r/WalmartEmployees

Saturday my coach and team lead was telling me how much of a good job I was doing and how proud they were and I should been proud also. Since my previous store:I’ve been having an incredible hard time to trusting my managers. Yesterday: the same team lead pulled me into the office to tell me how terrible of a job I have been doing and I’m not longer allowed to work selfcheck. I was confused on the sudden flip on opinion and asked him what he was talking about: he said there were numerous customer complaints on me and me being on my phone and not paying attention to the customers within these last few weeks. I rebuttal with: since the new self checks were installed and got rid of the item alerts: it has become harder to detect when someone is skip scanning. And on top of me having to check every item with my phone they scan to make sure what they scan is the correct one,yes it I’m looking at my phone more, but it’s not like I’m not paying attention. My numbers and statistics for SC can even prove my claim. Along with even if I was on something different app on my phone: the security camera that is pointed on top of my head would have clearly shown otherwise and I would have been pulled into the office and had a discussion about it. Which neither has happened,but even with all the evidence I had provided it wasn’t good enough for him. So he pulls in the same coach and we each tell our side. And she just says “ well OP,if he thinks your doing an bad job I have to go with it since he’s on the floor more often and I am”
Which now I’m upset cuz all the positive feedback they and the other team leads have given me have been basically been lies and after that conversation I left work only in a hour of my shift and basically cried for the majority of the day.

Fast forward to friday when I came in: the same team lead pulled me back into the office and told me he wanted an apology for leaving in the middle of my shift. I told him I wasn’t going to cuz how he and the coach made me feel. Fast forward a couple hours: I was on the register: I didn’t have a single desire to talk to anyone. I just/feel so defeated in the whole situation.i went to break and try to compose myself and when I came back; I got called into the office again but this time it was from another team lead and she could visibly tell I was upset. She said: “look OP I know your upset about the situation, but I need to you change this attitude you got otherwise your gonna get coached”. This making my mindset worse and it just spiral out in to a mental breakdown in the office crying my eyes out. When I went on lunch. I took an extended lunch cuz of how the day was going and I legit wanted to take the knifes from my kitchen and just start going at it at myself. I came back to work and the store manager called me into his office where I broke down again for hours.

I'm still taking that day off, fyi. Get fucked.

I applied for a job at the Walmart down the street from me and the only position they had was The shopper where you walk around and fill the totes I can't remember the exact position name I think it was digital or something like that. They said that there was a lot of walking and to wear good shoes.

I don't know if my feet can handle this because I get diabetic ulcers and I have neuropathy in my feet and I do tend to get dizzy a lot and I'm just wondering if this job is worth it but it's the only call back I've got from the few positions I put in elsewhere.

Is this job worth $15 an hour and my health?

Little bit of context, I'm 18yo female, my coworker is 35 male. He's all around a great coworker, very funny and upbeat, always gets his work done. For the 4th of July, our department was insanely slow. Closing Team Lead left an hour early, lots of people sent to zone or finish up 93s. Few coworkers, including this one, mentioned being ready to "go home and get drunk"

At one point, this coworker asked "where are all your cute friends?" and upon hearing they're all a year younger than I am, said "... Never mind." Then asked again later, as if he'd forgotten he'd asked the first time.

A similar thing happened later, where he, for the third time, asked if I smoked weed and how old I was then looked surprised by the answer.

Around 9:30pm, this coworker says to me "I know you're only 18, but do you want to come over and get drunk?"

Obviously I said no, because why would I go to the home of a 35 year old man I don't even know outside of work? But he didn't even laugh it off, saying something along the lines of "yeah, you got parents, I get it."

The rest of the night felt super awkward. He did mention going home and taking a nap on his lunch break, and I'm almost wondering if he was drinking then because he just seemed slightly off the rest of the night.

I'm not sure if I'm overthinking this, especially because he made the "cute friends" joke to other coworkers and they were all laughing about it. But inviting me to his house went too far imo.

So for some context I had my orientation on Thursday and I picked my availability and what not, but i still don't see any schedule in the app. I was wondering if I just go in on one of my availability days and just do the CBL's or do i wsit for a shift to show up in my app

Been working as personal shopper at Sam’s a few months and I don’t wanna do it anymore. Wanna go overnights at Walmart but if I apply and get accepted how can I leave Sam’s full time with no one to replace me yet if Walmart needs me to start immediately

New to the sub and the job but I got a serious question. Is it just my store or do customers just not know how to use restrooms? It’s almost on a daily basis at this point where we have to wipe feces off of surfaces that should not have feces. I’ve had people draw on walls with cobs of corn, purposely clog toilets and use urinals incorrectly.

Lost my job recently because my coworkers got pissed off at me and mass reported me. One associate shared private messages that went against code of conduct but I have several messages from that same associate breaking conduct along with me. Would you guys recommend bringing this to ethics or would it be seen as retaliation?

I am very passionate about the meat and produce department. Its something about culling and making the wall look full and colorful. I was working it under my team lead for my first 8 months at walmart before she got swapped to cap 1. She could take 2 employees with her so she grabbed me and another one. I didnt like cap 1 so I eventually went to overnight but our store decided to make a produce overnight position. I swapped back to that after almost 2 years of not being in that department

The bins were a mess. You could look up and see 10 boxes of salads or cup fruit not tagged
The floor is constantly bad. I found 4 squashed underneath new ones that had been thrown on top tied together by a fro of black and white mold
And the crew? Airheads. Attitudes. Eyerolls. Moving slowly.

