Walmart Reviews

Pros

You have pretty good Job Security. Don't ask too much outside of the normal work schedule unless it is for charity.

Cons

Pay is not competitive with other companies in the field. They continually add job tasks but don't pay us for the extra work load.

Advice to Senior Management

Pay more to your associates from top to bottom. They do not make enough as an associate and is not worth it to get promoted because it doesn't pay.

Pros

good pay, and good workers

Cons

not enough hours to live off of if you have kids.

Advice to Senior Management

there is good leadership there.

Pros

Variety of shifts, always interacting with people, day goes by fast, enjoyed seeing the end result of a display when finished and then coming in the next day and everything was sold out. It would tell me the display was a success.

Cons

Sometimes repeating the same things -- take down one day from one spot asnd put back up in a day in the same spot.

Pros

Walmart culture is one of the best reasons to work there. The management respects associates and allows individuals to think outside the box to improve processes, reduce cost, etc...

Cons

Home office is located in northwest Arkansas

Pros

Breadth and depth of work experience will grow you in so many ways, and the variety of opportunities is astounding. The scale and pace is astounding, allowing for you to make an amazing impact across the globe.

Cons

The company tries to do too much with too few hands at work. IT is overly leveraged with external resources and the inability to oversee and keep consistent quality is very frustrating. Been transitioning to new organizational structure for 3 years, and every year, most of the processes change and no one seems to know which way is up.

Advice to Senior Management

Get back to the basics, hire more college students and train into the needed skillsets. Balance the internal vs. external components. Be better at rewarding excellence with pay, rather than locked in grid that does nothing to reward above and beyond effort.

Pros

Benefits, and growth advancement opportunity.

Cons

Open 24 hours 7 days a week.

Pros

Being able to work with diverse personalities. Opportunities to develop as a person due to working with those personalities

Cons

Lack of growth opportunities. Consustency through out management with decision making. Profiling and prohibiting growth based on geographic and demographic.

Advice to Senior Management

Listen to your associates. Learn from them and keep their interest at heart. Talk, respond, listen and treat them as if you care.

Pros

If you work hard and help out WHENEVER possible, there is usually at least one or two supervisors that will take notice and you will be able to move up. The pay is pretty average for a retail job.

Cons

It's retail, anyone who works in retail knows that working with the public sucks. The hiring process at Walmart is probably the most flawed thing about the company. There is probably not a sane person on earth that thinks Walmart has the best workforce possible.

Advice to Senior Management

Do a better job communicating changes and listening to feedback from associates. It's hard to adjust to a sudden change, especially if you find out 2 weeks after the change has been implemented (with no such communication)

Pros

Decent compensation compared to other cashier jobs
Employee stock program

Cons

Miserable place to work
Very small, expendable part of a very large corporation

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your lowest employees as your equals

Pros

Fair wages, hours and very friendly people

Cons

having to wear brown paints and the blue shirt

Advice to Senior Management

work your schedule hours and volunteer for different things have a great attitude