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 (13619) , Sales Associate (7748) , Overnight Stocker (4392) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3824) , Stocker (3191) , Associate (2868) , Assistant Manager (2046) , Department Manager (1954) , Front End Cashier (1878) , Customer Service Representative (1736) , Personal Shopper (1670) , Personal Shopper/OGP (1404) , Team Lead (1235) , Manager (1177) , Pharmacy Technician (1176)

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 12854 reviews)); "Good benefits once you have been there long enough to be eligible and the profit sharing is also good" ((in 6950 reviews)); "Great for people who can work crazy hours and don't like to go to church on Sunday." ((in 5541 reviews)); "flexible hours gives you time to go to doctor and other places you might need to go" ((in 3698 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and the job is really easy when you get the hang of it." ((in 3695 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 12018 reviews)); "No work life balance expected to talk to customers even though the job will say you will do chats and emails" ((in 1922 reviews)); "Management is just trash too much favoritism and the hr doesn’t do nothing when you complain." ((in 1405 reviews)); "They were promoted from within with no training or direction on how to manage staff." ((in 1219 reviews)); "Poor upper management and impersonal" ((in 1198 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

(142,155 total reviews)

John Furner

58% 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 142,155 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

2.0

May 8, 2014

Lots of work, lots of frustration

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great investment in technology. Large size means ability to touch just about every aspect. HR seems to be making an effort to make it a "fun" place to work.

Cons

Usual office politics. Promotions largely determined by brown-nosing. Mgmt constantly sends out mixed messages and unachievable "goals". Lots of new talent coming in that knows everything better and then can't deliver, leading them to blame everybody but themselves. Zero work-life balance (ironically the homeoffice in Bentonville seems to do a much better job there).

2.0

Apr 15, 2014

Engineering - no accountability

Engineering

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you have the opportunity to work with the Walmart.com team, you'll learn what's involved in running a multi-billion dollar website. There are a lot of moving pieces, and learning about the function of each one in the development, release and customer lifecycle is very rewarding. Some of the more interesting teams to work with come from outside acquisitions. These teams are not mired in the bureaucracy created by the way things used to be done. Also, there are lot of opportunities for data science within the @Labs teams. If you have a strong manager you will do ok in the "alignment" process for raises - if your manager is weak you will get screwed.

Cons

Where to begin... There is a huge lack of accountability for the success of projects at all levels. Years of work can be thrown out because of poor planning and coordination between teams. The current breakdown of WebOperations, Services and Markets is failing miserably... Poor leadership and no clear vision has lead to teams working on products with no clear customers in mind. The success rate for any of the new "pangaea" projects is non-existent. It's definitely not a meritocracy society within Engineering... Your relationship with the executive team will determine how high you move up within the organization. Web Operations is a total mess... The failure of the business rests a great deal on their shoulders, with services following quickly behind. Contractors continue to fill empty seats - the employee to contractor ratio is incredible. If you work on any of the customer properties (Walmart.com, Sams.com)- write off your holidays - engineering is on call 100% and typically onsite. At some point Bentonville is going to look at what they are getting for their money and there will be a major reorganization...

1.0

Jan 28, 2014

Walmart NOC

Noc technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

pay, benefits, stock options, 401k

Cons

favoritism, cut-throat environment filled with gossip, negativity and a high-school type mentality. No support from mid-level managment. horrible on-boarding and training process. career-pathing only for Supervisor favorites. Manager is out of touch with employees and their contributions. No follow-through. Unfair employee reviews, not based on work ethic but if you are buddy buddy with the Supervisor.

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