Other
Welcome to our "Others" online community designed for all other Walmart associates not specifically mentioned in our larger groups such as Supercenters, Sam's Club, Vision Centers, Pharmacies, Home Office, Tech, etc. This platform is a dedicated space for you to connect with colleagues from various departments and roles that play unique and vital roles in our operations. Here, you can discuss the specific challenges and opportunities that come with your distinct positions within Walmart. Share your experiences, seek advice, and explore topics such as pay, interviews, career growth, work procedures, collaboration across departments, work-life balance, pay, and interactions with management. Join this growing TBT community to engage in meaningful conversations and support one another in navigating the diverse landscape of Walmart's global ecosystem.
Anniversary pins
Just curious if the anniversary pins they used to hand out back in the day are actually worth anything?
Exit strategy
Clock out, walk to the front doors, and still get stopped for “just one thing real quick.” That’s not how clocks work.
Walkie chaos
You’re trying to listen for your department call, but three walkies are all going off at once. Someone’s joking on one channel, another’s calling for code 300, and a third is paging backup to a register you don’t even work. Meanwhile, you’re answering a customer’s question mid-beep while trying to scan and zone at the same time. By the time your lead finally radios you, you’re already two tasks deep in something else.
... read moreThe coffee mirage
You grab your cup, take one sip, and someone needs backup. Set it down, forget where. Cold by the time you find it again.
Aisle full of opinions
You’re resetting a display and here come three coworkers and a manager—all with different ideas. “Move it left.” “No, keep it centered.” “Actually corporate said top shelf.” You try to follow instructions, but each time you adjust, someone else walks up and questions it. By the end, the planogram’s been abandoned and you're the one left to explain why it’s not “to spec.”
... read morePDA roulette
You finally get a working handheld, and five minutes later, it freezes mid-scan. Turn it off, turn it on, try not to throw it.
When overnight doesn't finish
Walk in at 7am expecting a clean start, but overnight didn’t finish their pulls, one department didn’t get zoned, and the breakroom looks like a crime scene. No note, no handoff, just a list of “what still needs to be done” scribbled on a box. We start the day already behind, and no one from leadership seems surprised.
... read more“You looked busy”
Customers: “I didn’t want to bother you, you looked busy.” Also customers: immediately ask five questions, two of them for a different department, while handing you a return with no receipt.
Forklift vs. Foot Traffic
Trying to move a loaded pallet through the main aisle while customers weave in and out like it’s a sidewalk in summer. You beep. You wait. You signal. Somehow they always step closer to the forks instead of back. Meanwhile, team leads are rushing you to drop it faster, but no one wants to clear a path or guide you through. End result? A slow-motion ballet of danger and delays while someone yells from across the store asking where their freight is.
... read moreOne pallet, five opinions
It’s always “you’re working that too slow” or “we need that cleared now,” but no one agrees on what’s actually urgent. Different lead, different rules.
Countdown to close
Ten minutes till closing, and here comes a full cart rolling through the doors like it’s noon. We already mopped, lights are dim, and music’s off. None of it matters.
When “day off” means nothing
Day off hits and your phone lights up: “Hey, any chance you can cover a shift?” or “We just had someone call out, you free?” You want to say no—but the guilt, the short staffing, and your own conscience all team up to drag you back.
... read more“Do you work here?”
I’m in uniform, badge on, walkie in hand, dragging a cart—and still get asked if I work here. Happens every week.
Shrink wrap standoff
Tried to open one pallet and ended up in a wrestling match with industrial-strength shrink wrap. Took longer to unwrap than to stock.
Corporate visit prep
You’d think we were prepping for royalty. Walls get scrubbed, displays get remade, hours get cut elsewhere just to make things “look” good. Then corporate walks through for ten minutes and leaves. Meanwhile, we go right back to chaos the next day.
... read moreWhen the weather walks in
Rain? Snow? Doesn’t matter. Customers track it all in. Slippery floors, soaked mats, and suddenly we’re the cleanup crew and welcome committee all in one.
Zone, unzone, rezone
Spent over an hour zoning an aisle perfectly. Turned around for five minutes, came back to three carts, a mess of opened items, and nothing in its place. Zoning is retail’s version of building a sandcastle at high tide.
... read moreThere’s no “quick question”
“Hey, quick question” is never quick. It’s always a series. Bonus points if they don’t wait for an answer before asking the next one.
Surprise team lead shift
Showed up for a normal shift. No leads in sight. Manager’s in meetings. Suddenly I’m assigning breaks, answering walkie calls, and keeping everything moving while still doing my own work. They call it “stepping up.” I call it unpaid management practice.
... read morePrice changes with a side of confusion
Nothing says "fun" like updating a shelf tag just for a customer to walk up and ask why the register still says the old price. I just work here, I don’t control the matrix.
When the breakroom turns into a therapy session
You walk in for a quiet lunch and someone’s venting about scheduling, another’s ranting about freight, and suddenly you're part of a group debrief. Happens every shift. #BreakroomConfessions #RetailTherapy
... read moreanonymous complaint
filed an anonymous complaint thinking it’d protect me. wrong. somehow they knew it was me and made work hell.
Called In for the First Time
Used the Walmart calling in process for the first time. Took 3 tries and still don’t know if it worked.
