Working at Walmart

Lots of events like having a baby, getting sick or even having a flat tire can disrupt life’s balance. Knowing you’ve got things covered is a huge relief. When people feel supported, they’re much more likely to take advantage of opportunities to succeed – inside and outside of work.

Scheduling Stability

Last-minute schedule changes can disrupt anyone’s day-to-day life. Here are a few ways we ensure scheduling stability in Walmart stores:

• U.S. store associates receive schedules at least two weeks in advance.

• We offer full-time associates a consistent schedule – a full work week with set days on and off, so they can plan for life outside of work.

• Walmart associates can access an easy-to-use scheduling app that allows them to pick up extra shifts, manage time-off requests and swap shifts with other associates.

• Paid time off plans empowers associates to decide how they use their leave by streamlining paid vacation, sick time, personal time and holiday time into one category.

Financial Security

On top of offering competitive pay, we have several financial benefits for associates to get the most out of their pay.

• 10% discount on regularly priced general merchandise and fresh fruits and vegetables

• 6% 401(k) match to all employees, including hourly workers, after one year

• Roth IRA available

• Associate Stock Purchase Plan allows associates to purchase company stock, and the company matches a portion.

• Associates can get early access to wages ahead of scheduled paychecks through the Even app. This is money they’ve already earned, and it allows them to adjust to sudden emergencies and to manage the unexpected.

• The Associate Discount Center provides exclusive discounts on travel, cell phone services, entertainment and other goods and services.

Prioritizing Health & Wellness

Health benefits aren’t just about providing stability for our associates, but their families as well. Associates can feel secure knowing that their personal health and their dependents’ health is taken care of, should tragedy strike.

• All eligible associates – both full- and part-time – have affordable options that include no lifetime maximum and eligible preventive care covered at 100%.

• Associates have free access to nurse care managers and health care advisors.

• Health care plans start at around $30 per pay period - roughly half the national average for single-person coverage. Our coverage is available for domestic partners, too.

• Working with partners like the Mayo Clinic and Johns Hopkins, we’ve created Centers of Excellence for serious health procedures – such as heart and spine surgeries and joint replacements – to ensure the best care.

• Doctor on Demand, the world class telehealth service, allows associates to meet with physicians and mental health professionals from the comfort of home, and is available for associates enrolled in Walmart’s medical plan.

• Health reimbursement plans provide $300 to $1,000, and our health savings account plan gives up to a $700 match to help pay for eligible network or out-of-network medical expenses.

• Associates can take advantage of Resources for Living, a free confidential counseling and health information service. This includes ten counseling sessions per type of concern at no cost and unlimited telephonic support.

• Company-paid life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, critical illness insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance and business travel accident insurance.

• Included Health, a care-navigation platform tailored for the LGBTQ+ community.

Family Support

Growing a family can be challenging even in the best of times, so our associates need the flexibility to bring new members into their families smoothly. Our parental leave policy helps associates grow their families including maternity, parental and adoption benefits.

Maternity: 

• A birth mom can receive up to 10 weeks of leave. She’ll get paid 100% of the pay she normally makes.

• Coupled with the Parental Leave, birth mothers are eligible for up to 16 weeks of protected, paid leave.

Parental: 

• A new parent (regardless of gender) gets up to six weeks of protected paid time away from work. This includes becoming a parent through a birth, adoption or foster-care placement.

• Associates can use the leave at any point in the 12 months following the date they became a new parent. The new parent will receive 100% of their pay.

Adoption: 

• Walmart will reimburse up to $5,000 for expenses related to adopting a new family member including (but not limited to): application fees, agency fees, placement fees, legal fees, court costs, home suitability studies, immigration, immunization, translation fees, transportation, meals, lodging, parent, child and family adoption counseling.

• There is an annual maximum of $10,000 and a lifetime maximum of $20,000 per associate.