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Colors We have made every effort to display as accurately as possible the colors of our products that appear on the Site. Walmart's auto centers are a convenient place to get your oil changed while you do your shop. If you're wondering how much it will cost, read on.. Sephora restocks its products weekly or sometimes every day, depending on the particular product and brand. Luckily, I never have to go back to that dreaded land of awfulness again, and I'm hoping this article can save some innocent folks from making the same mistakes I did.
Some of the downsides discussed in this article may apply to other retail jobs as well, but I'm speaking specifically about Walmart, as that's where my experience lies. Below are the four main reasons why you shouldn't work for Walmart.
Each of these is discussed in greater detail in the sections that follow. A note on Walmart managers and an FAQ section are provided as well. While Walmart has changed its look and branding over the years, its poor treatment of employees has remained the same. Walmart offers some of the worst healthcare plans I've ever seen.
Some would say that they're better than nothing, but I disagree. I paid for the best plan and had 71 dollars come out of every check, but when I went to the doctor, I still had a mountain of a deductible to conquer. I had their insurance on two separate occasions. One was on the "low deductible, high premium" plan, and the other was on the "high deductible, low premium" plan.
My claims were denied for no apparent reason by the insurance underwriter, who was incredibly hard to get in contact with. This all costs less than I was paying for my Walmart plans. The plans have gone up every year in price while going down in quality.
And don't even think about blaming Obamacare for that—other companies haven't responded this way. The company has begun to impede new hires with a waiting period of one year before they can even get Walmart's health insurance. This may actually be a good thing. There's so much wrong with the healthcare offered by Walmart that I genuinely feel sorry for any employee that is stuck in a one-year commitment with them. The way their "open enrollment" works is that you have a one-month window each year new hires are almost always hired to miss this window to plan out your next year's healthcare needs.
You can't change these choices once the window passes, and you're locked in for an entire year. Only massive life changes like dying can get them to change your benefits when it's not "open enrollment" time.
Super bogus. Back when I first started, I was a full-time worker and got my 40 hours a week, and while it was third-shift menial labor stocking , it was a solid paycheck. I was cool with that. But as the years rolled on, Walmart found that hiring two part-time workers instead of one full-time worker is much more profitable because they can deny benefits to any part-time worker and cut that person's hours to zero if they feel like it.
They have done that to me, and they will do that to you if you work for them. If you are one of those few people who has full-time status, watch your back.
They're gunning for you. They're looking for ways to get you to either step down to part-time or quit entirely since you're not only reaping the benefits of having been there for a long time oh my, a few more dollars an hour!
I've talked with the loss prevention associates and have friends in places that have access to information that I clearly am not supposed to know, so I know stuff like this was happening. They were keeping cameras on full-time associates and watching their clock-in and clock-out habits for any possible reason to trip them up.
Sometimes, word made its way to a particular employee, and they fussed and fumed, and yep—they got a coaching for poor performance in return. Another way they try to "smoke out" the veterans of the company is by dropping their hours below the designated minimum that was established way back when just to annoy them. The minimum number of hours a full-time employee is supposed to receive is 35, and the maximum number a part-time employee may receive is I've seen a manager give a full-time associate 28 hours and a part-time associate 32 hours just to send a passive-aggressive message that while there are "rules" at Walmart, decisions are made based on conspiracy and gossip instead of it being a "family" or "team" like their propaganda would have you believe.
The way Walmart's stores are laid out is no accident. You know why we say: 'Save money. Live better? Simple as that. The more we sell, the higher our volume. Even if we make razor-thin profits, the more money we make, and the more repeat customers we make, and the more we rule the market.
Notice, our stock doesn't rise by dollars; it rises by a trickle of cents over years, slowly creeping higher and higher. That's how we do things, and when you make the customers buy more stuff—when you fill their cart up—that's how you secure your job, and that's how you secure your company's future for years to come. I wasn't surprised at the content of his message because I'd known all of this before; I was just astounded that he was so flippant about it.
We were perpetuating a cycle of tricking consumers into buying substandard crap with substandard service because our prices were lower than everyone else's. This is still the way it works. It's the little things. When the greeters offer you a cart, it's supposed to make you think, "Oh wow, I feel welcome here.
Thank you! That's what a shopping cart is to a consumer. If they don't have a cart, they can't buy as much. When they have a cart, they feel indebted somehow to themself and the store to at least fill it up before leaving. It's a psychological trick that is not only underhanded, but it's also one that I participated in for years unknowingly.
