Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,309 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 142,309 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 Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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4.0
Feb 14, 2010
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Pros

Everyone was treated incredibly fairly, and the atmosphere was very relaxed and casual. People of all backgrounds, all ages. Managers were in your shoes not too long ago, schedules and duties were incredibly flexible.

Cons

Customers. Off-the-street customers in a retail environment will get to you in short time. For every wonderful and kind customer we had, there were ten absolutely vile people we had to work with. Wal-Mart has a reputation (as does most of retail) as being run by idiots, but that was hardly the case from my experience. From customers that had unrealistic demands and expectations, to those that were outright rude or had poor hygiene, it made things difficult. Internally, problems were minimal. Occasionally an odd decision would come down from high above, and we would conform to it in confusion and protest, only to have the decision reversed in short time. A better system of getting worker feedback up management could be used. I would have liked to have seen district managers for our department more often, actually in the thick of things, asking questions.

3.0
Feb 11, 2010
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Pros

Friendly co-workers, professional training, and well organized. A well oiled machine with higher quality products than most people think. Very good about ensuring personal time (breaks, no OT, etc.). And close ties to the community.

Cons

Senior management at the Montgomery, TX, store treat associates as barriers to their reaching the customer. If they treated associates like customers, associates would do more of the same to the customers themselves.

3.0
Feb 11, 2010
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Pros

Getting the training to operate power equipment. Knowing exactly what you need to get done and the amount of time it should take you to get it done in order to meet their expectations.

Cons

Management is way to anal about everything and most of them do not do a very good job at interacting with their associates

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