This is absolutely the worst place I have ever worked. I have been with walmart for 1 year and quit this week. The assistant manager we had for all but the last two months was a tyrant. He had his favourites and if you weren't in that group than you were completely screwed. There is no communication, when you try you are intimidated, talked down to,and told to go away. I was violently verbally...

Hey, dont start yelling because of the stars! I don't work for Walmart lol..

I have a question, if someone was to get hired on as an associate, but is coming to Walmart with years of experience in Retail example, cashier, cashier supervisor, merchandiser, assistant manager etc. What should they expect for wages per hour to start at?

Thanks for your help!

Working for Walmart is a joke!

I feel sorry for individuals who have to work there.

Management only premotes their friends, you make just above minimum wage, benifits are minimal. It is very very unorganized. Just an all around bad place to work.

This place is a straight up dead end place to work. You're better off getting a job at the local 5 and dime or dollar store. Being forced to cheer for this stupid American retailer is the final insult. Many catagories doen't even deserve a star.

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You are over worked, under payed for what you have to do.

You are treated like a slave at times.

You are never asked to do something, you told to do it.

This is the worst place I have ever worked for.

After reviewing a few reviews I have to agree I am an employee of 10+ years and have to say the last 4 years I can not believe how policies put in place are beieng abuse by our management team day after day, If I as an hourly employee were to do one third of the abuse that is going on in the store I work in I would have been fired a long time ago, I am the only one left out of the 11 that were...

I started at walmart less than 3 years ago as a part-time worker and worked my way up to 2nd shift supervisor. I give 100% at my job as I always do as that is the way my Dad raised me to be. I worked in the backroom as an unloader when I started there were 6-7 guys a shift. Now we NEVER have more than 4 people per shift. The expectations are unbelievable we have 2 full-time workers in the...

I worked here for almost 2 years. I hated it after the first month. I was at a location in London Ontario. While working there I always felt like I had no purpose and wasn't really worth anything. The only thing they care about is the mastercard. Being harrased about the amount you are selling was a problem. Especially when you didn't get anything for doing it. After about a year I asked to get...

Here in Merritt I am forced to work overtime and not compensated for it. Our manager is passive aggressive and does not give me time off even when I need it. I have no other job options in this community so I am forced to work for an employer who regularly verbally abuses me and sexually harrasses me. I wanted to report the incidents to corperate but I was warned that I would lose my job if I...

management team needs to learn the word communication and not with just the employees but amongst themselves. The store I work at the store manager needs to realize that the staff are people too. Maybe learn to acknowledge them and talk respectful towards them. One of the company's pillar is "respect for the individual". I wouldn't recommend anyone to work here, unless you want to leave everyday...

I work as a greeter at a super center in northern BC. I hate the place there's no communication . They keep useless employees. IF you have health issues too damn bad show up for shifts or get written up then fired....WALMART Needs to unionize . There's a rumor that all Walmart's in BC will close lord i hope so. Oh and the manager care nothing for the workers unless you hock a lot of walmart...

I have been with the company 10 years the first 5 i couldn't ask for a better place to work everyone was friendly got treated with respect lots of staff pay could have been better. But since my store has went supercentre its went straight down hill the store has doubled in size and were lucky to have 20 people to stock the entire store they expect are maintenance team to have the store spotless...

Not the worst job I've ever had but it's pretty bad. I'm one of two people working in the backroom full time and that's not enough man power to keep things running smoothly. I am harassed constantly by various managers to take care of the large amount of product in the backroom, but nobody seems to want to do anything about it, other than complain at me. I constantly worry about my job security...

I don't know why there are so many complaints about Walmart, both on this forum and from my coworkers. I find that the vast majority of unhappy employees are teenagers who have never had another job. I am seventeen, and have had three other jobs, and all of them were dirtier, far more labour intensive, and very thankless jobs. Walmart even started me off at a raised wage in recognition of my...

8 words are important to this company. Will this be on your Walmart MasterCard today?

