I keep reading on Walmart forum about changes happening there - major layoffs, major reshuffling - and now I'm wondering if any of that is going to spill over to us? Actually, judging by what people have been saying, preparations for it might have... — read more
It’s time for me to speak about our store closure
To begin it all started with not receiving a wine reset back 6 months ago! The wine vendor told us it was unusual. The last time a club didn’t receive one they were closed according to them. At this point a group of associates started putting things... — read more
Market managers Dalas Meeting
How.many of you have been told CMs will be out of their home stores on Thursday? Figure, whatever is coming next will be told to them that morning. Which means, most likely, we will all know Friday. So much swirling around in guessing. From... — read more
Store closures
Why are we assuming more stores are going to close?
Electronics
We've had a direct tv wireless associate mention he didn't know if he was going to stick around.. wasn't sure how long till they took over the entire dept... not to mention they have been training new associates literally daily. I think they know... — read more
The CEO to speak at Arkansas economic development foundation lunch
I really wonder what he is going to say. Shurley he is going to speak of all the good business that has been done at Sam’s Club, and I bet not a word will be spoken about the layoffs, overworked an underpaid employees, clueless manager etc... — read more
TL positions
Does anyone know about if there will be any team lead changes??
Cash Office Associate
I know Walmart stores have completely taken out cash office associates. Anyone heard whether Sam's will do the same? Supposedly the Asst. Managers will do the job.
Tma
I heard tire department team lead is in question
This hits the nail on the head!.
Some of us have been here long enough to remember things that used to make you feel like you were part of a family and not just a company. Christmas bonus A free pie on Thanksgiving A free ham on Christmas A $1 an hour extra on Sundays for taking... — read more
Jewelry
I heard there will be a “member needs assistance “ button installed at the jewelry counter...anybody know what that means? Please no sarcasm or unwanted snide comments.
New registers
So today, 1/6 after closing, new registers and self checkouts are being installed. Is it safe to assume that our store would not be on the closing list??
Marketing lead
Gone 2 advantage coordinator
Greed has taken over
We do own the company. We, as associates (long term) are shareholders. The company used to invest in “people” and they had “respect for the individual”. Among the other basic beliefs that started this company. We’ve gotten away from that and it... — read more
Quit Crying
I do not understand why all the people get on here just to demonize the company. Get over it. You do not own the company, you obviously have not moved to a postition that directly influences the direction the company wants to go. Your only... — read more
Thursday
This Thursday is calibration day for all salaried manager roles. There will be several managers that will be terminated based on job performance. When they restructured last year th evaluations were changed as well and the evaluations are much harder... — read more
Let's get a roll call going.
This coming week "should be" the week of club closures. Thursday is what they did last year. Take a look around your club. Talk to receiving and overnights. Are you getting less and less shipments? Is your deli area looking bare and not much coming... — read more
New schedule
Any club on heree on the new scheduling system?
Electronics
Anyone heard of Electronics getting displaced for good by the 3rd party vultures?
Writing on the wall
For the past few weeks our fresh areas have been getting less and less freight in. We don't usually receive what we order either. They're shorting us on a lot of items too. I don't believe this to be accidental, but purpose driven. Our club is super... — read more
Corporate visits
Does anyone know why a club would have several corporate visits all the time? I feel lile corporate is in my club walking around with the cm atleast 4x a month. Is this normal?
Manager Meeting in Dallas
Has anyone heard why the club managers are heading to Dallas within the week?
Block scheduling
What is that? How does it work?
SalesPro2.0
Not understanding why we have a Salespro 2.0 Not any different than salespro.. Alot more work entering all this info. And the leads it does provide are ridiculous.
Why you shouldn't worry that Sam's will close
Just a few comments here: Wal-Mart will not sell off Sam's Club for multiple reasons. The first being that it is an extremely profitable company. The company closed 60 clubs down last year because they were using the profits from 120 clubs to keep... — read more
Backroom Severance Package
Has anyone received their severance check that was affected by the new Backroom Positions on Dec. 7? I have been in the club I devoted 25+ years to, and their Receiving area and Claims area is the biggest mess ever. They put 2 people back there to... — read more
Membership Express
New program launching. Leads are safe
We might be on the "worst" list...
To nobody's surprise, Costco is on the list of best places to work on Glassdoor for 2019. Also to nobody's surprise, Sam's Club is nowhere to be seen on the same list. Just another thing they are way, way ahead of us in... — read more
More closings?
I heard more closings might be announced soon, but nothing near the level of the last round. Is this true? I was hoping we were done with closing for at least a while, so I'm hoping this will turn out to be false. I'm tired of always having to worry... — read more
Let's enjoy one another the next few weeks.
Because like it or not there will be changes around the corner. Some clubs will probably close, and some will lose their position. We don't know who... I know it's stressful, but there's nothing we can do. So instead of making ourselves crazy let's... — read more
Team leaders
Anyone legit heard changes about TL positions? I've read several different but haven't heard anything from my club. Just curious.. is anyone on here from an actual club that's made changes?
Manager Calibrations
Has anyone heard if they are going to be letting managers go or moving them around like last year? I know the calibrations were done in December, makes me think some people will be let go or swapped around again.
Wireless vulchers
Any one else have an issue with NEW mobile associates practically taking over electronics? Did I miss an announcement? We had 4 today! And 1 had the nerve to interrupt me today helping a member with TVs to ask if we had questions about TVs. He didn't... — read more
Spring Merchandise
Does all club already have Spring merchandise set.
Would Walmart ever give up on Sam's Club?
I'm starting to get more of a feeling that Walmart is getting ready to give up on us. We have long stopped being competitive and our members are mostly...let's say not what they used to be. And leadership's ways of dealing with that are focused... — read more
Are Changes Comimg? Maybe.
I have been on this site for over two years now and have read every post, and one thing I’ve learned is that we all know changes are coming but the information on this site is normally only correct about 30-40% of the time. We have to try to stay as... — read more
Open hours
Has anyone heard our hours are changing?
You'll know on January 9
If any clubs will close, there will be a note on your time clock the night of Wednesday Jan 9th. The meeting will be at 7am on the 10th, and reopen Friday the 11th. It will stay open for 2 weeks, so the store can sell everything. This gives them the... — read more
No more severance packages starting the beginning of new fiscal year 2019.
Severance will no longer be offered to managers or qualifying associates under the new H.O. guidelines.
Scheduling
New scheduling coming Anyone know about this?