Poster:	kinky_carter
Date:	2008-05-17 09:30
Subject:	Question
Security:	Public

I just want to know if anyone has had this happen, so have any of you had a crush on management? And if so what did you do?

Poster:	badmadworm
Date:	2008-05-17 09:11
Subject:	transfer policy
Security:	Public

What is the transfer policy for a new WalMart employee?

How long does a new employee have to wait to transfer to a different department in the same store?

How long does a new employee have to wait before transferring to a different store?

Are CSM and department managers considered the same pay level?

Poster:	kristy2078
Date:	2008-05-17 00:46
Subject:
Security:	Public

This made my blood boil (that post is friends-locked, but I did some copy pasta for you guys).

Someone posted to poor_skills about price matching in Walmart stores:

Since this community is all about getting the best deals through ad comping, coupons, etc., here's a warning for anyone working with Wal-Mart. I just found this out today and didn't see anything about it in the memories.

It's a LOT stupid, but according to my higher-ups, Wal-Mart generally does not price-match among in-company stores, nor does it price-match its own website. Basically, if one Wal-mart has an item cheaper than another Wal-Mart, you must go to the Wal-mart that has the cheaper item to get it at that price. Same thing with Wal-Mart.com. Some stores may be more lenient than other, but it's a general no-no. Outside stores (like K-Mart, CVS, etc.) are fine as long as the other price is not a 1) Buy-x-Get-x offer 2) x% off offer 3) in-store only coupon/discount (like the price of something if bought with a store rewards card).

Sorry if this is old news, but I figured I'd share in case it wasn't.

What ticked me off was this comment:

It works the other way around, too, though. Don't fall into the negativity trap.

In my hometown there were two Wal-marts, and one was closing to move to a different location. They had car wax on sale for $2 a bottle, but the other store was selling them for $6.

So I bought a huge number of bottles at $2, and returned them to the other store for $6 a piece. Viola.

And without a receipt. Fortunately, some others did gang up on this commenter for being an asshole towards Walmart employees :)

Poster:	team_nicole
Date:	2008-05-15 13:44
Subject:	asst. manager training?
Security:	Public

What is the process of getting into management training? I put in for it and listed about 6 stores other than mine that I would be intertrested in training at. Anyone know also how long the process takes, pay difference? I'm assuming it's like changing to another position, you have to put in for it, then you're interviewed if they are interested ect..? 
I am a CSM now and I love the store I work in (supercenter) but I would also like to move up in the chain, especially since I feel we are doing much of the functions of an asst. manager already where I work.

Poster:	safetypin_art
Date:	2008-05-14 18:13
Subject:	what a day
Security:	Public

Okay so My store had a power outage that lasted almost 3 hours.
We of course had to shut down the deli and the customers that were being waited on at the time of the outage got soo angry that we couldn't finish there order...HELLO our slicers are electric! plus they wouldn't be able to check out anyways. hah
anyways the refer truck took forever I believe because we weren't told to start loading up carts to take to it and our cooler temperatures were getting close to having to throw everything away. I believe that if it was out for another 20 minutes and the truck wasn't there, our whole dept would of been shot. THANKFULLY it came on.
anyways that was the high point in work today...hah

Poster:	sanityangel
Date:	2008-05-14 09:49
Subject:	question
Security:	Public

I found this on another LJ community, and was wondering if anyone else heard of this.

Shoppers who visit their local Wal-Mart Supercenter from noon to 5 p.m. on May 18 will get a free ice cream sundae with their favorite toppings. Flavors and toppings include: Blue Bunny Premium Tracks, Breyers Chocolate Crackle, Edy's Loaded Tollhouse Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Hershey's Chocolate Syrup, Smucker's Triple Berry Sauce, Reddi-Wip Original, and Keebler Sandies Cookies.

EDIT: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=ACBJ&Date=20080502&ID=8580320&Symbol=WMT


I;ve still not heard a work about it, and I work at a super center.

Poster:	philmr
Date:	2008-05-14 07:29
Subject:	Inventory
Security:	Public

OK we just had inventory on Tuesday. It was terrible again - we are high shrink; again.
We had a new company doing the inventory. Management had been saying for the last 10 years that our bad inventories were because of the inventory company. Wonder what they will blame it on this year. This is our 3rd year to be high shrink. Why can they not see that part of the shrink is due to department managers not doing what they are suppose to do? Some of it is the thieves. We got the same speech again; thieves are not steal but a small percent. When we have 2 big screen TV's and 2 computers, plus 3 laptops walk in a single night - Wake up management - thieves are stealing us blind.
How was everyone else's inventory?

Poster:	binko1
Date:	2008-05-13 23:20
Subject:	Dept. 5 / 87 Mod Updates
Security:	Public

I'm just curious how other stores are handling the modular refresh taking place on Monday, May 19th for electronics and the connection center.

Our store isn't doing anything overnight. Everyone in the department would like to, along with our assistant, but the store manager doesn't find it necessary.

So this week we are moving the sections to where we would like them (with the existing mods) and will be staring the modular updates on Friday the 16th during the day.

What are your stores doing?

Poster:	iniko
Date:	2008-05-13 16:16
Subject:
Security:	Public

Someone please remind me why killing (mass amounts of) stupid people is wrong or even illegal?

Poster:	darklord
Date:	2008-05-13 01:05
Subject:	Remodel time
Security:	Public
Mood:	curious

So it's finally coming that our store 1202 is going to undergo remodel in late July. Has anyone else been through a remodel? Do associates get stuck with the heavy work or do the remodellers do it all? Has your store gotten it's departments rearranged? I think Toys is going to be brought back by Electronics (my department) I kind of dread Christmases getting stuck finding stupid toys for people.

Poster:	thumperzluv
Date:	2008-05-12 21:40
Subject:	Why?....
Security:	Public
Mood:	discontent

Why on any Earth that has pickles would anyone take $137.44 of nothing but groceries,(49 items), thru Lawn and Garden?...I have two bags at my disposal, and a counter that's about 2' X 2'.........

Zero Luv......ME

Poster:	badmadworm
Date:	2008-05-11 07:33
Subject:	turnover rate
Security:	Public

Over a 6 month period of time, how many people leave the following positions at your store?

Cashiers -
CSMs -
Customer Service -
Greeters -
Cart Pushers -

Poster:	spermy05
Date:	2008-05-10 02:01
Subject:
Security:	Public
Mood:	content
Music:	marcys playground

How many Walmarts are in your city?!


There are 3 supercenters in my city, and there is another currently being built and supposed to be open by the end of the year. The next city over has 2 supercenters.

Poster:	badmadworm
Date:	2008-05-09 16:57
Subject:	credit card question
Security:	Public

Is it acceptable to manually key in a customer's credit card number if their card will not scan?  The register will require that the account number to be re-keyed along with the expiration date.

Poster:	rjsec4ever
Date:	2008-05-09 14:37
Subject:	Suspension for wondering about own race?
Security:	Public
Mood:	weird
Music:	None

Well, as common, security tags are inside CD jewel cases so you can not take them out of the store without purchasing them, right? Well, have you ever noticed about Latin CDs? They never have them... except for big shots, i.e. Marc Antony, Jennifer Lopez, etc.
So this customer came up to my line wanting to purchase a CD, and I was wondering, sadly not to myself, how come Latin CDs never have these security tags?
My aunt and my cousins-by-blood (4 of them) all tend to take things from stores, as they tend to live their lives that way. They are all Hispanic. So I am 50%, but I'm also Caucasian. The customer? Black. Somehow, the management and the customer thought I was making a racial comment towards Black people, and not towards my own race.
I usually put myself down a lot, talking about the good, the bad, and the ugly about me, myself, and I. That includes race.
The Asset Protection Manager is black, my ex- and current front end Assistant Managers both have Black boyfriends, and all were offended, therefore wanted to terminate me. I never had the chance to explain about what happened. I never EVER made a reference to a Black person what-so-ever. They let me go as a suspension, and I can not come back until AP, Assistant, and Store managers, and the customer all get together to deal with my fate towards the company. I'll get a call from them if I am allowed to come back, but I'll be on D-Day.

It doesn't matter. I wanted Electronics, but I get a Pharmacy position whenever everyone is out to lunch, or whenever someone from over there is on vacation and they need someone, yet Sarah (fadeaway100301) can be trained for a register. When "all register trained associates go up to the front"... I'm there at front end still? But yet, you don't want me 2 departments away from her? You gotta be out of your friggin' mind, right?

Poster:	dr_n01
Date:	2008-05-08 23:07
Subject:	Managers
Security:	Public

How often does your store get a new assistant manager?  I was wondering why my store gets a new assistant manager about every other month... and one will generally quit from too much stress.  I have been at my wal-mart for about a year and a half and i have gone through 4 different assistant managers for my department alone.  Is that normal for your store or is my store so stressful that it makes them all quit?

Poster:	mikadosok
Date:	2008-05-08 20:07
Subject:	why, why, and, oh yeah, why?
Security:	Public
Mood:	contemplative
Music:	Phantom of the Opera

My last night before a well deserved (despite what some think) vacation, and it stormed.  Rain, cloud to ground lightening, almost continuous thunder, wind.  No hail, thank the goddess, but honestly, at times you couldn't see for the buckets of rain coming down.  We had warnings, watches, floods and just generally a darn good night to stay home.

Why then, did people feel it incumbant upon them, once the warnings started to flood into Walmart?

Why do they always do this?  Honestly, if we had a tornado, we'd be shoved into the fitting room area.  Yeah, that place over there, the one with the collapsable walls, that collapse if you sneeze.

Its one of those odd things that have me scratching my head.  Wind storm, gather up the family and go to Walmart, same with rain, sleet, hail, extreme fog, ice and snow.  In fact, the more the TV stresses to stay home and only go out in an emergency, the more people are flocking in to 'shop' for a few hours.

Is it just me?  Or, do I even have to ask if that happens everywhere?'

Poster:	dr_n01
Date:	2008-05-08 14:08
Subject:	multitasking
Security:	Public

I work at a wal-mart in a very small town.  The people who work there are nice but i feel as though i am being taken advantage of.  I work in the electronics department but i seem to get stuck doing many many departments.  I generally work the evening shift at my wal-mart and i get stuck closing the photo lab running electronics and the connection center, and i get to cover stationary, infants, books, fabrics, toys, automotive, sporting goods, and paint.  Now in most stores there should be at least another person to work with me but this has happened so many times in the past that i kinda gave up on complaining too.  The managers there just say "stick it out... it will get better" but even with the new people that get hired i still get stuck doing this all the time.    just last week i was literally the only person out on the sales floor from 8 PM to 10 PM.  I don't know how to do jewelry but i am expecting that i will be learning that pretty soon.  the other day a manager told me to go to the back and get a pallet jack and start bringing out the nights freight. I thought electronics was supposed to be a "secured area" and yet they have me running literally accross the store in an effort to help a single customer. Any advice on how to get them to stop doing this to me?

Poster:	sanityangel
Date:	2008-05-08 12:25
Subject:	Cashiering.....HATE!
Security:	Public

So, when I was hired, I asked for over nights, but it was shortly before thanksgiving, so they said I was going on days, but to put in the career preferance that I wanted overnights. A few months ago, the overnight CSM, my assistant, and a few of the daytime CSMs told me there was an overnight cashier spot opening. After a couple weeks of being told this, and not hearing anything, I went to the personel office, and they said that no one put in the request for one.

Then I hear, from here and people at my school, that once you're on as a cashier, you're always a cashier. I think I got proof of this yesterday when there was a sign posted saying to talk to the store mamanger about opening in overnights and she tried to talk me out of it. She said it was hard, tetious, montonus work on overnights and cashiers wouldnt' like it. Yeah...cuase cashiering isn't the same thing over and over agian. So I walked right into the personel office and picked almsot every overnight job I qualified for.

I think it's jsut silly that being a cashier means I can't go to a differant department. One assistant manager (our old one) said that if a cashier wants to transfer to another department we have to pester the department manager and assistant non-stop, or else we won't be picked.

Oh, and the computers are stupid when it comes to the scedules. I've been sceduled for 7 days in a row three times now. The first time I didn't catch it and worked it, the second time I did and they jsut combined two four hour days and gave me one nine hour so I didn't "loose hours". (I did anyways because of thier stupidity). Well, this time, my assistant told me to have the CSMs change it. I was working tuesday-monday, with tuesday, wendsday, and thursday being short 4-5 hour shifts, and the other four being 8-9 hours. The csm thought I was lying because thier scedule said I wasn't working on monday (more on that below), so she took me off the scedule for friday, cutting me back 8 hours on an already short pay week. When I asked my assistant if I could jsut switch the monday I;m working and the tuesday I have off he said no becuase they needed everyone up front on mothers day. Last I knew mother's day was on sunday...but we're all sure he's a complete idiot.

Oh yeah, and they've been doing this wonderful little thing that's pissing a few people in electronics off. Part time cashiers that the head CSM/assistant manager want to give more hours to, they're sceduling as a cashier in electronics. When we come in that day, we're suposed to report up front and work as if we were sceduled for the front end. This means on those days we're not on the offical scedule up front, and they can't change our scedules for those days. Electronics is pissed becuase they need the help, and they can't scedule extra people becuae the front end is taking the hours.

Poster:	mikadosok
Date:	2008-05-07 20:48
Subject:	early in my shift
Security:	Public

As a maintenance person, I have certain duties that go with certain jobs.  They are all the same for everyone, and they are supposed to be done every single night.  Kinda like that one scene in Pippin, where Pippin asks the guys raking the ground, 'how often do you do this?'  'every day' 'every day?' 'yep, every day'

I've been on the buffer, so my job also includes vacuuming the rugs and rolling them up.  Now, again, we are supposed to do this every single night.  Its a part of the job, and if the scrubber has to go around the rugs, they might be a bit upset.  I know I am, if the rugs are not rolled up out of the way.

This lady, however, felt differently about the subject.  She was asking the cashier why I had to do that particular job, and how often we did it.  When told we did  it every night, her response was that she'd never seen us, and she should get a discount 'for having to deal with the noise and hassle'

The cashier merely told her there was no button for a 'maintenance person doing her job' discount.

Then again, I've also been asked to shut off my machine 'so's not to wake up the baby'

I guess I should apologize to everyone shopping overnight for the hassles of, cleaning, stocking, stripping and rewaxing the floor (and especially when we closed off the ice cream aisle...you'd have thought armageddon was there) except I just don't feel like it.  I'll let my supervisor do that...once he stops laughing at people.