I'm just curious is all. When our club closed a man from HO came in the night before. Pulled our CM into the conference room and gave the news. We got the note on the time clock. The next morning the same guy came in with our CM and was walking the... — read more
One floor Team Lead
I have been hearing this a lot. How is it possible to get all your audits done and do day to day supervising. If this is true they should give us a raise.
Guessing time...
If you were going to guess what's happening this week, what would you say is going to go down? Interested in the theories out there, since we are mere hours away from hearing what it is. Go ahead, guess away...
We live in some tough times
Reading this board I see a constant debate between the long-time workers and the younger folks about the different perceptions of working at a retail company. I can understand that people that remember better times and times when the values that were... — read more
Severance package are going away
I heard severance package are going away starting Feb 2019
How do I volunteer for layoffs?
Is there a way to volunteer for layoffs at Sam's Club? I've been wanting to leave for a while now, and I have enough years to get a decent severance package, which is certainly incentive enough not to just pack up and leave right away. Is there a way... — read more
Tic toc
Its almost time. To the ones who are effected to whats about to happen , know, you are the lucky ones , stay strong and ride out the storm .
I am one of those 20 year olds
I am one of those 20 year olds that keeps getting talked about and I want everyone on here that keeps bashing my generation to stop for one second and look at what has happened to you are that is about to happen to you. Yes all longterm associates... — read more
The difference between a good club and a bad club is the associates
It's very simple. The difference between a good club and a bad club is the associates. Bad associates can make good managers look bad. They can also make bad manages look good. Over the years in many clubs we have lost a lot of good associates and... — read more
Produce/Cafe cross training
Can someone please tell me what exactly they will be cross training in each area, what are the particulars? And with this training does that mean from day to day you will work produce or cafe whenever they feel like doing this?
Will Walmart changes spill over to us?
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