Walmart

A solid, stable, recession-proof business deeply rooted in American culture and responsible for sustaining the lives and survival of 50 million+.

Laser-focused on competition with Amazon.

LeetCode is generally not a requirement to join Walmart.

People from the South are generally very pleasant.

RSUs are now vesting quarterly and distributed in a manner that encourages long-term employment at the company, as opposed to forced attrition at Amazon.

401k with a 100% match on 6% of your income. Companies that do match usually give a 50% match on 6%.

Cash bonus of 20% for my role/level, but it is only given yearly. This is 401k matched too, so additional can be earned from it.

Money talks here, no frills. EDLP.

When you tell people you work for Walmart, they immediately think you are poor, and I appreciate that effect. But total compensation for me is ~$260k this year and expecting $275k next year.

Big tech may pay another $100k on that, but Walmart did not have mass layoffs of tech workers, and their stock did not crash.

2,000,000 people

Really bad, unavoidable politics.

Stringent change management and security protocols.

Rampant loopholes in change management and security protocols as a result of them being too strict.

Difficulty communicating or collaborating with other teams at Walmart.

Slow pace, many blockers.

Advice from me? I'm just one peon out of 2 million.