Walmart reviews

Every job has to have downsides and Walmart is no exception. It seems as if the harder you work the more management expects you to accomplish within a shorter time frame. Often times you feel overwhelmed and unappreciated. My stress levels are always off the charts. There is a lot of immaturity, including some from the store manager. As a result the environment seems unprofessional. Customers will often yell at you for things that are beyond your control. Such as when an item has been discontinued. They will often walk away saying that they will simply go somewhere else to find the merchandise. The lack of communication between managers will often lead to conflicts of interest. For example the backroom manager will want you to clear out the warehouse while the front end manager wants you to run register. No matter what you do one of them will be mad at you.

The hours for the management associates were deplorable, you had little or no personal life and no one cared. I came up thru the ranks fairly quickly and was considered to be an excellent manager, most of my staff enjoyed working with me and I believe they would say I was consistently fair. As managers we were constantly being told to treat our associates like they were gold, however senior management did not tgive the store managment the same respect. Several times as an assistant manager I was told to go to another store to assist in some way but could not go home to change or make other arrangements at home. As an Assistant Manager I worked an average of 55 hours per week, as Store Manager, 65.