Highs and Lows, Varies by category - Category Specialist Walmart Employee Review

4.0
May 25, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Analytical aspects of the role are interesting. Some days you can leave at 4:30. Different categories tend to have different focuses in terms of how much time you spend on site merchandising, forecasting, negotiating with vendors, etc.

Cons

Some weeks you can be required to stay in the office until 8pm. In some categories you spend as much time forecasting units and estimating financials as you do driving business. Seems like you're just being the Financial Planner's assistant. Bc of the variance in categories, some people get very easy categories to run while others are given a huge workload.

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We appreciate this wonderful feedback. Thank you for sharing this review.
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Pros

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Cons

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Thank you so very much for this review and advice. We value this and will be sharing with our leadership teams.
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