I have worked for Walmart and they treat their employees like crap. They have senior citizens who work very hard and yet they say" work harder"! Then they let them go because they say that there is not a sense of urgency in their work.I have seen many bad things there. Thats why I quit. I am better than that job!
I work for the company who does food events at Walmart. I had an event to do on the Veterans Day this month. One of bakery associates took our event tables (my company's property) without the permission for store use, we are losing our cooking supplies that my company bought so many often, all my co-workers are pretty fed up with Walmart. So I spoke with a store manager but she is mad at me instead of apologizing to me, I was speechless. My boss told me that we are Walmart's guests, well they never treat us like guests with respect. They treat us vendor like a second class citizen. I heard so many horrible stories how Walmart treat own employees and customers, I wish Walmart company would disappear from this earth!!
When I had my interview with Wal-mart toward the end of the interview the subject of unions was brought up. I told the interviewing manager that I felt unions were positive overall and helped fight for fairness in the work place, I also asked what unions Wal-mart cooperated with. He looked at me like I had just killed his first born, Needless to say I didn't get a call back.
I want to sincerely thank, Linda Haluska, for allowing me the opportunity to help tell her story about Walmart. Her story reflects those of the combined millions of under paid and disrespected Walmart associates and Warehouse Workers around the world! But as we witness more and more workers step up and speak out against the worlds largest retailer, Walmart, its quite clear that the need and desire to form an Organized Labor Union is rapidly becoming a reality! Workers Solidarity Will Win Again!!
The problem in this company are the managers. They seems to think that they are not a slave like you. I told the managers; we are a fishermen in the same ocean. We are the same payroll and go to work in the same place. Why do you think you are any better than me? Most managers are less than high school. I think that's the problem
I worked at Walmart for two months, along with a full-time day job. It was in the late 80's and the managers and supervisors weren't great then either - I have a few stories myself. The employees of Walmart, and other stores like them, desperately need to unionize, and I hope it happens soon.
I worked for Walmart for almost 5 years and it was one of the WORST jobs I ever had. The assistant managers there would treat us horribly %100. I worked in the pet department by myself and there would be over 17+ pallets of freight every night that needed to be put up no joke and i was told that I only had like 5hrs of work in that department and if I didn't get all 17+ pallets done with in those 5hrs I was gonna be fired. I was told this every single time I went into work it was crazy. Dont work for Walmart you will regret it trust me.
I used to work for Walmart to and to put up a ton of pallets of stock but I'm sorry 17 pallets though???? That's just a bit extreme and unbelievable don't ya think? When we got trucks we would have 4 to maybe 5 pallets at one time but 700 to 800 pieces at a time one one pallet. Never ever heard of 17 pallets at once ???????????
I do remember well back when Walmart would only hire part time employees, and the store HR director was being given direction to make sure there were many more part time workers than full time workers. From an economics standpoint, it made sense, because of the outrageous costs associated with Obamacare for full time employees. (Obama's plan to provide good health insurance to workers partly backfired, because it forced places like Walmart to discourage hiring full time workers.) And, as long as Walmart had enough willing part-time workers, it all worked fine for Walmart. All of that changed after the pandemic hit. They had so many people out sick & quitting that they were offering, "interview today, work tomorrow". Customer service suffered, inflation soared, and they reconfigured the store for mostly self-checkout. You have to keep in mind that Walmart's business model is to offer the lowest prices possible, in order to sell the most stuff. Needless to say, that requires extremely aggressive expense management. Yes, many workers are mistreated, but the customers benefit from the low prices. Many customers believe it is their God-Given right to shop at Walmart, and as long as that notion exists, Walmart will always have some leeway to treat employees like Army recruits.
For those who can't get over this brave woman's truthful comments, please try to understand this simple point: This video is not about her! This is about the working conditions at Walmart Stores!
Mike Siviwe Elliott 1bufyhuts: You are the idiots. People are working for Walmart and had to put up with all the bullshit because we need the job to survive. In most places or State there are no jobs. But it don't mean that Walmart can disrespect people for slaving for them.
I worked at Sams and it was a new store. Sam Walton was coming to see the store I guess and the Governor, senator , Mayor, I mean every one you could think of. They said he was running late. So they did things like give the police dept. a horse, some vest, stuff like that. When Sam came in (he flew his own plane in) he walked by all those so called importune people and came over to where they had us workers corralled and shook all our hands and thanked us all for getting the store up and running and talked to us for 10 to 15 min. He passed away as I remember a few weeks later and I changed over night. They started to lock the night sift in the building with out any one to let them out in case of a fire. They told us to run a fork lift through the wall if we had to get out. one night one of the ass. had an emergency at home and needed to go so they had to call a manager to let him out. I think his mother died so when they returned to work they were fired on a trumped up charge because the boss was mad about having to wake up to let him out. I played in a band on the weekends when I got the job and I put on the App i would not work weekends. So after Sam passed they wanted me to start working weekend and I said I had another job on the weekends . so a few days later they called me into the office and showed me my app and it said I will then a big gap work weekends. They whited out not. at that moment I told them to stick their job up their asses and walked out never to return. Ho ya I forgot about the big rase. While we were setting up we were told about the big raises we were going to get after 90 days.So when they call me in to give me my big raise they were all smiles then told me that I was getting 4 cent more an hour. All I could think of was well theres that cruse to the Bahamas . Ya another thing was when ever a new sam's person of impotence came to work there they would make some of the folks check out and go and un load the persons belongings at their house. then go back to Sams clock in and work the rest of their hours for that day. If your work wasn't done you had to clock out and finish what you were suppose to do then you could leave. If you told them no then they wouldn't make you do it because after one time un loading stuff I wouldn't do it any more but they made it sound like you were going to be fired if you didn't. A lot of those people working needed their jobs so they did that stuff. I was just trying something new I never worked in a store and never did again. I knew how to do other stuff that paid a lot more.One more thing more, they kept telling us that if we worked for 20 years we wood retire with hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank when we retired LOL. With in 2 years everyone who was working there when I did was gone.
If a store manager keeps payroll down and sales steady, they get huge bonuses. This is incentive to screw over their employees, and all of them are thirsty for those bonuses.
I have experienced this and so much more when I worked at Sam's Club. I was fired in retaliation for refusing to clock back after an 8 hour shift...click in / out on time. One of two lift drivers over night. The other was a team lead. He did basically nothing all night while I ran around like a chicken without a head. When I refused to clock back in(which is my right) he threatened me with "suffering the consequences" the next night. That night I was fired for that and attendance( they disregarded the APPROVED FMLA and charged me with additional absences that put me past the limit). They have done this to many employees.
Walmart could be such a great place to work. Her story is old but some of the same stuff still relative today. I'd love to be a store manager and be given reflexability of my store and my employees.
My Dad works there. He said it just like every other job. It has its bad and good. He's full time and seems to enjoy working there. He does say all the young kids that work there complain to much about an easy job!
I guarantee your dad doesn't work the 2nd shift receiving area like I did. I was unloading the general merchandise trucks for over 10 years, and trust me, it's hard work. I threw my back out three times, and I got to hernia.
She is one brave lady and I admire her for sticking up for her rights. Wal Mart has to be brougt down this is America. The treat people in foreign country's like slaves and this has to stop here because they want the same thing.
