Current Events > Starting a job at Walmart today.

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Im at the orientation rn. Waiting for everything to be typed in for everyone in the class. Im a sales associate on the front end of the store. Hiring manager seems very nice. And everything seems very relaxed going by the workers coming and going out of the back area.

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Hoo boy

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Did they say anything about enforcing masks at the orientation?

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Schwarz posted...

Hoo boy

Either this or get evicted lol.

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Wii_Shaker posted...

Did they say anything about enforcing masks at the orientation?

Employees are required. Not a word about the customers.

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Employees are required, customers not.

Also, good luck. Don't let these idiot customers get to you.

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Don't get too worked up if people share horror stories here about working there. The company itself doesn't have a stellar reputation for treating employees well and I'm sure you're already aware but I'd go into it and just see how the experience is for yourself, as your mileage may vary. Good luck and congrats.

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Also, visit the Walmart Reddit for a bitchfest.

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Nice, at least you got steady income flowing. I worked at wal mart for 5 years unloading trucks and to be honest I miss it as crazy as that sounds.

I don't see how people work with the public. Does not compute

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Older person I know is a regional manager for them now after starting at the bottom about 20 years ago.

Hes grasping that Walton money now.

Also yeah, pay is pay. See what it's like in your local branch, paying your bills is more important than not dealing with a few annoyances.

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Dafuq is a sales associate?

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nice, bootstrapping it up

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You need to fight for higher wages, u kno theyre scamming you

WrestlinFan posted...

Either this or get evicted lol.

Gotta do what you gotta do.
That is admirable.

Kombucha posted...

Don't get too worked up if people share horror stories here about working there. The company itself doesn't have a stellar reputation for treating employees well and I'm sure you're already aware but I'd go into it and just see how the experience is for yourself, as your mileage may vary. Good luck and congrats.

Quality post.
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Kombucha posted...

The company itself doesn't have a stellar reputation for treating employees well and I'm sure you're already aware but I'd go into it and just see how the experience is for yourself, as your mileage may vary. Good luck and congrats.

SM: We know we are working you people to the bone with all the call-ins. Look on the bright side, you people get a pizza party!
Associate: Can we have a raise instead?
SM: P.I.Z.Z.A. P.A.R.T.Y.
*proceeds to order shit pizza from CiCi's, Peter Piper or Chuck E Cheese*

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TC is a cashier. His job is probably going to disappear in a few years since lot of Walmarts are going full self checkout. They don't want to give $15 a hour to someone to stand on a pad all day.

Maninstagnate posted...

TC is a cashier. His job is probably going to disappear in a few years since lot of Walmarts are going full self checkout. They don't want to give $15 a hour to someone to stand on a pad all day.

Even today with half self check out people don't use self-checkout to many errors and glitches and zero service.

Maninstagnate posted...

TC is a cashier. His job is probably going to disappear in a few years since lot of Walmarts are going full self checkout. They don't want to give $15 a hour to someone to stand on a pad all day.

That's the hardest job in Walmart. lol Sure, they are standing on a pad all day....not moving much also having to deal with some of the filth of humanity.

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i worked there like 3 or so years. but it was years ago and pay was pretty crap back then. i'm guessing they're more like $15 an hour now in most places or close to it. i worked 3pm-midnight unloading trucks in the back and then we'd bring the pallets to the floor for midnights to stock. did that like a year and then switched to day shift for IMS? or whatever the counters are called. we'd mostly count the inventory and then bin and get picks. pretty boring but it was a 7am-4pm shift. hour long lunch break was a bit too long tbh.

Kingbuffet posted...

Even today with half self check out people don't use self-checkout to many errors and glitches and zero service.

Not true at all. I always use the self checkout when they are available which they are easy to use and if there is a issue the associate watching them always comes up and helps in less than a minute. The people who have trouble are usually senile and old.

Kingbuffet posted...

Even today with half self check out people don't use self-checkout to many errors and glitches and zero service.

i see a lot getting used but mainly just people with like 10 items or less. if i get a cartful i'm going to a normal line. i hate those unlimited checkout ones. they really need to give like a 10% discount if you're using those. maybe 5% is more reasonable but it's still saving them from having more cashiers.

I work at Wal-Mart too I'd described it as soul crushing

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Maninstagnate posted...

TC is a cashier. His job is probably going to disappear in a few years since lot of Walmarts are going full self checkout. They don't want to give $15 a hour to someone to stand on a pad all day.

Even if they did he'd just be moved to another job with different responsibilities. Dunno why people assume automation always leads to mass layoffs. Usually it either makes your job much easier or frees you up for other task.

Kiosk machines are a example of this.

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Have fun with the brain damaged antivaxers

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welcome to the team and the insanity of working at walmart.

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The people lead was very nice. It seemed like the back end of the store had a pretty chilled out atmosphere. A few people looking at us like dirt and not being friendly at all at the front end though. Im sure theyre best to shit with how short staffed the store is though.

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My brother used to work automotive and said it was way more friendly than the regular store

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I worked at a sams a while ago.

They actually tended to promote from within the store and you could get a position in the store making ~50k pretty easy. As long as you started as a cashier and moved up to service desk, small business orders, or some other more specialized position, and then up again. Pretty quick too.

