Up until a month ago, I used to work at this particular store. Even though I worked there, I stopped shopping there just after a couple of months.
I didn't like how my co-workers treated customers for a start. For instance, we had a slip and fall and when I asked the guy in electronics to call for someone over the intercom, he acted like it was a big inconvenience for him.
My co-workers all acted this way in general, never saying "hi" to customers or just acting dismissive when a customer asked them a question.
One time, when I didn't have my vest on so I looked like a regular customer, I asked a lady stocking shelves if she had any Easter baskets with sharks on them. The lady turned to me, laughed, and said "I have no idea."
As she turned around, I saw some right by her head. I pointed them out to her, but she seemed indifferent. (Maybe the lady didn't know what a shark was.)
The stock room is also crawling with brown recluse spiders. BIG ones. Walmart didn't want to call in an exterminator (that'd look bad) so whenever we saw a spider we were supposed to step on them.
I worked third shift (night time when there weren't any customers) and sometimes one of the maintenance men would take a long broom and sweep things out from under the shelves in various locations of the store.
One guy was doing this in the Grocery aisle I was working on. (Aisle 6-7 with the Asian/Spanish food to be exact.) Any food the guy swept out from under the shelves was promptly put on the shelf. He didn't brush the package off or see if it had expired or anything. So gross!
Walmart, (at this location anyway,) doesn't really recycle it's trash either. It all goes in the dumpster even though they have bins for different items, like plastic, aluminum, etc.
This particular Walmart makes out like it helps out the community. They do the Cram the Cruiser, Toys for Tots Toy Drive, March of Dimes, etc. but it's just for show. Whenever a package of food, like Ramen Noodles, has been opened, they'll write it off as "Claims" (damaged) and then chuck the food in the dumpster.
This food, which is perfectly good as long as it hasn't been opened, could go to local homeless shelters or food banks.
Walmart throws away hundreds of pounds of food a month! I've seen Ramen noodles, cookies, glass bottles of water, bags of candy, packs of hot coco, fruit cups, chocolate pudding cups, boxes of oatmeal packs, and the like just thrown into the dumpster just because one of them was missing or damaged.
It's not just food, it's also toiletries like packs of toothpaste, school supplies, crafts items, pet food and supplies, etc.
If you want to shop at a store where you can make a difference and feel good about yourself, I'd suggest not shopping at Walmart, this one in particular. read more