Out of the 3 Walmarts nearest to me, this is the best - but it's certainly not saying much and more like picking the lesser out of 3 evils.
I live in lower Westchester and the fact that I bypass the hideous White Plains location to come here should say a lot about that. I made the mistake of going to the garbage Connecticut Avenue location once and won't be doing that again. I only go to Walmart on occasion for the price, but maybe spending a little more at another company is the way to go.
This location is clean and decently stocked. By that I mean you'll find most of what Walmart carries without too much of a mess. If you're looking for a DVD, book, cd(clean version), or game - it's Walmart standard and whomever chooses at the home office for stores to carry. You'll find most new releases however and some of their exclusives. As far as clothes, maybe you'll find your size, maybe not. The over the counters, lotions, shampoos, and all that stuff - you can't beat the prices when compared to everywhere else. The prices for TV's and such are pretty decent, but you won't always find the best brand name either, so do your homework before purchasing that laptop or electronic. There is no fresh produce here or meats, so if you're looking for that "Walmart Steak", it's not happening at this location. It's typical mini mart items with a larger selection and cheaper prices - aka canned, boxed, and bagged items. Really all typical Walmart selections of a little bit of almost everything. Most of the time, I find what I'm looking for.
Most of the employees are terrible here. Sometimes I think it's like some sort of parody of a work tape - you know the ones they make you watch (or used to) to see what a "good employee" is in the most fake of situations - but sadly, it's real life and makes you wonder how the hell they got hired in the first place. I mean they want to raise minimum wage to $15, yet most aren't worth .50 cents an hour. If you can get them to work at all, it's lethargically slow. Most seem to like to socialize with each other or with their phones. Maybe it's just me and my high work ethic (both retail and not) - but then again, I worked for low wages when I was younger and didn't complain about wanting more while busting my ass, working fast and efficient, and providing customer service - no, here is the polar opposite - do very little to nothing and want more for it. The most recent time in here, there were some rude, nasty, and lazy employees. I wanted to apply for a management job just to fire 90% of the staff and then quit - that's how bad it is in here. No point getting to any examples, because there's only so much space in a Yelp review and there would be too many to list. Basically, if you're coming here expect terrible "customer service" and terrible work-rate. Yeah, they'll make excuses about low pay for not doing their job that they applied for - but when I was making $4.25/$4.75 per hour years earlier I still worked my ass off, so there's no excuse about the almost blatant lack of work ethic here. Good luck finding someone in a particular department as well - or finding someone who knows where the assigned department employee is ($15 an hour......LOL! what a joke).
The registers aren't usually bad as far as lines and enough registers open - but I've always come at the 8-9pm time. The cashier I had most recently barely spoke English which is always nice in America these days. She was also very slow and bagged items like a pre school child would. Yep, give those hard working employees that $15!
They share the parking lot with some other stores, most notably Staples. There are carts lingering in the lot at times. The lot isn't terrible, but the people who use it are pretty bad and lazy parkers, so use caution walking to and from you car as the next person will mow you down to get to that space that is just a few feet closer to the store. When it rains heavy, there is also a lake that forms in part of the lot. Other than the carts, none of this is Walmart's fault, but you have been warned.
So it's a Walmart - expect cheaper prices and almost a little bit of everything. Really, you can't argue with the prices of most things and if you're looking to save, then this is a decent place to shop. Once again it's clean and that's very important. If you're coming here to ask an "employee" (*giggle*) for help or are expecting good work ethic here, you'll be searching for a long time and will likely be disappointed. Again, 90% of the employees in here are absolutely terrible - but that's still better than some of it's closer sister stores (White Plains, Connecticut Avenue). read more
