Walmart reviews

This is the worst managed company I have ever had the pain of working with. All management are more concerned with appearances than actual work. Hard work is frowned upon and honesty is actively discouraged. All we do is go around in circles. I have seen some of the best architects and operators in the world leave and last less than even a year.

I'll try to focus on what I consider system wide failures of the WM corporation and current situation. For one, the main feelings I had at the end of each work day were ones of shame and degradation. There were some occasions that I would say only that I felt/feel violated, though it's not the immediate association that one would have--no sexual harassment or physical bullying, and even a lack of interpersonal bullying based on social status within the frame. Instead, it was a mechanical following of procedure down to a degree that made me feel that a machine was coldly using only policy and never a personal regard when determining if I was meeting expectations, especially in dress code. The dress code itself is not horrible--the navy/royal blue top of some sort and khakis. We were told during orientation that dressing up is fine--i.e. I could wear a dress and heels. However, upon being finally dismissed from "training," and entering the pharmacy, I learned about the fact that no personal bags or purses were allowed, and no jackets. After a few days of wearing a sweater jacket and arthritis gloves, I was told both had to go. The gloves especially were difficult to accept. I do have arthritis, which is caused by psoriasis and my hands are the most affected for both. The lesions and broken, bleeding sores of the psoriasis during a flare is difficult for me to go out with--I feel so ugly and gross that it is difficult to operate. This was occuring between a medication change, which caused a flare, and since this winter is atrocious, the pain was definitely a factor for me as well. I was told that of course I could wear them--after I manage to make a trip specially to see my doctor and obtain the proper forms that "allowed" me to wear these very thin fingerless gloves, and that during this process I would be forced to convince management of WHY i needed them, and the shame of the personal feelings was nervewracking. I could not afford either the time or the money to make a trip to the doctor, and I dreaded the events of this official request process so much that I just didn't wear them. Pharmacy regulations are a bit different, and I was told that some positions didn't have to follow the same ones I would. For instance, some managers told me that the employees were allowed to have bottled water (why only water? I don't know). For others, it appeared to be acceptable to dress within code with slight "extras" such as my sweater jacket. However, in pharmacy, not only were we not allowed to have drinks at all, but also could not bring our jackets or purses to even hang in the specially assigned pharmacist bathroom adjacent to the pharmacy. I'm a heavy drinker anyway and always feel the need to have a sip at hand. However, combined with a flu I got almost immediately, it was excruciating to wait hours until I was able to get a drink from the tiny little locker we were allowed in the very back of the store. However, this was the way it was commanded, and apparently the reasons most people have never questioned it is that they felt the need to keep their jobs and feared retaliation. Walmart keeps its policy on its intranet, the Wire. However, this can ONLY be accessed while on the clock and at work, never at home or to come in off the clock or on breaks. Therefore, for me at least, it was impossible to access these policies. Very bad thinking and I felt that I was purposely blinded from the official documentation even tho the biggest effect would have HELPED me in my job. See, at my pharmacy, there were reports done on regular basis, but unfortunately only one person may know the routines. Seriously, there was never a cross trained other employee or even a tiny little note to help explain processes. No one ever knew anything. When I attempted to find out more info, I was tattled by my coworkers who claimed that since I also attempted to see what the pharmacist tech official walmart program was, and yet still had some work to do, it was making them mad. WTF? This was an effort to improve myself at the same position, and to find info on how to do the jobs I was "not doing." I'm still not sure who exactly had it out for me, and many experiences left me feeling not only degraded and stuck, but also distrustful and alone. Oh, so much more I can say. But I'll save everyone's time by just suggesting that you really think when you accept a position from WM.