Working for Walmart Is Even Worse Than You Think AlterNet. Cap 1 associates typically also get up to 40 hours a week. November 26, 2014. Okay, I started working at Walmart as an overnight stocker. I walked over and asked if he needs help, he said 'Not now, just looking at the different kinds you have.' "This was back in the late '90s. This Guy Describes In Detail Why Working For Walmart Is Pure Hell. I started working there 2 weeks ago and I did orientation and was told I would be given hands on training. I had dreams before I started working there and each day I go into work I literally just want a car to hit me on the way to the front door. I hate it. If you're thinking about getting a job at Walmart, you may want to rethink that decision. These experiences happen to everyone who work for this company on a store level. ... despite working over 20 years at Walmart. If you work/ worked at Walmart you could probably relate. A former employee recently shared all the horrible problems that occurred while he was working at Walmart … Wrong. Walmart HQ always says the company "can't afford" to pay people a living wage, but that's hogwash. and. Cap 1 associates typically also get up to 40 hours a week. When I met Victoria Alvarez, 50, at a café after her shift at Walmart, I … ... "Working at Walmart as a Cap 1 Associate… Great hours! I was floated to the garden department one day and there was a guy looking at lawn fertilizer. Alyssa Figueroa. I was working at Walmart as my first job as a teenager. Walmart store employees reveal their favorite — and least favorite — aspects of working at the retail giant. Being a Cap 1 associate means you work from 4 am to 1 pm. Walmart has no interest in sharing this success with the 1.4 million U.S. workers who keep the company afloat, and Walmart employees still work long hours at low wages. 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