Walmart sucks!!!

[yashin]

Hey, so nobody here really knows this but i used to work at Wal-mart. I say used to because as of 12:30 pm on Sunday afternoon, I quit.

This is how it happened.

So I've been working there for 3 years now, before the store was even open. I'd dont every crappy job you can imagine, from cleaning up puke to standing in the rain to unhook a truck.

Today my boss asks me to go outside to get some shopping carts to put in the store, because they hadn't scheduled anyone to work at that time. So, I think fine, I'll help out for an hour. So I go an help. Then go an a 15 minute break.

I come back from my break and one of the assistant managers says to go out and help even more, even though there is already a guy there whose job it is to get carts.

I tell him, that I already helped and that he should call some of the new guys to do that job. A few minutes later my supervisor calls me in and asks why I didn't do it. I tell him, look I've been here for 3 years, and I've busted my balls for this company, I think I've earned the respect not to have to do this anymore.He says no. I quit.

Let me put this into a little perspective, the job they wanted me to do is the equivalent of shovelling s**t, it's the worse job you could give anybody.

Am i wrong in saying that I shouldn't have to do this crappy job anymore. I've worked 20hr days for this company, and have worked 75 hr weeks, doing anything they've ever wanted.

Am I being unreasonable?? Please let me know what you guys think.

btw, sorry for the rant, just venting a little

[tl1000sga]

IMO, you should deffinately stand up for yourself, but sometimes, depending on the individuals money situation, you should bite your tongue.

It's never a good idea to quit a job before having another one, unless you really don't need money.

[Checkered-Member]

it took you 3 years to realize they where exploiting you?

I worked in the mail room at my school, I was hired to do data entry, but they didn’t have anything to do until late spring (yet they hired me in early fall), so I ended up sorting mail, (and there is a rule you can’t sit you have to stand, for 5 hours in a row try doing that sometime), but you know I took it, honest pay is honest pay, but then al my friends were getting paid more then me, to do almost nothing, and I always got yelled at because others were slaking off, the braking point was when, there were 5 of us “working”, I was sorting mail while the rest were playing on the computer, the boss came in and yelled at me for sitting down, while others where doing nothing, I threw everything down told her I quite and never showed my face there again.

[IvoryJ30t]

thats why i dont work for corporations. i got a job a CVS when i was 16, then i realized corporate chains suck. its best to find a job at a private company or some place off the books. income tax sucks too, try to avoid it.

thats one of my questions on a job interview. "this job on the books? yes?!? have a nice day..."

[IvoryJ30t]

get a job at a gas station. get paid cash. and hang around the shop and learn on your free time. you learn the most about cars and common problems by watching and asking qusetions.

[PalmerWMD]

I disagree with much of teh above advice.

Get a job that builds a resume.

It's ok to work almost anywhere, but try to get into the office, a 6/hr as an administrative assistant is better than 7/hr as a stockboy.

One builds a resume the doesnt take u many places.

Or go to a 2 yr college.Or join the Army.

Fred...

[IvoryJ30t]

yeah, well walmart isnt going to be the crown jewel of his coroprate resume either. for the time being, its better to worry about money in your pocket, than your employment history on paper.

[Sygerwulf]

I'm sorry but I work at wal-mart and I dissagree. The worst job is being the overnight frozen/dairy stockboy. You work part time and pick up the slack of the full time people on their days off, not too mention you're constantly in a -3 degree or 34 degree enviroment 50% of the time. And just for perspective, the grocery and general merchindise sections of the store usually get around 1200 pieces of stock a night(other then now, which is pound in the @$$ time of year and everyone gets like 2000 pieces). How much does frozen and dairy get? anywhere from 800 to 1500. So basically they want one part time person to work close to the same amount of freight as 10+ people (5 in grocery, 5 or more in gm) in the same amount of time, and just as good as the full time people do. It is the absolute worst job you can have there, and the sad thing is it's the only way to get full time, you must work dairy or frozen to get full time unless you're hired onto full time or someone leaves that you have to replace. Trust me, I know. I just got switched out of there after 5 months of that hell. I'm mad and happy at the same time, because I really wanted full time and the main dairy guy is moving, so I could have gotton it, IF I hadn't gotton written up a day earlier then I was suppose to have been and become uneligable for full time . However, I'm now in grocery, which is a cakewalk compaired to what I was doing

But yeah, I accually looked forward to the nights that the floor crew was short and I'd volunteer to clean the bathrooms and pull in the buggies. It's that bad

[Bubba1]

If you were not a supervisor, then it was likely not your place to decide who is and who is not supposed to shag carts. It was also likely not your place to set a time limit on how long you should do that task. I would think cleaning gum out of urinals or what Sygerwolf described sounds worse than retrieving carts). Based on what you described I think you were wrong. BUT I think you were very right to leave a job where you felt unappreciated. I'm sure you'll find a better job where you will be more appreciated. In the future, I'd recommend waiting to quit a job you don't like until after securing another job. Keeps the money coming in...Good luck.

