- Twice Dept. Manager Of The Year, One Unfortunate Incident, No JobHello, I worked for Wal-Mart for 21 years. During that time I worked in four different stores in two states. I was chosen Department Manager of The Year in 2000 in the chain for my work in the Lawn & Garden Department. | Read More
- Toxic Atmosphere At One StoreWe have an ongoing situation at store___. Ok, this is but one of many ongoing issues but this one is affecting everyone the most. A few weeks ago, all of the department and assistant managers (co- managers) got together and complained to the home office about the bad treatment they were receiving from the store manager, _____. They were being subjected to things like working off the clock, having to work on their days off, not getting their vacation time, manpower shortages, and generally unfair labor practices. | Read More
- Management Turns Blind Eye To Rediculous ThingsWal-Mart fires people for utilizing the open door policy. One week after writing and sending a letter to one of the Waltons regarding integrity issues at the Woodstock store (managers drinking at company functions, money missing from fundraising) I was fired for integrity issues. | Read More
- Written Up Unfairly For “Altered Checks”I worked for 3 1/2 years at customer service. I was frequently told to cash checks from CSS and management; they never initialed on them most of the time. I would still get written up for having “altered checks”. You could argue the policy all you want, but you would get yelled at by CSS or management. | Read More
- Breaking my back just to make ends meet.I was hired as a part time door greeter in 2007.That was fine because I am disabled. In early 2008, my husband was laid off at his decent paying job and got on at Wal-Mart part time. Because of his age and the hours and pay from Wal Mart, he had to take early Social Security. Before, he was getting at least 24 hours, but since October Wal-Mart has constantly cut his hours. This week he got 11 hours. It is hardly worth his time for that, but we need it to pay bills. | Read More
- Fired For Helping Teenage DaughterI worked for Wal-Mart in Bolingbrook, IL from 1990-2001 and have since left to pursue a new job. | Read More
- No Word From Higher-Ups For Staying On After ChristmasI was hired as a seasonal employee back in November. We were told we would be employed until at least the middle of January. | Read More
- “See What Happens When You Complain”Store ____ has deplorable working conditions. The open door policy is non-existent. | Read More
- Fired Before Christmas, and Without WarningI expressed one of my experiences about a month ago and did not give my name because I was still employed with Wal-Mart. | Read More
- ‘Sam Walton’s Ideals Are Gone’As I read the stories from present and former Wal-Mart employees on http://www.walmartwatch.com, I see more and more just what Corporate Greed has done to Sam Walton’s Wal-Mart. | Read More
- “No Matter What, It Is Always Your Fault”Wal-Mart does not value its employees unless it is in front of the public eye. | Read More
- Management Pits Employees Against One AnotherI work in the electronics department in Petersburg, VA, and I’ve learned that they actually teach management methods of keeping the stress levels high. | Read More
- Management’s trash talkingI worked in management at Wal-Mart for over 15 years. I am not one of those disgruntled associates but I do know a thing or two about the company. I feel that the company has gone too far. I am amazed by all the negativity behind the scenes on how management talked about it’s own associates and it’s customers. | Read More
- Overworked, unpaid, and no alternativesEverything I have read sounds so familiar, I put up with it for 7 years. Everything at Wal-Mart seems to be spiraling downward. The tension in the stores is so bad you could cut it with a chainsaw. Management is not only rude to associates but to the customers as well. | Read More
- It’s not just health insurance or unpaid wages…Oh, where to begin. I’ve worked for Wal-Mart for 6 years. I’ve had good times there, and bad times. Hey, it’s a retail company, of course you will. However what happened to me definitely took the cake. | Read More
- Frustrated CSM see hours, breaks cutI am currently an employee for Wal-Mart. I work as a Customer Service Manager for Wal-Mart full-time. They have hired another CSM who is part time which is only a way for this store to cut hours. During the holiday I was working 40 hours but now they have cut my hours down to 33 a week. Not only that but during the last week of Christmas rush I was denied taking a break because it was said that breaks for cashiers had to be given out first. | Read More
- ‘Giving 100 Percent’ And Getting Fired In ReturnMy husband had worked for Wal-Mart in the Truck Shop as a Tech 3 Mechanic and that was as high as you could go unless you wanted to go up for a supervisor position. | Read More
- Wal-Mart’s advice to employees…don’t get sick!At my store, if an associate gets the flu it can be a coaching eventually leading up to termination. For example, typical flu symptoms last for almost a week. All sick days are unexcused absences and count against you… | Read More
- Moving Shelves 3 Inches For Incompetent ManagementI was hired to move and assemble displays on the overnight shift as the store was expanded into a supercenter. Every 4 weeks we got a new supervisor with a different management style, so we were constantly adapting to meet their needs. | Read More
- Management Lies To Employees: One Former Manager’s TakeThis regrettably is my letter of resignation. I have worked for Wal-Mart for three years plus and have been a salaried member of management for a little more than two years. From everything that I know about the company that Sam Walton built a lot is now wrong with the company and I think he would be turning over in his grave. | Read More
- Union-Busting in Northern ArizonaI worked at a Wal-Mart in Flagstaff Arizona for almost 2 years. It was one of the darkest times of my life. | Read More
- Too Much Heat, and Rotten Meat at Wal-MartMy wife was the first to work for Wal-Mart. She told me stories of how people were treated and how management solved employee problems. At the time we lived in Las Vegas, Nevada and knew of the intense heat. | Read More
- ‘Working Like Rented Mules’ as CashiersWal-Mart absolutely REFUSES to hire cashiers at the store where I used to work. Most times, there are only 4-5 registers open at any given time, with one or two of those being express and the other being the cigarette line. | Read More
- …its the WALMART WAY!Wal-Mart Management does not care about its employees and the regional office and corporate offices take a blind eye to what happens in its stores. My former store in South Carolina has lost some very good employees because of this treatment. My store has a unwritten rule that if you don’t have an open availability then they will cut your hours to where you can not afford to work. When I was initially hired, I asked for second shift so I could get my children on and off the school bus…. | Read More
- You are not allowed to get sick…I used to work for Walmart Store #1037 in summerville SC, I was recently terminated (Nov 29th 2008) because I was 1 to 3 minutes slate 3 times in 8 months. This store has issues with how they treat employees. Even though I was a Lawn and Garden sales associate, I was forced to push carts in the rain on many occasions and I was forced to use a fork lift that was unsafe to operate and without a spotter (which is company policy). I pulled the tendon in my leg pushing carts and when I asked to go to the doctor, I was written up for it because management said it was my fault. After I was written up, I was told by store management “YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET SICK”. | Read More
