Working at Walmart
By Rmcc06
@Rmcc06 (10)
United States
May 9, 2007 7:07pm CST
Wow, where do I begin. Walmart is a great place to shop at, don't get me wrong. But let's just say that working there is not as pleasurable as shopping there. Let's see, they don't care much about their employees, they seem to only care about the money that is coming in. I've had terrible experiences working there, so has my Husband, Father in law, and Sister. They hire little 16 year old who really don't care much about working, they just work there because their parents told them to get a job. They do a terrible job working but they seem to last the longest at the job. The people who strive to do their best are the ones who get fired. I personally decided to quit. I was pregnant with my son, I had just had a miscarriage a few months before so I was trying to be extra careful. I was a cashier, which isn't a very hard job at all.. But they never gave me my breaks when I was supposed to get them, so here I am, 6 months pregnant, having to stand up (they wouldn't give me a stool to sit on) for about 5-6 hours at a time. Talk about swollen feet! No one seemed to care much about me. I asked for another job in the store, one where I could take some breaks when I needed them, they told me they couldn't help me!
Does anyone else have any stories from working at walmart?
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10 responses
@arcidy (5005)
• United States
11 May 07
I also heard how they dont care for there employees ive been hearing that a lot on the news latley wich is why I never wanted to work there but now I wouldnt mind I was speaking to someone today that use to work there that they treat there employees pretty good and the pay is about $8.40 to start off thats over a $1 where I work wich is at stop and shop and they get discounts on stuff they buy there wich is a reason why I want to work there.
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@fatragu (677)
• United States
21 Jun 07
It depends on where the Walmart is located on how much they start people at. In Scottsbluff, NE the starting wage for a cashier is about $7 an hour. In Casper, WY it is amost $9 for cashiers. And in Gillette, WY the starting wage for cashiers is a little over $13 an hour. It just depends on how high the cost of living is, how desperatly they need the help, and what the stores in the area offer for starting wage because they have to stay competitve. The 10% discount is for anything that you would have found in one of the "old" Walmarts before they all started selling groceries.
@Rmcc06 (10)
• United States
13 May 07
Walmart doesn't start you off at 8.40.. I'm not sure who told you that.. But I started off at 6.70. It's more if you have a lot of experience, but I don't think that much more.. And it's only a 10% discount, and that's not on any food items, just other items.
@Michele21 (3093)
• United States
10 May 07
I agree with you, I use to work there (and during my pregnancy with my daughter), it is a terrible company to work for. The pay was fine, but the company in general doesn't care about the employees, just the money coming in! I wouldn't suggest to anyone to work there. I am glad I am not the only one who didn't enjoy working there. I quit after I had my daughter because they wouldn't change my hours so we wouldn't have to put our baby in day care, we wanted to work opposite shifts and they wouldn't do anythng to help us out.
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@donnaclemins (4)
• United States
6 Mar 08
I work a walmart and yes the company sucks after sam past. The pay is not very good becouse we are on a pay scale and can only make so much money know in about three more raises i will be caped out and not make anymore money. I love my night managers they are cool they will talk to us one on one and work with us.
@pyrofortress (192)
• United States
26 Jun 07
I don't really like Walmart for a lot of reasons, it's usually dirty, crowded, and...I don't know, they are so money hungry. When I shop I usually try to avoid Walmart.
@ajd120601 (40)
• United States
28 Jun 07
I just quit Walmart about three months ago because of a ver similar reason. I was working overnights and I learned I was pregnant. I told the manager that I had a history of miscarraiges in my fmily on first pregnancies, and he said "Well take it easy". But every time I asked for a break or for help lifting heavy items, he told me I was "Using pregnancy as an exuse" So one day I asked for help lifting some patio furniture and he told me i could do it myself and I would be fine. Well, he was wrong, I ended up having a miscarraige that night and I quit the next day. I told off everyone in the managemant team (I was very emotionally charged, obviously) and I heard the manager who did this got demoted. So, yes, Walmart is a horrible place to work, don't ever work there.
@jenni7202 (1598)
• United States
11 Mar 08
Wow, they were horrible to you! Walmart here isn't much better...my mother pulled her back out lifting frozen boxes of chicken..and they told her that she must have done it at home. She found out that she had 2 herniated (sp?) disks in her spine, which she had to get pain management shots for. She had a doctors note from the doctor saying that she couldn't work the day after the shot, but they didn't except it, saying that they were in the business to make money and not get doctor's notes. She ended up getting a DDay for that (which is a decision day where they give u a paid day off to write a letter about why you need and value your job), if you don't write the letter, your out of a job. If you do write it, you have to wait a year before that type of coaching goes away, or you can get fired.
@Shaun72 (15959)
• Palatka, Florida
15 Jun 07
I worked at the one in my town for four years off and on in the shoe department. They always had some excuse why I couldn't be made full tim which full time is what 35 hours a week 38 tops. So i got tired of them and when to work with one of my friends that made manager at a fast food place. The job was easier and I got payed a lot more then i did at Walmart. I would never go back to work for them again.
@sunshinelady (7609)
• United States
11 May 07
I have never worked there personally but a couple of my friends have worked there and say it is the pits to work there. They say the same thing as you have said. That that is one place that doesn't place a value on a good worker. They just walk all over them. I am sorry that you and those you love have had such a bad time at a place of employment.
@castleghost (1304)
• United States
23 May 07
My fiancee use to work at Wal-Mart. She would constantly complain about how employees were being treated. How some employees were yelled at for taking their breaks while other employees were allowed to take extended breaks. I have had an aunt work there as well with some of the same issues. Here lately I haven't found shopping at Wal-Mart to be all that pleasant either. Yes on most items they have good prices but its hard to find an associate that really wants to help the customers. Or when you are ready to check out you have to wait in line for what seems like hours. Wal-Mart has gone downhill since Sam Walton passed away.
