Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Department Stores

GENERAL INFO

Headquarters: Bentonville, AR
39 offices
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NEWS AND UPDATES

Vault's Scoop

Uppers

Bonuses
Merchandise discounts
Job training
Company gym at some corporate locations
Frequent social events
Profit-sharing plan
Workers are promoted from within
Fortune 50 top in diversity

Downers

Frequent relocation

ABOUT THIS COMPANY:

Big business

Wal-Mart Stores is the world’s largest retailer, with more than 8,000 retail units under 53 different banners in 15 countries worldwide. The company operates its eponymous discount stores that sell everything from clothes to books to electronics, and account for over 70 percent of the company’s revenue. Wal-Mart Supercenters add groceries to the product mix, while the smaller Neighborhood Market locations stock only grocery items. Wal-Mart also owns and operates Sam’s Club warehouse stores.

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SALARIES

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. salary & compensation reviews include all signing and year-end bonuses, vacation time and other perks and reimbursements that make up total compensation.

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SURVEY SAYS

Varied assessments

Wal-Mart continues to place its efforts to inculcate its values to its employees, which includes mutual respect, support, teamwork and striving for excellence. As the company continues to do so, its employees absorb its viewpoints by understanding the pressures that goes along with their jobs as one respondent notes, “I really love my job and what I do daily in there ... I never found a job like that before.” Almost similarly, another contact describes his stay as “a wonderful experience with great camaraderie.”

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Perspective

YOUR CAREER AT Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Unlimited Opportunities

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. offers numerous opportunities to help you pursue your goals, whether you are a college student or working towards your MBA. We are committed to providing our associates with opportunities to grow within the company through a variety of career choices and leadership development programs. Our Corporate Intern Program, at our home office in Bentonville, Arkansas, provides unique, hands-on experience in exciting fields such as buying, aviation, real estate, global procurement, supply chain management, information systems, international, finance, logistics, product development, and many more. During a 10 to 12 week program interns learn how a successful multimillion-dollar business operates and enjoy interaction with leaders of the company through mentorship and an executive speaking series. Our MBA internship provides opportunities for the more advanced business student. Each MBA intern is assigned an specific project to work on throughout the summer to learn key business functions as well as participate in the daily functions of their team. Presentations are made on these projects at the end of each the internship to provide an overview of accomplishments as well as business impact. We partner each intern with a sponsor to help monitor and help them through this process as well as provide developmental feedback.

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Thousands of new positions each year

With Wal-Mart’s expansion strategy in no danger of running out of steam, the company looks to fill thousands of new positions each year. Wal-Mart refers to its human resources offices as its people division, and each of the company’s major units has its own. However, applicants can send resumes via regular mail, fax or email to the home office, and they will be entered into a central database. With its own sales and marketing force, a vast array of retail business and an information systems division in charge of keeping track of it all, the corporate headquarters needs new recruits from a wide variety of backgrounds.

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Company Initiatives

Corporate Diversity Programs, Engineering Diversity Programs

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