I have been working at Walmart for about 5 months. It is a hell hole, I feel like just a cog in the machine. I can't stand being there anymore. I'm only doing it for the cash experience. (...). I wish I could give 0 stars.

I decided to work for Walmart because I couldn't find any job anywhere else. My employer constantly scheduled me against my availability which prevented me from getting the hours I needed to make rent. Whenever I asked about it, I was sworn at. I felt really terrible about myself in the amount of time I worked there. I even had a breakdown at work because of all the stress. It came to a point...

I took a job at Walmart due to the poor economic climate in Canada. I am very disappointed with the company in general. it is CLEAR why Walmart is a Fortune 1 company - cheap labor/no benefits.

It is IMPOSSIBLE for anyone to support themselves (or their families) on $10.90/h - 27h/week. In my opinion, this fact is in direct conflict with Walmart's so called core value - respect for the...

This is the worst place I could have ever imagined.

Management is abusive and for the little pay, you are better off working at a corner store.

store 3051 needs to have personal managment reviews. Managers need to be evaluated. There are scheduling conflicts that can be avoided by having someone who is more empathetic and less aggressive. The managers should be more approachable.

i have been at walmart for about 9 months now. i started in October at a fairly busy time in the store and i feel my interview was rushed and not alot was explained to me. after i was hired they skipped most of my training and threw me onto a till, this being my first job and still in highschool i felt that they should have at least tried to train me a bit. after a few shifts every time that i...

I started off in a new location. It did not take me long to quit because the way this company treats people. After one year no one was left in my department that started with me.

Avoid this place. It's not worth your time.

not a good place to work, mangement bully associates, no training, no respect for individual

I work in the photo lab and it is honestly the best gig I have had. I was on cash for a year, and I have to say that the hours were much worse on cash, it was next to impossible to get a weekend off, and when I asked for 15-20 hours a week (I'm a student so school is my #1 priority) I was actually getting 25+... I guess it wasn't that bad becAuse I made more money, but it made it hard to balance...

Working in Managment for this company....All I can say is this company needs a UNION.

UNION, UNION, UNION to stop the bullying and abuse from management.

A Union will ensure a consistant, fair, respectful workplace. They will be your voice.

The retail industry is a highly competitive, costly operation to run in our modern day economy. Most people here like to complain that they pay minimum wage but they are working a minimum wage job. It doesn't take a brain surgeon to work that position. They need to be realistic.

Wal-mart is a great company to work for and I presently work for them in the supply chain capacity as an analyst....

After I got a call from Walmart for an interview, I popped by RateMyEmployer to see how other associates felt about working here. A lot of the comments are terrible, but I went into it thinking it wouldn't be that bad. I was WRONG. I'm a month in working at Walmart and I hate it already. I'm a cashier and my training was very minimal, they just kind of throw you on a busy register and they just...

I'm working at connection center, a telecommunication sales rep of Walmart. Unlike most cellphone stores where employees get commission on each activation, I was forced to get as much activations as possible so that the STORE can get a rich thick commission. And if I fail to meet my sales target I will be disciplined. I don't think 19 hours a week is enough to get huge sales, nor $10.3/hr is...

After a year of employment I tell everyone I know to never apply to Walmart. In my first few months I gave Walmart 110% but after a year of horrible management, completely disrespectful customers, and no communication I leave every shift running for the door. Profit sharing at my store does not exist, scheduling a vacation is useless because they'll schedule you to work anyways, "Thank You" is...

I've worked for walmart for almost a year now. They don't give you updates. YOU have to ask. Which I've been in trouble for multiple things that I wasn't told about. I've been basically harassed by the csms.. One of them would literally embarrass me in front of customers even if it was an misunderstanding by the customer. I'm the type of employee that would give an extra leg and arm just to make...

one of those places where you think it sucks while you're working there, but once you leave you realize how good you had it. pay was not great but more than minimum wage and you got profit sharing once a year which was usaully around 1000$. easy to get time off, really great people to work with. some managers were competely useless but some were awesome and helped out. customers dont treat you...

