Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,344 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 142,344 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 Ventas al mayoreo y al menudeo industry (3.5 stars).

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142K reviews
3.0
Nov 6, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Walmart has acquired a great number of talented people, and has a clear focus on where they want the business to go.

Cons

Walmart has acquired a great number of talented people, but is hindered by how fast they can go by the legacy overhead of being the largest company in the world. It can be really frustrating for people who like to get stuff done.

3.0
Oct 7, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

10% discount card, at least the hourly rate isn't minimum wage, there isn't much more to be positive about. if you are willing to screw over your fellow employees, you will probably advance in the company.

Cons

Under-scheduled, I am available for 40 hours, not just 22...; assistant managers are sneaky and underhanded when your department assistant manager( there's department mgrs and the top dog mgr)" too many chiefs and not enough Indians"? Being constantly called to help on a till; they might as well make an announcement to the public " to all you shoplifters out there, now's your chance as all the cash trained associates have had to leave their departments un-attended. At the morning 'rah, rah, rah' it is told that our sales were so much of a percentage up over last year, which somewhat misleading since retail prices have risen to account for increase in sales, not just more being sold this year. If they really have done that well, then hire some more staff, especially on the front end; give employees hours they can actually live on without going into debt! Otherwise, it just a big lie. By the way, Shelley Broader has never been a "minion" and has not had to find a way to pay the bills, so it is very comical to have someone who not part of the "working poor" lead a company that caters somewhat to those people. "Tell Shell" as she has implemented, to get real; you make decisions that affect other people, but don't have to live with the results....

2.0
Sep 10, 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, but this is because you are supposed to put close to 80 hours a week to get anywhere. If you want work life balance, be prepared for not getting promoted or visible. Sure they are a family company and understand that kids need to be picked up, but it is at the expense of your career.

Cons

80 hours/week is expected. Also, they throw people at their tools and processes and pay well because nothing is working (finance) and you are supposed to put together a bunch of manual reporting, fudge with data to get it right, etc. At the same time they are not really investing in tool upgrade unless it is company wide. I would have expected company of this size, especially ecommerce division to be a bit better prepared to handle data.

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