I worked there six months and had a couple raises and was running the tobacco section and starting to do small business orders and working with the inventory system. Another guy that started with me was at the service desk and doing membership when I left, and became assistant manager like a year later. If he moved up to manager he would be making ~120k.

If you werent an actual fuck up and showed up they were happy to have you and it was actually pretty nice all around. Way better than restaurant work.

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Congratulations!

I worked at Walmart for 10 years while I was in Highschool, College and University. Great part time job, especially if your nice with your direct Manager. If your manager likes you and you work hard pretty easy to get full time hours even if your part time.

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Congratulations TC!

I wish you well

Good luck bro. I worked at Walmart and eventually quit after damn near 2 years of being a loyal employee. It sucked my soul out of my body every shift.

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I got done with CBLs and about to start training on register in literally four minutes. Im so so so nervous. Ive been checking at DG for nearly five years so I have plenty experience on a register but meeting all the team members is whats stressing me. Im shaking Im so nervous bros lol.

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How are you liking it so far? I started my new job yesterday.

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DirkDiggles posted...

Employees are required, customers not.

Also, good luck. Don't let these idiot customers get to you.

Not the stores in my state

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Killmonger posted...

How are you liking it so far? I started my new job yesterday.

Its more like high school than retail with the younger guys lol. Everything is so laid back compared to Dollar General that its making me really anxious. I havent really done much of anything though.

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Putting carts up wasnt great but I think its just because I havent wrapped my mind around the most efficient way to do it.

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Did you get get shown anti union propaganda yet?

Trumpo posted...

Did you get get shown anti union propaganda yet?

Nope. Not on any of the CBLs. Dollar General was way, way more aggressive about anti-union garbage. They had several CBLs dedicated to the evils of unions.

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WrestlinFan posted...

Putting carts up wasnt great but I think its just because I havent wrapped my mind around the most efficient way to do it.

I think you live in a warm-weather area...if true be somewhat thankful of that.
I saw that happening in the middle of the night during winter weather.
I generally felt bad for those involved.

..Do you at least get discounts or anything.
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SiO4 posted...

I think you live in a warm-weather area...if true be somewhat thankful of that.
I saw that happening in the middle of the night during winter weather.
I generally felt bad for those involved.

..Do you at least get discounts or anything.

Oh itll be cold soon enough lol.

10% off card 90 days after being hired. Doesnt work for most groceries though except some junk food.

Theres lots of other little benefits too though.

I also get a $150 bonus for being vaccinated.

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WrestlinFan posted...

Oh itll be cold soon enough lol.

10% off card 90 days after being hired. Doesnt work for most groceries though except some junk food.

Theres lots of other little benefits too though.

I also get a $150 bonus for being vaccinated.

When you say, cool, or do you mean, insanely cold with slush and inches of cold?
This is one reason I try to be courteous to those that are tasked to fetch the carts.
....Plus, now I guess, I see people being dumbasses with carts at my place, so there ya go!

I would say that sucks about the groceries, but I don't trust a lot of their stuff.
But I am sure a lot of people could use that. Kinda shitty of them...I assume the markup margin is tiny.
But ya, for some, just not having a making an extra stop after work is something in itself.

If it is 10% on most other things, that is something though. There have got to be other restrictions.

And ya a Bonus is always nice, particularly when you are starting a new job and probably could us the...well...I gotta say now....Shot in the arm.
((All joking aside, it's something))
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Congrats on getting paper.

I worked at Walmart when I was in high school and for about a year after graduation. I'm sure every store is different and not managed exactly the same, but it was literally the worst experience of my life. The assistant managers talked to us like shit, customers are assholes who think you run the place if something isn't going their way, I had to run 2 departments, get carts when needed, and run registers if they were short handed. I went home sore exhausted every single day as a fucking teenager.

But that's just my experience. Stay open minded.

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ProfessorKukui posted...

Assuming Walmart doesn't fuck us over (lol), the 10% always extends to groceries starting Nov 15 till Dec whatever. Granted, should always be active but ya know... Alice gonna get that money for her drunk driving bribes.

I wont get my card til December 14th at the earliest

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TheRadiant posted...

My brother used to work automotive and said it was way more friendly than the regular store

I can vouch for this. I did automotive for 3 years, just quit a couple weeks ago to start doing TA work.

It was hot, sometimes brutal physical work (maybe less so in a place where F-350s aren't seen as commuter vehicles). Oil changes are hot as fuck during the summer, and changing tires will wear you down.

All that aside, I'd still highly recommend it over being anywhere else in the store. TLE is generally seen as it's own thing that management (aside from those specifically over TLE) don't really mess with. It's one of the few places in the store where it's super easy to just step out for a smoke without anyone noticing lol

Plus I think they're the highest paid associates that aren't management

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A job is a job dude congrats on tcb

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Gwynevere posted...

I can vouch for this. I did automotive for 3 years, just quit a couple weeks ago to start doing TA work.

It was hot, sometimes brutal physical work (maybe less so in a place where F-350s aren't seen as commuter vehicles). Oil changes are hot as fuck during the summer, and changing tires will wear you down.

All that aside, I'd still highly recommend it over being anywhere else in the store. TLE is generally seen as it's own thing that management (aside from those specifically over TLE) don't really mess with. It's one of the few places in the store where it's super easy to just step out for a smoke without anyone noticing lol

Plus I think they're the highest paid associates that aren't management

How is it working at the gardening section?

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