Management team never on same page

I got this part time job as a cashier because I needed help paying rent. ( I am a student). I almost can't bring myself to keep this up for another month before I am done school and move away but I need the money.

The main problem I have with Wal-mart is they are too focused on selling their Wal-mart mastercards and not focused on customer service like they say they are. I was almost fired...

we use to have the greatest gold plan health to bad they do not think were worth the money and downgraded everyone who has been paying for the plan since the beginning. They gave us no choice but to spend more out of pocket expenses and those who really need the health care will suffer. what happen to be healthy . live better. who is living better by these cuts.

The Walmart I work at in Southern Ontario sounds to be a lot better than most of yours. Most the management are females and all management work with staff even CSM's get on Cash and Assistant Managers work too. We all seem to work together. When your off they work with you to get you back making some kind of money. When you have life issues, retirements we sign cards and collect money. Just...

I am a student working in Walmart for the past 8 months , in my view this job is perfect for students, you can get days off , work anytime you want to and not at times you don't. As a finance student , it is truly amazing to see the way Walmart makes money. People say that they pay base salary and make you work hard. They had offered you this job and told you how much you would be making and the...

they need to pay better, company like this making hunders of billions a year. i hope a union one day gets in side that company much need for its hard working employess

This company expects floor staff to learn cash and fill in due to lack of properly trained cashiers, do other areas jobs with no extra compensation or thanks, shifts are all over the place, full time is only 28 hours per week at just over min. wage and do not schedule around any other jobs you need to have to survive. The upper management make all the money and the staff scrape by to survive. ...

All I have to say is run! Everything you know of or have heard about is correct and worse. Stores are decent, but management is brutal, and seem worse toward women, I've seen it myself; they make some girls actually cry - then they usually leave - turnover is high. The pay is typical for retail, but the specialties make more. The level of shoppers are not very good and abusive. The company...

What a joke, there is more turnover in this company than most, if you are wearing a badge with 15 or more years tenure, then look out. Its a target, you will be gone.......Take a look around. The proof is there, how much turnover has happened in their office, positions they say are being left vacant, their hiring is just as strong as their firing.

Having worked for a rural Walmart store for the past 5 years, I have mixed feelings. I have worked in different positions, including a middle management position. The company on a whole is based on very solid values and ideals. What it lacks in paying the associate in an hourly wage, it more than makes up for in various benefits (Associate Discount, Profit Sharing depending on the store's yearly...

I've worked in retail for ten years, most places are pretty much the same. I find wal-marts pay above average and my work is less stressful but that because I have a good direct supervisor, so I can see how it could be alot different for some people. That being said it's worth giving them a chance if you need a job.

amazing how kissing ass and following the pack will get further then being a hardworker

They made up lies about me and threw me under the bus to shut up a woman who wanted to bitch about me. Would not listen to my side of story. They lied and slandered me. It's going to court as wrongful dismissal . It will take time but I WILL get justice and an apology.

no matter how hard i work i never get thanked. employees that just start make more money than me and they do less of the work. this company does not care about their employees. you are just an extra body to them.

Whether at Walmart or any organization, you will reap what you sow. When we put our best foot forward, we get what we deserve. I am not in management, entry level cashier...but I am open to communication with any level of store personel.

Walmart deserves no stars. expected to work everyday for at least 7 hours as a part timer. they don't even pay for all the hours worked. advancement is virtually non existent as you can pretty much get hired from the streets to run a walmart. they try and bully you out of taking your breaks and leaving when your shift ends. glad I left that hell hole

as a student working for walmart for two years and now heading off to college but still living in the community-walmart is not willing to schedule my hours around my classes! but have accomodated other employees when they went off to school. Management won't even sit down with me and look at my school schedule-I can still work-during classroom time..

Walmart has the financail capacity to recruit, train, retain and promote employees with good pay and benefits. Employees working for this company deserves much better than what they are getting. There are good people who are employed with Walmart.

Internal communication is very effective- No team work! Prisons are run on the same system- run and tell. The more integrity shown, the less hours of work received. With the new Wal-mart mastercard, STRICT RULES are to be followed and failing that is regarded as a reason for termination of employment. Wal-mart's application for a Canadian Bank in Canada (which is common knowledge) with the stress...

