Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,047 total reviews)
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John Furner

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,047 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Walmart employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Einzel- & Großhandel industry (3.5 stars).

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142K reviews
1.0
Nov 29, 2018

Demoralizing

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's still Fortune 1. Also, the work can be highly visible. And if you have the patience to deal with condescending behavior and a top-down culture, you might be able to introduce new technology, or at least be able to use it yourself.

Cons

The company micro-manages and uses tools that only they have heard of, which makes remaining marketable challenging. Additionally, the micro-managing removes any desire to grow, which is what all the studies show, but Walmart is too big and too profitable to care. I've had a boss look over my shoulder since day one, micro-manage my work my first week to the point where he was correcting my grammar (which is what I have pretty much studied my entire life, and "corrected" it to something that was so wrong it made me cringe). He's also infantilized me through both actions and words, and when I dare think, he says the same thing, but a different way because after all, that is how we manage in 2018 like it's the 1960s. In stereotypical/clichéd fashion, there are too many 20-something males running around with stunted maturity and inflated egos. Misogyny and narcissism come to mind.

2.0
Mar 30, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Nice people, backing of Walmart

Cons

Highly political, In adequate middle and upper level management, No accountability,

1.0
Sep 6, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1) Smart people 2) Good projects

Cons

1) Slow process 2) Blame game rather than moving forward 3) Lot of politics 4) Promotion awarded by years in company and not performance based 5) Managers scare people for layoffs even if they are working fine 6) Be fast paced if you really want to excel in e-commerce game.

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Walmart Response
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I appreciate you taking the time to write such a detailed review for us. We value all feedback, so we can make changes to improve. It's great to hear that you worked with smart people and had some good projects while here. Yet, I'm disappointed that you had a less than average experience in other areas. You have brought a lot of information forward and I can assure you that we will be looking into the issues that you were seeing. If you feel comfortable doing so, I would welcome the chance to hear your feedback directly via email or over the phone. Please reach out to me – Becky S., SVP Human Resources
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