Culture is taking a nose-dive - Area Manager Walmart Employee Review

2.0
29 Apr 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Manager pay is good if you're hired externally (not promoted from within) - Work for the hourly associates is very easy in our sortable building, so you don't really get any pushback from them not wanting to do the job.

Cons

It's been invaded by Amazon and they don't know how to do anything unless they've already done it at Amazon. They're very closed off to any new ideas unless they did it there. A few of the things they've brought have been positive, but the culture is taking a severe beating. There is no transparency and it's every man for themselves. You don't get feedback. It's almost like they enjoy surprising you with performance ratings. They've given eval ratings on a curve the last couple of years. You cannot have your own opinion if it differs from theirs. Associate morale is in the toilet.

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Pros

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Cons

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Walmart Response
1mo
We are grateful you are part of the Walmart team and thank you for sharing this review.
5.0
2 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Advancement opportunities, great at developing skills, great place to learn a skill and grow your resume, or grow with the company.

Cons

Understaffing issues negatively affects all parts of their business. However, Walmart has increased their minimum hourly rate with hopes to attract more committed employees, and retain better employees.

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Walmart Response
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Thank you so very much for this review and advice. We value this and will be sharing with our leadership teams.
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