Workers Reveal What It's Really Like To Work At Sam's Club
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- Опубліковано 29 тра 2024
- The experience of going to Sam’s Club is really incomplete without the ever-present staff clad in blue vests. The employees of Sam’s Club can always be seen trying their best to help you in your bulk shopping needs.
They climb up long ladders to get that toaster down for you, check your receipt when you exit, or help stuff your purchases into the trunk of your car. Sam’s Club employees get a lot done throughout the day.
So, whether you want to apply for a job or just want to know what goes on behind the scenes, watch as workers reveal what it’s really like to work at Sam’s Club.
#SamsClub #WorkingConditions #Work
Too many tasks | 0:00
Understaffing problems | 0:54
Working for free | 1:39
Mental health | 2:29
Unsupportive management | 3:26
Free turkey | 4:11
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Do you work at Sam's? Do you have any info that confirms or denies this?
No I don’t work there I was given a job offer there but I declined it
Can you do one on backyard burgers or bojangles
@@FGlover63 dodged a bullet there, the place is only a stepping stone. It is one of the most underappreciated, crap paying job ever and you're expected to let customers crap on your face and turn the other cheek and ask for more at 7 dollars an hour.
I've worked at Sam's since September, and I will say everything is true except being made to stay past clock out and they definetly do not let you go into overtime..... But everything else is absolutely true, understaffing makes weekends and slow weekdays absolute hell!
It' all true. Sam Walton would be ashamed if he were alive today.
A free turkey doesn't justify a year of BS. A 2500 dollar bonus maybe.
Nothing justifies abuse.
You mean a $10,000 bonus
I worked at Sams for 3 years. THIS VIDEO IS 100 PERCENT ACCURATE.
I work at A Good Sam's Club in Pueblo Colorado. The management treat us with respect. We get our bonuses, get our free turkeys and get the days that we ask for off. The management does give us extra payed hours if we want it.
A free turkey from the biggest company in the world. Is NOT enough that’s cheap of them spring for a ham
This is 100% true, after working at sams club for 5 years I was still getting paid as much as a new hire every year. I would also be the only employee in my department having to play catch-up everyday. I worked at 2 different Sams club and the first one I worked at management was decent to their employees, however my second Sams club I transferred too management was lazy, micromanaged about small things, and played favoritism.... i quit that particular Sams club after just working there for a few months.
Nobody leaves a job. They leave bad management
Not all sams club are the same let that sink in for a bit.!!
As someone who works at one. Can confirm this is all true.
Is it still like that today?
@@Twinflame915 Honestly, I'd argue it's worse now
What spot should I apply for if I want to operate a forklift?
@@Twinflame915 naa just really depends on the club you working at I work merchandise and my club just started making 18$ an hour nothing really to complain about lol
@@thumperliciouz just do t work there it’s not worth it I promise you.
sounds like getting fired is the best thing that can happen...................................
Hey Joe how are you doing.
It was.
Maria Russo hey
I can confirm most of these things happened at the club I worked at minus the overtime. I was always paid for any overtime I worked but it was def a stressful job and taxing on your body physically. I worked in the Membership area and had to stand on concrete floor a lot of times with no mat. It was nothing to be shipped off over to another area to work on any given day.
i start tomorrow as a member specialist, i don’t know how to feel….
ACCURATE - the unpaid overtime part. They just don't let you have any
I used to get a few minutes OT cuz I was clocking in early and they where like "yeah this needs to stop" like wtf it was 4$
I was a Manager for 25 years at Sam's. There is Not multiple managers on duty. Most times only 1 or 2 for the whole store. Yes workers where locked in an threatened to be written up if store not 100%. And ready for next shift. Yes they do the work of 10 people. I did the work right along side of them for 12 to 18 hrs a day. Holidays you work every day with no days off. Got the schedules to prove it. Yes there favoritism. As a manager your job is on the line every single day so you lean hard on the ones you can count on so you dont get fired yourself. Yes Associates do every single type of job. Horrible horrible place to work. Divitional managers come in an walk the stores while associates working ass off an there ridiculing and belittling myself an the employees. Dont believe me' ever see a big group in walmart walking an touring they will not talk to there associate or even acnollage there existence Or even help thhe customers . Seen this actually today in a walmart. Yes there are told to stay hours an hours past there shifts. Also the safety and food violations are a dailys thing. I left due to being diagnosed with stress disorder and the 100 hrs a week was to much at the end. Was.told by my.G.M i.couldnt leave the store till all my dept 100%.an this is after a 16hr work day..this was 4998 villages florida.
This video tell the truth, its spot on.
