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• Worked here for a few years as a part time floor associate, started off alright but went very downhill pretty quickly. I'll start off with the good:
  -Most of the managers and workers were pretty friendly
  -For the most part I was allowed to take days off when I needed to, or make adjustments to my schedule (which wasn't often)
  -Most managers don't breathe down your neck and let you work at your own pace
  -you get 10% discount and a yearly bonus
  -no hard goals (such as sales) that you have to meet or get punished, you get rewarded for doing good on pitching their mastercard
  
  And now the bad:
  -towards the end, I have experienced more stress in this job than ever before in my life. I had constant anxiety for the last year or so working here, and about another year after I quit.
  -this place has some of the worst customers I have ever met.
  -you will be expected to cover multiple other people at the same time, for who's jobs you have absolutely no training, you will mess up and get yelled at alot, and apparently that's just part of the job
  -notice how I said 'most' in many of the points above. there was a minority of awful people that made the place hell to work, and they were not dealt with.
  -the lazy people would not get punished, but if you were a good worker and actually cared about your job, you'd get scorned for not picking up the slack
  -constantly understaffed, managment refused to hire enough people, and people quit often.
  -managment only cares about the food department, if you're on the other half of the store, tough luck, it was very common that one person would have to cover 3-5 departments by themselves(that they were not even trained in)
  -because I often had to cover departments I was unfamiliar with, I'd get yelled at by customers (for example, I know nothing about cars and I'd have to cover that area) and managment would often not come down and help
  -managment wouldn't help to deal with rude customers either, even though they admitted that customers are usually not rude to managment even when we tell them the same thing. It would be easier for them to take 2 minutes to explain than me having to answer for everything that's wrong with the company for 30 minutes
  -because we'd often have to spend most of the time covering a different department (as I mentioned above), we then get scorned for not getting much work done in our own department. Some managers literally expected us to be in 4 places at the same time.
  -even though the company policy is that you're not allowed to have Sundays off, for some reason, some people never get scheduled on the weekends, but then others get scheduled every weekend, often alone to cover multiple departments. Sunday morning is absolute hell in retail, and having to do the job of 4 people is seriously stressfull.
  -you have to figure out your own breaks, so if one of the people messes up and is late, you often end up either having low coverage, or you have to miss a break. In either case, you get scorned.
  -you have to do things which are not your job all the time, such as going on cash
  -I will emphasize this again: you are expected to do the job of multiple other people, for which you are not trained, all while keeping both theirs and your own department clean and the customers absolutely do not care, they will yell at you and complain to managment, and short of splitting yourself in half there is not much you can do.
  
  
  If I ever had to come back to this job, I would be completely apathetic and do the bare minimum, because that seems to be the only kind of person that doesn't turn into a nervous wreck working here.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 16 March 2017 by Rater #64 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• never work for here if you respect yourself.  

  Posted on 16 March 2017 by Rater #63 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• When nothing else is left, then work here.. if they hire you.
  
  I applied at the Nanaimo store in 2015 and based on previous experience at another store they hired me almost on the spot. Did 2 "orientations" that I would describe as unprofessional & 100% irrelevant to the position applied for. Position was p/t 24 hrs/wk evenings wed/th/fri, allowing me to work at other p/t job sat/sun/mon. Shifts dovetailed nicely. Nice when you can get 48 hrs/wk p/t in Canada, almost too good to be true. As I found out, it was....
  
  Got called to start on a thursday, 22 mins later get a call from the Asst Manager (a woman) saying I had not signed weekends for shift availability. I had previously recorded my conversation with HR that I would not be needed for weekends so it would not impact my other p/t job. Did not matter, I was told to pick a primary employer, so I chose the latter and she said she was disappointed and said that at that time they were withdrawing the job offer.
  
  That's the Walmart way. An excellent resource for those considering the Walmart "associate" life.
  
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  Posted on 23 February 2017 by Rater #62 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Managment doesn't care about us. They keep making me find my own break coverage when they know I can't leave my dept. Since when does part time mean 6 days work in a row?
  Worst place to work.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 30 December 2016 by Rater #61 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I knew it was a bad choice to take this job. The worst job I ever had.  

  Posted on 16 November 2016 by Rater #59 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I worked for Walmart Canada for two years as a produce stocker. The management there is awful. Incompetent people are in charge, and these people are much more focused on making you feel small than they are on doing their jobs. I reported my manager for his abuse of employees. They said they would investigate. All they did was talk to two corrupt associates who lied for my manager in exchange for the promise of future promotion. I thought they were going to talk to all of us. Isn't that what "investigate" means? Instead they used two liars to conduct a fake investigation that exonerated my manager of all wrongdoing. If they had talked to the real workers, he would not have withstood our scathing criticisms.
  
