Tenure driven organization structure stifles high performers and innovation - Anonymous employee Walmart Employee Review

2.0
Sep 25, 2015
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Work life balance is great. So great in fact that it seems to be the place where people lacking in career ambition go and collect a paycheck

Cons

People hide behind the "respect for the individual" whenever someone challenges questionable statements or ideas. Bad idea's are allowed to proceed far to long and go un-checked behind this premise Legacy employees stifle innovation. Mid and Senior leadership team is heavily based on tenure which means that anyone who hasn't had the opportunity to jump ship earlier to a bigger and better opportunity is around to try and do more of the same stuff over and over. Additionally, high performers with great potential hit a much earlier ceiling than their talent dictates due to the mid level of tenure driver leadership who haven't done enough or possess enough talent to go elsewhere

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Thank you so much for being a valued part of the Walmart team. We appreciate you.
5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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Thank you so very much for this review and advice. We value this and will be sharing with our leadership teams.
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