I worked at Sam's Club back in 1995, wasn't any better back then.
its understaffed because team leaders have no clue to organize and utilize their human resource so the workers get frustrated and quit. They would be able to keep their employees if they knew how to assign the right amount of workers to the area where needed.
I woked for Sam's Club for 9 years. The place is a joke. I woked all three shifts and it is all bull crap. While i was on third shift they cut our hours down to 34 a week but expected us to still get everything done. One of my coworkers was named associate of the month then fired the nexed day for working over the 34 hour limit trying to get the work of three people done by herself. They bring in new "coaches" (managers) every few years and they fire people. They like to set people up and then walk them out. Though it sucked at the time, it was the best thing to no longer be working for Sam's club.
Yeah i worked there for 2 years became the front end team lead and had to run the whole store by myself with no help from the managers and wouldn't get a lunch tell close to time to leave or after we closed, I ended up getting fired because i had to go to the hospital and they DONT take doctor notes. Being understaffed is a huge problem there our night crew consist of 6 people to unload trucks and stock the whole store before they leave. Also during one of the busiest time of the year i only had 3 cashiers so we had lines always and no cart people. definitely got mentally drained from that place.
Good thing you did it's only gotten worse since you left. I'm a friend end cashier but I work in most departments in the front end and right now that's an evrey day occurence except we only have 1 or 2 cashiers now and massive understaffing in every department. Mad respect for you working as a team lead you're not only the stores backbone but you truly get worked to the bone even more than I do when I'm the only cashier on a Saturday. Hope you found a better place to work and are doing well. Sam's club can have a lasting negative impact on you in my experience
Didn’t expect it to be exactly the same as Walmart.
I worked at the bakery as a cake decorator. I was always the only decorator from about 2pm-9pm. I would be there at 1pm and my manager and lead would leave an hour after I was gone. In the mornings they had our lead who was a decorator and another veteran decorator from 5 am to 2pm so they would get an appropriate amount of work done. Also helped because they were best friends so I was stuck alone with the late shift. I was doing everything in the bakery. While I was taking my 30 minute the bakery would have no one in it. So I was exhausted at the end of the day, limping with Carpal tunnel at my young age of 23. I would cry myself to sleep and even after all of that work and effort I was in the managers office every week being told I'll get fired if I didn't step my game up. The same manager who spent his work hours eating from demo carts and eating from the bakery scraps. Eventually he told me that someone overheard me saying that I do nothing and that when I come into work I complain about my job. Who doesn't complain, but I never did nothing. So I quit on the spot. My sister who worked in cafe was going to school full time and applied for part time, but her manager would schedule her part time for one week an the next he would forget and schedule her full time. It's a complete mess.
Bruh I feel you on that and I've had several mental breakdowns and honestly recieving threats that I'll get fired as well and yeah managers honestly don't care currently working there trying to find where to work because it is mentally physically and emotionally exhausting they treat us like scrap like we aren't even human beings like we are machines that get overworked shoot machines need to take a break
I can say some is true. I am physically exhausted when I come home. I work in Café and some members are mean and unreasonable! Most are wonderful
Cafe closed because the coronavirus where I’m at
Do they pay 15 an hour ?
@@watchyamouth22 No sorry, they only pay in government cheese and free turkeys.
First I love you mashed
Yup, that's pretty much true there were so many times they told me they were going to promote me to a supervisor, I end up leaving first...
The negativity you describe is universal.
Profits over people creates low morale.
The work place used to be like extended family turned toxic.
Can confirm. Member Specialist that is also a cashier, cart guy, club pick up associate and currently taking care of our health and beauty section as I type this.
I have worked at Sam's for 1 year and a half. Almost everything in this video is true.
It's true about most everything. I've never been through the overtime deal. Our manager and team lead have no idea what they're doing. Our manager refuses to come near the department because it's "too cold and too bloody." Then she'll come and try to tell us what we're doing wrong. She doesn't know because she's never done the work or even knows how to do the work. Our team lead doesn't even know how to order a proper truck, doesn't help out when we're busy, runs around trying to spread gossip and stuff. Our store manager takes a full vacation every other month. Only time we see him is every few months when corporate is supposed to come. I like the job and the people I work with, but I have no respect for any manager or team leads in there. Our meat department manages ourselves. I'm not even going to get into the shady stuff that goes on in there. That would be a whole freakin book
Oh, and if I get an opportunity to make more than what I make now, I'll take my apron off, pack up my knives, and walk right out of the place. Sam's Club is a trashy place to work.
Costco has been giving their employees a free turkey much longer than Sams.
I was there from 1997 to 2000,it was a nice place to work 911 changed everything everywhere.