  Walmart management works to silence dissenting associates. They convince their associates that corruption is the name of the game and that they are victims of it, and they have to accept it. This flies in the face of what their company's statements say, which is all about respect for the individuals, transparency, openness etc. They run their store like a thug cartel runs their criminal enterprise. They lie for each other and exploit the system as much as possible, at their workers' expense. They fired me over trumped up charges because they knew I was trouble for them. I'm still trying to fight this, and hopefully I can get somewhere. In the meantime, know that Walmart Canada is totally corrupt!!!!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 4 January 2016 by Rater #55 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• FACTS: "Men" please stay away from walmart!!! Walmart Calgary like most walmart, is divided into 2 parts. 1) Old staff(lazy old people) 2) New staff (work like animals). 95% of women population. So if you are young, especially MALE(Rare species in the store) you have to do everything basically babysit for the management. You will be asked to work as a store standard, do carts, backroom,mods,cleaning, help the "Women" who will most of the time unable to lift anything. Hate to say this but women at walmart should not be paid as equal as man. Management will put more pressure on men.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 26 October 2015 by Rater #53 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have been working for walmart for more than 3 years. I give more than 100% while working. still management is not happy with me. They try to push so much that u feel u just quit the job and leave. They never appreciate the work u do. Management always blames U for anything wrong happens. they treat u like slave. Some associates doesn't work, but also take no action, but add up more works for the associates who does work. Male employee are more suffer ones as they have to deal with their department and need to take care of other department, pulling, cleaning, lifting. But while the evaluation comes, they show all the -ve aspect. So, try other stores 1st, not recommend for work.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 18 September 2015 by Rater #52 | Comments (2) | Flag as inappropriate

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• If you are a guy/male, stay away from walmart. They will make you do all the heavy work, even going outside pulling carts, working the back room, will put you at the cash etc. As a department manager, I was given seasonal department and it totally sucked. Being the only guy in my department, I ended up lifting heavy stuffs, pushing flower-racks etc. Working with 2 collegues (Women) who had bad-back. I had total of 4 workers in my department, all of them were weak. The hiring manager, didnt care and I endeup picking the slack. My store saved money, by hiring less staffs. So you will endup doing all the work.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 25 June 2015 by Rater #51 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have 25 years management experience with a company who held their managers accountable for their actions and decisions.
  
  I have worked for walmart now 6 years. The managers I have had the horror of working for need to be fired or properly trained.
  
  The way employees are treated is appauling and wrong on so many levels.
  
  A unionize facility has never appealed to me but (as an employee) it is time that Canadian provinces step up and put a UNION in to clean up this unethical employer.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 29 April 2015 by Rater #49 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have worked for over 15 years & I love working at this company I have been in a management postion & had to step down because of my family situation & Wal-Mart has stood beside me all the way offering me help when I needed it I would recommend this company to anyone .   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 9 March 2015 by Rater #48 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I worked for this company for 20yrs,the mngmnt team are the worst I've ever met,they hide in the office all day and expect you to handle rude customers,the schedual ing is the pits,you can call them on the pa or on the phone but no one answers you!!! The mngmnt team hires all their family and gives them the best hrs and weekends off,the personal mngr is a joke,she has her favorites and treats others like they are two year olds,there is no staff on the floor and if you even complain they will make your life miserabl,it was NEVER like this when I first started,the mngmnt team cared about staff and made sure there was enough staff to cover.The raises they give you are piss poor that they don't even cover the cost of living,The open door policy is a joke cause when you have a problem it's around the whole store in about 5minutes.There have been a lot of new store mangers some good some bad but this last one is a foreigner and now the store will only hire their kind.There is NO English spoken on the floor so when staff looks at you and laughs you don't know if they are talking about you ,They overlook you on promotions unless you kiss your Swass mngrs ass!! They would rather hire straight of the street then promote you when they know you are better suited for the position!! The front end mngr is a joke also,she hired all her nieces and cousins,I'll tell you your in a whole different world when you step into this Wal mart!! When the BIG shots come around the mngmnt team makes sure they walk around with them cause they are so scared you say something bad about the store or the mngmnt team.To phone head office is also a joke because you get someone who can't even speak English so you can't even understand them.I used to be proud to work for this company but lately since they hired A LOT of immigrants who don't speak English and don't know how to do stock or really do anything THEY are the ones that succeed !! Even the customers where complaining and when they wanted something they would search you out cause they could understand you!! Honestly speaking this company was a great place to work but now it's an absolute disgrace on how they treat you!! I swear If Sam Walton was alive he would hang his head in SHAME on how his company has been ruined ,he stood for honesty and family but now you have neither!! Nuff said!!   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 23 September 2014 by Rater #47 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Awful place to work. Managers do not respect anyone and think that they are better than everyone else.  

