Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,027 total reviews)
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John Furner

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,027 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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4.0
Jul 6, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

Walmart has endless career opportunities, there are no limits. I think they have a pretty good benefits package, along with the 401K and stock purchase plan. There are countless discounts available to associates on the walmartbenefits.com website. I went to college, obtained a degree and ended up not leaving because of my pay/benefits.

Cons

No vision insurance, very strict leave policy now, dealing with the public (they aren't ALWAYS right). Constant change of policies, some confusion among associates. Pay caps--no raise for the past 2 years.

1.0
Jul 6, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

When all else fails, and Wal-Mart is your ONLY choice. I am older now, and jobs are harder to come by, but I wanted to try Wal-Mart, even though I had been told by previous Wal-Mart assoicates NOT to work there. They said they were unfair and worked you like a dog. I thought, "How hard could it be?" NOW, I know. The hours alone will kill you. They will not give you a regular schedule like most stores. They change it every week, so you can never make plans to do anything with your family. It seems like all I do is work now.

Cons

Schedules that are different every day....keeps you physically drained. Closing late at night and having to come in early the next morning. Never enough help in ANY department....when you ask for help, you get, "Do the best you can" and that's it. The insurance is not the best, but better than nothing at all. No matter how hard you work, you never get any praise. I have never worked as hard as I do in my entire life than I do at Wal-Mart. I never see the store manager or the department manager in my area. I have asked repeated questions to my assistant manager and she never know anything, or ever helps solve any problems.

3.0
Jul 5, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

With many companies going out, at least you know Wal-Mart will be there when you wake up. Walmart is a very large company so there is always room to move up the ladder. We all know there is a Walmart on a every street corner, so if your family decids to move, then you can always apply at a store that would be much closer to you, rather than having to look for a new job. Walmart does a great job of donating money to different organizations, such as the Red Cross. Walmart has a trust called the "Associates in Critical Need," that if applied for will donate so much money to associates who have crises (must know this exists though to apply for it).

Cons

The company has changed its attitude on its own, who has made it what it is today. Walmart has imposed paycaps on it long time associates, with no further incentive for them to stay and continue to work hard, because walmart would rather then quit so they can higher 2 people to do the same job as the one for the pay (with many places closing down each day, there are those out there who will apply). Walmart has changed how you can move up in the company by requiring you to pass a test to see if your ready to move up by your knowledge. This was suppose to eliminate managers from moving those they liked up the chain instead of those most qualified, but all it has done is encourage managers to find ways to beat the system, by helping those they want pass the tests, and only make others feel like they have a shot. Customers have noticed that prices increase more than they rollback. When they do rollback they dont' rollback cheaper than what they were before. Example: Product A might sell for $10.00 but we raise the price to $15, then roll it back to $13. Yes its cheaper than $15, but the point is it used to be $10, but it makes people feel good. The worse thing they have done is the home office scheduling program. In the perfect world the system is suppose to schedule people when the most customers are in the store. What actually happens is customers stand in longer lines, because less people are scheduled when the computer thought it would really be a slow time and more people are standing thier with thier hands in thier pocket when no one is in the store. Greed has won.

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