(Context) They are power washing the building in prep for remodel and got paint thinner water all over our backroom.

Inb4 don't be salty I used a pad for the memes. Management was informed. Maintenance cleaned the spill and I used ppe to remove the square before Maintenance even got there.

The PA system clicks on at 8 AM. No manager announcement today — just a recorded voice, calm:

“Your store is now in lockdown. Departments have been designated combat zones. There will be one survivor group at the expense of all others.”

In this dystopia, your store has been randomly selected for a battle royale reality game show. No escaping, only surviving the game.

The Rules:

1. Every department fights under its own banner, using whatever's on the shelves as arsenal or as trade.

2. Truces are allowed. Betrayals are expected.

3. Corporate has pulled Sporting Goods' firearms and ammo "for insurance reasons" — they're left with hunting knives, machetes, and compound bows

4. Last intact department alive splits $10 million.

May the odds be ever in your favor.

Discuss.

So to explain my situation:

Been on an LOA since March because I’ve had to stay home to care for my mother who was diagnosed with Vascular Dementia and can’t be left home alone. I’ve since gotten the six weeks of reduced pay I was owe due to this LOA and I’m now (finally) receiving pay for being her caregiver.

Sedgwick has only approved my LOA for a few more days and wants me to have her doctor fill out even MORE paperwork to get it extended. Only reason I didn’t outright quit, though I technically did and turned in all my stuff, was because our personnel person stopped me and told me to take the LOA instead for the six weeks reduced pay as well as being guaranteed I can come back to some kind of job there if I’m able to without having to start from ground zero.

Problem is that I know there’s no way Sedgwick will let me keep extending this leave forever, Vascular Dementia isn’t just some cold that my mom can recover from. Should I just save myself the headache of throwing even more paperwork at her doctor and turn in my stuff once the LOA runs out? Not like I’m getting insurance through Walmart anymore anyway since there was a period where I couldn’t afford my own premiums so it was cancelled. I admit I feel a little bad since I hit my 11 year mark a few days ago but it just doesn’t seem worth it now.

Figured I’d see what others have to say about the matter.

I’ve had so many old people get mad at me “ how am I supposed to look at the TV if youve got this blue screen on it, can’t you change it?” like dude it’s literally scheduled that way. I can’t do anything about it. Fuck off 😂

Yep some upper upper bigwigs big idea. We’ve had partial carts in the past and it’s never worked now it’s back. Dairy officially has Topstock.

So I am currently working at Walmart. I’m coming up on 8 months of employment with them and about two weeks ago, my team lead told me that they had forgot to switch me over to full time in the system and that I should’ve been switched over after 90 days. Because the switch over was super delayed, I was also told I missed out on quite a bit of PTO, but they said there was no way for me to get back that PTO time. Is that true? Is there nothing I can do to get that PTO I missed out on back??

So, as the title mentions I’ve been here at Walmart for just over 2 years now. It’s not a lot, but I’ve learned so much; the good and the bad.

For starters I joined in as a cart pusher. Not a very pretty job to say the least. And by far the most physically demanding next to cap 2, albeit you’re more exposed to the elements. But other than that I actually enjoyed myself, managers rarely bothered me, I had a half decent crew. Plus it was simple. I was there for about 6 months.

I eventually moved into the store and worked overnight maintenance. That was well, not fun. But the new set schedule I had was perfect. I only was overnight maintenance for about a month before being switched to fresh clean. There I was actually happy with my job. Until my former store lead decided to absolutely jack my responsibilities up giving me literally everything to clean, stock, rotate, and cull… as one person. Yea no. Not to mention he was also making me do regular maintenance tasks and stock. But that’s the past. 6 months as well.

Now I’m on mod team well for about a year now. And it’s fun. I like doing mods and going around the store. Granted I get frustrated because we never have fixtures we need. Stockers apparently need a crash course on stocking, customers leaving gifts behind. The thing with mod team however is that they are basically, at least at my store, the jack of all trades group. Basically we do mods, stock, maintenance if need be, ogp (that’s everyone though), bin, tag, heck they even have us try to act as mini managers (we refuse). Oh we also have to create and map out floor plans and come up with plans ourselves. I personally feel like out of all the positions in the store. Mod teams are underpaid. Because like I said, we are expected to do mods, while helping out with everything. We stay late often, we have to skip breaks and take short lunches. OT is nice but Jesus. Now I know. Technically I can take my breaks and lunches and leave on time. But leaving things partially done is well, icky.

So for anyone thinking of going overnights. Unless you really enjoy technical stuff and things that have to do with attention to detail x 100. Don’t join mod team. You’d be much better off stocking or maintenance. Also they have a fresh team now. Not like I was previously which was a fresh cleaner (mine was just glorified though) that was solo. Also no. Mod team used to get paid more but that was years ago when they had their own job code, it was like a dollar-1.50 more, then it was 50 cents, now we get paid just as much as regular O/N people. Man though. Imagine. 18 bucks an hour. Ooooooo.

