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>>Perhaps you live in an area so economically depressed that people HAVE to stay there. <<

Nope, sure don’t. Look up Shelby Township, Sterling Heights or Rochester, MI.

>>W-M might be great for low prices on cheap Chinese goods (debatable) but they sure treat their employees like crap, despite the “you’re not an employee, you’re an associate” B/S. My stories as a night stocker would match those of mardi59.<<

Sorry, my niece worked there for 5 years while in college. She loved it and her Walmart was in Ohio.

Maybe that’s you and Mardi59.

If one does not want to do anything out of the ordinary or “it’s not my job” comes out of a mouth, that is not a person who will be happy at Walmart./

This whole thing began because I said there was no overtime at walmart in post #13.

“It’s not my job”. I have never said it’s not my job. I do as I am told. I cashier, I zone, I work on the floor helping customers, and I also act as greeter when they are short of people covering that area.

As for making it at walmart. I know a few people that have made it because they squealed on other people. They acted concerned about the employees problem and immediately went to management and snitched. If you call that making it, then so be it. Funny thing is, the snitches talked worse about management than anyone, but not one person went and told on them, not one. Management has their favorites..

I do my job and go home. I am not there for a friendship or one upman contest.

Maybe that’s you and Mardi59.

[Depressed area?] Nope, sure don’t. Look up Shelby Township, Sterling Heights or Rochester, MI.
I'll take your word for it. I worked up in Sterling Heights in the late '80s, but it was in the winter time and this Florida boy didn't want to play Nanook of the North. :-)

Not that I don’t believe you, I just know too many people who LOVE working there. I also know people who say that those who don’t really want to be a team player, don’t make it there. If one does not want to do anything out of the ordinary or “it’s not my job” comes out of a mouth, that is not a person who will be happy at Walmart.
Not quite. My area as a night stocker encompassed Housewares, Stationery, Furniture, Candles and Photos. Ask your niece what kind of effort that entailed. By the end of my third week there, because of my initiative, my younger supervisors (two over three years) told me "I don't have to worry about you, just do your thing - and left me alone for the rest of the shift. That lasted the three years I was there. On those occasional nights my workload was light, I'd go help the Mexican guy in Pets hump those 40-pound bags of dog food. (The damned stuff flew out the door. Evidently a lot of hungry dogs in that area.)
After six months, management was after me to become a supervisor. I told them this was a beer money job and not a career path. I earned four "exceeds expectations" and the highest pay raise allowed during the time I was there. I must have been "out of the ordinary" and considered "a team player" for I was offered a supervisor's position after each performance review.

Maybe that’s you and Mardi59.
I can't vouch for mardi59, but I suspect he didn't get to where he was by being a slacker. Go back and read some of the shady deals W-M used to deprive its workers of the bonus. In three years I was there, there was one bonus - and none for the six years after. When I was there one manager brought up people from the Las Vegas store to help with inventory. She put them up at the local casino and charged our employee injury fund for the lodging, which drove us negative and cancelled the bonus.