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• Six Bosses To Answer To

  I have been working at Wal-Mart for 6 months now. I started as a part-time cart pusher being paid $7/hr. | Read More

• No Consideration For Birth Of Newborn Child

  I have far too many experiences with Wal-Mart to fit into this box, so I'll just use the most recent wound. While I was 9 months pregnant, I was offered a department manager's position in the Photo Lab. I know I didn't have to accept, but it was right before Christmas and I was about to have a new baby, which meant more bills. | Read More

• Frustrated CSM see hours, breaks cut

  I am currently an employee for Wal-Mart. I work as a Customer Service Manager for Wal-Mart full-time. They have hired another CSM who is part time which is only a way for this store to cut hours. During the holiday I was working 40 hours but now they have cut my hours down to 33 a week. Not only that but during the last week of Christmas rush I was denied taking a break because it was said that breaks for cashiers had to be given out first. | Read More

• ‘Giving 100 Percent’ And Getting Fired In Return

  My husband had worked for Wal-Mart in the Truck Shop as a Tech 3 Mechanic and that was as high as you could go unless you wanted to go up for a supervisor position. | Read More

• Empty Promises From Wal-Mart’s Personnel Office

  I worked for Wal-Mart and they were one of the worst companies I have ever worked for. I had six years in with them. | Read More

• Wal-Mart’s advice to employees…don’t get sick!

  At my store, if an associate gets the flu it can be a coaching eventually leading up to termination. For example, typical flu symptoms last for almost a week. All sick days are unexcused absences and count against you... | Read More

• Moving Shelves 3 Inches For Incompetent Management

  I was hired to move and assemble displays on the overnight shift as the store was expanded into a supercenter. Every 4 weeks we got a new supervisor with a different management style, so we were constantly adapting to meet their needs. | Read More

• ...its the WALMART WAY!

  Wal-Mart Management does not care about its employees and the regional office and corporate offices take a blind eye to what happens in its stores. My former store in South Carolina has lost some very good employees because of this treatment. My store has a unwritten rule that if you don't have an open availability then they will cut your hours to where you can not afford to work. When I was initially hired, I asked for second shift so I could get my children on and off the school bus.... | Read More

• Anonymous in Pennsylvania discusses pay cut, improper scheduling during the holiday season

  I'm very disappointed with Wal-Mart as an employer. In April 2008, I was hired to work at a supercenter in Pennsylvania at $9.30 per hour. But in August I quit to move to New York for my son's treatment. In November of that same year, I reapplied and was rehired for the same position, but with a lower pay $8.40 an hour. They didn't want to give me the credits I got when I was hired in April. At Wal-Mart a new hire get credits for previous retail experience... | Read More

• The Effects of Wal-Mart’s ‘Family First’ Policy

  I worked for Wal-Mart about 15 years ago... part time to supplement our income when my three girls were small. It seemed a perfect fit; [the store] was located close to home and we supported Wal-Mart with much of our shopping (diapers, kids’ clothes, toiletries, etc). When Wal-Mart came to town they paid just slightly better than other retailers and they were sought after by many as an employer. During the holiday rush, one of my girls became ill with a flu that nearly hospitalized her. | Read More

• Are we starting to see a pattern yet?

  "I have worked with Wal-Mart for 13 years as a full-time employee and now they won't give me 40 hours..." | Read More

• Wal-Mart Continues To Cut Hours

  "Don't dare call in sick at Wal-Mart. It counts as an unexcused absence. Accumulate more than four in a whole year and it is considered a write up. I know one person who has a hereditary ailment that she needs to take off work for a day if she has a flare-up of her disease. A manager wrote her up for this condition and told her she needs to have a doctor's note for every incident." | Read More

• Wal-Mart Cuts Hours, Benefits

  "Our store has cut around 13 people that I know of, and that's just overnighters. Management says it is to take care of the customer. Tell me: how is that taking care of their customers? They cut so many hours that they have a hard time getting the freight unloaded on time. This just doesn't make sense." | Read More

• “Why do you work overtime when you know that they will not pay you?”

  "I have posted here a number of times before and I am always amazed that I have new bullets for my anti-Wal-Mart weaponry. No, my store doesn't miss a beat when it comes to denying overtime pay. Last Saturday a young man at my store worked a double shift..." | Read More

• Wal-Mart’s quest for a younger, cheaper workforce

  "I have noticed that my store seems to schedule all the older people for late night duty...specifically the 2-11 shift. Some have successfully battled for early hours, but now we are being told that if we change our availability, we will be knocked back to part-time." | Read More

• Change is not always good

  "I worked for Wal-Mart for about 7 years doing a variety of jobs. When I started, I was in a regular store and the management was great, then as talks of a supercenter came, I witnessed more management changes and more rules." | Read More

• Forcing Employees To Work Off The Clock

  "I worked for Wal-Mart for 17 years and during this time, I experienced discrimination and was forced to work off the clock in order to fulfill managerial expectations." | Read More

• Scheduling Problems in Florida

  "I'm a current employee working overnight at a store in Florida. I’ve been at my store for over 3 years and was at another store for 2 years from late 1999 to 2001. Even during my short time with Wal-Mart, things have changed. They get worse each year...just a growing laundry list of minor and a few major offenses." | Read More

• Meet Jane Doe

  After working at Wal-Mart for nine years with a reasonable accommodation for her disability, Wal-Mart suddenly denied the accommodation. They required her to take a leave of absence and have yet to reinstate her. She has been essentially fired. This is her story. | Watch the Video

• Aubretia Edick, New York

  "People should be made aware of Wal-Mart's mistreatment of its employees, the environment, and now its lack of regard for its customers." | Read More

• No Rest, No Overtime

  "I was left on the register for 9 hours with no breaks or lunch. I was told by the CSM to stop asking for a break... I’m still working there, but have been turned down for other jobs which I am qualified for." | Read More

• Susan Lyons

  "...for about 2 years I've almost never had time to take my afternoon breaks because there is never enough help in the store..." | Read More

• Anonymous on Scanners

  "This company also WANTS a turnover every 2-4 years of workers, so if anyone gets a job at Wal Mart, don't get too comfortable. I can't wait to see a class-action lawsuit from all the long-term employees who were pushed out the door (terminated) unfairly, because of Susan Chambers policies." | Read More

• Anonymous on Pushing out Full-Timers

  "They are cutting hours at our store and are also forcing people to take other shifts, even if they cannot work." | Read More

• Anonymous mother of two

  "I am not available at night. That is not an option for me, being a single mom. I feel like I am getting pushed out of my full-time job because of being a single mom." | Read More

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