THE REAL STORIES OF WAL-MART EMPLOYEES

As our nation’s largest employer and most financially successful company, Wal-Mart is a singular American institution.  It occupies a unique position in our world by virtue of its size, reach and responsibility for the livelihoods of millions of workers and the needs of billions of consumers.  And with such overwhelming influence comes certain moral responsibilities.
This website is a place where Wal-Mart employees and former employees can talk about Wal-Mart’s failure to live up to those responsibilities.  Read, watch or listen to the stories of those who know Wal-Mart best - its workers.

“I have not met a pharmacist at Wal-Mart that is happy with how they are treated by the company ” -anonymous

“When moving pallets of bottled water by myself which weighed over 700 pounds, I frequently had to take ibuprofen just to get out of bed because weight belts were never available nor was another employee there to help. ” -- Alfred Miranto

“During the time of my pregnancy at Wal-Mart, I was forced to lift heavy items such as microwaves, compact refrigerators, carpet shampooers etc. When I asked for help, they told me that I didn’t need it.” -- AH

“Why do you work overtime when you know that they will not pay you?” -- BW

“Is it not the right of the American worker to be entitled to a decent job with fair and just benefits?” -- Anonymous

“When you have your evaluation each year, you get a very small raise. Then they cut your hours back so that you don’t make anymore take home than you did before.” -M.L. in Illinois

“They are trying to cut cost by cutting corners.” -Ronald Brown

EMPLOYEE STORIES

  • The difference between two stores can be drastic

    I just changed stores in August. The store I came from was a 'by the book' store. If you wanted to know what rules you operated under, all you had to do was read the policy. Policies were followed. Period. My new store makes up the rules as it goes along. You never know what's expected because it changes daily. | Read More

  • The last couple of years have been an increasing struggle…

    I have worked for Wal-mart for almost 5 years now. I work at store 5260 and at one point in time I could say that with pride. The last couple years have been an increasing struggle just to survive with Wal-mart. | Read More

  • Age Discrimination at Walmart

    I have been at Walmart for 6 years this feb. I am a Dept Manager in the fresh area for 4 and 1/2 years. I am a very young 61 year old and can do the job of 3 20 year olds and do. I have always liked my job until recently. My yearly evals have always been exceeds job expectations. Recently Walmart did some pay grade changing which I was interviewed for but never got. | Read More

  • Walmart’s dirty little secrets

    I am a zone manager in a Walmart in Laredo Texas and I know every little dirty secret that they hide from the workers and the customers, this is an evil company and I am actively looking for another job. | Read More

  • Things have gotten really bad

    I have been with Walmart for almost three years and since I've been there things have gotten really bad. I have been skipped over for a higher position and I have had to be multi-coded for everything up front except maintenance. The store manager has threatened peoples jobs for family emergencies. | Read More

  • Hand filling bags of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, etc

    I work in Logistics at a Wal-Mart Distribution Center. New this year: we are being asked to hand fill bags of fertilizer, pesticides, herbicides, etc. We are handling anywhere from 100 to 2000+ of these bags. The chemical dust and exposure made one man violently ill today, and another went home with symptoms. Management refuses to do anything about this as they say wal-mart lost too much money doing it the old way (the safe way of transporting full, wrapped pallets directly to stores.) No one should be exposed to these checmicals indoors on a daily basis. | Read More

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FEATURED STORY

Anonymous on Unfair Termination

"I was fired while on medical leave. I had pancreatic surgery, they said the policy changed while I was on medical leave." | Read More