[IvoryJ30t]

yeah, im leaving auto mechanics to work in a supermarket. but my step-father owns it, so i get automatic assistant manager and no tax...

gotta love 85 hour work weeks...

[Mr1der]

to hell with the man! be a rock star and make it with long hair and bad attitude!

[Sil40_Mayhem]

to hell with the man! be a rock star and make it with long hair and bad attitude!

and record execs' bending u over on a regular basis.:pface musicians get ripped off pretty good.

back to the topic, i have to agree w/the earlier statement that it's best to have another opportunity lined up before u stick it to the man.:ylsuper

[spec-v5150]

Yeah I have to disagree. I am an NCO in the military and I supposed to be past the "****" jobs but I am not. I still get teh ****ty jobs, because I am not a high enough rank. Same as life at other stores. Reality is,until you are making the big bucks, you arent above anything. Quitting a job because you have to haul in carts in my eyes immature. Look at Mcdonalds....do you see the manager just kickign back chilling. HELL NO...you will usually see them busting their *** taking the rtegister or even cooking the food in some cases. Everyoen has to do **** jobs until they make it to the top. I mean by saying I am above that, you just made yourself look irresponsible and not a team player. Maybe its just me. I would get slapped if I came homew and said oh honey, they asked to do somethign ****ty, so I said **** you and quit.

[DAEDALUS]

Walmart is irony in motion. It is the *world's* largest company. They save American consumers hundreds of millions of dollars a year by cutting hard deals with their suppliers, so that they can do their pricing roll backs, and their competitors have to drop their prices to compete. The influence is global, since a lot of the suppliers are in other countries. Their sales associates make an average of less than $14k a year, about what the government poverty level is for a family of 3. Most workers are part-time, so the company doesn't have to pay benefits. I would guess Walmart is largely responsible for the closing of hundreds of thousands of businesses across the country. Everyone loves paying less at the store, but no one wants to work for peanuts, let alone compete with Walmart. If you're looking for a paycheck, I would recommend another industry. I've posted before about the benefits of working in food service. Walmart sells groceries now, but people will always want to be served too.

[GEO]

DAMNNN...

[jEzTeR]

I have worked for the company i'm with for 12 years.I also started at the bottom and worked my way up.I am now the #2 man over 7 locations.I still do many of the same things that I did my first day on the job.How else can I expect others to do things that I ask them to do without being willing to do them myself.

I guess the main thing is to enjoy your job enough to want the place to look great and be successful.

[1TuffRS]

I used to work at walmart as well about 4 years ago, working in customer service. To this day I can say that was the worst job I ever had. Were you wrong? Not in my opinion, I would have done the same. Don't worry though, there are better jobs out there. Im in college full time, but work part-time at Time Warner Cable doing collections. All I do is sit at a computer and ask people for money, I make about $750 every 2 weeks (after taxes) and thats with me only working 20hrs/wk. Look at this situation as a way to move on to bigger and better things.

[PalmerWMD]

Daedalus analysis is very astute.

Fred..

[NISTECH]

Hey, so nobody here really knows this but i used to work at Wal-mart. I say used to because as of 12:30 pm on Sunday afternoon, I quit.

This is how it happened.

So I've been working there for 3 years now, before the store was even open. I'd dont every crappy job you can imagine, from cleaning up puke to standing in the rain to unhook a truck.

Today my boss asks me to go outside to get some shopping carts to put in the store, because they hadn't scheduled anyone to work at that time. So, I think fine, I'll help out for an hour. So I go an help. Then go an a 15 minute break.

I come back from my break and one of the assistant managers says to go out and help even more, even though there is already a guy there whose job it is to get carts.

I tell him, that I already helped and that he should call some of the new guys to do that job. A few minutes later my supervisor calls me in and asks why I didn't do it. I tell him, look I've been here for 3 years, and I've busted my balls for this company, I think I've earned the respect not to have to do this anymore.He says no. I quit.

Let me put this into a little perspective, the job they wanted me to do is the equivalent of shovelling s**t, it's the worse job you could give anybody.

Am i wrong in saying that I shouldn't have to do this crappy job anymore. I've worked 20hr days for this company, and have worked 75 hr weeks, doing anything they've ever wanted.

Am I being unreasonable?? Please let me know what you guys think.

btw, sorry for the rant, just venting a little

man come on his car had to have carts somewhere near it right?bad move to up and quit like that. in your shoes I would have said ok boss went and got the carts( the ones near his car of course) and continued about my day. searched for another one on my time off. then when they were really counting on me or needing me for another one of their lame tasks. That is the exact moment you quit. Be aware though that is bridge burning that would be one job not to list on your resume. I have a few of those in my employment history but fortunitly in my line of work it doesnt really matter to the next employer on the list. That type of activity has never hampered my ability to find a decent paying job. I have been with the current one 5 yrs and have moved up to a supervisory position have 5 employee's under me and have had mention from my immediate supervisor of potential managerial positions coming in the future.

So in my opinion it all depends on what you want to do for a living no retail position is ever taken seriously on a resume unless as fred said you had an position in the office. This episode will most likely have no effect on future jobs for you.

[gabo]

My WalMart Story:I bought a CD at a walMart that was close to my work. I popped it in on the way home only to find the F... Words replaced with freaking(or something like that). So drove to the walMart that was by my house and asked for an exchange, I said I wanted the version with the explicit words on it. They denied my request because they don't sell dirty words. I almost flipped my lid, and i've never been back since.

[driftaholic]

walmartalways low wages...always

[IvoryJ30t]

My WalMart Story:I bought a CD at a walMart that was close to my work. I popped it in on the way home only to find the F... Words replaced with freaking(or something like that). So drove to the walMart that was by my house and asked for an exchange, I said I wanted the version with the explicit words on it. They denied my request because they don't sell dirty words. I almost flipped my lid, and i've never been back since.

thats ****en retarded.

id be like "well, you dont sell dirty words, and i dont buy crap, so what are you going to do to make me happy?"

what is the point of selling censored music?

[1TuffRS]

walmartalways low wages...always

lol, got that right. Knowing what I know now I will never go back to working retail. Telemarketing and collections is where its at if your looking for an entry level position. Most places that have these depts. always have room for growth as well.

And I dont know their reason behind selling just censored music, but when I was working there once the cd is opened your pretty much out of luck. They have signs up in electronics just because of that fact.

[DAEDALUS]

Censored music is just the start. They have never sold Playboy, and after a few recent complaints, they no longer sell Stuff, Maxim, FHM, or any other "racy" magazines. They're trying to maintain their conservative "family store" image. Not sure how that will hold up with all their expansion, including the recent opening of their Compton, CA store.

[rico05]

I had to deal with an employee last night that felt that what he was doing was "below him". I had to explain to him that no matter what: we pay him to do whatever we need him to do. I am his boss, and if he doesn't feel that I am being fair, by all means he can come talk to me, but that does not change the fact that when he goes against what I ask of him (and mind you I have done ALL that he has been asked to do before), then he needs to find a new job. A job is a job and your boss is your boss. We all pay our dues, and the ones that pay their dues and do it with out complaint are the ones that get promoted.

Also, I agree that you should look into food service. I run a coffee shop and I make more than all of my other college buddies and I get to serve coffee to hot college chicks all day long. It owns!

[ZenKid_S14]

yah i've heard bad things bout wal-mart. how they make you work overtime w/no pay, and if you don't wanna do it, you're fired, or if you try and tell someone bout it they'll deny it, etc.

[Aztek72]

Sucks bro.

The holiday's are coming around..You should get this gift for that ex-boss. tidy

[Tartan]

Well I am a Wal-mart employee also, well actually a Sam's Club employee. The corporation sucks and they do have very little repspect for their employees. I guess that working at sams is better in a way because there are less employees so the managers get to know everyone a bit better. It also depends on what department you work in. I have worked in almost every department in the store and ended up in the tire center and found the tire department to be the best place to work. Mostly because the manager's leave us alone. Turnover in our store is high IMO. I think that we lose at least one person a week. A lot of times I feel that corporations feel that they "own" you and dont need you to operate. Which is true in a sense because they can find someone to fill your spot easily in a week. I understand your situation but I dont think that quitting is the best solution. You should have at least kept the job until you found something better. Our wal-mart here has a electric cart pusher too. If yours did then I have no clue why you would complain about pushing carts for a few hours because the machine does most of the work. I've pushed carts before and it sucks but it is one way to keep a paycheck. If my post made no sense then sorry I'm kind of a sporatic thinker....where's my riddlin?

[lilaznvietboi]

lol well...I get more repspect working at K-mart as sound of things at wal-mart. I dont really do anything cuz I work in the electronics dept. Most of the time you see me on my cell phone talking to someone lol.

[slw240sx]

i agree corparate jobs are the worst the lowe on the chain you are! and you think you have connects and friends but soon as someone needs a scape goat your as good as gone! i moved from management in dominos getting a measly 350 a week working min 50hrs a week, busting my ***.. only to get fired for stealing 16$ that i never even took... so i went later in the night and got a job at a local single store operation, deliverd for them for a few monthes made a easy 5-600 a week, tax free, then after i knew the area and showed the owner my capabilities he moved me up to his assistant, now i pretty much run the store myself , i work a ton of hours 50-70 only make 500 a week, but you put in your dues ,and when this place becomes a national chain ill be sitting back collecting my checks while playing with my cars and money. we also just recently began the openign of a pool hall so we will have a decent income from that, hopefully in 5 years ill be set and making 60-150k a year

not bad for a high school drop out , and remeber no matter how bad the economy gets people still gota eat. foodservice may suck but its a steady income and can pay very very well up in ranks