
- realize that cost-cutting is easy when it doesn't affect you
- have some empathy and realize your workers are human beings
- acknowledge a job well done

to lower management
- don't take it out on us

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at WalMart Canada part-time for less than a year

Pros – The discount card 10% off!! Profit-sharing, the 'invested' interest in you(if you are there for two years, they start a 'fund' for you that builds over time for when you retire (or quit)? This is probably a good company if you wish to stay I retail.... Apparently you can work your way through the organization too...

Cons – Hard on the back (I'm a cashier for now.). Lots of middle management, although to be fair, this is a huge store and has 500 employees.... I've been here for a month and feel a little hassled to go faster. I'm not a slow cashier, but I'm not a machine either.... Training is less than great and is unorganized. I worked a grocery store for a much smaller company. Their cashier training was much more formal and thorough, although I wasn't a cashier there... You can be relatively anonymous there, since there are 500 employees and if you have some anti-social tendencies, if can be a be a bit lonely..

Advice to Senior Management – More thorough training for cashiers. Too many unanswered questions about day to day situations

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

I have been working at WalMart Canada part-time for more than a year

Pros – Coworkers are nice and friendly

Cons – Customers are rude
Managers are always pulling you away from the department leaving it empty

Advice to Senior Management – They should treat their associates fairly. I have been there for over a year and people just getting hired make more than me.
If a student has exams they should be given time off to study for them, I don't want to work at WalMart for the rest of my life like you. I want to have a better paying job to provide for my family.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at WalMart Canada full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Advancement for people who put in the time, great health benefits for full timers, good pay once you move up with the company

Cons – terrible work/life balance for management, at walmarts beck and call 24/7, policies that change on the fly and no help from upper levels at home office to address the changes, terrible pay for the lower levels of the company.

Advice to Senior Management – Fix the pay for the "lower" levels of jobs. These people make managements job easier yet their short changed and disgracefully underpaid. Stop changing policies every few weeks.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company