As a cart-pusher, I gave customers carts constantly. I didn't realize I was participating in the consumerism cycle. They put things in certain places for a reason. That's why they remodel the stores every few years; new statistics give them new data that shows them how to make the most revenue via the layout of the store. Essential items are located in the back of the store—always.
Stuff you don't need is off to the side and there for you whenever you feel like splurging, but the real stuff—like food, milk, toilet paper, the pharmacy, and the rest of the essentials—is in the back of the store. Okay, so what, it's only a matter of a hundred feet, right? There are what they call "features" in the middle of the aisles that are usually in accordance with whatever is seasonal. Football season has soda, chips, beer, and junk food.
Valentine's Day has flowers, chocolates, etc. These features are all throughout the store and are meant to entice you into dropping them into your cart. Whenever you walk into the general merchandise entrance of the store, the first thing you see is not the random seasonal purchase features around you, but the very back of the store straight ahead.
You see the inch LED televisions on the wall playing whatever random loop they have set up. The consumer's buying urge is set off like a drug addict when he or she sees fresh product lying on the table. They know they don't need it. They know they already have a good TV. But look how shiny it is. They must go and investigate. So they do, and while they're back there, they end up buying a new Blu-ray player, an HDMI cable, and a lesser, but still shiny television that the associate working back there talked them into I worked that job, so I know how that goes.
The electronics department is the most profitable place in the store, and yet it is in the back. Because by the time you make it to the electronics department, you've already picked up several things you don't need and several things you do need.
You're already exasperated by your trip to Walmart, and this refreshing land of movies, games, and everything you love sounds like a good idea. Yes, every retail store is required to push its retail credit cards.
But what gimmicks does Walmart use to sell these? In the Vision Center, we were the best at selling credit cards because we had more time with the customer than any of the other cashiers in the store.
We had more time to mess with the customer's mind. I told my manager who hated me that I would not partake in such fraudulent activities. She said I had no choice, and it was a command. Yes, I received a "coaching," which is like a demerit.
These stack up, and if you get three or four of them, you're fired. I received this coaching for not wanting to disillusion the customers that we're supposed to be serving. I was incredulous! Every time one of these drug-deals went down, I cringed and held back my fury.
My manager loved it. She was a sociopath, but to me, it seemed like casting out a pole into fresh waters. When you catch the biggest bass in the waters, you talk it into buying a credit card. It makes no sense. They're already screwed by being there in the first place, so why do we have to screw them more? It makes me angry just thinking about it. Walmart messes with consumers in other ways, too. Another is the "site-to-store" option.
You order a product online, and you don't have to pay shipping since it goes to the store. Where do you pick it up? No, there's no drive-thru or load-up option. You have to walk to the very back of the store and hunt for someone to get the product you ordered. It's usually the photo lab associate who is currently dealing with a line of customers, so you have to wait, and wait, and. How did you get there? They set goals that are unreachable so that they only have to give out the bare minimum in terms of raises each year, and they can choose to not give employees raise at all.
To receive the full raise which I have , you have to literally sell your soul to Walmart, work every day like it's your last day which I did , lie to every manager play the game , work in as many different areas of the store as possible, and pick up extra shifts from other people in the store that are ill or otherwise can't make it.
Keeping up this lifestyle is not only taxing, but it's also unhealthy. Eventually, you're going to burn out as I did. Then, they'll ask, "Why has your performance dropped? They reserve the right to use any possible reason in their playbook to fire you. Quitting Walmart is possible, and there is nothing wrong with quitting your job. If you wish to quit your daily job then, you need to follow a procedure. Firstly give notice along with a written resignation.
Quitting a job has various reasons in Walmart, dealing with rude customers must stress off the employee. Quitting is not always a bad thing, running from things that hurt you in any way is better. Answer: Leaving a job is completely up to the person.
He can quit whenever he feels like it is not working for him. Answer: Yes, a person can get rehired after he quit or got fired. There is a rehiring policy which the person needs to follow. A person has to wait for three months to get hired according to the hiring policy. If you are fired, for other reasons, like having poor attendance then you will have to wait for 6months for applying again.
Also, other reasons might take 12 months to get your job back. Answer: Walmart requires people who have the skill to guide customers in the right direction of things. It required customer service and no experience. All Walmart is looking for is a person who can read and can do the math. Your email address will not be published. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
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