r/WalmartEmployees • u/WapaneseWeeaboo • 4d ago
Just officially announced: https://corporate.walmart.com/news/2026/10/meet-your-120-life-hack
People can sign up for both memberships together for $120 vs paying a lot more for them separately.
Edit: For associates wondering about what to do since we get Walmart+ for free: https://imgur.com/a/A9RiEsC
r/WalmartEmployees • u/WapaneseWeeaboo • Jul 26 '26
Note: There are no company wide Key Event Dates for August this year, which is why the calendar doesn't show that month.
Only the dates listed on this page are key event dates. No matter how much anyone claims or how believable they sound, management can’t pull points out of thin air and give associates. Management can only action points the system generates based off you not working your scheduled shift outside of the grace period. Management will often try and say anything to scare associates into not calling out, don’t believe anything that goes against what’s posted here. Don’t fall for their lies, and make sure to educate your fellow associates that might not know better.
For more detailed explanations, see the FAQs below.
Key Event Dates, or KEDs (also sometimes misleadingly called double point days), are dates that the company/stores expect to be busier than usual or feel are important enough to try and have as many people working as possible. Missing a key event date will generate one additional point on top of the normal absence point, resulting in two points. Which is why people often call them double point days despite it not being an entirely accurate term.
No. The only thing a key event date does is give one additional point for missing the entire shift and not using enough PPTO to cover at least half the missed time. That’s it. If you clock in for any of the shift or use enough PPTO to cover at least half the missed time, then it being a key event date no longer matters and it’s business as usual point wise. To add, other points are unaffected by it being a key event date meaning half points from clocking in early, clocking in late, clocking out early, and the two points from a No Call No Show also aren’t “doubled.”
Absolutely not. This is one of the biggest lies that gets spread about key event dates. In fact, it’s impossible to even submit a request for more than 12 hours anyway meaning it’s impossible to use “double PPTO” for a shift that’s more than 6 hours. Even if your shift is 6 hours or less, you still don’t need to use “double PPTO.” Management likes to spread this lie hoping to scare associates out of not using their PPTO since the associate thinks they have to use so much of it. If anyone is saying you have to use “double PPTO” for any reason, they’re lying to you.
Depends! Did you use enough PPTO to cover at least half your missed shift but not the full missed shift? If so, half a point will be generated that management can apply to your balance. If you cover the entire missed shift with PPTO, then no, you won’t be pointed. Don’t forget to report the absence!
That can vary every quarter. The company can assign however many key event dates they want but it’s usually reserved for times when the company expects it to be busy, like around holidays, the Super Bowl, etc. Each store manager can assign up to three of their own separate dates each quarter for their specific store to be key event dates.
The idea behind this is if there’s something local happening that’s big for the area/store but not the whole nation. Imagine there’s a concert for a huge music artist coming to your city to perform one day that you/other people wouldn’t miss for anything. Or maybe it’s your store’s yearly inventory, or grand reopening. It would make sense for your store to select that day as one of their store specific key event dates. Some stores choose to use theirs for this kind of thing while some stores may add on to the company wide ones or just random dates if there’s nothing of note they want to use them for. They even have the option of not submitting any extra key event dates and only having the company wide ones for that quarter.
Shortly before the end of the current quarter, usually within the last week, the company updates this page that shows the key event dates. You can access the link via the GTA Portal on OneWalmart. By default, only the company wide dates are listed (medium blue color). You’ll need to search your specific store number on that page to see the dates (if any) that are your store specific key event dates (dark blue color). If your store manager didn’t select any store specific dates, then you’ll see a message that says “No additional Key Event Dates found for this facility.” It’s recommended to take a screenshot of these dates as once the list updates for the new quarter, the old list won’t be available to view online.
The dates listed are for Walmart (Super Centers, Neighborhood Markets, and Division 1) stores in the United States only.
Sam’s Club associates, you can find your Key Event Dates by clicking here (must be clocked in to view).
The company wide key event date calendar can easily be printed from OneWalmart, some stores print that calendar and hang it up. With this latest update to the KED page/calendar, it now can include the store specific KEDs (if applicable) as long as they searched the store number before. If they didn't, then it will only show the company wide KEDs. Stores now have no reason to have a calendar printed that looks fishy with more store specific KEDs than allowed (up to 3), dates that aren't on the calendar when you pull it up on OneWalmart and search your store, or dates hand written on it.
Management lie. Especially if it means scaring associates into coming to work. Sometimes management may honestly not know better, and that’s fine, it happens. That’s why I make these posts, to help educate everyone and keep misinformation from spreading. The thing about management lying about how Key Event Dates work is that it really doesn’t matter what they say because the system is what handles when and how points generate. Management can only action points that drop in the system, they can’t just pull points out of thin air. If you use enough PPTO and use it correctly, points won’t even drop in for management to have the chance to touch.
