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 (13611) , Sales Associate (7744) , Overnight Stocker (4392) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3823) , Stocker (3190) , Associate (2866) , Assistant Manager (2046) , Department Manager (1954) , Front End Cashier (1877) , 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 12849 reviews)); "Good benefits once you have been there long enough to be eligible and the profit sharing is also good" ((in 6944 reviews)); "Great people and potential to win in a highly competitive market; many interesting problems to solve." ((in 5529 reviews)); "flexible hours gives you time to go to doctor and other places you might need to go" ((in 3704 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and the job is really easy when you get the hang of it." ((in 3681 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 12067 reviews)); "No work life balance expected to talk to customers even though the job will say you will do chats and emails" ((in 1947 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 1229 reviews)); "Poor upper management and impersonal" ((in 1181 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

(142,090 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 142,090 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

4.0

Feb 13, 2018

Great Place for a Safe Job

Category specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Work Life Balance Fair Pay for hours worked Never a demand to work late Very smart people Interesting work in a massively changing space Lots of empowerment through flat org and room to grow Lots of shuttle to work

Cons

Overall benefits are slim Food is only "subsidized," but that really means it's full price Insurance is nothing to brag about No commute reimbursement Lots of work that will keep you in the weeds Bit of an identity crisis & what to do with Jet

3.0

Feb 11, 2018

Great place to work, mission out on some key benefits though.

Category specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Outside of holiday season there I a great work life balance. As long as you get your job done managers are happy. I have been with the company for just over 6 months and really love the culture at the office. I am given a lot of freedoms to figure things out and make my own decisions. The company is rapidly changing so it is a great place to think outside the box. I also like the fact I have access to my manager and other managers everyday day.

Cons

Two big cons. I was hired as a category specialist. Walmart has been hiring tons of category specialist and will continue to. The problem is there is no clear answer about what the path of the category specialist is. The company really needs to figure what they are going to do with category specialist soon. Another major problem is that category specialist are being hired for the same job but different category specialist are paid (starting salaries) at different levels even though we all do the same job. Just know that you can being the same job as someone else with the same title and being paid less. Also big con is that it seems like Walmart is having a hard time hiring as many category specialist as they want so new hires are being paid more than those category specialist with almost a year of Walmart experience. Basically new hires could be making more than someone with a year on the job which is a joke.

1.0

Jan 13, 2018

Difficult Job

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Job wasn't difficult and there were some great people

Cons

Upper management treated you like you were replaceable and didn't care about the individual at all

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