The sad truth we need a genuine voice rather than a useless survey.

We need a genuine voice rather than another useless survey, as these feedback methods currently serve no more purpose than an ignored suggestion box. Walmart strategically rolls out unpopular changes slowly across select locations to avoid media attention, often masking mass employee layoffs under the guise of "innovative" and "game-changing" new systems. For instance, new AI-driven scheduling creates highly inconsistent hours, while stricter Items Per Hour (IPH) metrics are actively reducing associate availability.

Furthermore, Online Grocery Pickup (OGP) is being systematically outsourced to Spark drivers. Reliable, long-term Spark drivers are losing their livelihoods to individuals using multiple phones who accept low-ball order payouts. Walmart corporate intentionally ignores this multi-phone loophole because it benefits their bottom line. By allowing these bottom-tier payouts, they can effectively cut out high-earning drivers and slash up to half of the in-store OGP staff.

This entire ecosystem works perfectly for Walmart corporate, major stockholders, and the executive leadership, as it results in less pay, reduced hours, heavier workloads, and an influx of 1099 independent contractors who receive no benefits and require no company-paid Social Security taxes.

To make matters worse, Walmart is now forcing OGP employees to pull heavy carts instead of pushing them, directly violating standard retail safety protocols and putting everyone on the sales floor at risk. Despite daily reports of workplace injuries stemming from this practice, management seems more interested in modifying carts to bypass OSHA regulations than protecting employee safety. The time has come to take collective action; we must organize a coordinated holiday call-out, contact the media, or something because enough is enough.

We need a genuine voice rather than another useless survey, as these feedback methods currently serve no more purpose than an ignored suggestion box. Walmart strategically rolls out unpopular changes slowly across select locations to avoid media attention, often masking mass employee layoffs under the guise of "innovative" and "game-changing" new systems. For instance, new AI-driven scheduling creates highly inconsistent hours, while stricter Items Per Hour (IPH) metrics are actively reducing associate availability.

Furthermore, Online Grocery Pickup (OGP) is being systematically outsourced to Spark drivers. Reliable, long-term Spark drivers are losing their livelihoods to individuals using multiple phones who accept low-ball order payouts. Walmart corporate intentionally ignores this multi-phone loophole because it benefits their bottom line. By allowing these bottom-tier payouts, they can effectively cut out high-earning drivers and slash up to half of the in-store OGP staff.

This entire ecosystem works perfectly for Walmart corporate, major stockholders, and the executive leadership, as it results in less pay, reduced hours, heavier workloads, and an influx of 1099 independent contractors who receive no benefits and require no company-paid Social Security taxes.

To make matters worse, Walmart is now forcing OGP employees to pull heavy carts instead of pushing them, directly violating standard retail safety protocols and putting everyone on the sales floor at risk. Despite daily reports of workplace injuries stemming from this practice, management seems more interested in modifying carts to bypass OSHA regulations than protecting employee safety. The time has come to take collective action; we must organize a coordinated holiday call-out, contact the media, or something because enough is enough.

How can a company reduce sales expectations, cut hours, and claim a $10 billion tariff rebate on free government money all at once? As bad as things are and as much as people struggle, it seems they think we either do not see it or do not pay attention, I guess.

Why can't the government actually do something that benefits the people by raising the SSI asset limit to reflect 2026 and stop just talking about it? Either make it so you can own one car per adult or raise the asset limit and stop leaving it unchanged since 1989. It is unfair that two single adults on SSI can have one vehicle excluded regardless of value, but once married, they can only have one. It's unfair that a household with a disabled child can have one car with a value of $60,000, and the same household can be disqualified because their two used, high-mileage cars have a value of $11,000. People are not fooled; they know the only reason this goes unchanged and why the government continues to use the whole needs-based terminology is to take away benefits. Let's be real, it's not needs-based if it was you wouldn't need medical evidence of a disability.

Why can't the government actually do something that benefits the people by raising the SSI asset limit to reflect 2026 and stop just talking about it? Either make it so you can own one car per adult or raise the asset limit and stop leaving it unchanged since 1989. It is unfair that two single adults on SSI can have one vehicle excluded regardless of value, but once married, they can only have one. It's unfair that a household with a disabled child can have one car with a value of $60,000, and the same household can be disqualified because their two used, high-mileage cars have a value of $11,000. People are not fooled; they know the only reason this goes unchanged and why the government continues to use the whole needs-based terminology is to take away benefits. Let's be real, it's not needs-based if it was you wouldn't need medical evidence of a disability.

With the talk of raising the minimum wage to $25, let's start a poll: Do you feel you are fairly compensated for your work, and do you feel you make enough per hour with the rising cost of rent, gas, groceries, property taxes, and everything else? Considering Walmart has the most people on government assistance and just got a 10 billion dollar Tariff rebate.

I hate to say the word union, but with the new OGP pull, not push, the nationwide OSHA violation being investigated, and the pay decrease a while back, Walmart does not have associate safety or worth in mind, only customers and profits. Carts are made to push; the user manual says push, the stickers say push, and CBLs say push, and pulling is going to get you hurt. Out of safety concerns for myself, if this comes to my store, I will take the coaching and termination. This job has already destroyed my back and ankles, and I'm not going to let it finish me off. If they want to make stores safer, they should take some of that $10 billion they got from the tariff rebate and invest it in safety, but I'm not going to kill myself by pulling overloaded carts unless they put a motor on them.

They should lower the pick rate to 80% and stop putting everyone's safety at risk by having them pull carts. It's not pushing the cart that's the problem; it's people who struggle to keep 100% or get rewarded for going faster, so they think they have to become a speed demon. Or maybe remove oversized from the pick rate timer.