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 (13608) , Sales Associate (7744) , Overnight Stocker (4392) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3822) , Stocker (3190) , Associate (2866) , 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 (1177) , Pharmacy Technician (1174)

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

(142,079 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 142,079 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

1.0

Jul 8, 2018

Bad appraisal practice

Sde-iii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, Transport, Huge amount of data to handle

Cons

bell curve implementation, negative environment all around, good talent leaving the company. So much politics and favouritism

Walmart Response

7y

Thank you for your feedback. Your inputs are certainly a cause for concern for the organization. Have you tried getting these addressed with the leadership/HR team? The bell curve itself is a guideline to enable teams to identify our top talent and not meant to be deterrent from strong performers. If you have identified incorrect practices please bring up the case with HR. Walmart encourages an environment of open and transparent feedback in a non-retaliatory manner. I am positive you should be able to find a good place where you will be able to grow your career going forward. All the best.

1.0

Jun 4, 2018

A Negative Experience

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* If you are in a good team with a good boss, it can be a decent place to work. You've got to be very careful with that "if" though - not all teams or bosses there are created equal. * It's still possible to have work-life balance there, especially if you are not in one of the teams supporting customer-facing apps.

Cons

* Way too much consensus decision making. It takes forever for decisions to be made there. * Politically charged culture. It's all smiles and friendly handshakes on the surface, but if you're not on guard, they will run a bayonet through you at the least expected moment. * Contractors here are generally treated as second-class citizens. * If you are stuck with a bad boss or bad team, start looking. When I was brought on board, I discovered that the boss wanted me to use "process" to micromanage his team for him while he played Walmart politics. Meanwhile, his team was telling me how much they hated process. This was a situation that was set up to fail, and made worse when my boss started micromanaging me. I put up with a lot of guff from him, including numerous times when he would belittle me in front of his team, before he summarily dumped me by way of my agency. He was too much of a jerk to have that final "we're done here" meeting with me.

Walmart Response

7y

Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review. I am happy to hear you were able to maintain a work life balance while working with us. We strongly believe in acting with integrity by being not only honest but also fair with each individual. It concerns me to see some of the other feedback you mentioned. I personally believe culture is one of the areas that has helped progress us forward. We want everyone to feel welcomed and treated fairly. If there are politics in the office, we work to address it as soon as possible. Regarding the time line of decisions, we strive to make changes and decisions as quick as possible, but there are times when we do have to take a step back and re-evaluate our situation. I also want to assure you we hold all of our leadership team to high expectations and they are to treat each associate with respect by listening, leading by example, and being inclusive. If you have more details on these specific topics you would like to share, please reach out to me. - Becky S.

2.0

Apr 10, 2018

Too much politics, too little work

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunity, different teams, interesting work

Cons

Teams are bogged down by politics. There is so much opportunity yet direction is sometimes unclear and projects got to 70/80% and then get canned

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