As a worker at Sams club all of this is true
Jake the Savage Hello,today is my Orientation. I got done with that. I have a question about my schedule. Upcoming Monday I have to come 3PM To 11:00PM which is 8 hours but I have to take CBLS. I thought Cbl is short?? Why do I have to stay for 8 hours. Do you get pay? Because 8 hour not getting pay is ridiculous. Also is not only Monday. Is also Tuesday & Wednesday. Please tel me more about you first day doing CBL
I used to work at Sam's Club so I already know what's it's like 😅
idk about the unpaid overtime.. I was getting over time pay most the year I'm a team leader and my checks would be $2000-$2400
I worked for Sam’s for 12 years. From night stocker all the way up to club manager. I dedicated some of the best years of my life (20’s) traveling city to city to fix, and run clubs. Interviewed for 4 clubs did not get them. They immediately demoted my friend who was a Club Manager and “placed” me as club manager of his club in a city that was far from my family, and I did not like. I hung in long enough to show what I could do then left for a better job opportunity closer to home. It was quite heartbreaking after so many lost holidays and time with family and dog missed. I do have to say the bit about you not getting paid for your time is no longer true though.
Nothing can buy back time
True....hands down!!!!!
Sounds like it's not Sam's Club people aren't happy with....it's the management they work for at that particular club. There's good post on this thread too about great experiences at Sam's. I'm about to start working there Monday as maintenance and I'm really looking forward to it. The club I was hired at seems really put together and the staff has been great already even through the hiring process. Seems like this video may have been done by a competitor to rub some smut on Sam's Club. All jobs have there good and bad aspects. The attitude you bring to the table can make all the difference when it comes to having a bad career somewhere and a great career somewhere. Good luck everyone.
As an ex-employee some of the things are true but those are true for any place you work. It all depends on the personality of each manager. These statements are not true for all Sam's Clubs. We could get written up for working over time unless a manager approved it.
Working for Sams club was by far the absolute worst job experience I have ever had in my 17 years of work experience. And 8 of those years was spent in the Marine Corps.
@godofawesum223 Rah devil. I just discharged and started working at sams club. Rip.
Sam's club and Walmart are the worst company to work for
Sam's club outside of speedway and gamestop is the worst place to be a regular employee. You'll start to notice their's more managers and team leads then actual employees because it really is the only way to defend yourself against other managers because if not it is VERY WELL 😉 noted that corporate doesn't want managers team leads or coaches to do anything but be there and get paid way more to do absolutely nothing. It's encouraged to do what u feel is necessary by any means to get your employees to do what u say and keep mental control over the people who's under u. As long as u get credits even the customer doesn't matter. It's all about those 5331. if u know you know.
this describes my old job to a tee.
On my first break rn and this is all true 😭 My manager wouldn’t let me have the days I needed off for school (only 3 days of the week) even after I told her 3 times, I had to get someone she’s friends with to sit down and chat with her about it
Understaffed and unsupportive management, true. But as someone who works in freezer, cooler, and deli, I wouldn’t say tasks are overwhelming. You do get asked to do other things every now and again, but nothing awful
I want to gain experience as a forklift lift operator. What position should I apply for?
Last year they didn’t even give us the Turkey, we all got a ham instead. Everything else is accurate & then some.
damn i've desperately been job searching.. applied for sam's club, and i have an interview scheduled for this wednesday. now im super discouraged... :\
I know this is an old comment but did you end up getting the job? And if so how do you like it?
Retail is crazy overall, everybody has a different opinion
@@NotKenpachii fast food is the worst imo rude customers and minimum wage
Same mine is tmrw morning 🤥
@@tennywho my interview is today any advice anyone?
HELLO I DO NOT WORK 4 SAM'S CLUB but I watch ALL the videos U guys put out & 😒 & 😢 SAD ENOUGH this is the way it is NOW A DAYS especially in RETAIL with the HOLIDAYS it's CRAZY & I just keep telling myself @ least I have a job! Is this the way it is suppose 2 be ? 💘 💘 💘 U VIDEOS THANK
I was supposed to have an interview yesterday at sams club at 2:30 and the person who was supposed to interview me left earlier that day…they told me to come back today at 11:30 okay fine. I get a call early this morning and it’s sams club telling me to come in on Friday for an interview. I think it’s so inconsiderate and unprofessional, yesterday I wasted my gas and my time driving and waiting around there, I appreciate the kind employees who apologized and were just as confused as I was but seeing this makes me not even want to show up.
I hope you didn't go. It really isn't worth working there not with how the screw with people mentally.
Lol I have an interview Monday 😂
I would go to Sam's Club, but I have to get a membership card to do so.
