Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,359 total reviews)
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John Furner

58% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,359 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
3.0
May 20, 2011

Meh

Recommend
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Pros

Usually get 40 hours (or close to it), even if you're part time. Cheap health insurance (around $40 a month). Job security; the biggest way to get fired is by missing too many days. No matter how bad you suck or how useless you are on the job, as long as your attendance is 100%, you're golden.

Cons

Schedules get changed a LOT. Sometimes it will get changed two or three times a week, and if you overlook a change and miss a day, you will get marked as absent. Explaining what happened will not get the absence removed, only marked as "excused", which still counts toward your absence total. See the "only way to get fired" section previously mentioned. As a walmart employee, you will never hear the end of "people at walmart" jokes or references. Other cons include rude customers, but it's retail and that's to be expected anywhere. You are also expected to scan your namebadge on the computer every time you start a task, scan again when you're done, scan again when you start the next one, etc etc, so they can continuously monitor what you're doing. Luckily, some departments whose jobs are not so easily quantifiable are exempt from this... although I'm sure it'll be coming eventually.

4.0
May 19, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

*Friendly Management *Decent Benefits *Flexible Scheduling *Subway inside Wal-Mart so i could take my (very) short lunch there *Work isn't too difficult

Cons

*In the summer it was always hot (Home Office controls the A/C not each store and that made for angry customers and co-workers) *Never enough cashiers to keep up with the lines (more angry customers) *Breaks and lunches are too short

4.0
May 18, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Chances for advancement abound; you have to prove yourself and always look out for yourself. Document everything and know the rules and don't be afraid to stand up for yourself and ask questions.

Cons

Lazy coworkers are sprinkled throughout the workplace. Expect a fair amount of abuse from certain customers. Beware of coworkers that live to sabotage others.

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