How I survived Walmart

How I survived Walmart well that's quit simple? But let me go back further then that.

This store has been called by it's favorite catch phrase Save Money Live Better, but what if I told you walmart isn't what it pretends to be. I had an inside look from the two weeks I worked there. And let me tell you it was horrific. The store leads are awful, the CSM's ignore you, and they never offered to train me.

As I speak to the truth like I'm sure of many have, I want to share with you my life while I was a walmart team associate. I was a front end cashier though the customers were outstanding a lot of the workers weren't very welcoming.

I remember I walked to cash register 17 a team associate with the title health care associate insisted this was her register. I left that register remembering why I wanted to leave Walmart. To be home with my family.

So here is a few key points to remember when working at a retail giant like walmart:

1: The perks are the catch: Did you know by working at Walmart you can go back to college tuition free, all the will pay for all of it. The catch is you must work whatever shift you have and go to school at the same time.

The store associate discount isn't a large percentage, it's only ten percent for merchandise.

2: Seeing things for what they are: have you ever felt as though your life was flashing through your eyes. Mine did, at first I loved working at Walmart in Wadsworth but all that changed when my shift didn't make things easy for me. So after being sick with the flu I think I walked into the peoples lead office and quit my job. I just wanted to come home. So after picking my last paycheck I deposited in my bank and did so.

All I wanted to do is become an entrepreneur I wanted to write full time, and build my own small empire.

When I felt my life flashing before my eyes I didn't want to come and go from work every day feeling like I never once made a difference.

3: What I wanted didn't matter: I wanted to be a front end cashier for first shift, they only had one for closing. But what choice did I have I needed the money. Regardless, I felt as though they took advantage of this. I watched like a hank seeing first shift would have any available slots this would never be the case. So, it was time to move on.

The daily routine I had:

When I said I had no choice I literally had no choice while I was in Ohio I ended up homeless no one in my remaining family would help me. My husband and in-laws were my only lifelines to make sure I held on. I had to hold my emotional shit together. It was probably the most difficult thing in my life I was away from my family for three months. Anyways my daily work routine when I worked a five day work week.

One: I woke up early in the morning probably around 7am.

Two: Showered

Three: Taxi through Ways to Work in Medina gave me a lift to work.

Four: Worked from 2pm-midnight

Five: Got home at my hotel around 1am sometimes took a new hours to detox from working that much.

Six: I probably fell asleep around 2am or 3am

I had no work on Tuesday's or Wednesday's so usually that's when I would do my grocery shopping, or errands.

It became to much for me emotionally, because I was literally all alone.

I think in a different scenario if my husband was a green card holder working with me at Walmart. If I worked first shift instead of second and closing would have been different.

Everything changes when you have a family, and a wonderful encouraging husband. So people aren't as luck as myself. Nevertheless, I am survivor and I can honestly say I survived Walmart.