I bet Mr. Sam Walton Founder of Walmart would go and rip a new a-hole into these bully managers if he was still alive! And his children that now own and run the family biz should be ashamed of themselves!
There isn't a Walton running Walmart. That's why it is the way it is now. Sam Walton wanted an honest place for good workers to thrive and work their way up. Read his book. After last walton to be on board passed away its not the same. He never wanted uniforms. Thus Target. Sam had a simple rule treat others like you want to be treated. New rules are not Sam or Bud's way. They are not a union for very good reasons. The old Walmart had great ways of being good to employees. Once again no true Walton is running the company. Shame because it is not what Sam or Bud wanted for the company.
i worked for wally for 20 years,,,,only reason i came back each day was to see how much more they could screw it up each day,,,,,,they didnt let me down,,,,,it was more screwed up every day
walmart is the most low class business to work for under management that doesn't care, they yell at associates in front of customers and the store manager yells at manager under him, they make new rules that just make the job harder than it should be and they don't give proper training, I work by myself on most of my shifts, when I was a cart pusher which is the lowest pay through the whole store, I was the only hired cart pusher there was and they bitch if the lot wasn't clear, I was one of the few workers that they couldn't lose because I was their best worker at the time and became their only for a month and a half coming home with no money and bleeding feet, I raised hell and told them straight up that I was looking for a new job and they finally moved me inside the store as I requested a year prior to my inside date as a meat associate, as I am happier than I was I am still not happy as a walmart employee because I only have money for rent, luckily for me I have a new job that is going to pay me amazingly because I will be working for my cousin in law in his business he is starting, when I told him that I was only making $8.65 after 2 years, he looked at me like I was insane, which after putting up with so much shit from customers who misses the toilets and shit covered hand prints over the bathroom walls as employees take a bathroom breaks and dealing with managers that bitch because we are throwing away too much bad meat because people put it all where it doesn't belong, I just might be crazy, I refuse to capitalize walmart for any people who wonders why I didn't use capitulation properly. I know a few old associates who quit walmart to go work for McDonalds and they said McDonalds may be shitty but much better than walmart.
I got Fired from walmart less then 1 Day before my Scheduled vacation!! A newly promoted 18 year old " support manager" pushed my buttons on purpose back in Receiving . An obvious setup!! Back in the office after getting fired,I was told to stay. Security tried to type in a Lie. And here,I am not just off the Clock- but Fired and on my own time. Now all the Receivers would take break right outside the Grocery doors on the concrete lining which makes a good seat. Without fail- Security Man would take a smoke without a word right next to all 5 of us. Just stand there-- come on... I got fired wayy back in April of 2010. Even today if,Little K sees me walk in,I get followed. TG,I am happily Retired now.
I dealt with the same stuff at the Walmart I used to work at. Whenever I would go to the bathroom, one of the undercovered security guys would always follow me in. If I went outside to eat lunch, they would go out to and sit in their car to watch me. It wasn't just me it was pretty much everybody that worked the second shift receiving.
The problem is the Oligarch owners of Walmart i.e., the Walton Family. One if the wealthiest families on the on the planet. Have to checked out their Federal Tax Returns? Its outrageous folks. If we all boycott their stores, it would hurt their bank accounts.
@TLJAWSIMIB Because I used to work for Walmart. That's the main reason why but also because the new town I live in doesn't have a Walmart, which is great, so I just support the local businesses.
Linda, I understand your frustration but it is not personal. this is the new corporate America; less hours and less benefits. Alot of companies are doing this now. you cannot win. if you have an opportunity, join a union.
You absolutely can win. Do not support corporations that are publicly traded on the stock exchange where anyone can purchase shares. Only support a small family-run businesses. Also if you want to get out of the Rat Race learn some sort of skilled trade or profession and start your own business. That's really the only way to succeed in America.
I've known about the conditions there for awhile now and am so ashamed I still shop there. There is a detailed video here on the break down how Walmart can afford to pay all of their employees a minimum of $20.00hr. Greedy filthy pigs would still rake in a fortune. I HAVE to stop shopping there. Damn you Walmart!!
I praise you for somewhat standing up and speaking union...and contrary to what they say labor rights say you take a vote and you have the right to unionize...but I hate to say this but you will be fired as soon as they see this .. modern day China sweatshops...unionize or boycott...
not taking up for Wal-Mart but this is the way things are pretty much everywhere. have worked for companies that are not Wal-Mart and the hours/benefits work that way
I was offered a job at Walmart Neighbourhood Market full time and turned it down for some stupid reason. It was in a posh area of town and had a great staff. They aren't all created the same.
It's amazing to still hear from people that defend a company like Walmart? We know that most of them are on the Walmart payroll because their arguments are so weak. Working people can see right through them and we will continue to challenge the injustice that Walmart workers have to endure while working at Walmart. That why we believe that, "Workers United Can Never Be Defeated!"
If you're unhappy with how an organization operates, you don't work for that organization. Walmart's business model is to offer the lowest prices out of all of their merchandise. Unfortunately, this is usually achieved by offering low wages and hours for many employees, as labor is the #1 expense that businesses incur.
Amazing Mr. Schmidt, people like you are always programmed to attack the workers, while never commenting on the inhumane treatment dished out by companies like Walmart? You can't fool us here, we Know who you represent! We also Know that your type fears organized workers!
Mike Siviwe Elliott OMG I was going to say then and then I read down and you said it about Mark Schmidt. Keep reading Al Schwartz backs up Mark Schmidt. Wal-Mart is truly evil but I have elaborated on other sites but I always knew who was behind their evilness and this video proves it in the comment section. There was high unemployment and I was not young and did not have a choice. The American Princes were not hiring me and I worked at Hell-Mart never getting a break and some days no lunch and then they did a paper adjustment which is when they put it into the computer themselves (not time clock) showing you had a lunch you never had. The work was so difficult I had to quit.
+Mark Schmidt How is $11 and hour low wage though? That is nearly $5 above minimum wage. A step up from most " No college degree needed" jobs if you ask me.
@@aazzzaadesertghost No it is worse. I know people that worked there and they say that Walgreens literally only schedules two or three associates on at a time.
It's not even a good starter job. Learn a skilled trade or some sort of profession and then go into business for yourself. No one should have to work at Walmart.
0:51 "The health care coverage that Walmart also offers seems to be a little bit outrageous because depending on the type of care you want.. the better that you want, the more you gotta pay for it" Can you image that? Paying more for a better service! That is just outrageous.
Vlad, what is more of a chuckle is they want to work more hours so they can pay for better health care so when they get hurt or sick, they can go in the hospital, get better and then get back to work at Walmart...You want to extend dying so you can continue working at Walmart, the concept makes no sense to me.
But why should my tax money go to assisting these employees? Shame on Walmart. They need to pay their employees living wage. My tax money has more important things to go towards.
