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      Walmart

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      Walmart reviews

      3.4

      55% would recommend to a friend

      (142,120 total reviews)
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      John Furner

      58% approve of CEO

      51% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.6

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.3

      Compensation and benefits

      3.3

      Career opportunities

      3.1

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Work/Life balance

      2.9

      Senior management

      Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,120 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 Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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      142K reviews
      1.0
      Jul 12, 2019

      Do you not work for this company

      Operations manager
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      This company tries to compete with other tech companies in the bay area. They will make you promises and will never deliver.

      Cons

      This company does not support anyone over the age of 35, they allow managers to make their own rules and not adhere to company policies. I would never recommend anyone to work for this company, unless you want to lose your soul. They are incredibly top-heavy with senior directors with no direct reports, it is a joke. Their health insurance is disgusting and incomplete. They claim to have flex PTO but managers can decide to not adhere to it. The company is too large to manage its managers and the managers know that. And they can do whatever they want.

      1.0
      Feb 5, 2019

      New Paid Time Off policy Feb 2019 reduced my annual vacation time 2 weeks!

      Overnight stocker
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Health care is relatively competitive with other companies in the same industry.

      Cons

      The benefit of the recent wage increases past two years have now been nullified by the drastic reduction in earned paid time off per hours worked. I have worked 7 years for Walmart. I finally reached 5 weeks vacation potential. Or more specifically 198 paid time off hours earned and used in 2018. The new paid time policy Feb 2019 will have me earning only 128 hours of potential vacation time for the year. WHAT??? 198 paid time off hours down to 128. Wow. Thanks for making me feel LESS valuable with all my experience and hard work by reducing my paid time off potential in 2019.

      1.0
      Jun 4, 2018

      A Negative Experience

      Anonymous employee
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      * If you are in a good team with a good boss, it can be a decent place to work. You've got to be very careful with that "if" though - not all teams or bosses there are created equal. * It's still possible to have work-life balance there, especially if you are not in one of the teams supporting customer-facing apps.

      Cons

      * Way too much consensus decision making. It takes forever for decisions to be made there. * Politically charged culture. It's all smiles and friendly handshakes on the surface, but if you're not on guard, they will run a bayonet through you at the least expected moment. * Contractors here are generally treated as second-class citizens. * If you are stuck with a bad boss or bad team, start looking. When I was brought on board, I discovered that the boss wanted me to use "process" to micromanage his team for him while he played Walmart politics. Meanwhile, his team was telling me how much they hated process. This was a situation that was set up to fail, and made worse when my boss started micromanaging me. I put up with a lot of guff from him, including numerous times when he would belittle me in front of his team, before he summarily dumped me by way of my agency. He was too much of a jerk to have that final "we're done here" meeting with me.

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      Walmart Response
      7y
      Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. I am happy to hear you were able to maintain a work life balance while working with us. We strongly believe in acting with integrity by being not only honest but also fair with each individual. It concerns me to see some of the other feedback you mentioned. I personally believe culture is one of the areas that has helped progress us forward. We want everyone to feel welcomed and treated fairly. If there are politics in the office, we work to address it as soon as possible. Regarding the time line of decisions, we strive to make changes and decisions as quick as possible, but there are times when we do have to take a step back and re-evaluate our situation. I also want to assure you we hold all of our leadership team to high expectations and they are to treat each associate with respect by listening, leading by example, and being inclusive. If you have more details on these specific topics you would like to share, please reach out to me. - Becky S.
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