The current team lead has vocally stated he doesnt give a fuck about the department and is currently on vacation but expressed his joy that I had joined the team back.
I was working so hard because a meat team lead position became available and I wanted to prove I was fit for it. I worked so hard that when 4am rolled around all 6 pallets produce was done! The team didnt know what else to do. So 3 days went by with this routine and pace. News flash: the interviews were a facade. They already know who they are picking and its a used to be coach from a different store who was currently working as a regular associate in ogp.
Heartbroken but okay. I still love produce/meat.

I found myself attempting to lead and give instructions today to these clueless people on the last 2 pallets because I decided to stop working so hard and finish everything for them and I attempted to explain to keep the door close to preserve the temperature.

Today was the day I left 2 hours early.

I did 4/6 pallets and the last 2 pallets were left on the floor for an hour and 15 minutes. I went to see what was going on and all 4 associated were crowded in the tiny room talking about a box of fruit.

Pallets half worked on the floor and them in the back. Cooler door WIDE open as they discuss a tag on a box of fruit.

I just looked, sighed and asked could we put the pallet freight on carts quickly and into the cooler. They literally acted like what I was saying was crazy because they were trying to figure out this mess of a bin they created in ONE SINGLE BOX OF FRUIT.

I clocked out and went home vowing today that I would not give instructions, suggestions or anything anymore. I will just do my job and leave at 7am

End.

Edit: i am a very soft spoken person so my words or instructions were more of “can we” or “could we”. I think everyone has a moment in time where their passion for something can be felt by the way they work and direct.

I still love where I work but I don’t think I will try again for a team lead position

Unfortunately about 10 minutes ago I received a call from a Walmart I applied to about two days ago, and I wasn’t able to answer it because I wasn’t on my phone. I called back customer service and she said she would transfer me to someone and that person never picked up. I also tried calling HR several times but no one was answering anymore, not even customer service when I called back. Is there anything I can do now?

Im about to start working at Walmart on the 14th doing overnight stocking and I cant lie I've been feeling quite nervous about it. To try to help my nerves I would look up videos about people working ON at Walmart but from all I can see its a lot of people complaining which obviously doesnt help with my anxious feelings at all lol. But I figured I would ask here to get more opinions on it. At my current job I work at a smaller grocery store stocking during the day but im part time cause they are very stingy with the hours the give so I only work from 5pm to around 11:20pm and only 4 days a week but at least I have experience with stocking so I figured it shouldn't be too difficult. But I would love to hear some honest like reviews and stuff about it.

Another thing I'm worried about is the time off. My current job is very flexible and is fine with me taking unpaid time off or vacation as long as i tell them 2 weeks ahead of time. I try to see family that live pretty far away for a while and stay for 4-5 days a couple times a year but from what ive seen is it takes a while to save up PTO to do that so thats why im curious about that as well.

Hey! So we have a particular spark driver at my store who is a bit notorious. He rushes around both the store AND the town in his car driving recklessly, he is rude and has been reported to be racist on occasion, and he has already had his account banned and reinstated before.

This driver has been seen on several different occasions in our breakroom, and when he was told he needed to leave previously he said that our store manager said he had permission to use our breakroom.

I saw him in there again today and decided I would check with my AP Coach on the policy, and she informed me that according to Walmart, the drivers are Walmart employees and are therefore allowed to used employee amenities. This, however, seems conflicting to me as I have heard several advertisements played in the store that explicitly state that spark drivers are not Walmart employees. I also worked for the OGP department for a year and have lots of experience telling customers we can't deal with express spark orders specifically because the drivers aren't our employees and have a separate customer care service, so i was already under the impression they were contracted gig drivers and not official Walmart employees.

I wanted to dig around the policy for myself but it is way too busy today and it is my Friday so I won't be able to for a few days. I thought, in the meantime, I would post here and ask what other employees at other stores have experienced and what they know. Im still gonna dig around after my Monday but I'd be interested to know what others have to say!

I get distracted hecka easily. As I was clocking back in from lunch my mom called me. I answered and spoke to her on the phone for like 25ish extra minutes without realizing and my team lead noticed. He said he’d talk to me about my ‘long break’ tomorrow and im SCARED!!!! I’ve only been working here for a month🤦‍♀️ what should I expect?? I won’t get fired right??😣

No longer allowed to use 4 hours of ppto to get half a point/occurrence instead of a full point. Apparently 6 hours is needed now instead of 4. (According to the people lead at my store)

Does anyone know when this came into effect?

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Mother nature provided her own fireworks she busted 25 skylights took out the garden center door it went missing lots of damage everywhere

This job has already proven to me that they have no problem exploiting and overworking people, so I don't see why I can't join other employees in doing the same to the store.

The last couple nights at my store have been a mess just like any other due to July 4th, and the amount of merchandise has been absolutely insane, and my manager had everyone pissed and exhausted yesterday.

My back pain is flaring up pretty bad and I have things to do when I get off work, so I just wanted to confirm something. If you have protected paid time off, they can't penalize you for leaving early if you tell them you're sick or not feeling well, right?

This job has been exploiting the hell of of me and everyone else here, so I don't see why I can't abuse some of their policies.