Walmart Employee Stories
Delivered August 23, 2019. Contributor: Megan B.
Goals
To find stories from Walmart employees, especially with themes around environmentalism, veterans, homelessness, agriculture and education.
Early Findings
- Here is 1 veteran story: "After I left the Navy and completed graduate school, Walmart was my first job as a civilian,” said Valerie Ferrell, Walmart associate in Portsmouth and Navy veteran. “The leadership and organizational skills I learned through my training in the Navy helped me successfully transition and adapt into multiple positions at Walmart. In my role at Walmart I have been able to help recruit veterans and their spouses from every branch of the military and help them make the same successful transition. I am extremely proud to be a part of a company that focuses on hiring veterans and supporting their spouses and families.”
- Hundreds of stories can be found on this Reddit thread asking for former employees to share their experience.
- A former Walmart employee made the news for being fired for redeeming $5 credit for recycled bottles. He was formerly homeless when hired by Walmart.
- Here is another story about an employee giving a homeless the shoes off his feet.
- This article has some stories about employees calling for gun safety at work.
- Here is a story about a Walmart employee that built an app to help workers more effectively price match.
- Many websites publish "true stories" of Walmart employees, where employees can anonymously reveal controversial activities at their employers. Here are several: Gawker, Ranker, Business Insider, Whisper, Tickld and Readers Digest.
Research proposal:
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