Walmart Employee Reviews for Sales Associate

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Flexible hours were available, Holiday pay was offered and vacation pay."

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

"Overnights hours were available , many different depts available to work in"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"The company was very hard to move up in for management positions"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Management could be a little more involved with the store"

"daily grind to get enouugh money for rent"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"interactions and service opportunities with customers was a nice change."

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

"personally I suggest not working for this company other than to fill a gap or get additional income for a short term"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"management was judgmental and inefficient. My immediate supervisor would cheat on health related issues."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"make final choices on things before spending labor time doing things. It was not unusual to do something then in the same shift undo that and do something else in the same location"

"Enjoy working with the public,Loved 3 re-model jobs,Latham,Kingston,E.Greenbush"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"The public, cashier, assisting customers, service write ups, re-model jobs, store set-up"

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

"Dress well and be upbeat and polite at all times,"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"when we were out of stock of items customers wanted."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Work with people, acknowlege job well done even if only verbally."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"like the people and get to help people with shopping needs, talk to people, and build creative displays"

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

"just fill out the information to the best of your knowledge and you will do fine"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"not enough pay and hrs and sometimes we often run out of things too quickly and they take awhile to come in"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"pay more close to inventory levels and listen more to employees"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"staying busy and always having hours since it is a college job"

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

"Its not hard to get a job here. If you can't get a job here good luck"

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"The pay could be way better. Turnover rates make things challenging."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"cut out the middle management. To many chiefs and not enough indians"

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Easiness of tasks, provided we have enough help to get everything done."

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

"Apply at Hobby Lobby instead, they pay much better really."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"Employees and management simply do not seem to care about how the other one feels."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire enough help to provide better service to all customers."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"Absolutely nothing. Management is retarded, and has us do work that will be undone the next day. There's no purpose. The coworkers are okay though, I guess"

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

"Don't accept the job. You will definitely regret it, for sure."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"You're made to do whatever they say even if it's not what you were hired for including custodial work. It's totally unfair, and I'm doing menial tasks day by day that actually do nothing for the profit of the company."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would definitely restructure the management at my particular store. They are totally self centered and focused on their own gain instead of the work forces happiness as a whole."

"If I had to do it over again, I would not have come back to work here."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"I love the people I work with. Most of them are really good about helping me help customers and get our job done. I like helping people create memories they can share with their loved ones."

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

"Be prepared to do a lot of work for a little money."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"I came back to work here in 2006 out of necessity after an illness, and over the past few years the amount of work we are required to do has doubled and in some cases tripled without properly reflecting this in our pay. Most of us are only part-time and not allowed to get more than 31 hours, yet we are expected to cover up to three different departments at any given time, including departments higher than our pay grade. They get out of paying us this pay by scheduling us two days in that area, and since it is not the majority of our scheduled shifts, they are able to avoid paying us the higher pay grade. My schedule has been completely changed due to people in OTHER departments being out on personal days. We have never had to do this before this year. I also had to go to a co-manager due to an assistant rejecting my vacation and lying to my face about why it was rejected , and then I was reprimanded for not requesting it six months in advance, when I had never had to do that in the past.. We are VERY understaffed and due to someone's illness, I had to close the lab early one day when it was time for me to leave, so I called FujI to have us taken offline. The next day, I was reprimanded by an assistant AND a co-manager for dong this, even though a male coworker had done it MANY times in the past when we had technical issues. The co-manager said We're not going to fire you today. I felt very threatened by that statement because I did not think that was a fireable offense, especially since my coworker had done it. I used to love going to work every day, but for the past year I have been under extreme stress due to the extra work and the inability to pay my bills thanks to the low pay and poor hours. God forbid I get sick... my insurance sucks. Unfortunately there are very few other options right now."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"HIRE MORE HELP or bump some people up to full time. It's a multi-billion-dollar company; I know they can afford it. Stop treating your employees like slaves, working them to death. All that's missing is the whips."

"My experience was interesting. I have over 10 years of retail experience."

What do you like about working at Walmart?

"I enjoyed having a flexible schedule and interacting with the employees and customers."

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

"no tips except be honest and willing to work hard."

What don't you like about working at Walmart?

"I did not like working on my feet all the time but quickly got used to it."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"No immediate suggestions except for implemet a better retention plan."