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

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
2.0
Oct 4, 2008
Recommend
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Pros

The best reason for working for Walmart is the associates. As an associate I can say that we treat each other as family. Some of us came in with the expectation of just having a job. Since we see each other more than we see our families, we have made walmart our extended family. We have a close friendship, well at my store anyway.

Cons

Management does poor job of communicating with employees. There does not seem to be much transparency between departments. They are also giving positions to people who have no clue in what they are doing. I feel like this is true retaliation and gender discrimination in its finest form. If you are a male member of management or a supervisor you can come in late and leave early as you wish with no consequences. If you are a female then you are pushed to your limits and then coached repeatedly when you complain. Then you have assistants that makes it very clear that they doesn't like you. They gossip to other associates about you and then threatens you with slander if you say anything about associates. This is not how Walmart is supposed to be. I can only hope and pray that something is done to help.

4.0
Oct 2, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

World class systems combined with leadership opportunities are appealing. Young people who prove themselves are entrusted with a lot of responsibility. Performance is respected and rewarded. There is also a sense of ownership that allows associates to approach their business with an entrepreneurial spirit.

Cons

Work-life balance suffers. Arrive early, stay late, work fast is the norm. People get burned out. They don't have time to walk a dog, much less tend to family.

3.0
Sep 30, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

People, Learning Opportunity, Scale and Environment.  People - There are a lot of intelligent, driven and talented individuals who work at Walmart.com.  Learning Opportunity - if you want to learn about email marketing to site engineering,  supply chain to graphic design, the people at Walmart.com are very open in sharing their experiences with you. Some of the best people in these fields work here.  Scale - working for Walmart has its advantages because of its reach and depth in the market.  Working for WMT allows you to touch almost every aspect of a full product cycle. Environment - depending on the grouop, it still has a small, Dotcom feel.

Cons

HORRIBLE benefits, too many meetings and red tape (from Bentonville).  We cannot be a part of the 401k program until your 13th month on the job.  The selection of Health benefits is really bad. The pay is not comparable to similar organizations.  They are making improvements: Bauer shuttle service, fresh organic fruit on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On average, a person will attend 4 meetings a day of which, maybe 1 will be productive.  People need to do work versus meeting just to talk.  Red tape - its hard to get things done when there is a lack fo resources, too many procedures/processes or Bentonville colleagues asking for too much or demanding things right away without knowing how procedures work in Brisbane.

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