Talking to someone outside of the company about the inner workings, socializing while at work, backtalking to management... jesus this lady wouldnt have lasted a week at my walmart. They would have fired her so fast... When the local Walmart has all but eliminated every other job in town because they simply can't keep up with the pricing and the advertising campaign and the lawyers, you don't often have much of a choice but to stay on for years and years. After a while, you are there for so long that you get a point where it's like being a battered spouse. you don't see a way out anymore and you stop trying. This is your life now. I know so many people at my local Walmart that simply cannot leave. They didn't have the ability to get a trade in their mid 20s for one reason or another and the other jobs that somehow survived the Great Purge that happened when the store came in (aggressive campaigning of lower prices that nobody can compete with so they shut down and now that nobody's left Walmart can bring their prices back up) simply don't pay enough unless you get more than one job. Now they have been there so long that nobody else will hire them. You've only had one job worth of experience? nobody cares that you've been there for 4 years. it's one job. you may as well be new to the job market. Nobody calls you back so you stay on to pay the bills. The problem gets worse with every passing year until you are now in your mid-30s and any new jobs that popped up are only hiring teenagers since they can work for less pay. So you stay on and keep looking. But you have to look carefully because if Walmart finds out that you're looking to get out, suddenly your hours will be cut under the excuse of "we don't have enough hours to go around this week" when you know damned well its punishment. Then comes the meetings as they drag you all into the office in small groups to remind you what a great place Walmart is and how bad for people unions actually are. You're still expected to get your work done despite the meetings though and should you not be able to make up the hour you lost, that's on you! I don't care if you were in a meeting for an hour! Your work is not done! Why are you so slow all the time? Maybe we need to have another meeting about this right in the middle of your shift.... A few more months of this and you start to think maybe there's something wrong with you. You are always getting in trouble for not finishing your work fast enough. Nobody ever calls you back. Maybe they know what a bad employee you are? This job hasn't fired you yet though. It's probably all you deserve for being so shitty at your work. You used to think it was them but you are so worn down. Nobody lets you sleep anymore. Days off are so randomly placed that you have no social life. Friends and family have given up on you. You have long since stopped talking to anyone at work since you don't know who you can trust anymore and those people who were once your friends are now trigger zones that get you coached for socializing. Get the work done. Keep your head down. Faster. Faster. Faster. Always be smiling. This place is great. They took you in when nobody else would. They pay your bills. They keep a roof over your head. You just need to try harder... next thing you know, you've been there for 10 years. You don't remember when you stopped looking for an out but it must have been a long time ago. People on the internet make fun of you for being there for so long because it's not meant to be a career but you simply have nowhere else to go.
damn, my tip to you, discover your green thumb!! iv not had to work for some crappy company for the last 20 years thanks to cannabis!! sure I risk punishment but better a cell for a few years than a cell on the outside for most your adult life!! fxk the system, play by yours rules!! no harm, no loss NO crime!!
aemidaniels I'm crying that's how I feel and I have make me a promise I will leave this place this year I have wasted 4 years this July I should have left when the shooting happened I was working in the store next Cielo vista mall in el Paso where 22 people were killed They make billions of dollars and they are getting more greedy every day and we the associates are their slaves
Wow, this makes my heart hurt. I know this was 4 years ago, but I wonder where you are now, and you got out. I had no idea walmart was so bad, but I will definitely think twice when it comes to dealing with walmart employees. You DEFINITELY have a way of writing, maybe that could be your out. ❤
well I just got hired at walmart a day ago, they make you go through 12 hours of how to be the best employee ever and make you watch an hour of short videos about how bad union is and how unions try to infiltrate walmart and to never sign with unoin, lol that's what they stress the most out of everything, I'm ganna be on the over night mod crew, which i chose mmyself because I like working over night so I'm fine with it cause I'm single with no kids and, so far every one is very nice but you can tell theres a hint of stressed out sort of can tell theyre forced to say the things they say, but maybe I'm just by ing into this hype, idk well see I'm sure it won't be that dang bad and I'm only 21 and just need a flyby job, not looking to stay
it's really not. what people don't understand is you can stay over to get full time (just don't go over 40) if you want a day off, tell em. if they don't give it to you then take it off anyway. new policy doesn't allow coachings for absences, just termination when limit is reached. I love my job, coworkers and manager. if u can't get a task done then u cant, plain and simple and they understand. the only issue we have is scheduling. our manager blows royally at schedules. at least once a week or two or mo re we have to override
@@stanktatiousd7732 "just termination when the limit is reached" yeah things were so much better years ago before that policy. I would call out about 20 or 30 times a year and wouldn't get coached for it. I knew a guy that called out over 150 times one year because of his health condition. He never got a single coaching. The Walmart I worked at was so desperate for people you could basically get away with anything except for theft.
Tom, you're missing the point. If you're not even working eligible hours to qualify for health care it really doesn't matter how much is being charged.
Honey, get real, The president of the wonderful Walmart needs a new home and pool..... don’t be so selfish.......honestly I feel terrible for you and the rest, this is crazy. By the way , they should make you a manager, very well spoken, much more than what I’ve heard from other employees
7 years at Walmart is UNACCEPTABLE. It is designed for young adults still in high school and college, after that it is time to create a resume and get a real job.
Yes i had a manager say to me clock out now and take the point when I was talking and helping a customer while she was standing there he's lucky I didn't bust his head 😂
I laugh at the people who say they've spent ten years at walmart and are now a manager. After working there as an employee in my early days, im grateful to be out of that shithole. The managers say the pay is good and all that. The fuck it is lol. You get what? 40k a year for 14-16 hour shifts for five days straight? HA! And then they try and say the vacation plan is good too. Like hell it is.
+ertren6 I'm going to be a cashier and I'll be making $11 and get at least 25 hours a week if I want. Though maybe it is just better in North Dakota because we don't have as many workers here.
TheBiteSizedCrafter to be making a living you honestly need to be bringing in at least 15 bucks an hour. Wal mart is only good for people waiting short term for something much better, or kids who just graduated high school. Making a career out of wal mart is a joke in itself. My manager when i worked said she puts in 14+ hour shifts, and for what? 2600 dollars a month, if that? I make 20 dollars an hour working at a jail as a medical personnel, and i get over time. Wal mart is a joke lol. Happiest day for me was when i quit.
With how little people are making else where.. $2,600 is a lot. I will be making $11 and hour and from what I've been told I will get 25 hours a week. I love in a place where you only have to pay 30% of your income for rent. That would be only $330 a month. After buying food for the month and paying phone and internet bills I will still have about an extra $400 to do whatever I want with each month. So for some of us Walmart is not so bad. Nor would any similar job be. Though I guess that is what you get for being smart and not having kids and other such things to worry about. :) ertren6
TheBiteSizedCrafter at my job, i pay 900 bucks for a house, probably near 600 bucks in bills, and probably another 400 in groceries. That leaves me a very cozy 700 dollars to save or spend. I also work 40+ hours a week. But the difference between me and a manager is that i a) get paid over time and b) didn't need to spend 20 years of my life to get there lol. My pay actually recently got bumped up to 21.50 an hour. I'm not even 21 yet, and im making an equal if not better paycheck than wal mart employees who made a career out of it. Im telling you, it's not worth it. The amount of time you spend as a salaried manager at wal mart leaves you very little for a social life.
My Walmart situation is very different. I worked for this company for roughly 20 years, all as a cashier. I loved my job, and most of the people I worked with. I feel that I was treated quite well, not to say that all was great but I dealt with problems when they came up. I had a couple of Asst. managers that I just could not see eye to eye with but simply keeping a distance worked for me. I was told that I was a good worker and was always welcome to speak up if I had a problem. We had some great managers at my store that were caring and understanding. I have to admit that I have heard lots of stories about bad experiences at the company but just know that is not always the way that it is. I would still be there today if I had not gotten sick and had to have surgery that deemed me disabled.
