who here works at wal-mart? what is your position?
356916
I don't work at Walmart but I live in Bentonville which is the city that Walmart originated and its headquarters are!
756568
I work at toys r us on nightshift.\nWe recieve trucks during the week which need to be worked to get the stock out especially for our upcoming christmas catalogues (we call them rotos, which is short for rotation). During the year sales are quite consistent and there is not always a lot of work. Getting closer to Christmas we have a lot more work. And a lot more nightfills.\nOn a nightfill we will split the stock from the pallets to the correct aisles and then once assigned an area by the department manager we would worl the stock in those aisles, focussing on advertised items and popular items. Then label the aisles and pack up before leaving the store as it was when opened.\nThe hours are dependent on the store, during the year it is earlier and finishing earlier for example 6-9pm. During season it can be later 8-11pm or 9-midnite. We've had nightfills finishing very late though it is not unheard of that they finish 3am or later sometimes. But of course not everyone stay back that late :)
425665
http://hebgrocery.com/aboutHEB/careers.jsp\n\nnothing specific...sorry.  I'm in SA so I actually know what ur talking about.  All I do know, however, is that HEB employees stay there much longer than WalMart employees. lol
905742
Yes, becaue Wal-Mart is the devil. They mistreat their employees. Because of this the employees are rude to customers. Plus WM takes away from small businesses. I never go there no matter how good their prices. I like to maintain my quality of life and fighting my way through aisles of welfare families isn't my idea of a good time.
549004
I shop there because there for food because none of the other supermarkets in town can beat their prices.  I try to buy things like toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent and other household cleaning items from the local dollar stores.  If there was a supermarket in town that could compete with Wal-Mart's prices on food, I would definitely shop there instead!!  I hate going into Wal-Mart because it is always so crowded and because the workers are not very friendly.  Of course, it would be hard to be friendly for what they get paid, but that's a whole different topic!
52094
I'm the general manager of a huge WAL-MART type of an enterprise in my country and i've had a problem a bit like this once.\n\nTwo of my employees which were supervisors to other employees didn't go along at all with each other. The problem was that both of them were incredibly talented and loved their job and they were both very succesive, but they had to work together and they just kept fighting all the time. I kept thinking for a week what to do with them until i found a very easy solution to this problem.\n\nI took separate private conversations with both of them since i was trying to find out what their hobbies are, i wanted to find out if there's anything they have in common. I found out that they both love fishing very much cause it relaxes them. So i organized a joint trip for them for 10 days to a great fishing site in my country. When i proposed them this vacation, they both agreed to go because of the fishing, even though they couldn't stand each other. Now, check this out, when they got back from the trip 10 days later, believe it or not, they looked like if they were BEST FRIENDS for years in row. Ever since, they work very closly together and are one of my best employees. They don't do any decision making without consulting each other, and sometimes when we have coffee or lunch, i remind them of how they were before the trip and we all laugh. \n\nMy idea saved me a lot of money and i still have 2 great managers working for me. Try it, maybe it'll work for you too.\n\n\nHope i've been of some help.
802767
I worked at Wal-Mart for 3 years during college. I had profit sharing, a 401k, annual bonuses and got paid more than any of my friends in other jobs. For smart people who have good work ethic - show up on time, don't steal, learn your department and be nice to the customers, Wal-Mart is a great company to work for.\n\nBeing a sales associate is a LOT more fun than being a cashier. Think about it - when you're in that checkout lane, you have to ask a manager every time you want to go to the bathroom or get a drink. You also get leg and arm cramps from doing the same motions over and over.\n\nWhen you're on the sales floor, you can help customers choose items, put together displays and special sales, and at least walk around and talk to your friends or other coworkers.\n\nIn the interview, they'll want to hear that you're a problem solver. Don't say you'd "ask the manager" every problem. Always try to solve it yourself first. If there's a question on a product, you can almost always find the answer on the box. Just pick it up and read it for the customer. Also, tell them you're punctual, neat, and love being around other people. (Hopefully it's true.)\n\nBeing in a brand new Wal-Mart should be pretty nice. The store is clean and organized and your profits should increase every year, leading to the annual bonus I was talking about. As far as expected pay goes, because you have no work experience, I'd expect about $1 more than minimum wage - this also depends on where you live. But they DO give merit raises (just for working hard) and I think they still give reviews every 3 months (if you do well, you get a raise.) Good luck!
607553
Walmart is the devil!\nThey drive many American businesses out of business... because their "price rollback" means they can't make enough money on their products. So these business move to another country or just shut down their doors.\nAlso, walmart is horrible to their employees - health care? what's that? and, a friend of mine was kept at 37.5 hours (or something) a week, 1/2 hour shy of full time, just so they wouldnt have to give her health care.\nWalmart is the DEVIL!
842798
They should not be stopped from operating, but they should be unionized. So should Wally World.  \n\nYou go try working at Walmart or a sweat shop, and then you tell us what you think.\n\nJust go talk to some people at Walmart. Not a few, but get a good sampling.  I did.  And I came away with the impression that walmart not only treats its workers poorly,  but they intimidate and bribe them.  They divide and exploit them.
264515
Been to Walmart lately?  The vast majority of their items are made there.  Bunch of junk if you ask me.  They buy for pennies and sell for dollars, not to mention that they routinely put american manufacturers out of business and switch to a foreign suppliers.  Great for Walmart, but at the expense of product quality loss of US jobs.  How do they expect us to buy their products if we don't have jobs to earn money to purchase those products?
235202
I'm going to walmart today, boy do I keep them in business..I'm a big penny pincher, like to save money so I'm a Wally world shopper...
248552
Go to Walmart.com.  But, do you really want to work for them.  They treat thier employees horribly.
209891
As of January 2005, Wal-Mart employed a total of 1.7 million people, including 1.3 million employees in the United States, making it the largest private employer in the world.
221687
Unions are so strong that they will stop at nothing to defeat a non union shop.  All the people that are saying bad things about Wal Mart don't work there.  Every time I go in there, the people are VERY pleasant (not like someone who hates their job).  It's too bad, but people don't take the time to find out for themselves, so they just believe what they hear and call it fact.
377434
Yeah! I was hired for eight dollars an hour. I quit the same day! My friend works in the bakery there and she loves it!I feel that I have too much education to only make eight dollars. However, I love shopping there! I just finished a 14 page research paper on Wal-Mart and its contribution to poverty among employees, and community. I hope its not a career your looking for, there was bad news! See for yourself, go to www.wakeupwalmart.com, or www.walmartsucks.com  Good Luck!
1098150
There are some at Wal-mart
200388
Not much. I live within 30 miles of the Wal-Mart HQ. Wal-Mart pretty much controls the companies, not the other way around.