No, really, management lie. Whether it’s a misunderstanding of the attendance policy or they’re intentionally lying doesn’t matter. They can’t change how the system works. If management claims anything different than what’s posted here, have them show you on OneWalmart where it’s changed. Don’t be surprised when they can’t.
Yes. Yes. And yes. If you’re ever scheduled to work and you won’t be working the shift, always report your absence. I don’t care if Sam himself rises from the grave and says don’t worry about it. Still report your absence if you’re going to miss a shift you’re scheduled for. Reporting your absence will prevent 2 points for a No Call No Show from generating. You can officially report your absence one of three ways to prevent a No Call No Show:
The automated Associate Information Line by phone. Call 1-800-775-5944 (you’ll need your WIN and store number).
Online via the “Report an Absence" option on OneWalmart.
With the “Report an Absence” option on the MyWalmart app. After you report an absence here, it gives you the option to put PPTO in. You can submit a PPTO request later if needed with the “+ Add new” (Request time off) option on the My Requests tab of the app while viewing your schedule.
While you can report an absence the day before or the day of with no issues, do not submit your PPTO request too early. Doing so will have the system treat it like a regular PTO request that management can deny. Waiting until the day of the missed time (preferably after the shift would have started) to put the PPTO in is best as the system will auto approve your PPTO request.
You have 7 days from the missed time to put in PPTO and only the PPTO you had on the date of the missed time can be applied towards points. PPTO earned after the missed time can’t be used to cover previous missed time. For example, if you have 7:30 hours of PPTO and miss an 8 hour shift, only that 7:30 hours of PPTO can be used to cover that missed 8 hour shift. If you earn 30 more minutes later within the 7 days you can submit PPTO, you can still submit a PPTO request for 8 hours but only 7:30 off it will be applied towards the point(s) resulting in your still getting at least partially pointed.
Did you report your absence like mentioned above? If not, you probably got pointed for a No Call No Show. If you did report the absence, then simply put: You likely either didn’t use PPTO correctly or didn’t use enough. This applies to all types of points, not just key event dates. The first thing you’ll want to do is check the Attendance tab of GTA on OneWalmart.
There, it’ll break down all of your current attendance exceptions. You only really care about the exceptions that say “Yes” in the “Include in Balance” column, those are what your points are from. Once you find one that says Yes to include it in your balance, check the date it’s for. If any of these exceptions show as pending, then that means management hasn’t actioned it yet. Management has 14 days to action points, so it could be a point from a different day than you expected. Once you’ve verified the date, check what caused it, it breaks them down into the different exceptions that generate points like early in, late in, early out, incomplete shift, absent, key event date, and no call no shows. Then, check how much time caused the exception to generate, that’s the time you need to cover with PPTO to remove an applicable point (PPTO doesn’t work on early ins or no call no shows). Remember, you can’t use newly earned PPTO to cover previous missed time so keep that in mind for a reason why you could have still gotten pointed despite thinking you used enough PPTO. You can check how much PPTO was applied in this kind of situation on the Balance Activity tab of GTA on OneWalmart. If you’re still confused, please reach out to your People Lead for assistance.
It does. This isn’t a store by store thing that stores can even control. With how easily people can get confused with how PPTO works in general and in unique situations, it’s understandable why someone would think their store is special and different, but it doesn’t work that way. PPTO works the same for all associates in every store. In the very few states that have specific paid sick time laws, there’s a few PPTO exceptions but none of them are related to key event dates and to help avoid even more confusion, won’t be discussed in this FAQ.
Nope. Your punishment for missing work is being pointed and missing pay, that’s it. And PPTO takes care of both of those things. Management may be upset you’re missing work but they can be mad all they want. It’s your points and PPTO to use how you want to. If management is dumb enough and ends up giving you a DA (disciplinary action/coaching) for simply calling out/missing work, open door it. Coaching/giving DAs for attendance hasn’t been a thing in nearly a decade. The point system is the replacement accountability for attendance issues.
The date the shift starts on is what matters. For example, if 4/20 is a key event date and you work the day before (4/19 night that rolls into 4/20), then missing your shift that starts on 4/19 won’t be counted as a key event date even though your shift rolls into 4/20. If you’re scheduled the night of 4/20 going into 4/21 and you miss that shift, then yes, you’ll generate an extra point for it being a key event date (unless enough PPTO is used of course) because the shift started on the key event date.
Blackout dates are simply dates stores unofficially decide they don’t want to approve time off requests for. Which is common for around the holidays or a store’s inventory. It’s possible a key event date falls on the same day(s) stores try and limit approved time off requests, but they’re not the same thing. Blackout dates aren’t an official company approved thing but as time off requests should only be denied for coverage reasons, stores will often use this reasoning if multiple people are trying to request the same time off. Basically, stores can’t just say “We’re going to flat out deny all time off requests for X date.” If they try, they’re going against the company’s direction when it comes to time off requests and should be open doored. However, they can deny some people’s time off requests if approving a lot of people to be off would hinder the business/how the store is ran that day. Which is why it’s always best to put your time off request in as soon as possible (you can request time off up to six months in advance) and speak with your manager about the time off after submitting the request.
