Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,290 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 142,290 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
Nov 30, 2009

Ok job

Anonymous employee
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Pros

The job is easy and you can slack off if you want to because the managers cant keep track of the large employee network

Cons

it is boring and the other workers are old deadbeats. it gets tiring stocking shelves after a while. It was not fun.

1.0
Nov 29, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

somewhat of a liberal company lots of different areas to work in/grow with compared to the fast good/service industry, they have pretty decent wages/benefits

Cons

Company is changing too fast, every other month seems to be a different program coming down from Home Office Depending on what region/area you are in management can just plain suck All the extra perks of being an employee are slowing fading out of the company's agenda (ie bonus) For a company that brings in BILLIONS, they sure do have sucky insurance for employees Open Door Policy is a joke Is definately not the same wal-mart that Sam Walton started Older employees, especially the ones that have been with the company awhile were treated horridly

2.0
Nov 24, 2009
Recommend
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Pros

Opportunity for advancement is there for those who apply themselves. Employee Benefits are exceptional. The company does a good job of providing profit sharing, 401K, and various insurance products at affordable rates. Any associate can have insurance if they truly WANT to have it. The company is responsible with the environment, and does it's best to operate in a sustainable manner.

Cons

Once an associate advances, the training is practically non-existent. Certainly the company provides training classes, but those classes are in many ways political and corporate indoctrination sessions as opposed to providing real skills needed to perform the job. Department Managers are not taught in advance how to perform their jobs and they either sink or swim within weeks. Assistant Managers attend intensive training classes, but once those classes are over, there is no mentoring or guidance in how to perform the job. Everyone who completes the assistant manager training program learns what needs to be done, but no one shows you how to actually perform the duties - again, it's sink or swim. There is no outline of how to or when to perform the duties - simply an expectation that they will be completed. Work life balance no longer exists for me. There needs to be flexibility for managment to remain active in the community. The new shift rotations all but cancel my ability to partake of organized fitness classes, community service groups and boards on which I serve. I used to be able to participate in groups that meet weekly, attend club meetings, and attend classes at the local campus. With the new shifts of 3 days on-3 days, in rotation, it is all but impossible to do so any longer. For associates in baseball, dart or volleyball leagues, they too will have limited ability to enjoy that part of their former lives.

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