Working at Walmart in Bentonville, AR: 108 Employee Job Reviews by Real Employee working in Bentonville, AR Area

"Walmart has translated recently to a culture of fear."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"That 800 pound gorilla feeling. We are bigger and badder than anyone else and could really leverage that in the business. They really seem to care about their people."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be confidant and professional, but be humble. Employees at Walmart, even VP's, empty their own trash cans. They also work long hours, so make sure they know you like to work."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"More thought and planning went into not hurting sales and not breaking anything than anything else. Fear in a pretty oppressive motivator, and you could never escape it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Let people do their jobs and reward success and accept failure as part of the process."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Walmart is one of the largest companies in America, and provided great experience for future references."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Walmart is a huge company with over 10,000 people a day in the offices."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"Bentonville is a very small town with nothing to do after work."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Listen to your employees and provide a fun environment to create some excitement."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The pay is good and there seems to be good job security. I like a lot of the traditions of the company that are retained from Sam Walton."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"The company is an every-day-low-cost retailer. They practice what they preach in terms of keeping costs down to pass along as lower prices. Make sure you are OK with sacrificing some of the comforts in the job in order to keep costs down."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"The company encourages you to change jobs every 18-24 months, but it ends up that you rarely feel comfortable in your job. And, when you do switch jobs in that time frame, you are not given adequate training and transition time. You are kind of thrown in -- sink or swim."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I think the every-day-low-cost philosophy at Walmart sometimes comes at the expense of overworking its people and not providing adequate training. I would focusing on hiring more people and training them better."

"Started in a technical role & moved up into leadership roles leading projects."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The people are great to work with and the culture is enforced throughout all levels of management."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Find a position that you are passionate about and work hard at it. Adopt the culture and be a responsible associate that practices the principles the company was found on."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"I enjoy the company I work for and appreciate the opportunities it has given me and my family"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would suggest that the management continue to foster the culture and the basic beliefs the company was founded on."

"Most challenging and rewarding opportinity."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Opportunity to help roll out PM/PMO at world largest retailer."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Ask detail questions to ensure understanding of PM at Walmart."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"Middle management resistance to change. Remote location from my family."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Proper level of delegation, empower and entrust in your team."

"I've loved working for walmart over the last 14 years"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Walmart is a great company and is very understanding with associates. There are tons of career opportunities and the culture is great."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be very ready for a long process with a lot of documentation."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"Being the biggest company in the world has caused it to become more and more bureaucratic and much slower in implementing projects than I would like."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Embracing risk like the Walmart of the 80s and 90s would revitalize the company."

"Excellent"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Respectful work environment, shared values and ability to grow within the company."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be yourself, learn about the company values and present yourself on the conservative side."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"A long commute and working on Saturdays was a bit on the stressful side."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Don't hire any more talking heads from the CPG world, but find strong retail strategists."

"12 Years Experience in Total Operations Management"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The training was by far the best I have ever experienced."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Must be willing to work any schedule and shift as well as relocate on a moments notice to another store possibly across the country."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"The retail industry is very repetitive. The challenge to excel and pursue greater rewards diminished over time."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Would like to see the company do a better job at developing career paths and succession planning."

"Good ride while it lasted"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The associates make the job easier to tolerate and you want to do a better job for them."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"know the job compentancy and build a sequence of events"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"No loyalty to the employees. breings no loyalty to the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Go back to the way Sam ran the business when he was alive"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Use of many technologies with in a team. Working with different teams."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Should have more of Managing skills, zeal to learn new technologies and work with different teams."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"The Job can become overwhelming at times. Sometimes Lacks Coordination between different areas of communication."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Coordination between Management & Development areas might need an improvement."

"Love my job but management is bad."