Walmart - work culture
1) What’s the work culture? Growth path? 2) How political is the company in decision making. 3) How many Vice Presidents are at Walmart - what are the levels - so many titles. 4) investment in minorities Any insights are helpful. YOE: 15 TC: 400
1) pretty stagnant , again depends on team,manager, fit etc 2) very 3)so many , don't really know 4)old boys club no investment in minorities
Such crap.
This is pretty on point, actually.
Definitely more exciting than JPM . When you ask VP, do mean the VP in the baking and financial company sense or VP in WM world otherwise is an officer and has at least 200-500 employees under them and is an executive level. If you have good people skills and temperament , WM is the place to be in and there's exciting as well as boring work depends on your attitude how you take it. I agree to some of the things my friends above say, but disagree with the pessimism. WM scale is breathtakingly BIG
Thanks much for your perspective. Can you share the levels? Where do director / sr director come in and EVP/SVP etc. I mean VP in retail. What does it mean to be an officer. I can imagine scale. JPMC is big too.
Pardon my ignorance about how big JPMC might be. Below are WM levels , in increasing order and , I've skipped levels below X5 X5 Sr mgr I X6 Sr mgr II X7 director - it has Sr director I and Sr Director II ( Sr Director II is x8 but I can be wrong. Since it's a big company and zillion orgs , distinctions are a bit hazy) X8 VP ( VP and above are called officers, depending on what area you run , your pecking order and moolah you make make may differ , officers also have some additional perks like exec education, trainings paid by WM from ivy league colleges and stricter code of conducts , have seen at least couple fired over my stay here and you run orgs with budget of 50M+ at least and probably more and units that bring in Billions of dollars for WM) SVP EVP CTO - Suresh Doug McMillon If you have an offer, definitely take it. There's a lot of exciting work but also remember, the hierarchy up to Dough is pretty long and may seem bureactic at times but sure won't be as so slow as JPMC considering banking and fin is event more heavily regulated and moves slowly. Bit of a churn happening here lately and people are pushed to deliver on time and not as laid back as it used to be. Good or bad , we will know , but a lot to learn. Good luck, let me know if you have more questions.
@Op at 15 yoe you must be ED at jp Morgan, I cannot answer your question as I am about to join walmart banglore, earlier worked with JPMORGAN
Yes ED at chase for 5+ years
For what position you had an offer I assume it is for some high level managerial position
Depends, if you’re a greeter you don’t have much growth opportunity Cashier you may one day make it to cashier manager I’d recommend loading trucks in the back for the highest TC
Funny
Yawn…same old tired comments from Amazon folks
Search Walmart on Blind. They laid off thousands just a couple of months ago. It’s a company that retains people who play political games over talent.
Thanks - I did. Trying to understand the reason behind it. Can anyone shed light on it
I'm speculating here but some of my knowledge is firsthand and some is conjecture. Walmart has been strategically reducing headcount in Merchandising for over 12 months prior to this layoff via attrition and hiring freeze. Many of the displaced associates were in Merchandising and Merch Ops, although I know it was broader. There was a massive reorg/consolidation in Merchandising, where many Merchants and Ops were displaced and their jobs were updated to no longer be "stores only" or "ecomm only" but "omni", so a bunch of people had to be cut in the consolidation. Ecomm folks in San Bruno were told the office is closing permanently, some were offered relocation and a new job in Bentonville (significantly cheaper for the company). Some were just given severance. The only way to have positions open for the relocation was to layoff BV employees. They did a similar exercise a few years ago in Grocery where half the Merch Ops roles were eliminated and the remaining folks became Analysts supporting multiple business lines / buyers.
Only politics works here.If you r good at politics ur welcome
Worked for them for a few years. Tons of Shitty WITCH background micromanagers with know it all attitude. Tons of shitty politics and outdated technology which is dependent on low skill contractors. Take your trash out yourself, shitty benefits, office culture ftom 1980s. Basically a shit show.
What’s a WITCH background
A background of working at Indian consulting firms - Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant, HCL(WITCH) which are know for their sneaky, greedy corporate ethics and horrible work culture and micromanagement.
Work culture really depends on the area and the leaders. I’ve experienced visionary leaders with bold ideas and also find ways to operationalize them. Also I’ve seen leaders (long tenure, internal) very stubborn with innovation and everything-works-fine attitudes, not trusting data, new tech and hiring their own protege. Politics exist and just need to manage up properly. Isn’t it everywhere? At the executive level, we have top talents with visions. The middle level is the problem. VP question is answered separately. By Area, Merchandising/Tech/HR/Marketing.... overall Walmart is in the south and Walmart cares a lot about social media presence and political ally from across the isles. We support sustainability and we support pro-business tax reduction.
A lot managers are from WITCH background consultants who became ft with high position and they breed that kinda culture in the company and the execs dont care or just not aware ... good dolis leave but slightly shiitier folks stay and become sme
Growth: 1% Politics 99%
Thanks - mind sharing which org you are in.. I am looking to understand Walmart e-commerce
I am in Walmart Ecommerce I can confirm it is 99% politics Be good with the leadership and you will succeed Very very slow processes if you compare with FANG. Tech is highly unskilled tbh but good compensation and good bonuse No wlb in pandemic though