  Posted on 24 May 2014 by Rater #42 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• Simple jobs that are often given in impossible quantities, and never any support from anybody who holds any managerial position.
  Everyone is constantly looking to stab you in the back, and will do so every chance they get.
  They have multiple choices for advancement in the company but never let anybody actually advance. Holding everybody back with coachings that are, most of the time, their fault.
  If you need a permanent job, to provide for a family, or household of any kind, for the sake of your own sanity, find someplace else. This place will trap you into every corner imaginable.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 14 May 2014 by Rater #41 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have been employed at Walmart for over 14 years and have never been treated as poorly as I am with this company. I am harrassed daily by my direct supervisor, written up if I miss a day of work due to illness or if I am late coming back from my break (by 1 min). This company has no concern for the employee. They save by paying us the lowest rate they can get away with. Family values they preach about? They have none. If you are a parent they use that against you.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 9 January 2014 by Rater #40 | Comments (6) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Was hired for christmas as photo lab assistant, and was informed that if you do a good job you will be hired on after Christmas. This is untrue, they lay everyone off because they mass hire during the holidays and then no longer need the extra help. They laid me off on Christmas Eve but yet had the audacity to ask me to work the next week, which I was scheduled boxing day, New Years Eve and New Years Day. The management is terrible, miserable old women store #5777, they have no consideration for anyone or anything. They throw a Christmas "staff" party, but to attend you must be at management level. It is the worst job I've ever had. They really stomp on the little guys and give no care about it. Do not work here.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 10 November 2013 by Rater #38 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have worked for walmart for three months now, and first off I want to say this, every job experience is different for each person, some people may find the work enjoyable, other may not like it, just because someone posts a nice comment about an employer doesnt mean people have to give it a thumbs down, because maybe it was a good place to work for that person.
  But anyways, I've worked for walmart for three months now and I have not had an enjoyable experience, a few weeks ago I ran out of money on my till (my till was cleaned out I had no change, or bills in my till), after paging for a csm (customer service manager) over 7 times I had to chut my light off because if a customer payed with cash I could not give them their change, and if someone wanted cash back I could not give them their cash, my light was off for three minutes when a CSM came in and started shouting at me, when I explained why my till was shut down they lectured me saying that if I needed money I should have paged immediately, when I explained to them that I paged them three times she looked at me and said "well the handheld pager is dead so I couldnt have gotten the page that you needed cash" she turned on my light, walked away, and I still never got cash for my till, I shut ff my light again and began arguing with the CSM over the same thing.
  Next problem I have had is with my shift manager, Three weeks ago I sent out a request form for time off, she signed it and the day the schedule was written I asked if I got my requested time off, she said "yes, You have it off no need to worry" but when I looked I didnt get my days off, in fact, I was working all week with no days off, when I asked the shift manager about it her response was "Well when I looked at the schedule you got those two days off" but she is the one who writes the schedule because she doesnt trust anyone else to do it.
  I could fill up the 4000 characters with just my experiences bu instead I'm going to say this to all teenagers who are new to the workforce, if you need a job then walmart is a good start because it looks good on a resume, apply for other jobs on your days off, and if some other job offers you full time, then take it because at walmart, even though they say there is room for advancement, there really isnt   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 20 October 2013 by Rater #37 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Walmart is the best company I have ever worked for. When I was hired as a cashier less than two years ago, my intention was to see what the company was like from the ground up. I started as a cashier within 6 weeks became a CSM then lead CSM and then an Assistant Manager all within 1yr. I have never worked with so many amazing people. I love what I do and I am extremely greatful to work for such a fantastic company. You tend to get out of a job/career what you put into it.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 13 June 2013 by Rater #33 | Comments (3) | Flag as inappropriate

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• I have been working for Walmart for 9 years. I have worked at many stores, and they are all the same. I have never been treated so poorly and harassed at a job like at Walmart. I have countless letters, emails, and even voice recordings uncalled for abusive behaviour.
  
  Other issues stem from people being power-hungry and believing they are more higher in the work ladder, when they are not.
  "Non-key associates" are guaranteed their 37.50 hours which is against Walmart's work schedule policy, and when they are scheduled less than 37.50 they go above their managers' head and take the hours away from people who are already doing less than the part-time work schedule policy indicates (minimum 12 hours)
  I am truly disappointed in Wal-Mart. I could never forgive a company for hiring these abusive people, but I am more disappointed in the managers in which I share "open door" with and nothing comes out of it.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 9 June 2013 by Rater #32 | Comments (1) | Flag as inappropriate

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• Working at Walmart's Homeoffice is a bit like working in upside-down world, where they say one thing and mean something else. The Core Values like "Saving Canadians Money so they can live better", "respect for the individual", and their open door policy are just posters on the wall, I haven't seen evidence that those values are actually valued. It's a really political environment where people generally work 60 hours a week, depending on your department. Work/Life Balance here is a thing of the past, if you've had balance in other roles. There's limited training, and success here is largely dependent on your boss, despite the fact that they claim to be data-driven. There's talk about partnership with vendors, but the attitude is really more that like "what have you done for me in the last 2 seconds?". Advancement is about politics. Words like "strategic" are used awkwardly. They may offer some low prices, but not always, and often not at better value. You're getting what you pay for. They are super bottom line oriented, and sometimes it comes at the cost of doing the right thing. I've seen good people go, and not so good people move up. I've met more unhappy people here than at any other workplace I've been at, both in number and as a percentage of people that I've met.   read complete rating Hide complete rating

  Posted on 3 June 2013 by Rater #31 | Add Comment | Flag as inappropriate

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