Does Walmart pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Walmart employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Walmart. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Walmart?

55% of Walmart employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Walmart 3.1 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Walmart?

Cashier (13647) , Sales Associate (7755) , Overnight Stocker (4404) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3828) , Stocker (3198) , Associate (2877) , Assistant Manager (2048) , Department Manager (1955) , Front End Cashier (1882) , Customer Service Representative (1738) , Personal Shopper (1673) , Personal Shopper/OGP (1405) , Team Lead (1238) , Manager (1178) , Pharmacy Technician (1177)

What are the pros of working at Walmart according to real employee reviews?

"EASY WORK! It’s very simple to learn and be very good at Pay WAS good for what the job is" ((in 12858 reviews)); "Good benefits once you have been there long enough to be eligible and the profit sharing is also good" ((in 6979 reviews)); "Great people and potential to win in a highly competitive market; many interesting problems to solve." ((in 5612 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and the job is really easy when you get the hang of it." ((in 3700 reviews)); "flexible hours gives you time to go to doctor and other places you might need to go" ((in 3689 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Walmart according to real employee reviews?

"Poor management: some of the managers were rude and did not care about their workers." ((in 11996 reviews)); "No work life balance expected to talk to customers even though the job will say you will do chats and emails" ((in 1929 reviews)); "Management is just trash too much favoritism and the hr doesn’t do nothing when you complain." ((in 1431 reviews)); "They were promoted from within with no training or direction on how to manage staff." ((in 1204 reviews)); "Poor upper management and impersonal" ((in 1199 reviews))

What are employees saying about Walmart layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Walmart layoffs and their outlook for job security at Walmart in 2026.

Walmart reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(142,437 total reviews)

John Furner

57% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

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Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,437 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

3.0

Sep 10, 2014

WalMart Information Systems Division

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Software development teams are given a large amount of freedom to do things how they want. Management is not afraid to let "associates" take risks. The annual bonus is usually quite good. Promotions are no more difficult to come by than they are elsewhere. Wal-Mart has a huge connection to almost every vendor one could imagine. Therefore, many Wal-Mart employees view a job here as a "stepping stone" to somewhere else, and it is very good for that.

Cons

The large degree of freedom given to software development teams is accomplished via little oversight, which leads to convoluted, hard to maintain systems built by junior developers. Annual salary is below industry average - they will attempt to justify this by the cheaper cost of living in Bentonville, but the salary gap is much larger than this could account for. Health benefits are not good. You will works lots of hours and nights and frequently be "on call" 24x7 - especially if you are a "go-to" person. Mandatory 7:30am - 5:30pm workday for salaried employees.

3.0

Sep 7, 2014

Hardest job in my life, love/hate it.

Dc order filler

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

The warehouse size 1.2 mil sq ft, 25 miles of conveyor belt in building. How everything and everyone work together to achieve a goal of getting goods to the customer is truly amazing. Work with some great people. The pay and benefits are very good. I don't mind the work itself, but the pressure of making production makes all the difference.

Cons

Some of the leadership is very good. Some of it is in not keeping with the company's 3 basic beliefs: Respect for the Individual • Service to our Customers • Striving for Excellence. The company increase production rates every year, increasing the already high amount of stress in the warehouse. They push the employees beyond what is reasonable. As a result, often times, employees cut corners to achieve production goals, compromising safety and product integrity, which in turn lowers morale. People are exhausted. They chug energy drinks and energy pills like they were water and candy, which compromises their endocrine systems and causes further exhaustion.

4.0

Aug 17, 2014

Love the job

Overnight stocker

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

I have been with walmart for a few months now, and im loving it there. I work in overnight frozen/dairy, and though it may not pay well, its better pay than my last job. Cant really complain much. Friendly management, hard working employees, and stocks are mostly up.

Cons

Some dont follow the book when it comes to the rules and safty, inventory is a nightmare, and its almost impossible to move up unless you work so hard your body hits the floor.

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