Do Not Join - Category Manager Walmart Employee Review

1.0
15 Mar 2020
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Pros: -Unlimited PTO -Subsidized food -Free snacks and drinks

Cons

Cons: -401K match only kicks in after 1 year -Hyper competitive, political, hierarchical, narcissistic culture riddled with backstabbing -Tensions among high level executives -Performance review consists of endless criticisms and no positive feedback -Peer review designed to discredit and make you look bad -The entire company just going thru the motion to look good. Pressure to spin success stories, instead of fixing what truly needs to be fixed to play catch up with Amazon. -Unrealistic expectations. -Roles and priorities are unfocused. Asked to do more and more work without a clear strategy or framework. -Bad systems and tools. A lot of grunt work to get reports and analyses and visibility into business. Spent a lot time submitting tickets for system issues. Long hours. -Poor training and onboarding process. Not set up for success. -Agreed with the comments below. Beware of certain categories like home and fashion! If you have options, do not join! This company will rob you of your morale, make your life a living hell and lead you down to depression!

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Thank you so much for taking time to share this review. We appreciate you.
5.0
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Pros

Advancement opportunities, great at developing skills, great place to learn a skill and grow your resume, or grow with the company.

Cons

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Thank you so very much for this review and advice. We value this and will be sharing with our leadership teams.
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