Your ass kissing statement is typical of a corporate hack who been planted to make 'positive comments' about wal-mart. Call your board members & tell them it didn't work!!!
+lynnjaxful There are advancements you can get to be a manger career if you show good work ethic. For the most part, yes it is not suppose to be a career.
TheBiteSizedCrafter they pick and choose their managers based on mind control (yes sir, no sir, no thoughts of their own) the truly talented leave walmart.
My walmart is hiring everyone at full time. so first that is wrong, maybe her store is different. I have affordable health care. SO again she is wrong. Maybe her store is different.
Yup. I think Wal-Mart will go belly up sometime in the future. This is a bad company to work for. I'm currently looking for something different, can't wait to find it
EVERY Walmart is different. I am a full-time student, 20-years-old, and on my summer break, I get 32-40 hours a week and $10.15/hr. Granted, I work overnight, but my managers are caring and genuinely helpful. Do NOT blame the company, blame the shitty management. I honestly love working there.
+Tia Ritz Thank you! Someone with some darn sense! Btw I have a friend who works at my local Walmart as a manager and said she could help me get a job there. They are paying $11 for Cashiers and in a low income tax state no less. Woop!
I worked for 25 yrs in office cubicle prison jobs. Ive worked at Walmart part time since 2006 to supplement my cubicle prison office job because I had a $400 car payment. I got unemployed from office job collected unemployment from office job through massive layoff. I picked up massive amount of available hours for cashier for 8 months and became FT per Walmart offer July 2014. My office prison job had way worse insurance than my Walmart insurance. I get mid-grade medical insurance, critical ill, short and long term disability insurances, dental and vision and life insurance for a whopping $54 every two weeks taken from my pay. My management is great to work for and not all Walmarts are the same. Many people who do not stay at Walmart aren't that use to hard work.
How much did Walmart pay you to type that? Also a 400 dollar car payment? You must either have terrible credit or didn't have money for a down payment. Or do you drive one of those big gas guzzling SUV's? Live below your means girl. Don't try to impress the Joneses.
LOL I checked out what was going on in the back, more interested then hearing this Walmart veteran bitching about not getting a different better paying job.
+Mike Siviwe Elliott Working at walmart for 7 years is a stupid idea. Its a great company for temporary or inexperienced workers to get a basic paycheck.
When the "reporter" is uneducated and ignorant and functionally illiterate, and only the interviewee is rational and articulate and brave, Sojourner Truth-level change CANNOT be effected (suggests this professional journalist and editor, who also holds an MA in history and is opting not to institutional name-drop at this time.)
I'm at Wal-Mart cap 2 and love it I work hard and get good hours but most employees hate but they are the ones that don't really work they play instead
Wow! You would think that people would understand that what she is talking about is not only her experience? She is talking about the working conditions at Walmart, for all workers. This is not about her!
Mike Siviwe Elliott Umm her stories are about her not Walmart. She isn't speaking on behalf of them, she is giving her opinion based off of her treatment, so yes this story is only about her.
I personally loved my time at Walmart... their close supervision worked for my benefit.. likewise, I loved the little perks such as rewards when we went so long without an accident... 30 days = snacks, 60 days = ice cream sundaes, 90 days = cookout, 120 days = steak... loved them all... and with our team we had steak several times.. likewise, with our store we had snacks, fruit and munchies first Fridays of the month...Furthermore, as our managers watched us, they also had lunch passes in their pockets and were directed to find people doing things right, and especially over and above... to them was given a pass for a free lunch... which had to be under $5 store merchandise. Likewise, there were a few times when people are given gift cards for more if the situation warrants... and, yes, though I did not advertise it due to the 10% jerks who would take it negatively, I did receive more than a couple of those gift cards. I was not only NEVER asked to work off the clock , it was forbidden...
"The better the care you want, the more you have to pay for it." Wow, just profound. If you want the better car, you pay more money. Same with a house, clothes, shoes, etc. She has insurance. She has it through her husband. She spins a great tale, but can't back up what she says. It is all anecdotal. Show us something concrete.
she is brave for speaking out
I have worked for Walmart and they treat their employees like crap. They have senior citizens who work very hard and yet they say" work harder"! Then they let them go because they say that there is not a sense of urgency in their work.I have seen many bad things there. Thats why I quit. I am better than that job!
Agree with you!!
She isn't spinning any tales. She's speaking the truth.
I work for the company who does food events at Walmart. I had an event to do on the Veterans Day this month. One of bakery associates took our event tables (my company's property) without the permission for store use, we are losing our cooking supplies that my company bought so many often, all my co-workers are pretty fed up with Walmart. So I spoke with a store manager but she is mad at me instead of apologizing to me, I was speechless. My boss told me that we are Walmart's guests, well they never treat us like guests with respect. They treat us vendor like a second class citizen. I heard so many horrible stories how Walmart treat own employees and customers, I wish Walmart company would disappear from this earth!!
I worked for Walmart and EVERYTHING she saying is true ‼️👍🏾💯
When I had my interview with Wal-mart toward the end of the interview the subject of unions was brought up. I told the interviewing manager that I felt unions were positive overall and helped fight for fairness in the work place, I also asked what unions Wal-mart cooperated with. He looked at me like I had just killed his first born, Needless to say I didn't get a call back.
I'll never work for this company ever again.
WHY!?.
keeping you part time at walmart, never getting any vacation time. So sad, everyone needs a vacation, no matter what job you do.
The reason that Walmart don't want full time is because they don't have to pay as much workman' comp and insurance benefits
I want to sincerely thank, Linda Haluska, for allowing me the opportunity to help tell her story about Walmart. Her story reflects those of the combined millions of under paid and disrespected Walmart associates and Warehouse Workers around the world! But as we witness more and more workers step up and speak out against the worlds largest retailer, Walmart, its quite clear that the need and desire to form an Organized Labor Union is rapidly becoming a reality! Workers Solidarity Will Win Again!!
The problem in this company are the managers. They seems to think that they are not a slave like you. I told the managers; we are a fishermen in the same ocean. We are the same payroll and go to work in the same place. Why do you think you are any better than me? Most managers are less than high school. I think that's the problem
most walmart managers are psychopaths that like to gaslight
Exactly!! They think they can do anything and they have favorites. They don’t listen to you either!
I worked at Walmart for two months, along with a full-time day job. It was in the late 80's and the managers and supervisors weren't great then either - I have a few stories myself. The employees of Walmart, and other stores like them, desperately need to unionize, and I hope it happens soon.
I worked for Walmart for almost 5 years and it was one of the WORST jobs I ever had. The assistant managers there would treat us horribly %100. I worked in the pet department by myself and there would be over 17+ pallets of freight every night that needed to be put up no joke and i was told that I only had like 5hrs of work in that department and if I didn't get all 17+ pallets done with in those 5hrs I was gonna be fired. I was told this every single time I went into work it was crazy. Dont work for Walmart you will regret it trust me.
I used to work for Walmart to and to put up a ton of pallets of stock but I'm sorry 17 pallets though???? That's just a bit extreme and unbelievable don't ya think? When we got trucks we would have 4 to maybe 5 pallets at one time but 700 to 800 pieces at a time one one pallet. Never ever heard of 17 pallets at once ???????????