Pretty much my experience. I would pull into the parkinglot and feel all of the happiness drain out of me. I had a supervisor complain, within earshot of me, that she didnt understand why they hired "fat people". It was a toxic work environment.
Yeah they are so toxic is sickening & corporate don't give a sh!t. They know all that goes on but still let these toxic people have a job there.
That's crazy because almost everyone that work at the Sam's I'm at is overweight (obese even)..
I was there for a year and experienced this definitely not a job I’ll ever go back to!
Every thing this video is true I no from experience
I worked at one for 1 month. This is very true with the one I worked for. Once in a rare blue moon you might land in a good store, so for the ones who last more than 1 year congrats on sticking it out.
going on year 4 working at Sams! No problems, i usually just stay to myself and do my part
The club manager playing favorites is so annoying man
Haha bruh hell yea!
Free turkey lol that's so funny. Great video as a employee at sames club it's mosly true but a little exaggerated.
I'd prefer a pay raise over a free turkey.
How is produce associate what do you do ?
Unreliable management big understatement
Just got hired as a personal shopper … any tips.. I’m kind of sad because they said it’s not just pickup , there’s some loading and unloading of trucks ?
Avoid buying electronic items like the Apple TV device and the unlocked phones that are locked in the cage. The handling of items that are out of stock is poorly managed. Nobody bothers to put up a sign that says out of stock when the locked up items are out of stock. It sucks when you are told that items are sold out when you are at the checkout. That is just unacceptable and very upsetting.
I worked at Costco for 2 years and this sounds like they talking about Costco as well
Coscto had some of the most rude, stuck up, narcissistic hiring managers I've ever met. I'm sure there are some good managers with Costco, but my experience caused me to write Costco off for life!
Costco is the same way! Don’t ever work there if you think sams is bad.
I’m the only stocker at mine! I’m loosing my mind
Yes it’s all 1,000% true!!!
Worked at a Wal-Mart. All of this is true. They will suck the life out of you.
Wait, but they do pay you for them to suck you? right?
I work 5 yrs never miss a day or shift n I ask for five dollars more they went n close my post n say no way n I was force to leave .. never seen a turkey .. I work back then overnite n that crew got leftover food n cold cuts exp meats n fruits n sodas .. they treated us like dogsHit..
For some reason, the Sam's Club in central Florida is full of Hispanic/Latinos. They hire other ethnicities here and there, but it's mainly Hispanic/Latino. Also, the management (along with the upper management) is all Hispanic/Latino. Some sort of discrimination/racism is occurring at the Sam's Clubs in central Florida.
is it possilbe for a minor to work at sams club as cart attendant
They turned the turkey into a small ham actually lol.
Sounds like Sam's club!
I worked at Sam's for 13 tears. Everything issue SO TRUE. Glad I left. I didn't get a turkey when I was there. Left 4 years ago.
How's it going with the Elvis impersonation?
SO SAD....
PRICES ARE WAY TO HIGH
This was the first year for free turkeys
Hey how are you doing.
I work there and some of it is true. Not all but some of it yea.
It was so annoying begging customers to upgrade everyday
They took away our sams share basically we work the job of three people and even now during times like thanks giving they give us a 38 cent bundt cake instead of a whole turkey
Worked at Kannapolis in rotisserie the closing manager and assistant manager were trash i quit on them and so has everybody else... The last night i tried to get closing lead a genius who got fired after i quit to help me he wouldn't... Lazy manager the day before gave wrong schedule and proceeded to make me work in rotisserie on day I wasn't scheduled...
The reason that wasn’t hired because I was part of the teamsters union
This is retail PERIOD! Thank God for the club I work at, most of this is not true.
All retail isn't like this, Sam's Club is like this. I don't believe your club is not similar to this video.
Have my job interview in the morning. Meh I need the job wish me luck
Did you get it?
Yea did you get it?
Those workers need to stop faking those smiles… it’s all bullshit
Horrible managers at Provo UT store. Play favorites & double standards if you saythe truth to anyone bc employees tell on each other to be a favorite & be immune to bad treatment & working like a sweat shop slave.
Worst job i had
My interview starts tomorrow.... Not sure if I should still go
And I just applied for a merchandise and stock associate🤨
Hurrah, I finally got hired! Well sort of. All I have to do is complete a background check, but, the problem is I can't complete it since the system is so glitchy, and I will need to call someone to fix it :\
That’s why I’m Team Costco 😎
Also, they gave us a turkey only in 2021. In 2022, they gave us a ham. In 2023, they gave us a bundt cake.
Mashed please do a vid about how it's not a good job to work at cvs pharmacy
this is why i prefer to work places where i don't have to sign in and out. i want to be able to walk put 15min early most days specially if the day was super busy.
A frozen turkey is worth about $10 USD
Is Sam's Club Job Hard Or Easy
I have been here for 2 years now. I hate my life
I used to work for Sam's club for 5 years. And besides the unpaid over time everything they say here is true. In produce the closing shift employees are taken out of there department to work in the freezer cooler area. So if the closing shift had 6 pallets of items not worked it is left for the morning shift. When the morning shift arrives if four are scheduled they would normally take two away to once again work freezer/cooler or meat department. Leaving two to deal with the 6 unworked pallets from last night. But wait it gets worse. One has to do culling (inspecting and removing damaged food) and that person is culling the entire produce alone. The other has to restock the empty bins and dry items has to be restocked. Then you have to replenish the floral section. Then you have to work the pallets that were not filled out. Here's the fun part. You ready? The produce staff are scheduled at 6am they demand that all of this is ready by 8am. And if the delivery truck arrives the produce in the club i use to work in on a normal day would get 18 to 25 pallets. and if it arrived before we open that means if we received 25 we now have 31 pallets including the ones neglected from last night. Now the harassment by the store manager kicks in. He wants to you to hurry up with everything and wants it all done by 11am. This actually happened and it was very much an everyday occurrence. If you say anything to them you are not being a "team player" and are "being unprofessional" for speaking up for the unrealistic goals and expectations they want. One team lead even said to us "Don't want to complain? Then don't work here." After 5 years I finally got fed up I purposely called out until I got five points used up all my ppto and pto and let them fire me. Because of them I had panic attacks and the stress caused me to have horrible stomach pains. Now that I am gone from them I like where I work now and the stress is gone as is the stomach pain. But I still get some panic attacks but not so frequent. There is no point in complaining when the management doesn't care and HR sides with the management all the time. And another thing which they claim they don't do this but many employees believe that management does unannounced locker searches whenever they can't find equipments and falsely assume employees are hiding it.
I feel terrible for quitting, however with more than 15 years experience as a cashier/ customer service, they gave me a produce/stocker/receiver position…as a woman I felt it was too much on my body. It got so out of hand I had no choice but to quit after only 5 months. I felt the pay was decent but we where getting way too many boxes for how much we really needed so we basically had to throw ridiculous amounts of produce items to the garbage. Just terrible. I had to quit 😵💫🤮🥴🤒🤢😰🥵🥵🥵🤯🤯🤯😏😤😱😭🤭
@janinedivine2457 never feel bad for quitting because they just see you as another warm body to keep the seat warm. Sam's club sees you as a replaceable person that's why they are so cold to their employees.
I was there 2 years. I left 3 months ago for a much better opportunity and I'm so much happier. My proudest accomplishment was running an organizing campaign with UFCW for my last 9 months there. Because if anyone needs a union it's definitely Sam's Club. Even if we didn't get an election before I left it was a great experience I was proud to do, well worth it.
From previous experience from a club in central Florida, the club was dominated with Hispanic leadership. From team leads to market managers to vice presidents. Also, if you ever have an issue with any member of management, don't expect anything to happen because it appears that the members of the Hispanic community stick together and defend each other. This is a perfect example of racism. I'm surprised this is permitted.
That’s everywhere
Incorrect
Level to the front
All this for only a turkey Lmaoo no thanks
Wow Sam's club is not much different than working at Panera
Smh just start working there
Anyone care to touch on the racial favoritism in the clubs ?
Yes it's true, they hate white people!
Safeway is the same way
unpaid overtime? hell nah speak up, say something. is that illegal?
It’s not only Sam’s club where there is unpaid overtime.
I work Sam club for 3 month they let me go because I have too much point
You keep calling out or showing up late because that’s the only way up you get points
You mean like you're head is pointy like a conehead? That my friend would be discrimination. Proceed to sue immediately.
@@jasonroberts9357 I wish I could but it was too late it was long time ago
@@adenfarah5060 Dang it. No worries brother. You're still crushing it! God bless you and your family!
@@jasonroberts9357 I appreciate your support it mean a lot to me I appreciate it
Wish you and your family happy Halloween
I work there its all true i need to quit
Reading these and comments over on reddit make me feel as if I've only ever had sh*tty jobs. Sam's is the easiest job I've ever had.. Someone in the comments complained they had to stand on concrete floors without a mat?????? Is that even a legitimate complaint?
I was full time maintenance for 2 years. I left 3 months ago for a job on the railroad. The job itself was good, I liked it. The way the company operates is the problem.