Whether you're thinking of applying for a job at Sam's Club or you're just curious about
what it's like to work there, we have the answers.
Here's a look at what former and current employees are saying about what it's like to work at
Sam's Club.
When it comes to Sam's Club, most employees never know what kind of work they'll be doing
from one minute to the next.
According to a lengthy post from an alleged Sam's Club worker on Reddit, there are several
different managers at Sam's Club on duty at one time, and they often all assign different
tasks to the same worker in the same time frame, causing a lot of stress and confusion.
"It wasn't enough.
I blew it."
In fact, the poster lovingly referred to the resulting chaos as a "garbage fire."
Other employees from other store locations vouched for the truth of the post.
They say employees are often given assignments in departments they're not used to working
in, and often resort to taking sick days just to get a break from the madness.
Multiple threads for Sam's Club employees on Reddit mention that one of the biggest
challenges of working at Sam's Club is under-staffing.
If you've ever been to a Sam's Club, you know these stores are massive and workers often
find themselves handling an entire huge department by themselves.
Many of the stores are already understaffed, so when someone goes on vacation or calls
in sick, chaos ensues.
Several workers complain that they're doing the work of 10 people and only getting paid
for one, thanks to all of the call-ins and general lack of employees.
A new system has been put in place by management to cut down on the amount of sick and personal
days workers take but for some this only serves to add more stress, since the ones who truly
need a break can't take a mental health day if needed.
If there's one thing workers should never have to stand for, it's not being paid for
their work.
Unfortunately though, this seems to be almost common practice at Sam's Club and its parent
company of Walmart, as over the years many workers have reported that they've been made
to work overtime with no pay.
A 2002 article in the The New York Times described how workers in both stores in multiple states
were often asked to stay past quitting time to help clean up the store sometimes even
locked in by managers after they had clocked out, and not allowed to leave until the store
was spic and span.
This type of treatment has resulted in several large, class-action lawsuits against the Walmart
corporation in recent years, including one in California that involved workers being
denied lunch breaks, and one in Pennsylvania in which workers were forced to work up to
12 hours of unpaid overtime per month.
You know that you've found yourself in a toxic work environment if you almost always feel
mentally and physically drained at the end of the day.
"Stop crying."
Sadly, many Sam's Club workers feel this way about their job, according to threads on Reddit.
Many employees feel as if they're asked to do too much, and that they're being pulled
in too many different directions at the same time.
They also feel like they're just not being heard by their bosses if they try to discuss
the issue.
Several Sam's Club workers have had to use sick days just to get a mental break from
the place, and others say they're considering quitting after only a few months, explaining
that no matter how badly they could use the money, dealing with the work environment is
just not worth it.
An alarming amount of alleged Sam's Club workers on Reddit report that working at Sam's Club
has either activated an anxiety disorder or made an existing problem worse.
One even said,
"The whole company is a dumpster fire of depression and dysfunction."
One of the biggest complaints from current and former Sam's Club employees on Indeed
is that the managers are unreliable and, at times, even cruel.
One alleged merchandising floor team leader at Sam's Club says the manager plays favorites,
giving better shifts to certain workers and generally just being nicer to some people
than others a claim that's backed up by other similar reviews.
The most common complaint about Sam's Club managers, though, is that they just plain
don't listen to their employees.
Many workers say they feel their managers simply don't care about them, which doesn't
create a lot of trust in the workplace.
To make things even worse, some posters claim managers won't accept sick notes from doctors,
resulting in workers getting punished or possibly even fired for being ill.
In spite of all the negative factors past employees have exposed, working at Sam's Club
apparently isn't all bad.
In fact, there are a few perks here and there worth mentioning, like the free turkeys handed
out in November so that workers can have one for Thanksgiving dinner.
According to a recent conversation on Reddit, this is a fairly new tradition, and some suspect
that it is a way to keep morale up in this busy holiday time of year.
The thread was initially started after the end of a one-day sale to congratulate all
the workers who made it through what turned out to be a 12-hour shift for some.
If those people don't deserve a free turkey, who does?
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