This kind of news causes concern for me, not because I especially care about WM’s operations in other countries, but all those operations seem to look like they could turn into a bottomless pit that the company is going to have to throw money in, and... — read more 

Sams Club restructured markets yesterday. Cut the number of markets in half and let go 50% of the Market Managers according to the Sams Club layoff site. Any word on something similar happening on the Walmart side of things?

My store was told last night. 3rd shift is going away. 2 support positions mine and the other one are no longer there. We have 60 days to find another position or take a severance pay and quit. Whatever position we take we would take a cut in pay for... — read more 

You fire the greeters and cashiers and I will not shop at Walmart. I will do all my shopping on line with someone else and go to Aldo’s for groceries. Poor business choice Walmart! We love the greeters. We can shop anywhere and I’m not shopping... — read more 

In light of the earnings report gives a good preview on what to expect from WM’s numbers. This is, of course, just one point o view so I was wondering if I could get some thoughts on this board how do you think the numbers are going to look like?... — read more 

Link to the People Lead description/toolkit came from regional today!

For those who aren't tracking on the direction the organization wants to go.. All synergies between department, functions, sectors, facilities and people that can be eliminated will be. I would expect a significant portion of the organization to be... — read more 

For those who think Sam Walton is rolling in his grave......guess what....Sam was the first to say we have to embrace change if we want to succeed. Change is what keeps companies moving forward. If you cant handle change, GET OUT AND LET THE REST OF... — read more 

So, surprise!!!! We were told our all of our files must be sent out by week 5!!! So, that gives us 2 weeks to get these ready before they are sent out. In our meeting, we were told that this was happening in May!! Changes seem to be happening much... — read more 

Just wondering if anyone was told when this position was starting? Pay grade? Any insight on the job description/expectations? How long will current PC/TC have to find another position? I know our PC was never told that her position was being... — read more 

Seems alot of asms are posting about being let go with no coachings and good evals dose anyone have info on this. If you where affected what was the reason given job performance? Did you already recieve your eval for the year? I cant see Walmart... — read more 

Told this week all dept managers have to work 3 weekends a month starting week 5.

Thought for a long time that this chase for applying new technologies was just a phase of the leadership in their efforts to show the shareholders that they are innovating. But it looks like they’re not giving up, are they? The sad thing is that this... — read more 

Big Changes Coming Soon to a Walmart near you!

Here is an interesting preview of WM’s earnings that underlines the segments in which the company is expected to outperform. The grocery market is something that is especially interesting, as that segment is especially expected to boost sales... — read more 

Cashiers are an opportunity every time a customer comes in the store to check in on the customer experience. It’s just that the industry uses them wrong for the most part. Your cashiers should be brand ambassadors. If they were coached on how to... — read more 

The REAL DEAL Call happened to day from Market Managers to Store Managers for Phase 1. These changes will roll out in Phases. It will be similar to the Stores meeting goals on the CAMP process. Store Managers received an email today that outlined the... — read more 

Has anyone confirmed smaller store (less than 60) will be going to day stock or is this another rumor. I'm guessing they would get rid of the 2 overnight asms.

Call Buttons to replace staffing of departments. Walmart is even using digital technology to change the way customers ask for help. New next-gen call buttons activate GPS-enabled devices worn by staff members, meaning, only employees who have... — read more 

At store 992 in Tulsa our Fresh Cap program is quite a joke. I don't think it's run the way it's suppose to be. We aren't allowed to cap and pick the old produce first, we have to work the new freight down on the pallets, then cap everything. Same... — read more 

Anyone have any details? A market call was today.

Heard this on r/walmart on reddit. AsM are being met with tomorrow. Affected associates to follow.

As far as I could tell the elimination of the ASM position started off at smaller stores and neighborhood WM’s, so it looks to me the management is testing an operating model that doesn’t involve the ASM position, if it proves to be working on the... — read more 

Has anyone heard what the actual hours are for the new People Lead position?

Anyone else tired of the customer complaints and theft through self checkout? What a mess. Just like the steal and go program, they should call this the “help yourself to free merchandise” program. Also, if you want to see customers just walk out and... — read more 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-calvsGLRfs&list=RD-calvsGLRfs&start_radio=1

It will be interesting to see what our management teams look like 2-3 years from now No ASM’s prob not getting cut, why would they. They quit,get fired, or just don’t show up. It’s a toxic environment I don’t know any manager that loves their job... — read more 

well im sure cutting pto accrual rates for all employees will improve employees attitudes!! as most employees are part time your now only earning a fraction of time for vacation.. as a employee of 5 yrs thanks to their current pto program that they... — read more 

I heard there was also a freeze on ASM promotions currently. Anyone else hear this? It would make sense to do that if big changes are coming! Store managers just had to do the calibrations on current ASM to figure out who to cut, so makes me wonder... — read more 

Bring it back. It is the only just thing to do. Now. It is a win-win situation, Walmart wins and the worker wins, the customer is happy as the worker behaves much better. And, stop whining about folks calling in sick, give us back our holiday pay and... — read more 

The merger of pharmacy and optical has ruined both departments. Pharmacist don't know how to run a successful OPTICAL. When Opticians were DM's the operation ran much smother and opticians actually enjoyed their jobs. Now.. Opticians dread a visit... — read more 

....Sadly Walmart was once a great place to work with tremendous career possibilities. However, once LS took the helm as the leader, it has gone down hill ever since. It used to be a great TEAM environment where if you worked hard, there were... — read more 

Every store I see here in central Il. looks dead in the water. Almost no cars in the lot or people in the stores. They look like K Mart of the early 2000s. Which is actually all fine with me; I never was a fan, could never see the sense in having to... — read more 

https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/walmart-drops-mobile-scan-go-checkout/523633/

I find it very sad that anyone would say people who work at walmart are not smart enough to work a real job! I've worked since I was out of high school. Almost 30 yrs for walmart. It was a wonderful company to work for when I started. Only the last 8... — read more 

I’m at Sams and have not heard anything on raises this year. Anybody on the Walmart side heard or seen anything about it??

Hard for me to process that such a huge investment was made without taking into account all the possibilities of what might happen. Just hope this Flipkart thing doesn't turn into a bottomless pit in which the company will through money... — read more 

Which tributes were sacrificed to shareholder profit this season? Leave a list of the positions affected below.

Is there a way to see what our bonus is going to be? I can't find it anywhere on the Wire?