Managers Threatening Firing Constantly, Managers Treat Employees Like Slave (We OWN You) - Electronics Sales Associate Sam's Club Employee Review

1.0
6 Aug 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pay is Reasonable but not great

Cons

Managers are constantly making threats and demands. They schedule you but then demand you stay considerably longer and threaten you with firing to ensure compliance. Clearly they assume no one has a life outside of work, or ever makes plans to do things in their lives other than work and be on call for work 24/7. This is not an occasional occurrence which could be understandable but an everyday action. In addition, managers will change your schedule last minute. Say you were scheduled for 9-6. They'll change it short notice like after work the day before and tell you to come early, say 7-4 but then after you show up early and work your full shift they will still require you to stay to the end of the originally scheduled shift (9-6) if not longer. Their skills and abilities as well as proper knowledge of what responsibilities a manager actually has are completely off base. In addition, they have no sense of professionalism or general business etiquette.

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Pros

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Cons

No issues with my work life balance.

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Sam's Club Response
7h
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2.0
7 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

At the corporate level, the benefits and compensation are excellent. Colleagues at the producer level are standout teammates, talented, collaborative, and genuinely invested in the company's success. They consistently bring forward meaningful contributions and make the day-to-day work rewarding.

Cons

"Chaos" is not a word I'm using loosely. It's the word echoed across teams, including outside of Experience and Product. Leadership operates in a constant state of upheaval: frequent role changes, structural reorganizations, and strategy pivots that are implemented without any clear plan or consideration of cross-team impact. Incredibly talented people are let go as a result of poor leadership and people management decisions. There is no real culture of mentorship above the senior manager level. Leadership above the senior manager level made clear that mentorship isn't their responsibility and that you're expected to figure it out on your own, despite the company having training resources available. That disconnect is telling.

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Sam's Club Response
1mo
We are grateful to you for taking time to share this review and advice. This is so valuable.
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