Christmas bonus... That was one of the first things they did away with like 15 years ago. Luckily? I'm grandfathered in as a 19 year employee and get a whole 75 bucks or something. No you get NOTHING for working days like Thanksgiving, New Years... — read more 

Do you think that Walmart’s treatment of their workers with all the layoffs will hurt sales? The company has what? Two million employees? You would think those would be their best customers. But if the company treats people poorly, will they still... — read more 

Walmart is experiencing the same wane in their success as all powerful institutions before them; that's the cycle. The new trend is online shopping, and it's such a radical departure from anything the world has seen before I can't imagine what is... — read more 

Everybody knows this is our reality and I don’t see this changing anytime soon, so maybe it’s not even worth debating, but this article summed up this issue pretty well. If you read this article you will see that it’s basically about the injustice... — read more 

How many customers told you it was "oh so bad and sad" you had to work on Thanksgiving while at the same time being completely oblivious to the fact that them being there on Thanksgiving is the exact reason you were there to begin with? Maybe it's... — read more 

What a great day to be at work working for normal c-appy Walmart pay! I hope no one was dumb enough to go to work today, if you did you should reevaluate what your prioritys are. What kind of company expects its entire workforce to work for normal... — read more 

Going 3rd party on a lot of positions I'm afraid. It's already happening. Sad but it's the future for us. Happy Thanksgiving!!!

If you wanna see what the campus looks like you can go to the Bentonville planning commission and they have architectural drawings and renditions. My take on what’s happening The plan is to outsource all home-office activities including legal. The... — read more 

November 15th was my last day. After 15 years, my position was eliminated. I transferred to a neighborhood market a few years back. The neighborhood markets , in our region, eliminated assistant managers, support managers, department managers, and... — read more 

Read yesterday that 500 people were laid off from finance, is this true?

Finance department is being outsourced to a third-party. 500 associates do not have a job Monday morning at Walmart. Supposedly the jobs are safe with the third-party, however the third party has plans to cut half of the 500 after 90 days. I’m a... — read more 

Can we expect any more layoffs before the end of the year or are we safe at least throughout the holiday season?

An interesting concept, no doubt. This is definitely a new approach and if it pays off the company will benefit greatly. On the other hand, the risks are significant and I see a lot of money being poured into this. Walmart showed many times it... — read more 

Even though the author of this article said that this situation is the beginning of the battle to take on Amazon, my opinion is that we are still very far from becoming a threat to them. On the other hand, I think that it is vital that Walmart is... — read more 

...Sam's Club employees get a full day off on Thanksgiving and we don't?

The only thing that's changed is Walmart has dropped the act. Like all major successful companies, all they've e v e r cared about is their shareholders and the bottom line; it's just that, in years before, they maintained the facade of being a down... — read more 

WM is changing. The company used to listen to it's associates and customers, now it listens only to shareholders. Customers are not happy with the stores, employees used to be valued and are now just numbers, and all the out sourcing is just going to... — read more 

I am not a former employee but still an employee and yes that's all I see is age discrimination. I just had a young person that just got out of high school beat me out of a job and I had been there 18 years. And I have two degrees! And it's not the... — read more 

a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance. We all see postings from this person using the word troll on every thread and demeaning every comment posted. Practice what... — read more 

I am on the Sam's side of the business. I am being told that all the out ancillary departments w/registers will be eliminated....that would mean t-b-cco, jewelry, optical and photo. Does anyone know if this is true? I have been told that since our... — read more 

Who all gets the MY SHARE? What are the requirements for MY SHARE? I have only been with Walmart for 6 months. Any answers are always appreciated. Thank You

I agree with the author of this article. It all comes down to the price of the product. All the improvements in infrastructure, structural changes, and better services won’t do Walmart any good if it doesn’t have better, or at least similar prices as... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK-ilghgOrM Copy and past this link most all walmart Associates are felling down even depressed as the holidays are coming I'm dreading it

Any insight on the impending reorg?

Well, they just got rid of all Financial Shared Services. Genpact will move those jobs to India. Don’t believe me? Go to the Indian job site Naukri.com. Search Genpact Walmart. The jobs are already posted. I’ve been told they plan to outsource the... — read more 

Market Managers. They're the next to need to be thrown in this firey hot griddle and stir-fried around. Think about it: Just one of them can affect stores, managers and workers----for upwards of half an entire state. If they're sadistic and... — read more 

So your MyShare just paid for a VERY fancy remodel of Executive Row at the Home Office. But don't worry. They laid off 500 Associates in GBS to help pay for it. Yes, I know that they are getting ready to move to a new fancy Home Office. But they... — read more 

I’ve heard that Assistants May get the cut soon? Is there any truth to this?

Any company with 2 million employees that has to out source their accounting is not long for this world in their current state. Something is happening to WM, and the shareholders won't like the return in a few years. WM doesn't make things, it... — read more 

https://talkbusiness.net/2018/11/walmart-to-outsource-its-finance-accounting-services-to-genpact/ “The newest vendor to locate to Bentonville is New York-based Genpact, a global professional services firm, who is taking up residence inside Walmart’s... — read more 

I'm a department manager in a neighborhood market. My position, along with assistant managers, csms,and support managers , have been eliminated. I've been with walmart 15 years. They are going to teams. When the stocking is done, the stockers will... — read more 

Walmart continues to participate in the quest to explore new technologies and apply them in its business. The company announced that it is expanding its technology center in Austin TX, as part of the widening of the partnership with Microsoft, in an... — read more 

Will the job codes change for Fresh Cap Associates? Any work on anything dealing with Fresh Cap.

Hey, Any Comanager who was laid off during 2018 and have been unemployed for at least 6 months may want to look into filing for unemployment. I know in my state they require 6 months of unemployment regardless of any severance paid. Good Luck for... — read more 

-----Well, at least for me. Two stores in my city of Decatur, Il.; one is #1690. A friend of mine there yesterday told me there are only 8 o.n. associates left (out of 35 three yrs ago), there's a strong possibility of shutting down the store at... — read more 

Layoffs are slowly happening by underperforming store closures throughout this year that are happening under the radar. Where it’s not national news, yet the local news has been reporting them. Not spared, it’s just a wait and see how the holidays &... — read more 

I know Sam's is seeing some cuts currently and frankly I'm surprised we haven't heard anything about our side yet. Could it be that we are spared for once?

Wanted to post this here in case someone missed it in the media. As we know, a 20-year long collaboration between WM and Synvrony is ending in the most rugged way, the companies are going to court. If anyone is interested in the matter the details of... — read more 

I know you delete things you personally don't like----how about this TROLL we've got scampering around on here insulting people? Is your sac fully enough for that?