Step one: Google working at Walmart (Canada or other) or something similar. Step Two: browse through all the ratings and comments made by other workers from Walmart. Step Three: put all of the negative ratings and comments into this comment area of mine.

That's my comment about Walmart. I have worked at Walmart for a while, and it is all true what they say.

I began working at Walmart in auguast of 2010, as a flood sales associate, i started at a bad time as several managers had just been transfered my manager was on vacation so the only person left to train me and i must say he is an absolutely amazing man he was understanding and coperative, even when it took me more time than it should have for me to learn my duties, the Co manager (between...

Worse place to work. Employees and customers unsatisfied. Managers lie, and employees suffer. They do not use you to your full potential. They wean out the long term, to save money and employ a bunch of part timers in their place. They are rude, ignorant, and lack the compassion that it takes to run a company. They don't answer their phones either. Even though I would give it an overall 0...

This is truly a great company. If you can get a job here, don't pass up the opportunity.

This is to counteract the rating by Rater 57, who is either a Wal Mart manager, or an elderly Wal Mart shopper who does not understand this site is for employees to rate their employer, and not a site to rate places people like to shop...two star recommendation was forced by the site, it would not allow me to post a 1 star rating

Really like Walmart

walmart has switched its to making money and hurting its employees. its a faceless corporation that aims to take advantage of hard times by making employees open availability by threat of cutting hours. not offering any advancement even to from part timw to full so they can save money in wages. they make there employees work hard because they refuse to hire/ schedule enough staff for running the...

I've worked for Wal-Mart for over 3 years. We've gone through 3 store managers in that time. The first two, I absolutely loved. They listened to you, they made you feel important, they remembered your name and looked you in the eye when they would ask how your day was going. My new manager...he's a piece of work. When he started, he took a week of vacation BEFORE even entering our store. In his...

Not the absolute worst place to work, some good people work there and it can be a good atmosphere, but the management is incompetent. the pay and scheduling, or lack there of, is not great either.

As a senior manager in their head office I would say the culture has gone down to the pits over the last few years. It's become very cut throat, and team work and collaboration are words of the past, while now a days its about the individual. Pay/benefits were ok, career progression has been the worst in all the organizations i've worked for. They clearly lack confidence in their own employees...

they preach alot about respect for the individual however the daily treatment of staff is where the real truth is. favourtism is rampant, and there is a pack mentality, stay with the group or be picked on weather your an associate or manager it is the same.

Management within this company is the worst I've ever experienced. I worked in one of the offices and got to hear them. They spend most of their day in their office making fun of employees, calling them stupid and worthless. They appreciate nothing and expect you to make the company your life for little more than minimum wage. Management plays favorites and pits employees against each other;...

Good employees get used, and lazy ones get away with it. Nothing is EVER done about it making everyone VERY bitter. People who should be let go NEVER get let go. Useless people get to stay then we have to do their jobs TOO!!!! No follow-up with problems or problem people, and no one get held accountable for crap they do/say, or don't do.

Our store is in a small "city" of 8000 people or so. Since...

this is one ridiculous place to work. managers don't know their boundaries. workers are seen as slaves. have to work excessive overtime without it being counted into your pay. Im happy im out of there. sucks to be the people still stuck in this dead end pit. I dunno why they won't let single star ratings when for places like this its a compliment.

Management does not know the job. Treats employee's poorly and constantly gives them negative comments about poor performance that cannot be helped. Store Manager praises us every now and then (confusing). Our own manager is actively avoiding work and constantly uses his/her cell while around us. No one enjoys working in the store because the bad managers (which are majority) treat people badly....

I have worked with this company for 6 years and if it was not for the benefits i would have quit long ago. We are all stressed out and management doesn't care, I have one manager that I can go to and he will get things done. I train new cashiers and the turnover is crazy, no one is happy and I have witnessed this company go so down hill from the day I started, Target is coming to Canada they...

