I refuse to think that someone at wal-mart doesn't care. There has to still be someone in this company or corporation that has some of Sam Walton's beliefs and standards. I refuse to believe or think of Wal_Mart as the big bad company. Some of the people running it are not the right people to be running it and I just hope that they don't run everything that Sam worked so hard for right into the ground.

The people who take the time to write their feelings here care. Good or bad.  When you consider how many hours a day you spend that are work related you should care. No one likes to be taken advantage of. No one wants to get a below average or what ever....How many times have you seen in your store the politics involved in promotions etc? Hard work is a personal decision. I know I've done a  good job, I know when I've slacked off. The fact is managers are human too. They get little or no training from Wal-Mart. How many of your store managers and assistants have been sent out for sensitivity training? {only after they hurt someone's feelings or break a law} The Company we work for needs to stop growing and deal with what they have for a while. It is sadly lacking. Making new rules and policies doesn't help when the biggest offenders are responsible for enforcement. Management comes and management goes. The good ones are honest, don't put up with Wal-Mart's revolving policy door and won't treat people the way Wal-Mart tells them to. We're stuck with what's left. They find a way around new policies that are put in place to protect us. Like the career dashboard. Cut out favoritism, no. But it does let the company, not just the store, know where I want to go or be. It's suppose to be monitored. Yea right. By who? There are more than enough policies, programs etc. Monitor your management team. We sell things to people every day. We don't have to justify our existence. We earn our money and managements too. When I don't get enough return on my investment, I stop investing and start looking around to see what's up. Sorry for the soapbox but I've been looking around a while now.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are some mgt. members that still care, but some of them have been treated like crap too and they have feelings too. The caring has to start at the top. When you have a poor store mgr. you're going to have problems with your mgt. team. We have a new co-mgr. and after only one week at the store I can tell you this guy does care about the associates. Our store has gone through alot this past year, and we need a strong leader that can build the morale back up and I believe we have it in this co. mgr. We're still waiting on a new store mgr. to be named but I see a bright future for my store. I do believe that Wal-Mart as a company needs to focus back on what got them to the top.

"I do believe that Wal-Mart as a company needs to focus back on what got them to the top."

 

That right there what you said it worth a million. its priceless.

 

I remember when wal-mart first came to town back in 1986 I remember how everyone always said how you could always find someone to help you. There were always enough employees. Wal_mart use to have a good name. I still have the shirt I bought back then about buying American. Sam believed in buying American.

 

Wal_Mart needs Sam Waltons values.

It is unfortunate that Wal-Mart considers the easiest way to cut is to send their associates home.  They expect the merchandise to sell itself.  I have been with the company for 14 years now and I don't see it getting any better.  I like my job but I don't like Wal-Mart anymore as a company.  Yes, they have good benefits, but they are changing that like everything else they have changed over the years.  I don't believe I have gotten 40 hours for close to 5 years now.  The My Share Bonuses are nice but that doesn't make up for not getting 40 hours a week.  The evales are a joke now I believe.  It depends on who your assistant is who gets the above eval.  While you watch other associates not doing their jobs or slacking alot they get the same as you do.  I have to not let it bother me, just go ahead and do my job to the best of my ability and take each day a day at a time.  Have to last another 11 years to become that people greeter.....Don't understand the hiring only part time people also,  the job with Wal-Mart will just be a stepping stone until something better comes along.

Alot of the long time associates at my store tell me that it all changed when Sam died and the children took over. That's so sad when you think about it because Sam raised those children with his values, so what caused it to all change? I spent almost an hour with a customer the other day, helping with a list of toys she needed for mentally challenged adults in a group home. I have helped her the past couple years and I will help her again next month and any other customers that need my help. I may be dismayed with the company, but I refuse to let that stop me from putting the customers first, exactually what Sam Walton wanted us to do.

I've been with WalMart for 15 years now and got an exceeds at every eval but one and that  was from an Assistant Manager that was covering for my regular one. I've had at least 9 Assistant Managers over the years. I work a full 8 hours every day and don't slack off till the badge is in my locker. I hear a lot of the new associates say how they never get exceeds and I see the same ones chatting away with their friends when they should be working so don't feel sorry for them. The only gripe I've got is one day I'll hit the pay cap and then no more raises, that's the day I start slacking off too.

I agree in that you have to treat your employees well enough in the first place if you dont' want them to seek 3rd party representation or to represent themselves.