How many years did you work and put in the nights/weekends/hours because WFC took priority over all else? I'm making really good money right now but I work all the time. I know that if I scale back, my job will no longer be secure considering the environment I work in but I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it. I'm tired all the time, I don't get enough sleep, and I certainly don't get enough time with my family. Does it ever get easier?
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Post ID: @rje+1c1MhFt7 From where I sit, a Wal*Mart greeter job seems like a dream job.
Job security was something our grandparents had back in the days when 30% of the country had a union job
Adding in wifes (it was a different time) and kids, union jobs supported about half the country.
But unions mean paying people and treating them well, and yes I know unions have their issues, but union busting meant more money going to shareholders.
And it enabled corporate America to transfer pension plans to 401K plans, which give corporate America a cut, and seldom provide the retirement security like a pension.
And yes, I know pension plans have issues. You can fix issues.
401K plans are not fixable for most people, and retiring when the market is down means you'll be spending the first few years of your well earned retirement saying "welcome to Walmart" instead of watching a ballgame.
Interesting, I was told that there is no such thing as job security.
40 years.
work here almost 44 years and am the lead patch master
I once was told that there is know such thing as job security. At that time I didn’t believe it. Once I was issued a employee number I finally seen the light.
I had 43 plus years at WF and it accounted for very little at the end. I can’t complain as I was always a believer in not being owed anything other then a paycheck. I was very lucky in that my senior management had seen my dedication and did what they could for me.
I also have always thought that there should be a gap maintained between the lowest and highest paid including senior officers. Without the front line TM there wouldn’t be any progress made.
People talking about family time, if you work hard you can save/invest more and retire young, so you'll be spending 24/7 with family for decades while lazy guy is still putting in his bare minimum 40 every week as a Walmart greeter.
I don't have a family or friends. My work week is around 45 hours. The responses about hugging your family makes me sad, but I guess at the end of the line (pearly gates or displacement) I won't regret working hard because I didn't take time away from anything else. Work is all I have.
Dear OP,
When it's your time (to get laid off or go to the Pearly Gates), and none of know when our time will come or we will be called for either, none of the hours you put in at WF will matter, at all. You know what will? The hugs and time you spent with your family, making memories. You won't get into heaven because you put in 70 hour weeks at WF, or helped our shareholders or executive team. You'll be judged by what you did on this earth and what your priorities were. Slaving for a corporation that doesn't give a rip about you, won't make you whole. The graveyard is full of people who thought they were indispensable, full. And yes, there's lots of people dying to get into the graveyard. Ha.
Work less, play more.
I don't work hard for 'the company', I work hard for me. Go ahead and be "40 and out guy" your whole career, it's your career, just don't cry a river or blame nepotism when someone else gets selected for promotions or gets a better raise than you. Does it always work out that way? No, but the odds are in your favor. Successful people tend to be incredibly hard working. Not universally, but the vast majority.
@dze+1c1MhFt7 Our jerk face senior director refers to the people on the team as "resources".
Great advice and replies from everyone. Loudspeaker idea. We went from “team members” to “ employees”. Let’s take it a step further and refer to “employees” now as “numbers”
If you got laid off tomorrow, would you regret not putting more effort into your job, or would you regret sacrificing all that family time?
“my job will no longer be secure”
I hate to break this to you, but your job is already not secure. Hard work and dedication may (emphasis on MAY) get you a good performance evaluation, a bonus, or a raise, but everyone in the rank and file here is viewed as expendable. EVERYONE. If your work-life is out of balance, imagine how you’ll feel about everything and everyone in your personal life you let suffer for the sake of a corporate machine that in the end lets you go when your salary falls into the costs to cut column. You worry about time with family? Who’s more important?
Even being on STD (which is supposed to be a ‘benefit’) my manager seems to be doing whatever possible to frustrate me and provide absolutely no information in regards to organizational changes or be supportive at all.
All of this after YEARS of commitment to the company and always putting them first, including last year when I obviously should’ve been more focused on my health.
It does when YOU decide to quit being a corporate sheep, learn to start saying no, and get some ba--s to set boundaries and stand up for yourself. You think Chainsaw is going to go to your funeral when you drop dead from stroke or heart attack? Nope, don't bet on it.
This place doesn't give one damn about you or what you put out or produce, you're just another cog in the wheel. A dot on an org chart, you're not that important. Spend your priorities looking for a new job if you're tired of the same old bull.
I urge everyone who has the capacity to plan for financial independence as early as possible. Live a lifestyle far less than your income. Build up passive income streams. Buy a smaller home on a 15 year mortgage instead of a 30. Don't lose your life to the WF golden handcuffs.
It won’t get easier until you decide to prioritize yourself. Work your 40 and the peace out. Get your manager to have others do their share. If that isn’t enough, find something else you’re happier doing.
I work 10 hours a week. Thanks for picking up the slack, su---r.
Sounds like your job is a great one to get offshored
About 15, but yes.