Walmart

They do give me two 15-minute breaks and a hour lunch.

But the cons are they are very strict with absences. There is no flexibility at all, especially as a college or high school student. Being sick can literally get you fired.

Personally, I got fired because they didn’t want to give me a specific day off for school. I missed that day because I put my education first. That 5-point system messed me up, because some days that I missed weren’t counted as 1 point but instead 2 or 3 for “key days.” The next day I got fired, it wasn’t cool.

There is extreme favoritism. Some coworkers would stay in the restroom most of their shift or walk around and never got told anything, but I got in trouble for not faking reviews on the cashier screen to date the store. We were forced to put 5 stars on our store rating when they weren’t. Even when they were looking to “raise the Walmart’s rating,” it wasn’t the moral way to go about this.

PLUS, IF YOU ARE A YOUNG TEENAGE GIRL, DO NOT WORK AT THE IRVING WALMART LOCATION!! You will get followed to your car, even in broad daylight. When I experienced this and brought it up to leads and managers, they were absolute creeps, saying, “I get why when you come in looking like that every day,” in a flirty manner.

And you have no life when working at Walmart. At some point, I would only get one day off.

Overall, bad treatment from customers, leads, and managers.

ONE LAST THING: the favorite employees will get away with 6 to 8 points on the 5-point system without getting fired, and the “non-favorites” will get fired as soon as they reach 4.5 or 5 points.

Make sure your leads aren’t picking favorites or being creepy towards young employees, and that your leads aren’t being so negative to their people.