Wal Mart Work Values

Daily Duties at Wal Mart:

The store manager is responsibly for the opertaions of the "total box" and is accountable to the success or failure of that operation. Operations of the total box include: * Morning tour to establish priorities for the day, followed up on for completion by the afternoon management meeting. * Detail tours within the store and departments to ensure each item is scanned, on hands correct, ordered, signed as needed, and featured as needed. * Ensure accounting office has finalized the days sales and submitted deposits for previous day. * Ensure personnel office has completed payroll needs as dictated for each associate each day. * Ensure personnel is reviewing applications and is hiring to the needs of the store as outlined by the store manager. * Ensure any terminations are conducted as needed and done in a fair and consistent manner. * Ensure the orders requested by the associates are reviewed and approved or denied. * Ensure the supplies and maintenance needs that are requested all truly deemed necessary and approved within the budget. * Ensure any claims needing to be filed and sent out are completed each day. * Ensure new and open receivings are completed each day. * Ensure the nights deliveries are planned out with the overnight crew so they can execute the directions given for the freight loads arriving. This can be anywhere from 3 full semi trailers to 5 full trailers depending on the freight flow and season. * Ensure all residue freight each morning is binned correctly to ensure it can be accounted for and pulled as needed. * Ensure all associate evaluations due are completed and input into the system * Ensure all performance discussions are fair and consistent as well as being covered in a timely manner for the associate. * Ensure all schedules are correct and\or are corrected as needed and approved by the associate. * Ensure customer needs are being meet by the team on the sales floor. * Ensure the front end is running to guidelines, all required number of registers opened, no lines, service desk running smoothly and to guidelines, all cart attendants performing as needed. * Ensure asset protection is following up with issues that arise with customers as well as associates. * Ensure all compliance regulations are being followed and acted upon correctly. * Ensure the store is providing an environment that is desirable for the customer: in stock, cleanliness, and friendliness.

What they like about Wal Mart:

You highly value a work environment built on a formal structure, rules, and regulations. You do not enjoy the unpredictability of shifting priorities and deadlines that upset your routine. You require and enjoy direction, input and accountability as part of your work environment. You have a strong need to participate in making key decisions and feel left out if your superiors or co-workers do not seek your input when making decisions. You thrive on providing good customer service to both internal or external customers, and doing so makes you feel good.

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These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Wal Mart: