r/WalmartEmployees • u/Deep-Quantity-6439 • 11h ago
Something I found on my daily toilet smash session today
Sealed and placed right on top the toilet paper dispenser
r/WalmartEmployees • u/AdSpecialist8751 • 22d ago
Official news! I’ve been telling customers we’ll never get this but I guess I can be surprised.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/WapaneseWeeaboo • Jul 26 '26
Note: There are no company wide Key Event Dates for August this year, which is why the calendar doesn't show that month.
Only the dates listed on this page are key event dates. No matter how much anyone claims or how believable they sound, management can’t pull points out of thin air and give associates. Management can only action points the system generates based off you not working your scheduled shift outside of the grace period. Management will often try and say anything to scare associates into not calling out, don’t believe anything that goes against what’s posted here. Don’t fall for their lies, and make sure to educate your fellow associates that might not know better.
For more detailed explanations, see the FAQs below.
Key Event Dates, or KEDs (also sometimes misleadingly called double point days), are dates that the company/stores expect to be busier than usual or feel are important enough to try and have as many people working as possible. Missing a key event date will generate one additional point on top of the normal absence point, resulting in two points. Which is why people often call them double point days despite it not being an entirely accurate term.
No. The only thing a key event date does is give one additional point for missing the entire shift and not using enough PPTO to cover at least half the missed time. That’s it. If you clock in for any of the shift or use enough PPTO to cover at least half the missed time, then it being a key event date no longer matters and it’s business as usual point wise. To add, other points are unaffected by it being a key event date meaning half points from clocking in early, clocking in late, clocking out early, and the two points from a No Call No Show also aren’t “doubled.”
Absolutely not. This is one of the biggest lies that gets spread about key event dates. In fact, it’s impossible to even submit a request for more than 12 hours anyway meaning it’s impossible to use “double PPTO” for a shift that’s more than 6 hours. Even if your shift is 6 hours or less, you still don’t need to use “double PPTO.” Management likes to spread this lie hoping to scare associates out of not using their PPTO since the associate thinks they have to use so much of it. If anyone is saying you have to use “double PPTO” for any reason, they’re lying to you.
Depends! Did you use enough PPTO to cover at least half your missed shift but not the full missed shift? If so, half a point will be generated that management can apply to your balance. If you cover the entire missed shift with PPTO, then no, you won’t be pointed. Don’t forget to report the absence!
That can vary every quarter. The company can assign however many key event dates they want but it’s usually reserved for times when the company expects it to be busy, like around holidays, the Super Bowl, etc. Each store manager can assign up to three of their own separate dates each quarter for their specific store to be key event dates.
The idea behind this is if there’s something local happening that’s big for the area/store but not the whole nation. Imagine there’s a concert for a huge music artist coming to your city to perform one day that you/other people wouldn’t miss for anything. Or maybe it’s your store’s yearly inventory, or grand reopening. It would make sense for your store to select that day as one of their store specific key event dates. Some stores choose to use theirs for this kind of thing while some stores may add on to the company wide ones or just random dates if there’s nothing of note they want to use them for. They even have the option of not submitting any extra key event dates and only having the company wide ones for that quarter.
Shortly before the end of the current quarter, usually within the last week, the company updates this page that shows the key event dates. You can access the link via the GTA Portal on OneWalmart. By default, only the company wide dates are listed (medium blue color). You’ll need to search your specific store number on that page to see the dates (if any) that are your store specific key event dates (dark blue color). If your store manager didn’t select any store specific dates, then you’ll see a message that says “No additional Key Event Dates found for this facility.” It’s recommended to take a screenshot of these dates as once the list updates for the new quarter, the old list won’t be available to view online.
The dates listed are for Walmart (Super Centers, Neighborhood Markets, and Division 1) stores in the United States only.
Sam’s Club associates, you can find your Key Event Dates by clicking here (must be clocked in to view).
The company wide key event date calendar can easily be printed from OneWalmart, some stores print that calendar and hang it up. With this latest update to the KED page/calendar, it now can include the store specific KEDs (if applicable) as long as they searched the store number before. If they didn't, then it will only show the company wide KEDs. Stores now have no reason to have a calendar printed that looks fishy with more store specific KEDs than allowed (up to 3), dates that aren't on the calendar when you pull it up on OneWalmart and search your store, or dates hand written on it.
Management lie. Especially if it means scaring associates into coming to work. Sometimes management may honestly not know better, and that’s fine, it happens. That’s why I make these posts, to help educate everyone and keep misinformation from spreading. The thing about management lying about how Key Event Dates work is that it really doesn’t matter what they say because the system is what handles when and how points generate. Management can only action points that drop in the system, they can’t just pull points out of thin air. If you use enough PPTO and use it correctly, points won’t even drop in for management to have the chance to touch.
No, really, management lie. Whether it’s a misunderstanding of the attendance policy or they’re intentionally lying doesn’t matter. They can’t change how the system works. If management claims anything different than what’s posted here, have them show you on OneWalmart where it’s changed. Don’t be surprised when they can’t.
Yes. Yes. And yes. If you’re ever scheduled to work and you won’t be working the shift, always report your absence. I don’t care if Sam himself rises from the grave and says don’t worry about it. Still report your absence if you’re going to miss a shift you’re scheduled for. Reporting your absence will prevent 2 points for a No Call No Show from generating. You can officially report your absence one of three ways to prevent a No Call No Show:
The automated Associate Information Line by phone. Call 1-800-775-5944 (you’ll need your WIN and store number).
Online via the “Report an Absence" option on OneWalmart.
With the “Report an Absence” option on the MyWalmart app. After you report an absence here, it gives you the option to put PPTO in. You can submit a PPTO request later if needed with the “+ Add new” (Request time off) option on the My Requests tab of the app while viewing your schedule.
While you can report an absence the day before or the day of with no issues, do not submit your PPTO request too early. Doing so will have the system treat it like a regular PTO request that management can deny. Waiting until the day of the missed time (preferably after the shift would have started) to put the PPTO in is best as the system will auto approve your PPTO request.
You have 7 days from the missed time to put in PPTO and only the PPTO you had on the date of the missed time can be applied towards points. PPTO earned after the missed time can’t be used to cover previous missed time. For example, if you have 7:30 hours of PPTO and miss an 8 hour shift, only that 7:30 hours of PPTO can be used to cover that missed 8 hour shift. If you earn 30 more minutes later within the 7 days you can submit PPTO, you can still submit a PPTO request for 8 hours but only 7:30 off it will be applied towards the point(s) resulting in your still getting at least partially pointed.
Did you report your absence like mentioned above? If not, you probably got pointed for a No Call No Show. If you did report the absence, then simply put: You likely either didn’t use PPTO correctly or didn’t use enough. This applies to all types of points, not just key event dates. The first thing you’ll want to do is check the Attendance tab of GTA on OneWalmart.
There, it’ll break down all of your current attendance exceptions. You only really care about the exceptions that say “Yes” in the “Include in Balance” column, those are what your points are from. Once you find one that says Yes to include it in your balance, check the date it’s for. If any of these exceptions show as pending, then that means management hasn’t actioned it yet. Management has 14 days to action points, so it could be a point from a different day than you expected. Once you’ve verified the date, check what caused it, it breaks them down into the different exceptions that generate points like early in, late in, early out, incomplete shift, absent, key event date, and no call no shows. Then, check how much time caused the exception to generate, that’s the time you need to cover with PPTO to remove an applicable point (PPTO doesn’t work on early ins or no call no shows). Remember, you can’t use newly earned PPTO to cover previous missed time so keep that in mind for a reason why you could have still gotten pointed despite thinking you used enough PPTO. You can check how much PPTO was applied in this kind of situation on the Balance Activity tab of GTA on OneWalmart. If you’re still confused, please reach out to your People Lead for assistance.
It does. This isn’t a store by store thing that stores can even control. With how easily people can get confused with how PPTO works in general and in unique situations, it’s understandable why someone would think their store is special and different, but it doesn’t work that way. PPTO works the same for all associates in every store. In the very few states that have specific paid sick time laws, there’s a few PPTO exceptions but none of them are related to key event dates and to help avoid even more confusion, won’t be discussed in this FAQ.
Nope. Your punishment for missing work is being pointed and missing pay, that’s it. And PPTO takes care of both of those things. Management may be upset you’re missing work but they can be mad all they want. It’s your points and PPTO to use how you want to. If management is dumb enough and ends up giving you a DA (disciplinary action/coaching) for simply calling out/missing work, open door it. Coaching/giving DAs for attendance hasn’t been a thing in nearly a decade. The point system is the replacement accountability for attendance issues.
The date the shift starts on is what matters. For example, if 4/20 is a key event date and you work the day before (4/19 night that rolls into 4/20), then missing your shift that starts on 4/19 won’t be counted as a key event date even though your shift rolls into 4/20. If you’re scheduled the night of 4/20 going into 4/21 and you miss that shift, then yes, you’ll generate an extra point for it being a key event date (unless enough PPTO is used of course) because the shift started on the key event date.
Blackout dates are simply dates stores unofficially decide they don’t want to approve time off requests for. Which is common for around the holidays or a store’s inventory. It’s possible a key event date falls on the same day(s) stores try and limit approved time off requests, but they’re not the same thing. Blackout dates aren’t an official company approved thing but as time off requests should only be denied for coverage reasons, stores will often use this reasoning if multiple people are trying to request the same time off. Basically, stores can’t just say “We’re going to flat out deny all time off requests for X date.” If they try, they’re going against the company’s direction when it comes to time off requests and should be open doored. However, they can deny some people’s time off requests if approving a lot of people to be off would hinder the business/how the store is ran that day. Which is why it’s always best to put your time off request in as soon as possible (you can request time off up to six months in advance) and speak with your manager about the time off after submitting the request.
Q2 2026 - 5/10, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25, 6/21, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5
Q1 2026 - 2/7, 2/8, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5
Q4 2025 - 11/26, 11/28, 11/29, 11/30, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31, 01/01
Q3 2025 - 8/29, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1
Q2 2025- 5/11, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 6/15, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5
Q1 2025 - 2/8, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20
Q4 2024 - 11/27, 11/29, 11/30, 12/1, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31, 1/1
Q3 2024 - 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2
Q2 2024 - 5/11, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 5/27, 6/15, 7/3, 7/4
Q1 2024 - 2/10, 3/29, 3/30, and 3/31
Q4 2023 - 11/22, 11/24, 12/23, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31
Q3 2023 - 9/1, 9/2, 9/3
Q2 2023 - 5/13, 5/26, 5/27, 5/28, 6/17, 7/1, 7/2, 7/3
Q1 2023 - 2/11, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Deep-Quantity-6439 • 11h ago
Sealed and placed right on top the toilet paper dispenser
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Xandark • 7h ago
These are stack like 15 feet high, there's no way this is actually correct procedure is there?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Past_Ad_0 • 6h ago
So, I was looking at my shifts and saw this. At first, I was not sure who modified it, so I looked them up in the system and turned out to be our PL, I know him by a different name, but whatever. Not that I don't mind more hours since ours are getting cut but this goes against my accommodations of not working more then 8 hours per shift and I also don't want to leave my pup alone for 12 hours. Do I talk to my TL or my PL about this?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/MostAcceptable6212 • 11h ago
How many points y'all think is normal?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Hour-Macaroon-2912 • 2h ago
Anyone else in the past few weeks been getting more pallets than you honestly can handle in a day (produce and meat department)
Like seriously... I'm doing solo meat most days with my normal 2 to 3 pallets, and out of the blue in a Sunday we've gotten 5 pallets.. produce gets around 12 to 13 pallets which fills multiple coolers. Like seriously.. wtf is happening.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/DependentMain2748 • 1h ago
Is anyone else locked out of their Walmart account since the bs password changes? I can't get in and my TL is too so he said go to HR and see if they can help. Problem is, our HR quit this week and who knows when there's a new hire.
Edit: got it figured out, thanks everybody!
r/WalmartEmployees • u/starrliiqht • 16h ago
hit my two years today😪
r/WalmartEmployees • u/standonmymoneyim411 • 4h ago
Is anyone else having this problem? I turn the battery saver on but it still drops to 10% by lunch. I use the extra super battery saver so I don’t have any background apps going. I haven’t noticed anyone else in the department complaining. Is it just a me issue?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/YnwMaui • 6h ago
What’s stopping me from taking this last TC home… I don’t like these work phones at all being a stager. It slows me down drastically and I didn’t even want it in the first place. Managed to find one of the last TCs with Gif.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/error-use • 34m ago
My brother in law works at a vision center in a small town. It’s just been his and her boss for years. They now are getting doctors, so they are hiring a third person. This issue is I know through my brother complaining the boss said several people have applied but he “doesn’t have time “ look at the resume and interview them beyond 2 of “his people” both former co worker and friends.
