Walmart Employer Reviews

A typical day at work is very demanding and non-stop. It was very exciting getting to operate the cooking equipment and cooking different foods. The hardest part of the job is the break down and cleaning of the cooking and slicing equipment. I learned the daily operations of food service and what is expected out of a restaurant.

Overall a great place to work, lost the values of their employees personal life and would not allow a proper work/ life balance

Deal with customers on a daily basis. Take care of complaints from the customers and email any problems to my manager if I can’t handle, also to keep all customers happy and diffuse potentially volatile situations, also deal with my cashiers and questions they may have, done interviews and hired people for the company, written associates upon poor performance – more... at the work place. Provide orderly maintenance of front-end equipment and supplies. Accurately and efficiently ring up sales and accurately maintain all cash and media at the registers. Communicate customer requests to management. Maintain orderly appearance of register area and supplies stocked. Also do any other tasks as assigned from any other manager higher then me. Resolve customer complaints. – less

Great opportunity to work with the public and learn the retail business

A typical day at Wal-mart is a list of notes given by your boss that has to be done by the end of your shift.A day at Wal-mart is not bad its just completing your tasks and working together.

Terrible compensation, no benefits, co-workers were great, management was terrible.

All jobs as there things that people don't like, but the days I spend at Walmart yes I do really feel I make the best of it, keep a positive attitude, but we work in a box and everyone else's attitudes can rub off on you. There is a lot of stress. Walmart policy is confusing one minute we have to do it this way the next you know it has changed. I have – more... learned a lot what the meds are how to do some management jobs. My co-workers are great. The hardest part of job is not letting the atmosphere bring me down sometimes it is not good exspecially since there is no stability. We have had a pharmacist (manager) fired and another brought in just to leave us for another store and right now there is a temporary pharmacist, they cant find anyone that is interested the position. The most enjoyable part of my job is the co-workers and some customers. – less

Management will use your team as a scapegoat if something doesn't go there way.

I opened the store every day for more than 6 years at 6 am and I loved it untill about one year ago. My co-workers are great we all use to work as a team but that isn't what Wal-mart wants any more. Everyone is afraid to do anything to help thier fellow associates due to the fact that you may be terminated for not following policy.
I loved to work there – more... it was very busy and I hit the floor running each day and kept going fot 9 hours, days flew by. I managed and trained every cashier that came through the store. We manitained a #1 customer service rating in our district for all but 2 quarters, and # 5 in the nation at one point. I was the Customer Service Manager this was something I was very proud of and in fact our score counted for
10% of our quarterly bonuses. We bonused almost every quarter.
When managemant was changed in our store an assistant manager took advantage of the situation to get rid of me. She felt I told on her for not following policy and reported her after she refused to correct her ways. I feel that as a leader in the store she needed to set a good example for our hourly associaates to follow. She didn't. She said I cursed on the sales floor and said she had 3 written statements from co-workers. When I was terminated I was not allowed to defend myself. When I applied for unemployment Wal-mart tried to deny me, but there was not a statement to be found, and they also found that she fired me without following store policy.
Verbal, writtten then what they call a D day (decision). Unemplyment granted.
I love my store and still do I remain close to the people who work there. – less

Stocked shelves and unloaded trucks. employees were friendly.

Low wages yes but i was enjoying work with the manager but the store manager was not able to offer me full-time even though the managers are fighting to get me full-time but nothing lucky.

Everyday at work was the same, put away the returns, "zone" the shelves. Learned that whenever there are complications in the workplace to let them be known immediately. The hardest part of the job was when they put me in other sections of the store to complete other employee's jobs when I know nothing about those departments. Another hard part was – more... being faught over by two managerts. I was a cashier but never recieved cashier salary,The customers were the most enjoyable part. Customers would tell me how nice and helpful I was and they would even make a point to address me by name. – less

I grew up around Wal-mart in the south and it is a lot different here in the North. You go through orienation being told it a family admosphere and customers come first but reality is NO.. work get the job done don't talk to your co-workers and just do what the give you or tell you. One manager from a different shift will tell you to complete a module – more... one way then the next shift manger will tell you to change it only to have a Co-manager tell you to go back to the first way you completed the task... Would never recommend anyone to take it unless they lived in the Southern states... there treated with respect. – less

The most enjoyable part of working at Wal-Mart was seeing everyone's smiling face.

I would get to work, clock in, chat with a few of my co-workers then I began working. As I worked I greeted customers asked how their day was going and likewise. Working in an environment full of different kinds of people, it is very easy to offend someone so I always kept clear of what I say to everyone and how I say it to them. The hardest part of – more... the job is the most obvious one, dealing with an irrated customer and having to give it my best while I dealt with them. – less

typical day at work would include customer service and zoning my area. always being available to help a customer is my job.
My coworkers are colorful and kind and very fun to work with.
the management is alright, somedays they could use a little help.
the hardest part of the job is trying to explain to a customer why i cant help them.
the most enjoyable – more... part of my job is meeting new people and hearing the stories that my customers like to share with me. – less

Enjoyed working at Walmart mostly because of the nice people that I met each night. Most of my co-workers were easy to get along with as well. Most of the managers were easy to get along with as well. The hardest part of the job was having to work when we were short staffed. I would have to say the most enjoyable part was just getting to work with and – more... meet people from different cultures.. – less

Greeting and helping several customers and they purchase products. I learned its good to have great communication skills out in an open business. The management was good. The co-workers were great to work with, and help you if help was needed. The hardest part off the job was when we had to get items from the back, because we had to wait till someone – more... came and unlock it for us. I enjoyed coming into work each day to satisfy my customers and help them make great choices. – less

overnight can take a toll on you, but the co-workers, on the overnight team, make it fun and time flies fast.

Typical work day at Walmart, you have a mandatory pre work meeting with management you get assigned duties for your shift in your particular department and you do them. very simple and easy place to work at. I learned a lot of customer service here on top of what I already knew, also they basically cross train you in every department with in qualification. – more... the management there is not really on top of things, like they don't know which battles to pick they are mostly younger with a few older managers they are set in there ways and wont mold to others, as I feel that managers and employees new or old need to mold to each other to make the company stronger as a whole, as there is no I in TEAM. There really isn't a hard part to working at walmart. the most enjoyable part of working with walmart is honestly and truthfully the customers. I loved seeing each and everyone of my customers on a daily basis. – less