The way to save WMT will be to save the brick & mortar first. Hey, if you can't trust the stores, why should the consumer trust the online business? They should start with the top executive leaders and HR because they got the company to this spot in... — read more
Walmart Business Idea
I have a novelidea: Buy more .com companies and layoff more associates. That should help drive profits. Then close all stores and just go online. OK, this is all sarcasm - so, do not hurt me!
Displaced CO's
Displaced CO's, how many of you have found Assistant Manager positions and are any of you still waiting to get picked up?
Walmart Earnings Miss Estimates as E-Commerce Growth Slows - Shares Tumble
WOW!! Great performance in chasing Amazon, not working! Acquired Companies, Jet, Bonobos, Mod Cloth, Moosejaw, Shoebuy and Hayneedle are really layering on the sales and profit for E-Commerce. Ridiculous moves and are not playing out as fast as the... — read more
Walmart sales misses expectations
Now we know why Walmart started layoffs, and those surely won't be the last ones, especially with this news. Think you dodged the bullet? Think again. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/20/walmart-q4-2017-earnings.html
PTO Changes?
Check your paystubs this week.... Anybody notice a change in available PTO? Last paycheck (the one with the payout) the payout there was 80 hours available, now there is less than 20 available and i didn't use any of it... What's going on?
Walmart going away as we know it Layoffs Watch out Who's Job is next
Now that the American middle class appears to be rebounding, it will happily leave Wal-Mart and its cheap, degrading stores on the side of the highway. Wal-Mart, founded in 1972, can't harken back to its glory days, because it has no glory days... — read more
best place to work in America
walmart has gotten some bad press lately but I think with the new starting wage more associates will be happier. if you made 9 an hour, your pay if you are full time, which most associates are, will go up 160 dollars a pay period. the insurance is... — read more
Price verifier going to pt
I was told Friday my position is now part time. I haven't been in the position very long. I'm sure they knew this was coming and they let me leave a position that is still full time to get bumped down to part time a couple months later. Now my only... — read more
Why Walmart is in even bigger trouble than we think
All these changes are but a tip of a looming ice berg. If it all seems sudden and scrambled and disorganized, that's because the company itself is reacting to those very qualities of change from the market. With that said, we can expect to see some... — read more
Why did Walmart just hire a new store manager from outside the company when there are so many dsplaced Cos???
We lost our Cos and our Store Manager in all of this mess. The Cos were hard working good people. Instead of promoting one of them, or one of the many other Cos that are being moved around like chess pieces, the company hired a former grocery store... — read more
Cap 1 &2 combining
If they combine will there still be two supervisors or just one
Displaced Co Manager turned down Regional Req offering 49 miles from home
Got the call, was told I qualified through the rating system to be an Asm of the future. Was offered an Asm position 49 miles from home in a store that has the store manager covering another store and does not qualify for Co Managers and has a couple... — read more
SUPPORT MANAGERS
Support management cut at my store today :(
Integrity Always.....Where did it go?
When I started at WMT there were 3 basic beliefs....Strive for Excellence, Service for the Customer and Respect for the Individual. Then along came “Integrity Always”. Integrity used to be a given but because some people didn’t have any, they had to... — read more
APM Changes
As we have seen a recent change to the APM role starting with adding Assistant Manager to the title and being a key holder I encourage folks to look at how the APM role has been transformed at Sam’s Club and find the similarities and possibly predict... — read more
Naive and Heads is Sand
It seems to me that there are still a lot of naive people who think, "this can't happen to me". Wake up, no one is safe! Seems that the business as usual with the MAPMs is especially concerning. They are barely treading water and act like they have... — read more
Displaced Co info: anyone have updated news?
Does anyone know of any displaced Cos being offered ASM positions or hearing anything yet?
Department Managers are next
I was informed they were laying off many Ecommerce Department Managers. They only want one DM per store if their orders are less than 800 between grocery and STS.
Is overnights finished?
So at my store cap 2 is finally getting staffed enough to finish all consumables including infants hba pharmacy cosmetics pets included. So when’s it gonna happen?
Personnel
PTC, Personnel Manager, PC,TC any word on this position?
Walmart TMG fuelers laid off
Truck Fuelers laid off today at the Apple Valley California's distribution center truck shop They received no warning.
Door greeter elimination O’Fallon Illinois
Door greeters loosing their jobs again! They were called to the office one by one and told April 13th would be their last day! However they could reapply we know how that works. Another round of age discrimination layoffs. Supposedly they are... — read more
Toxic leadership at every turn
What is the 1% club doing about our toxic leadership at the director and above levels? It’s quite evident that leadership is now a title and not a quality. My VP doesn’t know who I am, doesn’t know my name and I’m sure doesn’t have any interest in... — read more
WM CANADA - Bad news coming.
its coming. just got out of a high level meeting. be prepared. its sh*t,
Front end Z, losing position and $
Front end ZMS position going away is confirmed. Also hearing that their pay rate is not protected? When other Z jobs went away they kept the hourly rate. Really getting screwed.
Walmart Wireless Department Manager Layoffs (2018)
Hey all - just wanted to start a thread where we can pool info about layoffs of Wireless Department Managers. This rumor has been around for a while and I wanted to see what info we can gather on the size of the cut as well as locations and timing. I... — read more
MAPMs are done within 6 months
Store managers managing two stores as well, so half of them are getting the axe. It's coming...
Pharmacy and Optical status?
Any updates or word about Phamacy /Optical changes?
Who thinks they will actually get a Regional Req Asm position?
First of all, if you didn’t already do so, read what is posted on WalmartOne about how to transition. It contradicts a lot of what I was told in my meeting telling me I’m no longer a Co Manager. After thinking about it through many long sleepless... — read more
Any news about mapms?
Any news on market ap? Heard another restructure coming Sept again that may impact them. Maybe two markets and even many more eliminations. You can see writing on wall with so managers reporting to store manager and 30 day inventory walks being done... — read more
Layoffs
Layoffs coming: Wireless Department Manager Personnel Pharmacy Salesfloor Associates
Walmart Closing Stores Notifications Post Here
Walmart is closing stores but are doing it sparingly so as not to hit as a major news story. They do not want another bomb like the one that hit Sam's club earlier. Distribution Centers are being hit as well, with several operations being eliminated... — read more
Readington Walmart closes on February 28
Not sure if this was posted already, but Walmart in Readington will close its doors on February 28 with 143 employees losing their jobs... — read more
To those who keep saying stop playing the victim
I don’t think no one is playing the victim, so the bs of saying that can go out the window for me. Walmart has the right to do anything they want to do true, but the question still remains is it right? The buddy system was used for a lot of people... — read more
Why all the new Co Mgr postings?
I've been displaced but recently noticed a lot of "new" Co Mgr positions posted.
department manager
anyone heard anything? 2 DMs quit over a month ago and still no open Rec or job posting. same with TC.
Head of GBS says lots of layoff info is "fake news"
Clay J., head of GBS, just brought up the layoffs during his organization kick off meeting. He mumbled through how "things are changing", side-stepping anything of substance and then called the widespread worry and speculation "fake news". Kill me... — read more
Assistant Manager level setting...
Saw an email, but did not open it. The subject was up coming Assistant Manger level setting. Not Evaluation or Calibration. Again, I did not open it to read the details. Anyone have any information?