The back room is dangerous as you must climb up and down on ladders carrying heavy boxes. Sometimes it is hard to see the next step. I work in the bakery and the oven doesn't work right. It is cramped and slippery walking back and forth. The freezer is not large enough so there are boxes stacked every which way and they are almost impossible to retrieve. Ice is on the floor.
In the deli there are also slicers and an oven. You are not given enough time or support to do your job properly so you are always rushed and that leads to accidents.
The stress in a typical Walmart is tremendous due to typically poor management who only cares about numbers and not people.
They can let you go in a heartbeat no matter how long you have been working for the company.
Walmart is an easy company to get into but this is due to the high turnover. If you get hired you should watch your back and practice CYA.
Ah, good old retail. I hear your pain, Tourist.
I didn't work for Walmart but I had a job in which I was in charge of returns. People regularly left boxes filled with crushed glass all over my work area (it might be a box containing potholders but unknown to anyone reaching into it, the underneath was filled with glass shards), as well as wooden boards with nails sticking out of them. One day I came in and had an unseen board with about 15 nails running through it (so all the sharp sides were exposed ) fall at me, nearly impaling itself into my leg. I've had numerous injuries over the years and like you, have all the scars to prove it.
Ah, good old retail. People think it's an easy, bottom-feeder job, but they wouldn't believe the amount of work and stress it actually involves if you're actually trying to do your job (a good number of people who get hired just walk around checking their phones all day.)