r/WalmartEmployees

Ever since Walmart decided to cut hours, we are losing people left and right. Two didn't show tonight, making my night a living hell.

Finally after 10 months of hard work got promoted as a customer resigned from the job yayyy

From my first day I was paired with a coach who wasn't my coach. They work in appeal but did cap 1 ages ago. They told me to only topstock items if more than half of the labeled case can go up. That's what I have been doing for about a month now.

Apparently I'm supposed to stock what I can even if only 1 item from the case can go out and make room on the top to fit the rest. That way the next day nothing is coming back out.

I thought I was supposed to fix the on hands to prevent that from happening when I scanned the item back in the bin.

This is what my TL has corrected me on for what needs improvement, plus making eye contact with customers, but good luck on that I already have my autism diagnosis documented with my coach and the people lead. Really I just want to do my job and go home to watch Bob's Burgers.

Im a cart pusher, and it was thunderstorming recently, and my store manager said "Its lightning you have to be worried about, not thunder" and when i brought it up to her that osha says thats not okay, shee told me "Oh well, its Walmart policy that you only have to worry about lightning. Is there something i can/should do about this?

It kinda frustrates me when my hours go back down to 36 or 38 and I get that the store management are getting bonuses too. When will I ever get my 40 hours back?

Hey front end ta’s ! My store and many others are implementing body cameras for self-check/service desk, and absolutely nobody is okay with it. I’ve been applying for other jobs on my breaks, and honestly it’s just unnecessary. I was wondering 1. stores with this implemented already, how’s it going? Are other associates fine with this change? Do customers find you more off-putting than normal? And are people actually respecting the clock in/out of the cameras? Overall, i think it’s wasted funds and time. We are so heavily surveilled in the front, and the cameras are good enough to see wrinkles. In all reality, if i knew the cameras would eventually be integrated i would NOT HAVE APPLIED! Don’t get me wrong, The pay is decent. But i don’t think i get paid enough to look like a fed on the clock. This is walmart, we have AP, and a heavily monitored front end. In what world would we need associates to wear a camera on their chest? The real kicker for me is in the training videos, they instructed us NOT to turn on the camera in the event of an altercation/disagreement with a customer. Overall, i think it makes the environment more hostile/untrustworthy. People already don’t like us for doing our jobs, if i wear a body cam on my chest i’m sure it’s not going to be the best first impression. Thanks guys, i’d like to know other’s two cents on this issue.

I'm posting for a family member, so I'm sorry if I'm not super knowledgeable. He's a team lead, and he and his boss do not get along. I'm not saying he's perfect, but he shows up on time, doesn't call in, and does his work. She finds reasons to nitpick him, blames him for things that aren't his responsibility, etc.

The problem is, she won't let him leave. He's tried to transfer departments and gets denied. He tried to demote and got denied - the store mgr asked him why and he explained all the things. The lead got reprimanded and things improved for a while before going right back. She now gives him warnings "off the record." He's tried to transfer to a different store and that gets denied too.

In my mind, he's obviously doing an okay job if they're trying so hard to keep him, but that's not how he's treated.

I'm trying to understand the process of transferring and maybe give him some ideas to get around the roadblocks he's facing. He likes his coworkers and he likes his job and his store outside of what feels like targeted treatment from his coach. Any advice?

So I currently have been on an intermittent leave since September for a disease I have that was making it scary for me to work and caused me to be a liability. I’ve had 2 different times, where I had to go see my doctor again just to prove to them I was actually sick, and have my doctor resign paper work and even extend my days for my illness.

Now I’m dealing with a new situation I wasn’t even aware of, my most recent absence was denied for “exhausting out my time”. I called to speak with an agent and she told me it’s because I haven’t been going to work? I asked her how does that make sense when I’m sick? I also asked if a new packet or form will be sent out so my doctor can work this out. And she basically said nothing will be sent out because I have to go to work to basically earn my intermittent leave days?? I don’t know if I’m the dummy here because I haven’t ever heard of this since I started my leave..
I’m about to call my facility to see what my people’s lead can do because I’m at 4 points so this would literally put me on termination. I’m also working to do an actual accommodation with Walmart so I don’t have to miss a whole day

My mother works at Walmart, and I’m just curious what the policy is for suspending someone vs firing them. My mom has started to get very annoying with the person that’s suppose to be running electronics and started to try and talk to the managers to see how to get the problem solved. She recently had a meeting with the store manager where the store manager took her vest, badge, phone, and asked if she had a locker. My mom then proceeded to ask what grounds she (the store manager) had to fire her in which the manager brought up attendance. My mom has an accommodation through Sedgwick which allows her to have off so many days a month due to medical reasons which my mom doesn’t hit the limit. Other than that she has no points.

My mom then proceeded to hand over everything the manager asked for and went home. She then called the hr persons boss to do an open door for all the shit the manager has done. The regional hr manager then said he was under the assumption that she was suspended for the day, not fired. I’m sorry from someone who used to work for Walmart and now an outsider looking in, being asked to turn in your vest, badge, and phone sounds like your being fired.

So my question is it normal to ask for all that stuff when your being suspended, and I know when you are coached you have to sign some papers, does it work the same way with being suspended?

Hello all, I have recently gotten a retail job so I am on my feet all day. Since I started I have begun to have this pain in between my shoulder blades. I have felt this feeling before but not to this extent. The way I would describe it would be that my shoulder blades always feeling like there being used and they are burning. I just got new hoka shoes a couple days ago which I thought would help the problem but unfortunately the relief was only for one day. I am wondering if anyone has experienced anything similar? Writing because the pain is keeping me up tonight lol. I am a young male in pretty good shape and I train my back regularly. If anyone has any tips on how I can stop the pain when i'm standing for long periods that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

Policy states that if we work over six hours, we get two 15 minute breaks. If I have a seven hour shift with a scheduled hour lunch, can I take a 59 minute lunch and then get two breaks? Or even just punch in one minute early? Policy doesn’t say “scheduled” six hours. It says “work” six hours.
I know it’s a sneaky loophole.

Hi all,

I've been recently hired as a "Digital Personal Shopper", and my orientation is tomorrow morning. Could anyone hopefully fill me in a bit on:

a) What I should expect tomorrow? I've already completed the tasks in the app like direct deposit, and got as far as it would take me for the I-9 info. As for dressing, I obviously wouldn't show up in suit/tie, but jeans and a plain t-shirt are acceptable?

b) Do shift immediately show up after orientation, or should I plan on waiting a few days/weeks?