@@mr.willywinker4u849 17 plus pallets every night for the pet Department store#174 ask anyone.
@@mr.willywinker4u849 its definitely not exstreme or unbelievable for that store trust me.
I do remember well back when Walmart would only hire part time employees, and the store HR director was being given direction to make sure there were many more part time workers than full time workers. From an economics standpoint, it made sense, because of the outrageous costs associated with Obamacare for full time employees. (Obama's plan to provide good health insurance to workers partly backfired, because it forced places like Walmart to discourage hiring full time workers.) And, as long as Walmart had enough willing part-time workers, it all worked fine for Walmart. All of that changed after the pandemic hit. They had so many people out sick & quitting that they were offering, "interview today, work tomorrow". Customer service suffered, inflation soared, and they reconfigured the store for mostly self-checkout. You have to keep in mind that Walmart's business model is to offer the lowest prices possible, in order to sell the most stuff. Needless to say, that requires extremely aggressive expense management. Yes, many workers are mistreated, but the customers benefit from the low prices. Many customers believe it is their God-Given right to shop at Walmart, and as long as that notion exists, Walmart will always have some leeway to treat employees like Army recruits.
For those who can't get over this brave woman's truthful comments, please try to understand this simple point:
This video is not about her! This is about the working conditions at Walmart Stores!
Mike Siviwe Elliott 1bufyhuts: You are the idiots. People are working for Walmart and had to put up with all the bullshit because we need the job to survive. In most places or State there are no jobs. But it don't mean that Walmart can disrespect people for slaving for them.
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What's up with the foul language? Did you really have to take the Lord Jesus' name in vain????????
That was for you, btw, "1buffyhutch"
+Diana Manwaring Jesus fucking christ
I worked at Sams and it was a new store. Sam Walton was coming to see the store I guess and the Governor, senator , Mayor, I mean every one you could think of. They said he was running late. So they did things like give the police dept. a horse, some vest, stuff like that. When Sam came in (he flew his own plane in) he walked by all those so called importune people and came over to where they had us workers corralled and shook all our hands and thanked us all for getting the store up and running and talked to us for 10 to 15 min. He passed away as I remember a few weeks later and I changed over night. They started to lock the night sift in the building with out any one to let them out in case of a fire. They told us to run a fork lift through the wall if we had to get out. one night one of the ass. had an emergency at home and needed to go so they had to call a manager to let him out. I think his mother died so when they returned to work they were fired on a trumped up charge because the boss was mad about having to wake up to let him out. I played in a band on the weekends when I got the job and I put on the App i would not work weekends. So after Sam passed they wanted me to start working weekend and I said I had another job on the weekends . so a few days later they called me into the office and showed me my app and it said I will then a big gap work weekends. They whited out not. at that moment I told them to stick their job up their asses and walked out never to return. Ho ya I forgot about the big rase. While we were setting up we were told about the big raises we were going to get after 90 days.So when they call me in to give me my big raise they were all smiles then told me that I was getting 4 cent more an hour. All I could think of was well theres that cruse to the Bahamas . Ya another thing was when ever a new sam's person of impotence came to work there they would make some of the folks check out and go and un load the persons belongings at their house. then go back to Sams clock in and work the rest of their hours for that day. If your work wasn't done you had to clock out and finish what you were suppose to do then you could leave. If you told them no then they wouldn't make you do it because after one time un loading stuff I wouldn't do it any more but they made it sound like you were going to be fired if you didn't. A lot of those people working needed their jobs so they did that stuff. I was just trying something new I never worked in a store and never did again. I knew how to do other stuff that paid a lot more.One more thing more, they kept telling us that if we worked for 20 years we wood retire with hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank when we retired LOL. With in 2 years everyone who was working there when I did was gone.
Walmart is a big crooked company no good
all they care about are profits, corporate personal and managers
It's the corporations maaan
If a store manager keeps payroll down and sales steady, they get huge bonuses. This is incentive to screw over their employees, and all of them are thirsty for those bonuses.
That sounded wrong. Store managers are thirsty with a bonus.
I have experienced this and so much more when I worked at Sam's Club. I was fired in retaliation for refusing to clock back after an 8 hour shift...click in / out on time. One of two lift drivers over night. The other was a team lead. He did basically nothing all night while I ran around like a chicken without a head. When I refused to clock back in(which is my right) he threatened me with "suffering the consequences" the next night. That night I was fired for that and attendance( they disregarded the APPROVED FMLA and charged me with additional absences that put me past the limit). They have done this to many employees.
Did you go to the labor board after? What they did sounds illegal and the labor board can help you.
Walmart could be such a great place to work. Her story is old but some of the same stuff still relative today. I'd love to be a store manager and be given reflexability of my store and my employees.
Work your way up to become a store manager and do it.
My Dad works there. He said it just like every other job. It has its bad and good. He's full time and seems to enjoy working there. He does say all the young kids that work there complain to much about an easy job!
I guarantee your dad doesn't work the 2nd shift receiving area like I did. I was unloading the general merchandise trucks for over 10 years, and trust me, it's hard work. I threw my back out three times, and I got to hernia.
She is one brave lady and I admire her for sticking up for her rights. Wal Mart has to be brougt down this is America. The treat people in foreign country's like slaves and this has to stop here because they want the same thing.
Yet they expect 100%open availability 😒
Yeah and they will only pay you like a dollar above minimum wage.
child!!!!! she ain't lying I work at Walmart I know were she's coming free you can't tell people shit its worst then high school I swear
I bet Mr. Sam Walton Founder of Walmart would go and rip a new a-hole into these bully managers if he was still alive! And his children that now own and run the family biz should be ashamed of themselves!
I totally agree!
the kids have sold the company out to those filthy bankers on wall street.....
Mr. Sam Walton was every bit a crooked as the family members that run it today. Who do you think taught family members the "tricks of the trade"?
J MaC
There isn't a Walton running Walmart. That's why it is the way it is now. Sam Walton wanted an honest place for good workers to thrive and work their way up. Read his book. After last walton to be on board passed away its not the same. He never wanted uniforms. Thus Target. Sam had a simple rule treat others like you want to be treated. New rules are not Sam or Bud's way. They are not a union for very good reasons. The old Walmart had great ways of being good to employees. Once again no true Walton is running the company. Shame because it is not what Sam or Bud wanted for the company.
i worked for wally for 20 years,,,,only reason i came back each day was to see how much more they could screw it up each day,,,,,,they didnt let me down,,,,,it was more screwed up every day
Seems like these freakin managers are ego maniacs! I even get treated like crap by them as a customer.
Landaux
walmart is the most low class business to work for under management that doesn't care, they yell at associates in front of customers and the store manager yells at manager under him, they make new rules that just make the job harder than it should be and they don't give proper training, I work by myself on most of my shifts, when I was a cart pusher which is the lowest pay through the whole store, I was the only hired cart pusher there was and they bitch if the lot wasn't clear, I was one of the few workers that they couldn't lose because I was their best worker at the time and became their only for a month and a half coming home with no money and bleeding feet, I raised hell and told them straight up that I was looking for a new job and they finally moved me inside the store as I requested a year prior to my inside date as a meat associate, as I am happier than I was I am still not happy as a walmart employee because I only have money for rent, luckily for me I have a new job that is going to pay me amazingly because I will be working for my cousin in law in his business he is starting, when I told him that I was only making $8.65 after 2 years, he looked at me like I was insane, which after putting up with so much shit from customers who misses the toilets and shit covered hand prints over the bathroom walls as employees take a bathroom breaks and dealing with managers that bitch because we are throwing away too much bad meat because people put it all where it doesn't belong, I just might be crazy, I refuse to capitalize walmart for any people who wonders why I didn't use capitulation properly. I know a few old associates who quit walmart to go work for McDonalds and they said McDonalds may be shitty but much better than walmart.
