Ugly Truth From a Former Manager of 8 Years
Pros
You get a paycheck. If you are lucky enough to be taken on as a full time status, not just work full time hours, you have some perks like 401 and stock and benefits. Walmart doesn't like to hire full time employees they will keep you in the part time or worse temp category as long as possible. Promises from upper management mean nothing people. Telling you right now. Management is not your friend. It is a corporate machine and will do anything and say anything to get what they want and will ultimately throw you under the bus and use you as a scape goat if necessary. Look out for your self. Study up on the policies. You are your only advocate within this pyramid of corporate bullies. Everything looks nice at first but when you scratch the surface and really pay attention you can see the rotting corpse of what used to be a family oriented business.
Cons
If you want to be treated as a human do not work here. More often then not management doesn't notice you unless you did something wrong. So If you take pride in your work be prepared to be overlooked. If you think you should be treated with respect forget about it. I've seen and had a co-manager up in my face, in my personal space, yelling at me in front of other assistant managers. Don't bother telling the store manager or any others. They have rules and steps to follow so that its processed properly. They act the part but basically they allow and train them to use these techniques. Respect for the individual is dead. This is just a taste. I don't have all day to write. Sorry. Also, if you plan on staying in said company just know that they get rid of a lot of the older well paid employees to be replaced with temps and part timers so they have to invest even less in the employees. I know all these things because I was privy to a lot of back door talk. Just make sure your eyes are wide open. Walmart is not the company it used to be.