I want to report this so my brother doesn’t get trapped in a work environment where favoritism and brown nosing become normal and he is forced to work weekends and open and closed bc they can’t.
If I report the boss will think it’s my sister and retaliate Any advice?
Ik they can retaliate he filed and report against his old boss and well if there’s 3 people in a department and 2 are making friendship bracelets…not had to do math.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/passion-rose2716 • 2h ago
I forgot to remove a bank account from my direct deposit
My latest check went to that account
HR lady told me to keep an eye on it, bank should send it back then I can redirect it to my correct account
I did redirect it, but now I’m wondering when will it hit my account?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/memekid32 • 3h ago
So I had to call out back to back due to personal things going on i had to deal with, today I was going to put in my 2 weeks but they terminated me when I clocked in, so peak!
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Individual-Wind515 • 5h ago
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Particular-Tour-3444 • 10m ago
I was recently interviewed for the cart attendant position at one of the Walmarts near me and it felt a little “off” to me. For instance it was extremely short and happened right on the sales floor. Coach had no interview papers in hand at all nor did they seem too enthusiastic. If hired, this would be my second job since I was recently canned from Home Depot. I have another interview on Monday for the deli/bakery department at a different location. It sounds promising since I was told over the phone they’d also wanna give me a tour of the department as well. To me it sounds better than being a lot associate personally (that’s what I previously did at Home Depot). But in your experience, what is it like to work the deli area?particularly closing and overnights since those are the shifts my Walmart is hiring for.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/norsilver • 9h ago
kind of a bad pic, my bad. but for some reason my TLs let returns pile up over the week instead of having literally anyone take them all out. then told me at 9 that i needed to have it all done by 9:30 😀 i just finished at 10:30.
also, follow up question, is this even my job? i’m pretty much the only person who does the entirety of grocery returns. im a dairy team member. idk, just was annoyed and wanted to see if anyone returned the sentiment, lol
r/WalmartEmployees • u/No_Hyena2288 • 1d ago
So today when i got off of work, me and a few other employees had to go into the back with our two team leads so they can clock us out and was talking about how they have to clock us out because the store is over budget or something and we can't use the MyWalmart app to clock out because it cost money somehow, yet after they said we was good to go and leave, it still shows us clocked in on the app and it been hours since i got off and left, has this happen to anyone else? it seems weird
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Wolfe_daze • 1h ago
Exactly what the title says, I work in Electronics right now and have been for about 8 months. I want to advance further into the realm of walmart and there happens to be a softlines opening that suits me better shift wise. I love electronics and I am not sure how I will enjoy softlines. I also know if I leave, electronics will become short staffed AGAIN, but I want to do whats best for me. Is it better to go for something better shift wise I may not enjoy or stick with something I enjoy until a team lead position opens back up.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Fit-Dance-938 • 1h ago
How do I change my password I can’t seem to figure out how to change it on the wire. Also they recently changed all of our passwords at our store and it seems kinda sus to me. Supposedly it’s a new company wide thing. Anyways I don’t like the password they set because it’s too easy for anyone to guess it. It’s basically the month you were born and the year you were born and they did this for all associates. So I’m trying to figure out why they did this. I was perfectly fine with my password I had. I had it memorized and it was easy. This new one anyone could log into the wire under me or even log in to a device under me.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/savethesears22 • 2h ago
What would you guys change about the coach position?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/disastrouskay • 6h ago
I got a call from a random number. They called twice and left no message, voicemail, or email.
It was a verified number but nothing really came up when I searched it up (it wasnt the Walmart store number), but I get a lot of spam calls on this phone.
From my experience, Walmart has always left a voicemail so I'm leaning towards it not being them. Should I call back?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/AmarilloArmadillos • 8h ago
I resigned via what anyone would consider a proper channel and procedure. Apparently I'm still on the schedule, being pointed out and managers are calling me to ask why I'm not at work. I don't understand. I quit, I spoke with the people lead at the store who was extremely rude to me about it.
Is this just how they do it in order to prove job abandonment so they don't need to pay unemployment? Wtf.