Poll of the Day > Wal-Mart is a horrible place to work.

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Best advice is not to work hard. Hard work gets you more work at Walmart.

Hard work + more work means others will notice and want you to work for them.

Hard work is it's own reward

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

I worked for about 40 years, and the worst jobs I ever had were the ones with nothing to do, where you just had to stand around and wait.

More work means time goes by faster and the day is done before you know it.

Hard work + more work means others will notice and want you to work for them.

I worked at Sears back in the early 2000's (like 2001), and constantly walked around to help customers etc, I ended up getting a management position offered to me from another store because of how hard I worked and how well I dealt with customers. People notice, not just the ones you work for, but customers etc.

Hard work is it's own reward, it's true, but it also usually leads to additional rewards, and if it doesn't eventually you can find another job where it does, and you have all that experience to bring with you.

The worst job from a satisfaction perspective has to be retail sales

Best advice is not to work hard. Hard work gets you more work at Walmart.

Only complaint I have is they dont value good workers and religiously follow corporate law. I got fired because they switched over how sick time and PTO worked. And oh golly~! you gotta reearn all your sick days, we dont care if you got unlucky and got sick for 3 weeks!

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

I worked for about 40 years, and the worst jobs I ever had were the ones with nothing to do, where you just had to stand around and wait.

More work means time goes by faster and the day is done before you know it.

Hard work + more work means others will notice and want you to work for them.

I worked at Sears back in the early 2000's (like 2001), and constantly walked around to help customers etc, I ended up getting a management position offered to me from another store because of how hard I worked and how well I dealt with customers. People notice, not just the ones you work for, but customers etc.

Hard work is it's own reward, it's true, but it also usually leads to additional rewards, and if it doesn't eventually you can find another job where it does, and you have all that experience to bring with you.

It's your favorite place to work despite them firing you because you were in a time of need?

Walmart is a Eiffel tower of management.

Theres such a long chain of command, its not really "up to" any bosses in the store I worked.
They just have to follow rules or they probably get axed too. My store changed store managers several times because they "didnt meet expectations".

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

I worked for about 40 years, and the worst jobs I ever had were the ones with nothing to do, where you just had to stand around and wait.

More work means time goes by faster and the day is done before you know it.

Hard work + more work means others will notice and want you to work for them.

I worked at Sears back in the early 2000's (like 2001), and constantly walked around to help customers etc, I ended up getting a management position offered to me from another store because of how hard I worked and how well I dealt with customers. People notice, not just the ones you work for, but customers etc.

Hard work is it's own reward, it's true, but it also usually leads to additional rewards, and if it doesn't eventually you can find another job where it does, and you have all that experience to bring with you.

Still sounds like a terrible company

do you get paid for the morale boosting shit in the morning?

Because Walmart doesn't pay enough to deserve your full effort.

I always considered a retail job to be akin to prison torture. How it hasn't been banned by the Geneva contention yet is beyond me.

I believe a lot of it has to do with it being an accountability and mindset thing... I'll forever thank my dad for drilling it into my head. Because of him and I won't allow myself to do a s*** job at work because I'm not willing to sign my name to something of poor quality. If I'm going to do something, especially where other people are depending on me to perform - then I'm giving it full effort.

This is a very good point. But itll fall on deaf ears here at best, and be excoriated at worst.

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

I worked for about 40 years, and the worst jobs I ever had were the ones with nothing to do, where you just had to stand around and wait.

How much should they pay? $50 an hour?

Hyperbole is such fun

I'll never embrace this idea of "I'm only going to work x% of my total output capacity because I personally think that is how much their pay per hour is worth."
Like, it's your job. You were given the job description and told how much you were getting paid before you ever punched in for your first shift.

I believe a lot of it has to do with it being an accountability and mindset thing... I'll forever thank my dad for drilling it into my head. Because of him and I won't allow myself to do a shit job at work because I'm not willing to sign my name to something of poor quality. If I'm going to do something, especially where other people are depending on me to perform - then I'm giving it full effort.