You can thank OBAMACARE for the loss of full time hours. That placed so many people under 29 hours weekly. Results of voting for "diversity "
I got Fired from walmart less then 1 Day before my Scheduled vacation!!
A newly promoted 18 year old " support manager" pushed my buttons on purpose back in Receiving .
An obvious setup!! Back in the office after getting fired,I was told to stay. Security tried to type in a Lie. And here,I am not just off the Clock- but Fired and on my own time.
Now all the Receivers would take break right outside the Grocery doors on the concrete lining which makes a good seat. Without fail- Security Man would take a smoke without a word right next to all 5 of us. Just stand there-- come on...
I got fired wayy back in April of 2010. Even today if,Little K sees me walk in,I get followed.
TG,I am happily Retired now.
I dealt with the same stuff at the Walmart I used to work at. Whenever I would go to the bathroom, one of the undercovered security guys would always follow me in. If I went outside to eat lunch, they would go out to and sit in their car to watch me. It wasn't just me it was pretty much everybody that worked the second shift receiving.
The problem is the Oligarch owners of Walmart i.e., the Walton Family. One if the wealthiest families on the on the planet.
Have to checked out their Federal Tax Returns? Its outrageous folks.
If we all boycott their stores, it would hurt their bank accounts.
I've been boycotting since 2016. I will never again go inside a Walmart.
WHY?
@TLJAWSIMIB Because I used to work for Walmart. That's the main reason why but also because the new town I live in doesn't have a Walmart, which is great, so I just support the local businesses.
DO YOU MISS WORKING AT WALMART?
Gotta say she’s got a some mad resilience. I would’ve quit as soon as they started trying to invade my privacy
So this interview took place years ago. I wonder how she's doing now? Still working at Walmart or hopefully has moved on.
Linda, I understand your frustration but it is not personal. this is the new corporate America; less hours and less benefits. Alot of companies are doing this now. you cannot win. if you have an opportunity, join a union.
You absolutely can win. Do not support corporations that are publicly traded on the stock exchange where anyone can purchase shares. Only support a small family-run businesses. Also if you want to get out of the Rat Race learn some sort of skilled trade or profession and start your own business. That's really the only way to succeed in America.
This poor woman. I feel so sorry for any employee that is tuck working at Walmart. I am never going to shop there again.
walmarts employees will not step up and say anything bad about walmart because they are afraid of losing their jobs. i know from personal exp.
I've known about the conditions there for awhile now and am so ashamed I still shop there. There is a detailed video here on the break down how Walmart can afford to pay all of their employees a minimum of $20.00hr. Greedy filthy pigs would still rake in a fortune. I HAVE to stop shopping there. Damn you Walmart!!
Yes I've been told to work harder and faster i said when you pay me more
I praise you for somewhat standing up and speaking union...and contrary to what they say labor rights say you take a vote and you have the right to unionize...but I hate to say this but you will be fired as soon as they see this .. modern day China sweatshops...unionize or boycott...
not taking up for Wal-Mart but this is the way things are pretty much everywhere. have worked for companies that are not Wal-Mart and the hours/benefits work that way
I was offered a job at Walmart Neighbourhood Market full time and turned it down for some stupid reason. It was in a posh area of town and had a great staff. They aren't all created the same.
It's amazing to still hear from people that defend a company like Walmart? We know that most of them are on the Walmart payroll because their arguments are so weak. Working people can see right through them and we will continue to challenge the injustice that Walmart workers have to endure while working at Walmart. That why we believe that, "Workers United Can Never Be Defeated!"
If you're unhappy with how an organization operates, you don't work for that organization. Walmart's business model is to offer the lowest prices out of all of their merchandise. Unfortunately, this is usually achieved by offering low wages and hours for many employees, as labor is the #1 expense that businesses incur.
Amazing Mr. Schmidt, people like you are always programmed to attack the workers, while never commenting on the inhumane treatment dished out by companies like Walmart? You can't fool us here, we Know who you represent! We also Know that your type fears organized workers!
Mike Siviwe Elliott OMG I was going to say then and then I read down and you said it about Mark Schmidt. Keep reading Al Schwartz backs up Mark Schmidt. Wal-Mart is truly evil but I have elaborated on other sites but I always knew who was behind their evilness and this video proves it in the comment section. There was high unemployment and I was not young and did not have a choice. The American Princes were not hiring me and I worked at Hell-Mart never getting a break and some days no lunch and then they did a paper adjustment which is when they put it into the computer themselves (not time clock) showing you had a lunch you never had. The work was so difficult I had to quit.
catsalive1 Sounds more like you were lazy.
+Mark Schmidt How is $11 and hour low wage though? That is nearly $5 above minimum wage. A step up from most " No college degree needed" jobs if you ask me.
This isn't just Walmart this is most retail businesses... I worked for Walgreens and it was the same shit
Hell I wanna work for Walgreens ... I thought it was different
@@aazzzaadesertghost No it is worse. I know people that worked there and they say that Walgreens literally only schedules two or three associates on at a time.
Sams club is no different
It’s a good starter but don’t stay it will keep you poor
It's not even a good starter job. Learn a skilled trade or some sort of profession and then go into business for yourself. No one should have to work at Walmart.
Why don't all Walmart employees just say fuck Walmart and leave? Just every employee in this country just walk out!
it not easy to say when you need a job to support a family of 5 when you're a single mother
@@1945joshuaruiz A single mother of 5? She should have had her tubes tied after the first one.
True. Shitty company like most other jobs
0:51
"The health care coverage that Walmart also offers seems to be a little bit outrageous because depending on the type of care you want.. the better that you want, the more you gotta pay for it"
Can you image that? Paying more for a better service! That is just outrageous.
Vlad, what is more of a chuckle is they want to work more hours so they can pay for better health care so when they get hurt or sick, they can go in the hospital, get better and then get back to work at Walmart...You want to extend dying so you can continue working at Walmart, the concept makes no sense to me.
Need to lot the shit from all the stores.
Labor Union YES PLEASE
they just had to post her name ,smh
Hold it Hold It ! It's assistance from the tax payer not the government.
But why should my tax money go to assisting these employees? Shame on Walmart. They need to pay their employees living wage. My tax money has more important things to go towards.
Talking to someone outside of the company about the inner workings, socializing while at work, backtalking to management... jesus this lady wouldnt have lasted a week at my walmart. They would have fired her so fast...
When the local Walmart has all but eliminated every other job in town because they simply can't keep up with the pricing and the advertising campaign and the lawyers, you don't often have much of a choice but to stay on for years and years. After a while, you are there for so long that you get a point where it's like being a battered spouse. you don't see a way out anymore and you stop trying. This is your life now.
