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November 17, 2020
Pros
More PTO compared to other corporate retail pharmacies, cheaper insurance rates, better 401k match, better maternity leave benefits as well as you get parental leave.
Cons
Pretty much like a CVS and Walgreens but with better benefits. You’ll still be working like a corporate slave.
More PTO compared to other corporate retail pharmacies, cheaper insurance rates, better 401k match, better maternity leave benefits as well as you get parental leave.
November 17, 2020
Reviewed by: Staff Pharmacist in United States (Current Employee)
June 23, 2019
Pros
Great pay, easy work, amazing maternity leave, good insurance.
Cons
Management teams do not communicate well. Bonuses are bad now for anyone with more than two points. When they add benefits they take away a lot too.
Great pay, easy work, amazing maternity leave, good insurance.
June 23, 2019
Reviewed by: Sales Associate in United States (Current Employee)
November 1, 2018
Pros
Walmart Academies is an immersive training program that is tied to a working supercenter, allowing associates to receive both classroom and sales floor training in advanced retail skills and soft skills like leadership, communications and change management. As of spring 2018, our nearly 200 Academies nationwide have trained more than 500,000 associates. Pathways is a comprehensive training program that will create clear career paths from entry-level positions to jobs with more responsibility and higher pay. In Walmart’s fiscal year 2018, we promoted more than 230,000 people to higher-paying jobs with increased responsibility. More than 75% of our salaried store management teams started as hourly associates. Store managers, on average, earn $170,000 annually and manage and help mentor 300 associates. Full- and part-time associates are eligible for quarterly bonuses based on store performance. In Walmart’s fiscal year 2018, associates earned more than $625 million in bonuses.
Cons
Maternity: The enhanced maternity benefit supports birth moms with up to 10 weeks of protected paid time away from work. Birth mothers can take up to 10 weeks of protected paid maternity leave. They’ll receive 100% of their pay, based on their average weekly wages. They can use the new parental benefit (see below) for an additional six weeks, for a total of 16 weeks of protected paid leave for birth mothers. Parental: The parental benefit supports associates who become a parent through a birth, adoption or foster-care placement, with up to six weeks of protected paid time away from work. It's available to associates in all states, including California, Oregon and other paid parental leave states. The parental benefit is for new legal parents, guardians and foster parents only. New parents can take up to six weeks of protected paid parental leave. The associate’s time away needs to be continuous, meaning they take it all at once. The associate can use their parental benefit at any point in the 12 months following the date they became a new parent through a birth, adoption or foster-care placement. Salaried associates may also be able to use the two-week family care pay program to cover the time they care for a spouse or dependent who has an eligible medical condition. Associates receive 100% of their pay, based on their average weekly wages. Adoption: This benefit pays associates back, up to $5,000, for expenses related to
Maternity: The enhanced maternity benefit supports birth moms with up to 10 weeks of protected paid time away from work.
November 1, 2018
December 27, 2020
Pros
Decent pay and flexible with hours
Cons
Bad management and no maternity leave for part time
Bad management and no maternity leave for part time
December 27, 2020
Reviewed by: Cashier in United States (Current Employee)
March 29, 2020
Pros
Paid maternity leave, generous attendance policy, good hours, fair compensation
Cons
Customers treat you badly, Policies and procedures aren’t upheld,
Advice to Management
When you tell an associate you’re going to help them or resolve and issue, make sure you do it as soon as possible.
Paid maternity leave, generous attendance policy, good hours, fair compensation
March 29, 2020
Reviewed by: Electronics Sales Associate in Gaylord, MI (Former Employee)
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