They're not an employer that particularly cares about or tries to earn employees' respect, so why should employees respect them?

I always considered a retail job to be akin to prison torture. How it hasn't been banned by the Geneva contention yet is beyond me.

Not sure why anyone thinks this is a bad thing.

I worked for about 40 years, and the worst jobs I ever had were the ones with nothing to do, where you just had to stand around and wait.

More work means time goes by faster and the day is done before you know it.

Even putting aside how often the actual work ends up significantly exceeding the job description you were given upon starting (whether because you end up picking up others' slack, you get extra duties because your manager thinks you can handle them, or the job description just wasn't written well), taking a job like Walmart is very rarely a matter of "I've decided this job and wage are worth my effort and dedication." It's much more commonly a matter of "I need money and this is the best/only opportunity I've got right now, so I'll put up with it while I work toward something better." They're not an employer that particularly cares about or tries to earn employees' respect, so why should employees respect them?

zeus outing himself hard with where he gets his news after claiming that the us has villainized hard work lmfao

that's oann talking points you're parroting bud

zeus

Anonymous guy trolling with bullshit claims because he somehow thinks people realizing that hard work has been villainized is in some way a unique observation when you literally had decades of movies doing that and politicians have railed against the expectation that people work. But keep outing the fact you pay zero attention to the world.

Don't work there

Anonymous guy trolling with bullshit claims because he somehow thinks people realizing that hard work has been villainized is in some way a unique observation when you literally had decades of movies doing that and politicians have railed against the expectation that people work. But keep outing the fact you pay zero attention to the world.

keep watching oann, it's extremely blatant that that's all you do given these talking points you keep parroting lmao

here's a revelation for you: people want to work

working hasn't been villainized, low pay and shit working conditions are what's been villainized. however, the right doesn't like this and has been trying for decades to convince people that everyone else is actually lazy and don't want to work.

all you have to do is go outside to see this, but youve not only taken their bait, but you consumed enough of it now that your personality isn't even real. it's manufactured because you can't think for yourself

Encounter any Walmart furries yet?

Encounter any Walmart furries yet?

How much should they pay? $50 an hour?

Hyperbole is such fun

Thats so stupid here. You should do as little as possible, minimize effort in retail jobs. They're braindead. And evil corporations. And they deserve no respect.

Eh? Do a good job for your fellow employees and the customers? Those guys are SUCKERS! Next you'll tell me to prepare food with care if you work in fast food!!!

That kind of attitude ensures poor customer service. - "i know we got more in the back, but i can't be bothered and besides, it's walmart!" , bored look, no interaction
Lack of care with goods - slam boxes with tvs down, damaging them ensuring customer gotta come back, placing things in wrong place
Lack of personal hygiene - not washing hands, wiping nose on back of sleeve,

I mean, that kind of employee who isn't even going to pretend to care isnt someone you want working in your business anyway. I know there are some who make the job their life: that's not mandatory, but in this front end customer service job, I expect a somewhat decent experience as a customer, and all these things affect that experience.

That kind of attitude ensures poor customer service. - "i know we got more in the back, but i can't be bothered and besides, it's walmart!" , bored look, no interaction
Lack of care with goods - slam boxes with tvs down, damaging them ensuring customer gotta come back, placing things in wrong place
Lack of personal hygiene - not washing hands, wiping nose on back of sleeve,

I mean, that kind of employee who isn't even going to pretend to care isnt someone you want working in your business anyway. I know there are some who make the job their life: that's not mandatory, but in this front end customer service job, I expect a somewhat decent experience as a customer, and all these things affect that experience.

Yeah but think about how they have to come in half an hour early to do a morale boosting corporate mandated employee dance sessions

What you lose in wages, social respect, and basic dignity by working there you gain in knowing that you get to boogie down at 6:30am instead of getting an extra half hour of sleep.