I know so many people at my local Walmart that simply cannot leave. They didn't have the ability to get a trade in their mid 20s for one reason or another and the other jobs that somehow survived the Great Purge that happened when the store came in (aggressive campaigning of lower prices that nobody can compete with so they shut down and now that nobody's left Walmart can bring their prices back up) simply don't pay enough unless you get more than one job. Now they have been there so long that nobody else will hire them. You've only had one job worth of experience? nobody cares that you've been there for 4 years. it's one job. you may as well be new to the job market. Nobody calls you back so you stay on to pay the bills. The problem gets worse with every passing year until you are now in your mid-30s and any new jobs that popped up are only hiring teenagers since they can work for less pay.
So you stay on and keep looking. But you have to look carefully because if Walmart finds out that you're looking to get out, suddenly your hours will be cut under the excuse of "we don't have enough hours to go around this week" when you know damned well its punishment. Then comes the meetings as they drag you all into the office in small groups to remind you what a great place Walmart is and how bad for people unions actually are. You're still expected to get your work done despite the meetings though and should you not be able to make up the hour you lost, that's on you! I don't care if you were in a meeting for an hour! Your work is not done! Why are you so slow all the time? Maybe we need to have another meeting about this right in the middle of your shift....
A few more months of this and you start to think maybe there's something wrong with you. You are always getting in trouble for not finishing your work fast enough. Nobody ever calls you back. Maybe they know what a bad employee you are? This job hasn't fired you yet though. It's probably all you deserve for being so shitty at your work. You used to think it was them but you are so worn down. Nobody lets you sleep anymore. Days off are so randomly placed that you have no social life. Friends and family have given up on you. You have long since stopped talking to anyone at work since you don't know who you can trust anymore and those people who were once your friends are now trigger zones that get you coached for socializing. Get the work done. Keep your head down. Faster. Faster. Faster. Always be smiling. This place is great. They took you in when nobody else would. They pay your bills. They keep a roof over your head. You just need to try harder...
next thing you know, you've been there for 10 years. You don't remember when you stopped looking for an out but it must have been a long time ago. People on the internet make fun of you for being there for so long because it's not meant to be a career but you simply have nowhere else to go.
damn, my tip to you, discover your green thumb!! iv not had to work for some crappy company for the last 20 years thanks to cannabis!! sure I risk punishment but better a cell for a few years than a cell on the outside for most your adult life!! fxk the system, play by yours rules!! no harm, no loss NO crime!!
Omg she is a crybaby. It's not a meeting place it's a very professional company. You can see she has a chip. I love working at Walmart.
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I'm crying that's how I feel and I have make me a promise I will leave this place this year I have wasted 4 years this July I should have left when the shooting happened I was working in the store next Cielo vista mall in el Paso where 22 people were killed
They make billions of dollars and they are getting more greedy every day and we the associates are their slaves
Essentially Walmart is slavery
Wow, this makes my heart hurt. I know this was 4 years ago, but I wonder where you are now, and you got out.
I had no idea walmart was so bad, but I will definitely think twice when it comes to dealing with walmart employees.
You DEFINITELY have a way of writing, maybe that could be your out. ❤
well I just got hired at walmart a day ago, they make you go through 12 hours of how to be the best employee ever and make you watch an hour of short videos about how bad union is and how unions try to infiltrate walmart and to never sign with unoin, lol that's what they stress the most out of everything,
I'm ganna be on the over night mod crew, which i chose mmyself because I like working over night so I'm fine with it cause I'm single with no kids and, so far every one is very nice but you can tell theres a hint of stressed out sort of can tell theyre forced to say the things they say, but maybe I'm just by ing into this hype,
idk well see I'm sure it won't be that dang bad and I'm only 21 and just need a flyby job, not looking to stay
it's really not. what people don't understand is you can stay over to get full time (just don't go over 40) if you want a day off, tell em. if they don't give it to you then take it off anyway. new policy doesn't allow coachings for absences, just termination when limit is reached. I love my job, coworkers and manager. if u can't get a task done then u cant, plain and simple and they understand. the only issue we have is scheduling. our manager blows royally at schedules. at least once a week or two or mo re we have to override
@@stanktatiousd7732 "just termination when the limit is reached" yeah things were so much better years ago before that policy. I would call out about 20 or 30 times a year and wouldn't get coached for it. I knew a guy that called out over 150 times one year because of his health condition. He never got a single coaching. The Walmart I worked at was so desperate for people you could basically get away with anything except for theft.
Disloyal associate. Nobody FORCES anyone to accept the job Walmart offers at HIGHER than minimum wage. This woman should be fired for posting this.
Just noticed look at her Walmart green top - 666 hand gesture.....
Catherine O'Connell I have it's the devil's domain all kind of demons running through that business
Tom, you're missing the point. If you're not even working eligible hours to qualify for health care it really doesn't matter how much is being charged.
I am a part-time employee at Walmart all I can say I freaking hate it but what can I do I need some money
where is the audio
Turn your volume up
Great point Keith! Tom, do you work at Walmart?
I CANT HEAR ANYTHING IN THIS VIDEO!!!!!😠😠😠😡😡😡
I was fired because I didn't flag the scooters in 2012, I had been working at walmart for 17 years
What does flag the scooters mean?
Honey, get real, The president of the wonderful Walmart needs a new home and pool..... don’t be so selfish.......honestly I feel terrible for you and the rest, this is crazy. By the way , they should make you a manager, very well spoken, much more than what I’ve heard from other employees
Wonder if that lady still has a job?
Why would you spend 7 years at Walmart?
Miles Coleman From what I hear, they get chained in the backroom and not released until their shift.
7 years LoL
Miles Coleman if
good for you lady good for you
7 years at Walmart is UNACCEPTABLE. It is designed for young adults still in high school and college, after that it is time to create a resume and get a real job.
+Real Life Eddy If she never got a degree.. Then she'd only get other jobs like Walmart, target etc.
or what ever is..
Maybe its time to go to target
They are no different
This is why you should find another way to open up your own businesses!!
Yes i had a manager say to me clock out now and take the point when I was talking and helping a customer while she was standing there he's lucky I didn't bust his head 😂
I laugh at the people who say they've spent ten years at walmart and are now a manager. After working there as an employee in my early days, im grateful to be out of that shithole. The managers say the pay is good and all that. The fuck it is lol. You get what? 40k a year for 14-16 hour shifts for five days straight? HA! And then they try and say the vacation plan is good too. Like hell it is.
+ertren6 I'm going to be a cashier and I'll be making $11 and get at least 25 hours a week if I want. Though maybe it is just better in North Dakota because we don't have as many workers here.
TheBiteSizedCrafter to be making a living you honestly need to be bringing in at least 15 bucks an hour. Wal mart is only good for people waiting short term for something much better, or kids who just graduated high school. Making a career out of wal mart is a joke in itself. My manager when i worked said she puts in 14+ hour shifts, and for what? 2600 dollars a month, if that? I make 20 dollars an hour working at a jail as a medical personnel, and i get over time. Wal mart is a joke lol. Happiest day for me was when i quit.
With how little people are making else where.. $2,600 is a lot. I will be making $11 and hour and from what I've been told I will get 25 hours a week. I love in a place where you only have to pay 30% of your income for rent. That would be only $330 a month. After buying food for the month and paying phone and internet bills I will still have about an extra $400 to do whatever I want with each month. So for some of us Walmart is not so bad. Nor would any similar job be.
