Hey ppl. I'm a former Walmart associate who became a Sam's Club associate 3 months ago and I'm here to help you guys gain a perspective of what it's like to be a Sam's Club associate by publishing this post. I've seen some of the Walmart associates are interested in Sam's Club jobs so I decided, why not help the associates who are curious to know what's going on at this place? So let's start with this, working at Sam's Club is not much different or better than working at Walmart. Let me repeat that again for the people in the back: Sam's Club jobs are extremely similar to Walmart jobs. This might sound pretty obvious to so many of you people but I've seen a lot of people who worked for both, and they exaggerate Sam's Club so much, that it got to a point where it started to bother me. They are just selling untrue dreams to people and giving them hope for no reason. It's not like we are chilling in this place for the half of the shift and we are helping extremely kind, caring, and understanding members for the other half. No. People are rude and stupid here too and you will face very very similar challenges that you face at Walmart. I can't lie, I thought dealing with people, and when I say people I mean the customers aka members, would be a lot easier. I thought that because people actually pay to get in here. So the membership should decrease the number of people that you deal with, and since you deal with fewer and fewer people, you would get better and calmer conversations with customers aka members. But unfortunately, that was not the case for me. The arrogance of these people is hilarious. I'm gonna be honest, I thought the customers at Walmart were arrogant just because they bought the most buyable items, but I realized they were nothing compared to Sam's Club members. I swear these people make you feel like you are working at a 5 star hotel. Cause they expect the same service level of a 5 star hotel. Just because you pay 50-100$ per year, you don't get to be a billionaire you id^^t. Anyway, let's stay on track. I also thought I would be in a more well organized working environment in terms of not mixing the duties of one associate with another. For example, I never wanted to do anything that wasn't in my job description but that wasn't the case. And I realized I was naive to think that it was gonna be different. So if there is any of you who are thinking that the problem is actually your Store Manager or your Team Lead, they are not. It's the same at other stores and other companies as well. I witnessed it personally.
Sam's Club is Walmart on steroids.
That's a PERFECT definition for Sam's Club. Congratulations.
After reading this post, I'm just so glad I don't work for the Sam's Club. You didn't tell any specific story of arrogance or anything and please don't tell it. Because reading only this post and imagining the arrogance of these people made me suffer enough. I can't even imagine the poor associates who work there.
I'll tell you that you're not glad enough to not work for Sam's Club.
It all comes down to personal experience. My husband also switched from Walmart to Sam's for similar reasons and he's loving it so far.
I'm glad for him but I don't think it's going to be like that for so long.
He's been working at Sam's for the past 2 years.
You got me there 🙃 Why do you make it sound like he started to work there last week? 😂
I don't know, sorry if it sounded like that 😂
It's okay 🙂
Other than pay being slightly better, there is nothing different in samss club that would make you say you're glad you left wm.
More About Community
Welcome to our online community designed for Sam's Club associates!!! TBT is a dedicated space for you to connect with colleagues from across Walmart's membership-only warehouse clubs. Here, you can discuss the distinctive aspects of working in a bulk retail environment, from managing large-scale inventory to providing exceptional member services. Share your insights, seek advice, and explore topics such as pay, work-life balance, layoffs, hiring, management actions, etc... Join this TBT community to foster connections and support one another in navigating the unique challenges and rewards of working at Sam's Club.
With all due respect i think its ur fault to think that it was going to be different in a company that has the same boss with walmart.