Sam's Club Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Sam's Club full-time for more than a year

Pros – Around st pattys day, you get either a $1500 pt or a 2500 ft bonus if certain goals are met!

Cons – You have to get all your work done. I have held some 12 hour shifts before. Especially around graduation time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – If you work hard and gain knowlegde of the internal workings of the club the availabitly to move into a higher paying positon or supervisor position is easy to get.

Cons – teamwork is something that needs to be encourage but is not something to be expected regardless of what is said there about teamwork.

Advice to Senior Management – management needs to be more attentive to there inspections as well as do more in an eight hour day than talk about their personal lives. i would say they need to be more focused to better utilize their position.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sam's Club part-time for less than a year

Pros – Team dynamics are great for young members of workforce. The leadership instill good work values and ethics in all the associates.

Cons – I have none. I resigned for personal reasons.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Great opportunities to advance, numerous fields to pick from, good benefits, company stability, and strong sustainability, diversity and community involvement.

Cons – "Wholesale/Retail" = weekends, nights and holidays!

Advice to Senior Management – It all comes back to personal accountability this includes management, hourly etc

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club

Pros – easy and fast days, except having to be there at 5am

Cons – If the person before was slacking off, all the blame goes on you.

Advice to Senior Management – none

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club

Pros – the coworkers were about the only pro

Cons – always trying to get you to sell more and more plus memberships

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Seems like each club goes through a new GM every few years, so if you're not a fan of the current one, they might not be there long. I think I remember when I started there someone mentioning that they do that so it stays "Sam's Club," and not "Mike's Club," etc. Usually pretty flexible with schedule while I was in school. And as long as I gave notice far enough in advance (3 weeks) time off wasn't usually a problem. If your club does well, there is a yearly bonus. They just increased it this past year to a max of $2500 for full time $1250 for part time. Lots of different positions available. (I've worked 7 or so in my time)

Cons – Each new manager has "their way," of doing it. 90% of the time they require you to do it "their way," even if another way is better/more efficient/etc. Lots of turn around. Retail during the holidays is the worst. I've had a few good and a few bad GM's. They move around after a few years. My current GM gave us a list of black out dates (mostly the weekends before and after major holidays, all of November and December, and the entire month when we do our yearly audit.) Added up to be something like 100+ blackout days. On your feet all day. Managers always changing their minds. (For example "I want all the TV's on this aisle facing west." and after you've spent an entire day moving everything they change it the next day. And they something else shortly after) Make us take classes so that we know company policies, but when a customer only slightly complains, the manager overrides the policy making the associate look like an ass. Why have us try to enforce rules when you're just going to break them? (Ex. Someone trying to return a 3 years after the 90 day return policy). No consistency between managers. Full time positions are rare and the person has to have 100% open availability. Sometimes that means switching to nights, back to days, and back to nights in the same week. If a full time associate leaves, almost always is replaced with 2 part timers.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at Sam's Club full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Good pay,insurance,401k, stock, hours,scheduled breaks and you will never have to worry about them going out of business

Cons – If you are very versatile and a person with multiple skills they will take advantage of that
Working holidays

Advice to Senior Management – Acknowledge the hard work when you see it and try and focus on taking care of your good workers

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club part-time for more than a year

Pros – Bonus every year
They will reward your club for accident free days

Cons – low pay, unrealistic goals for cashiers, you have to wait two years for health insurance, their is a 30 fee to cash in stock, no Sunday premium pay for new employees, strict rules, no drinks on sales floor, no chewing gum, ect

Advice to Senior Management – The managment is very clicky, and it is akward talking to a manger that is not over your department. My advice to mangment would be to smile and say hi to everyone and make them feel apart of your team

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Sam's Club full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Flexible work environment
Coworkers
reliable pay schedule
barely ok benefits (at least you get some) (eventually)

Cons – Members
Almost Sales based without commission
Managers are Lazy they give orders and dont offer help
schedule

Advice to Senior Management – Hire managers who used to work as associates...they know what it takes to get the job done and can set more realistic expectations

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend