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 (13607) , Sales Associate (7743) , Overnight Stocker (4391) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3822) , Stocker (3190) , Associate (2864) , Assistant Manager (2046) , Department Manager (1954) , Front End Cashier (1876) , Customer Service Representative (1736) , Personal Shopper (1673) , Personal Shopper/OGP (1404) , Team Lead (1235) , Manager (1176) , Pharmacy Technician (1173)

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 12731 reviews)); "Good benefits once you have been there long enough to be eligible and the profit sharing is also good" ((in 6997 reviews)); "Great for people who can work crazy hours and don't like to go to church on Sunday." ((in 5510 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and the job is really easy when you get the hang of it." ((in 3721 reviews)); "flexible hours gives you time to go to doctor and other places you might need to go" ((in 3651 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 12065 reviews)); "No work life balance expected to talk to customers even though the job will say you will do chats and emails" ((in 1919 reviews)); "Management is just trash too much favoritism and the hr doesn’t do nothing when you complain." ((in 1400 reviews)); "Poor upper management and impersonal" ((in 1217 reviews)); "They were promoted from within with no training or direction on how to manage staff." ((in 1207 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

(142,073 total reviews)

John Furner

60% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

3.1

Culture & values

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

Walmart has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 142,073 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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Reviews by job title

142K reviews

2.0

Oct 4, 2018

Poor choice

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I guess good work life balance, comp is somewhat ok

Cons

This place can hardly be called a tech company, outdated technologies, unstable infrastructures, very limited cloud resources, lack of expertise in its own cloud infra team, low efficient cross team communications. Managers tend to avoid making key decisions and are good at playing a long term doing-nothing game. Undocumented hiring criteria and poorly adopted annual review (now it's biannual) put a lot of people into unqualified positions. If you're looking for a place to grow as IC, don't waste your time here.

3.0

Aug 13, 2018

No room for growth

Category specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Competitive benefits, fun office and team culture

Cons

No room for growth - they want to keep you in your role as long as possible

Walmart Response

7y

I am happy to see you enjoyed working in our amazing office space and team culture. We pride ourselves on our amazing culture; it’s no secret we have the best associates around! I am sad to see you have not been able to experience any growth with us. We strive for excellence in all that we do and part of this is creating opportunities for all our associates to build a career with us. If you would like to discuss any potential career paths, or your clear path for success, please reach out to me or any member of your direct leadership team. - Michelle G.

3.0

Jan 6, 2018

Category Specialist

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Benefits - Work life balance - Casual dress code - Free parking on site - Real experience in managing a product category - Company as a whole is going the right direction in terms of growth and brand equity - A lot of exciting activity going on in the ecommerce space, and Walmart seems to be pivoting and innovating accordingly

Cons

- Mediocre training and resources to learn and develop as an employee - A lot of politics - Very restricted room for growth in this position, seeing as hundreds of people are being hired, the company will want CSs to stay in their role for as long as possible. - You will eventually be doing work that is well above your role in the hierarchy, yet not be fairly compensated/ promoted for the work. Meritocracy is nonexistant. - Very inefficient processes, lack of communication, lack of collaboration, and most employees are simply complacent. Not the place to work if you are driven.

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