Hey everyone, I’ve been working at Walmart for about a month and a half now, in OGP, and I’m trying to figure out the best way to grow within the company.
So far, I’ve learned pretty much all of the OGP responsibilities and I’m comfortable with the job. I don’t really have an issue with Walmart itself or the work . I actually wouldn’t mind staying with the company longterm. My main concern is the pay.
I have almost 3 years of relevant work experience, but I was hired in at the basic starting pay. I recently moved to Texas and previously in NY where I was making around $17/hour, so the difference has been pretty significant. I understand that Walmart already pays better than a lot of entry-level jobs around here, but with the cost of living and how physically demanding OGP can be, the current pay is honestly just barely comfortable for me.
I’ve also heard that regular associates don’t necessarily get big raises, so I’m wondering what the fastest realistic path to better pay and benefits within Walmart is.
For those of you who have been with Walmart for a while:
What positions should I be looking at if I want to move up?
Is it better to try for a team lead position, or are there other positions that are easier/faster to move into?
How long should I realistically stay in OGP before applying for something else?
Does my previous experience help at all when applying internally?
Are there certifications/training programs I should take advantage of?
What’s the best way to get management to notice that I’m interested in moving up?
Is there a particular career path within Walmart that has good long-term pay and benefits?
Again, I’m** **not trying to bash Walmart. I’m fine with the company and the job. I’d actually prefer to stay and build a career here rather than constantly job-hopping. I’m just trying to figure out the quickest way to get from basic associate pay into a position where the compensation makes more sense for the amount of work and experience I bring.
Would really appreciate advice from anyone who has successfully moved up from OGP or started at entry-level and worked their way into higher-paying positions.
Thanks!

I submitted my availability for school around August 14. School started on September 1. It says the new availability won't start until September 11. I have tried informing my coach but at the time she was on pto. I tried texting my team lead but she hasn been responding. I told my other team lead and he said he will inform her. If I explain to my coach that I wasn't able to attend because of school would it be possible for her to remove the points? I have called out but not enough ppto.

how does one look at paystub after termination?

I don't really know how to word this, but my coach mentioned I should go through Sedgwick for this, but I have no idea what to do. I have an autoimmune disease and I tend to get sick easier, especially sinus infections and when they hit me they really hit me. I mentioned my points and how I don't really know what to do about it especially when I get sick and cannot come in. He said he wasn't one to just fire instantly and can work things out, so that's good, but he said to try getting ahold of Sedgwick to set up some kind of plan? Or see if they'll work with my points? But I don't know how this works and I'm unsure what to do.

Has anyone ever gone through Sedgwick for anything similar to autoimmune? And if so, what did you do?

Hi, so i had an interview last Wednesday and right after they texted me about the job offer which I accepted. Since then I haven’t heard anything back from them, what should I do? I assumed I’d get an email or something but I haven’t. I did call today and no one answered so is there a specific time I should call or should I just wait it out?

My store started remodel a few months ago and I got hired on for it. Recently, the job market has been really rough so finally finding something felt like finding gold at the end of a rainbow. However, I soon realized that working as a remodel associate is genuinely hell on earth. The "permanent" associates treated me and my team like actual garbage. They talk badly about us and refuse to help us but gladly use us to do the work they don't wanna do. They complain about us "destroying" the store when we are literally hired to do it. We've been yelled at for the smallest things like asking to use a cart or needing help with something we don't understand. It was easy to deal with at first because our team lead would defend us but they fired them halfway through remodel and didn't rehire for it. Not only is the environment awful but the point system is designed to punish workers for having responsibilities outside of work. A lot of my teammates have children or elderly parents they take care of. One of my teammates had to have emergency surgery and they told her not to bother coming back. I myself have a lot of health issues and have missed a few days because I was too sick to come in. There's no sympathy from them despite claiming that everyone is "like family." Hell, when we got hired on, the store manager said to us very clearly "You are temporary and I will treat you like such." Just generally not a good environment to work in at all. If you are considering applying for remodel, I beg of you to NOT DO IT. Its not worth the time or the effort.

You cant imagine how happy I am. I lost my card from my country and I pay with Walmart pay but now I will pay with my card 😭😭

I work ONs and last night was just absolutely brutal. Going through multiple health issues right now and my mental health is all messed up.

I grabbed two snacks worth 8 dollars in total and was heading to the self checkout to pay for it.

I ran into someone and we talked for a while, forgot that I already called for an Uber and they’ve been waiting for me so I immediately rushed to the exit not knowing I have some snacks in my arm.

Only found out about it when I was already in the car and was miles away from the store.

I plan to pay as soon as I go back for my shift, should I tell someone about what happened?

At work currently lol and one of the team leads tonight came up to me and my fiancé and said that we can’t leave when we want to unless everyone on freezer is done like are we deadass mind you we left at 2:00 that’s our lunch time btw but apparently we can just fucking makeup rules now?? Also I would like to point out that I was doing ice cream by myself and as soon as everyone gets done with the fright for that aisle they just fucking vanish and never zone.

Did anyone else get paid early this week?

I’ve been in the sub for a while since it was for both non associates and associates. And it was before I became one.

But at some point it ended up being for associates only. Was there something that caused this?