Though I guess that is what you get for being smart and not having kids and other such things to worry about. :) ertren6
TheBiteSizedCrafter at my job, i pay 900 bucks for a house, probably near 600 bucks in bills, and probably another 400 in groceries. That leaves me a very cozy 700 dollars to save or spend. I also work 40+ hours a week. But the difference between me and a manager is that i a) get paid over time and b) didn't need to spend 20 years of my life to get there lol. My pay actually recently got bumped up to 21.50 an hour. I'm not even 21 yet, and im making an equal if not better paycheck than wal mart employees who made a career out of it. Im telling you, it's not worth it. The amount of time you spend as a salaried manager at wal mart leaves you very little for a social life.
TheBiteSizedCrafter im also married and have a 2 month year old daughter.
there is a walmart guy in the back ground
What a night mare!!
It's not slave labor it's a job. Now I do agree they are missing the boat on Walmart being a superior retail chain a model for others to follow.
If Walmart can't pay their associates enough to buy groceries at their own store than it is slave labor.
what about that girl that called out all her employees before she quit over the loudspeaker and all that was hilarious
They get 401k plans. Im a nurse i dont get that
....i also dont get benefits. Its a job...be greatful
A nurse with no benefits or 401K plan? It sounds like you picked the wrong career. You'd probably be better off working at McDonald's.
My Walmart situation is very different. I worked for this company for roughly 20 years, all as a cashier. I loved my job, and most of the people I worked with. I feel that I was treated quite well, not to say that all was great but I dealt with problems when they came up. I had a couple of Asst. managers that I just could not see eye to eye with but simply keeping a distance worked for me. I was told that I was a good worker and was always welcome to speak up if I had a problem. We had some great managers at my store that were caring and understanding. I have to admit that I have heard lots of stories about bad experiences at the company but just know that is not always the way that it is. I would still be there today if I had not gotten sick and had to have surgery that deemed me disabled.
Your ass kissing statement is typical of a corporate hack who been planted to make 'positive comments' about wal-mart. Call your board members & tell them it didn't work!!!
i work on jets i can see its all in fun..
i like your glasses !
Walmart is not meant to be a job forever. It is for college students, students, older people. Not a career.
+lynnjaxful There are advancements you can get to be a manger career if you show good work ethic. For the most part, yes it is not suppose to be a career.
TheBiteSizedCrafter they pick and choose their managers based on mind control (yes sir, no sir, no thoughts of their own) the truly talented leave walmart.
Depends on your personal situation and number of mouths that must be housed and fed everyday.
Mercy Me unfortunately the majority of jobs are like Wal-Mart now a days. Low pay, low hours, no benefits. It's not just Wal-Mart.
Nazi’s
i try to avoid wally world like the plague. i will gladly pay 4 dollars more for jug of csr oil at canadian tire
My walmart is hiring everyone at full time. so first that is wrong, maybe her store is different. I have affordable health care. SO again she is wrong. Maybe her store is different.
They are all different, there thousands of them every square mile.
the rich getting richer, getting for the comeback....
Walmart is going the way of Kmart just give it time, i've already seen the telltale signs they are losing steam...
Yup. I think Wal-Mart will go belly up sometime in the future. This is a bad company to work for. I'm currently looking for something different, can't wait to find it
its just business just business and you are ina slave position oh i meant employee
EVERY Walmart is different. I am a full-time student, 20-years-old, and on my summer break, I get 32-40 hours a week and $10.15/hr. Granted, I work overnight, but my managers are caring and genuinely helpful. Do NOT blame the company, blame the shitty management. I honestly love working there.
+Tia Ritz Thank you! Someone with some darn sense! Btw I have a friend who works at my local Walmart as a manager and said she could help me get a job there. They are paying $11 for Cashiers and in a low income tax state no less. Woop!
Tia Ritz
I worked for 25 yrs in office cubicle prison jobs. Ive worked at Walmart part time since 2006 to supplement my cubicle prison office job because I had a $400 car payment. I got unemployed from office job collected unemployment from office job through massive layoff. I picked up massive amount of available hours for cashier for 8 months and became FT per Walmart offer July 2014. My office prison job had way worse insurance than my Walmart insurance. I get mid-grade medical insurance, critical ill, short and long term disability insurances, dental and vision and life insurance for a whopping $54 every two weeks taken from my pay. My management is great to work for and not all Walmarts are the same. Many people who do not stay at Walmart aren't that use to hard work.
How much did Walmart pay you to type that? Also a 400 dollar car payment? You must either have terrible credit or didn't have money for a down payment. Or do you drive one of those big gas guzzling SUV's? Live below your means girl. Don't try to impress the Joneses.
1:30 check out what's going on in the back
Really? How about checking out what's being said about the condition's that Walmart workers have to work under?
LOL I checked out what was going on in the back, more interested then hearing this Walmart veteran bitching about not getting a different better paying job.
+Mike Siviwe Elliott
Working at walmart for 7 years is a stupid idea. Its a great company for temporary or inexperienced workers to get a basic paycheck.
+Nytza Well, considering how walmart has a notorious practice of wage theft then its not a good company for the basic check.
When the "reporter" is uneducated and ignorant and functionally illiterate, and only the interviewee is rational and articulate and brave, Sojourner Truth-level change CANNOT be effected (suggests this professional journalist and editor, who also holds an MA in history and is opting not to institutional name-drop at this time.)
I'm at Wal-Mart cap 2 and love it I work hard and get good hours but most employees hate but they are the ones that don't really work they play instead
be a joke as well..
I want my own store where it can be one big team and we work together to make it a very successful Walmart for our customers.
Try Meigers lol.
wow you'd think if that was all true, she'd get a skill and get a different job
Wow! You would think that people would understand that what she is talking about is not only her experience? She is talking about the working conditions at Walmart, for all workers. This is not about her!
and no one is forcing anyone to work there.
so you mean that refusing to get a skill wasn't their choice? wow. someone is forcing people to work at walmart? who?
Mike Siviwe Elliott Umm her stories are about her not Walmart. She isn't speaking on behalf of them, she is giving her opinion based off of her treatment, so yes this story is only about her.
+Real Life Eddy Agreed.
I personally loved my time at Walmart... their close supervision worked for my benefit.. likewise, I loved the little perks such as rewards when we went so long without an accident... 30 days = snacks, 60 days = ice cream sundaes, 90 days = cookout, 120 days = steak... loved them all... and with our team we had steak several times.. likewise, with our store we had snacks, fruit and munchies first Fridays of the month...Furthermore, as our managers watched us, they also had lunch passes in their pockets and were directed to find people doing things right, and especially over and above... to them was given a pass for a free lunch... which had to be under $5 store merchandise. Likewise, there were a few times when people are given gift cards for more if the situation warrants... and, yes, though I did not advertise it due to the 10% jerks who would take it negatively, I did receive more than a couple of those gift cards.
I was not only NEVER asked to work off the clock , it was forbidden...
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Hey Elizabeth how much did Walmart pay you to type that comment?
"The better the care you want, the more you have to pay for it." Wow, just profound.
If you want the better car, you pay more money. Same with a house, clothes, shoes, etc.
She has insurance. She has it through her husband.
She spins a great tale, but can't back up what she says. It is all anecdotal. Show us something concrete.
Tom O'Connor it’s all concrete! I saw a lot of that stuff
oh sheesh