Walmart Senior Programmer Analyst reviews

The near-freeze on hiring has led to declining headcount, off by 20% + now. Understaffed, adding 2000 contractors that constantly roll off adds its own issues. With so much work, I find myself having to constantly triage the incoming flow of requests. Working extra hours often doesn't help, it can feel like drinking from a fire hose. High performers can be (and have been) overrun and burned out. Health benefit deductibles that start at $6K cause many to treat it as catastrophic protection only, the result of major cuts in 2009-2011 that decimated the plans. No tuition or adoption benefits. Overall, Walmart is a cheap company to work for, very loath to spend money. You buy your own office supplies, reuse everything, so much it's held as a hallmark of company culture.

Not a great place to work if you want to write code. Most of Walmart's software development is "remote sourced" to contractors in India. Walmart programmers mostly review code the contractors have written then at times have to fix it because the quality is poor. The company lacks any real direction in ISD. They change constantly but use outdated hardware, software and tools. The EDLC cost model is outdated and stale. Non of the systems in stores work right due to the constant drive to lower costs. The pay is at least 10% below what other companies pay for in house IT talent. The benefits are awful. The health insurance is a joke.