a good summer job for college students or for someone with little work experience. - Cashier Sam's Club Employee Review

2.0
Jun 6, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Met some cool people Flexibility with your schedule In a tough economy they will hire you in with little work experience.

Cons

-Dealing with rude customers. -Never schedule enough workers. Lines always long. Let's not get greedy Walmart. How about instead of saving an extra 60 dollars we schedule another worker. This is a billion dollar corporation, it's not asking for much. -Too much gossip and drama at times. Like high school all over again. -Sometimes dull and repetitive. -Pressure to ask every member every time about upgrading their accounts and applying for credit cards. Sometimes management hides and watches you. Members have to hear all about it from both greeters at the door and sometimes even from a person independently paroling the store. And this is even if they get past the pestering direct tv and home improvement salesmen directly following the 2 greeters. By the time the member gets to you at the checkout they are annoyed and fed up and take it all out on you if you even open your mouth. -Not enough incentive for all the work you put in to sell. For example you get a top down sale for 100 dollars. Any other sales job out there you would receive a cash commission. Here you receive a mini candy bar and sometimes a balloon to put up next to your register. The once a year Sam's Share bonus isn't enough. Most people can't even take advantage of it because it's given out only one time in February. -Need supervisor assistance for everything. It takes forever to get somebody over for a key turn. You need it for opening your register, price overrides over 5 dollars, signing a customer up for credit or plus, suspending or aborting a transaction, etc. After a few months of good work let a cashier take on some responsibility. You trust us with thousands of dollars worth of transactions a day, let us be able to open our register or handle a 5 dollar price override.

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Cons

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Sam's Club Response
2w
Thank you for being a valued part of the Sam's Club team and for sharing this review.
2.0
May 7, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

At the corporate level, the benefits and compensation are excellent. Colleagues at the producer level are standout teammates, talented, collaborative, and genuinely invested in the company's success. They consistently bring forward meaningful contributions and make the day-to-day work rewarding.

Cons

"Chaos" is not a word I'm using loosely. It's the word echoed across teams, including outside of Experience and Product. Leadership operates in a constant state of upheaval: frequent role changes, structural reorganizations, and strategy pivots that are implemented without any clear plan or consideration of cross-team impact. Incredibly talented people are let go as a result of poor leadership and people management decisions. There is no real culture of mentorship above the senior manager level. Leadership above the senior manager level made clear that mentorship isn't their responsibility and that you're expected to figure it out on your own, despite the company having training resources available. That disconnect is telling.

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Sam's Club Response
1mo
We are grateful to you for taking time to share this review and advice. This is so valuable.
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