Just some things you should know if you are seeking feedback about the corporate office- as many of these posts are related to store level jobs. I worked at the Corporate office, and I must say that this is the worst company for which I have ever worked.

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The pay is good and it what lured me away from a position that I actually really liked. I believe that the pay is what lures many to...

worst company ever to work for. They bring in managers and then in less then a year they are gone because the boss is quick to throw everyone under the bus. Managers are quick to blame you rather then take responsibility. Understaffed horribly but they are too cheap to hire anyone else or give people extra hours. OFten only 1 associate covers all the general merchandise side of the store. Low...

My manager has removed my availability sheet from the file, then refused to approve my existing availability. On many ocassions, both myself and many other fellow employee's under my manager must go to our store manager to get anything done. Openly stated that no more modications to the schedule is acceptable (multiple times). Employee's are forced to call in sick when they need days off because...

Wal Mart, worst company to work for.

Worked for Wal-mart in three stores in Ottawa over four years. Managers (Store and Assistants,) especially those hired from outside the organization being the worst, all in all they are more often than not outright liars. Company rules of conduct seem only to apply to the average associate. They would sell their mothers to protect themselves. Routinely ignore company and workplace safety rules....

Awful employer

I started working for Wal-mart about a year ago and would not have answered these question like this even 6 months ago

If Wal-Mart managers lost their job... they would become homeless because they could not last anywhere else. They are rude. They don't how to run things and are inconsistent with instructions.

As a fulltime dept head your pt staff sometimes make more money thany you do.

The pay is bad but that takes the cake. If I could have given Walmart on stars I would have.

Management is arrogant and uncaring. The schedual changes and you're coached for being off with a just cause. This place is about the worst s@%#hole you could end up in.

Pay sucks too. No one stays for too long.

Worst company to work for..... management are assholes that think they are kings, they pretend their contributing to society but in reality they are the biggest failures who cant cut it in a Real Job.Treats employees like shit, big time favoritism, hires people for a department then years later moves you without warning,Coaching s and calling you in the back room to threating you when you tell...

very threatening. likes to threaten to coach all the time. my imediate supervisor is lazy and blames every problem on his employees

my fiancee works overnight at walmart in the back he recently graduated from college (couldn't find anything due to recession) he constantly comes home with complaints every morning i listen to his stories.. the people they have working for them it's insane i do not undertsand why employers let people like this work for them???....maybe if they treated employees the "RIGHT WAY" better harder...

Can't think of a worse place to work. CSM's don't know their head from there behinds.

Management isn't approachable and turnover of staff is constant.

Worst place to work and am now looking forward to a better future without walmart.

management are in the middle trying to change things the way it should be around the store and the slackers are causing them to take longer. Plus it takes a long time to hire people, they are very tough choosing who they want to hire. its not just management its the associates that cause it too

Hell hole.

As long as you work hard and are in good physical condition, they love you. The minute you get hurt on the job and file a Workers Compensation Claim they are not there for you anymore and you are just an inconvenience to them. They seem to cater more to the slackers. I showed up early every time I worked and yet others consistently show up late, there is no thanks for that. The more you do...

The majority of what Wal-Mart preaches is never practiced. Respect for the individual is the last thing you will find working for this company. They used to care about their associates, now they only care about their pocketbooks.

I worked at Walmart as a stepping stone until I got I job in my choosen field. I worked in the photo department. It was a pretty good working environment and I did enjoy my job. Some of the things a didn't like was having to take an hour unpaid lunch. It made the days seem much longer and definitely doesn't help the pay cheque. I also found it very difficult getting more hours as a part time...

On se fais s.a.c.R.É après par les responsables qui remplace les autres responsables et si on répond il nous mette en coaching, se qui veut dire pas d'augmentation de salaire, mais on s'en fou car de toute façon il n'en donne pas du tout. Au début, il te donne 2 rangés a t'occupée, après 2 mois il te donne tes 2 rangé, il t'en rajoute un autre et il te donne les sport, plus la quinquaillerie, la...

When I started working or Walmart just over two years ago, I thought the pay was not bad ( $3.50 ) more an hour than minimum wage - now we are about equal.

the customer is always right to the point of being able to abuse employees and getting away with it and receiving gift certificates for doing so. the company encourages abuse to employees by the public.

My son "George" got a job at Walmart 7 weeks ago. They just trained him on bagging this week.

Enough said? Not quite. I feel a little responsible as it was at my urging that he applied. I also adivised him to put on his application that he was available any day of the week, after school. I figured this would increase his odds of being hired. Now they are scheduling him 5-6 days a week. ...

I worked at Wal-Mart for 7 months while they built their Super Store with the grocery store side. That was not too bad, worked 8-5 monday to friday as part of the setup crew. Got along great with the boss of the setup crew and most of my co-workers except for couple of lazy students. As time grew closer to grand opening people were slowly hired off of the setup crew to become full and part-time...

I have been employed with Walmart for almost two years. Overall, I'd have to say that it is one of the worst places to work with regards to how it treats its employees. When you start, Walmart insists that it cares tremendously for its associates and describes all the benefits that it offers to its employees. I admit that as far as benefit packages go, it's not too bad, but there are so many...

Good family benefits plan for full-time employees - opportunities for bonus pay.

Generally speaking, Wal-Mart was a good employer. The pay was acceptable (to those that complain about pay, come on people - what do you want? You're not a stock broker) and the atmosphere was friendly. The best part of the job was the co-workers. I was a young employee there, and found a lot of the people I worked with were young as well. And because its not the type of job where your life is on...

I worked here part time in high school. Aside from the politics of the overal Walmart corporation, I feel I would recommend it to anyone *entering* the workforce. They were acceptable of my teenage "calling in sick randomly" which can be difficult. But because of what I know about Walmart, don't stay long.

this empolyer sucks went on mat leave and came back to not having the same job i had cause they hired to many ppl on while i was gone and heaven forbid walmart fire anyone even though I was entitled to my old job..also came back to them only giving me 2 shifts when i left getting at least 5 a week or more

If you dont drink the kool-aide you wont fit in. pay isn't great.

If this is the way Walmart treats their employees here in Canada, I feel extremely sorry for the people in China. Corporate greed should be the new name to this store. But the biggest problem is people shop there all the time and they do NOT support the Canadian Companies that are struggling.

I felt like a slave working for this company for 8 years. I rarely had time to myself or family and the job gave me more stress than it was worth or what you are paid.

I rated Wal-mart as I did because their management team doesn't care about anyone but themselves and their next cheque.

If you like the feeling of shared adversity, gallows humor, and the challenge of life near the poverty line then this employer may be right for you. While there are company policies to cover every possibility, the application of them is thankfully uneven. Too much depends on the personality of the management team at the department and store level to make a company wide assessment possible. That...

When I worked there, the pay was terrible, even though I worked in Ontario at the time. The walmart cheer...creepy cult-ism, to try to make you like working there.

Its all right we are the marlbrough mall walmart its an ok job atmosphere mgr paul is a good mgr when u work hard and tell u are doing a good job jery or gery the asian guy co-manager its very arigant and self involved and thinks he is a higher person than he actually is hikie is cool hes chill and works hard like mgr laura luish is a hard worker as well glenn and the other co mgr are very hard...

It's the Jehovah Witness of retail - brainwashing staff into making more of an effort. BLECH. It's a load of crap. Crap pay, crap benefits, low retention of employees with actual brains. Nope, you're better off starting your working life at McDonalds.

Lots of work load at certain jobs within the company,,,under paid, poor benefits(dental,medical ect.)Costly to have higher coverage.

Management dumps work load but doesn;t step in to help where help is needed find them usually sitting in their offices...Not enough staff to run a full buisness

I feel there is a great need for some method of policing the managerial positions. Handing out positions of authority is done too freely, more screening is needed. People that who in another company would not be acceptable candidates for managers, are given a free reign to arrange the work schedule to suit their own personal life.There is a huge amount of favoritism happening. Of course if...