Thread regarding Walmart layoffs

100% true I started in 1998 when I was in high school and worked there for years

-In college if I wanted 60 hours I could work 60 hours.

-If I wanted a day off, my manager would just tell me to cross myself off the schedule.

-Call off 9 times eval comes around and you had 0 absences.

-management always buying us pizza for no reason, I volunteered to work on new years eve (still a division 1 store, we closed at 11 anyway) and our manager ordered 9 sheet pizzas for the ghost staff of like 10 people, store was completely dead

-hour breaks on a 15 on the clock on a 5 hour shift that management knew about and approved of because we got so much work done on such a short shift

-one year we lost all our stockmen during snowy Christmas so me and another guy intentionally went and pushed carts voluntarily (mainly so we didn't have to deal with customers), and we were congratulated for helping the store

It just got progressively worse with no staffing, though some of us could still get away with a lot. I was able to do the dept. manager duties for my dept in like an hour and just basically chatted it up with customers most of the day. Eventually though you get sick of it, there are better places to work. When I was making more not being there than being there I decided enough was enough and headed for the exit. I've been in shopping on occasion but rarely do because Wal-Mart is expensive for the low quality stuff they offer.

With the rumors of robots, tighter attendance, the place will become a ghost town and shrink will skyrocket. I expect them to run out of enough people to willing to work there in about 5 years.

Some people see the positives. I just see it as Kmart in 1990, too big to fail, but it did. Dollar General will capitalize on convenience, Amazon will capitalize on internet. Wal-Mart will be left with these giant hulking stores. Better grocery store chains will push them out. Eventually the Going out of Business signs will be widespread.

Yep I worked in 1989, those were the good all days. When you would announce birthdays over the PA, got time and a half on Sundays, could visit and have better customer service than now also. Was not such a rat race go go go. You’re under the microscope now. It’s all about money money money. So sad to see her go downhill. You got time and a half on Sundays, we were open from 12 o’clock to 6 PM on Sundays. Overnights got a better pay, they were happy. You were not a 24 hour store, they closed at 9 o’clock, got out about 10 or 10:30 PM. Sam Walton is probably flip flop it in his grave if you can see what his happened to his company he started, when people were cared for, that’s how it should be. And yes we did get great pay, but the hours were good everybody was happy in the store. They were willing to work with you, so you worked hard for them.

Hey poe, I live on the planet where you don't have to be a sarcastic pe--swagger to disagree with someone. Apparently your store had a different o.t. policy, and since you obviously never experienced mine, you've already admitted you don't know what you're talking about.

Now Walmart is a sh--hole full of sociopaths. The unethical behavior by leadership is everywhere. When will someone file a class action lawsuit ?

Also there were enough people in a department to keep it running smoothly. In apparel there were a dept. manager, daytime sales clerk, 2nd shift sales clerk and a stocker for each area. There were 4 areas not including jewelry and shoes. Most stores were inventory ready on a daily basis . Overtime was offered in some stores weekly. And as hard as this is to believe---People cared. Management cared. NO things were not perfect but they were a lot better than they are today

I don't know what planet your living on because WMT never liked/allowed overtime. Yes you would get it on occasion but it was never the trick of --it was getting out with less than 20 + hrs. of o.t./week....and I started even further back than you...in the 80's and I know for a fact how managers that allowed unlimited overtime were treated....associates were not scheduled with 20+ hours of overtime on a consistent basis or....the store would get a new manager.

Having said that...some of the stuff you stated is true...Walmart was a place for advancing and growing your career....Walmart used to be a great place to work......and I got time and 1/2 for Sundays.

Other things: it was a great place for elderly and retired persons to work. Most of them were People Greeters, and were so happy for the social outlet and productive time expenditure they made the shopping experience wonderful for customers of all ages. .... Also, developmentally challenged people were given job opportunities-----which helped them emotionally, stimulated the local economy a bit, gave Walmart a nice community image----and governmental vouchers from SSI as well.

Someone just mentioned the Sunday premium. Yes, that and the overnight one as well----they made insentives for you to work off hours most folks prefer not to. See, there were good reasons why WM had become such a massive U.S. employer. .................................... But now?

I started full time in 1999 as a "Code 50" (aka Cart Pusher) at a division 1 store.

Store used to close early on Sundays (6pm?) and there was a wage premium of $1 a hour for working on Sundays.