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 (13622) , Sales Associate (7750) , Overnight Stocker (4395) , Sales Associate/Cashier (3825) , Stocker (3191) , Associate (2871) , Assistant Manager (2046) , Department Manager (1955) , Front End Cashier (1879) , Customer Service Representative (1736) , Personal Shopper (1671) , Personal Shopper/OGP (1404) , Team Lead (1236) , 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 12707 reviews)); "Good benefits once you have been there long enough to be eligible and the profit sharing is also good" ((in 6990 reviews)); "Great for people who can work crazy hours and don't like to go to church on Sunday." ((in 5528 reviews)); "flexible hours gives you time to go to doctor and other places you might need to go" ((in 3713 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and the job is really easy when you get the hang of it." ((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 12061 reviews)); "No work life balance expected to talk to customers even though the job will say you will do chats and emails" ((in 1932 reviews)); "Management is just trash too much favoritism and the hr doesn’t do nothing when you complain." ((in 1409 reviews)); "They were promoted from within with no training or direction on how to manage staff." ((in 1215 reviews)); "Poor upper management and impersonal" ((in 1203 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

(142,189 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 142,189 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

Aug 3, 2019

Unhealthy work culture

Manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Multiple locations, teams and growing.

Cons

Space crunch. Promotions in some teams are not just based on your performance, peer review and contribution but solely who your boss is. There are a lot of managers who use your contributions for their promotions without recognizing you. The point I am making here is that Walmart is yet to develop reasonable and scientific process for promotions. There are people who get promotions every 6 months just because they are around their boss, traveling, eating together who don’t have good track record. When you asked about career growth the boss says ‘the promotions this year was based on company policy of putting women and people of color on leadership and not per performance and contribution’, but I gave you excellent review so that you get excellent bonus ‘. If you are looking to have a job, Walmart is good place. If you are looking to grow it may not be good place.

4.0

Jul 30, 2019

Overall a good job but not a place to build a career

Ecommerce associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Steady work, good working conditions. Nice people.

Cons

Theres a lot of favoritism. You can be a hard worker with perfect attendance but if you're not a favorite theres no room for advancement.

1.0

Jun 16, 2019

Okay place to start

Category specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free gym, Unlimited PTO (at your manager’s discretion)

Cons

When I started here, there was a severe lack of training. We were just thrown into the job and expected to perform. I appreciated the autonomy, but really had no sense of direction. To be honest, most of what you do makes a marginal difference. What really drives your performance is the category you’re given. Some things sell, others don’t. Another issue I had was with my manager. Putting down your employees and being passive aggressive isn’t the best way to build a team or any type of camaraderie. If someone is actually struggling, make an authentic effort to help him/ her. Don’t belittle them for not knowing something, instead teach them. That way they can go on and teach others who may be confused. If there’s one positive thing I can take from this experience, its taught me how to deal with bad management and how to be professional about it. If it weren’t for some of the great friends I’ve made, this job would’ve been a horrible experience.

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