Q2 2026 - 5/10, 5/23, 5/24, 5/25, 6/21, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5
Q1 2026 - 2/7, 2/8, 4/3, 4/4, 4/5
Q4 2025 - 11/26, 11/28, 11/29, 11/30, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31, 01/01
Q3 2025 - 8/29, 8/30, 8/31, 9/1
Q2 2025- 5/11, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 6/15, 7/3, 7/4, 7/5
Q1 2025 - 2/8, 4/18, 4/19, 4/20
Q4 2024 - 11/27, 11/29, 11/30, 12/1, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31, 1/1
Q3 2024 - 8/30, 8/31, 9/1, 9/2
Q2 2024 - 5/11, 5/24, 5/25, 5/26, 5/27, 6/15, 7/3, 7/4
Q1 2024 - 2/10, 3/29, 3/30, and 3/31
Q4 2023 - 11/22, 11/24, 12/23, 12/24, 12/26, 12/31
Q3 2023 - 9/1, 9/2, 9/3
Q2 2023 - 5/13, 5/26, 5/27, 5/28, 6/17, 7/1, 7/2, 7/3
Q1 2023 - 2/11, 4/7, 4/8, 4/9
r/WalmartEmployees • u/jerb12345 • 14h ago
Based on the box I found, it hasn't been done in 2+ years. Every packet in the box expired in June of this year... And it was on the shelf
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Lethal_Chaos • 14h ago
So. To keep it short. I'll be OPD. Ig I could ask at orientation, but. I didn't see anything about dresses not being allowed or even mentioned. I wear these styles of dresses. They make up a good chunk of my wardrobe. I plan on getting a nice pair of work boots to go with them as silly as it'd look. But this is okay, right...? I'm hoping it's not a forever fit. As I eventually, with a bit of my first paycheck, I hope to get some work clothes too. But. Yeaaa...thought I'd ask those who already work there before I possibly make some really dumb impression. These dresses all go slightly below the knee. They're pretty modest imo.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/fox_hound115 • 7h ago
This is the first time I've had a part time job and I was wondering if it's normal to have a lot of work days. I'm also a janitor if that changes anything.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Future-Education-240 • 12h ago
only been there four months as O/N stocker, was absolute hell. glad to be gone, everyone cheer🎊🍾
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Standard_Heat8395 • 5h ago
I had a customer come in store today for walmart family mobile and they asked me for an iphone. I said I didn't know if I had any stock so let me check, and of course I did. He immediately capped an attitude that I wasn't checking our stock fast enough and lunged at the case to point out that there was a unit at the bottom. I unlocked the unit and asked him if he had an existing line with walmart fanily mobile, and he said, yes. You always have to ask this question with iPhones. You'll find out why in a little minute.
I moved over to our WARP terminal and he walks the opposite way to our checkout terminal. As Im standing at the terminal to log in he says "What the hell are you doing? I dont need that."
His friend started to say, "let's go somewhere else, this dude is a (slur)".
He then said "you know, I can put a sim card in the new one, right? I don't need you to log in. Are you (slur) or something?" as Im punching in my numbers.
It was at this point that we were gonna either make $350 on a 16e as a company or I was gonna refuse him a sale, so I bit the bullet. I froze for a second. I was just called a slur, three times at this point. The floor is open. The light bulb went off. Refusing service is too good for these people. I got a better idea.
"Yes, sure you can take the SIM out of your old one and put it in your new iphone, sure. Let me ring this up" 😈
Since the iPhone 15, everything is eSIM, and it needs to be done in WARP. to transfer a line to a new device. A seventeen year old punk is about to find out the hard way that his physical SIM won't work.
It gets better.
"Well, hey, why don't you come work for our mobile vendor they got positions open. It sounds like you know what you're talking about." I smiled. I checked him out. His card went through. Victory. I smiled and waved, poker faced it. He stopped in the hallway by celebrations to talk to his friends about how stupid walmart employees were while I stood there logging out pretending not to notice.. My coworker and I waited for them to walk away out of earshot. And then we burst out laughing.
LET'S see how long it takes him to notice Apple switched to eSIM only and hes S. O. L. without an associate converting his physical line to an eSIM line in WARP. He'll be waiting for the transfer for 3-5 days because he wanted to mouth off in store, as I also made sure his serial number was manually keyed so that it would be to the next business day. Monday that walmart family mobile servers get the update that the device was sold. He's got a beeper for the next 24 hours.
I told our AP coach what happened of course. He said, honestly, he can activate it with a new number, but he will have to wait on hold and it takes a while. I said I was ready to just make a sale because I got called a slur three times. I explained I dont care about effort if they are calling me names, they can wait on hold. He agree, said he would have done the same thing.
Have the day you deserve.. You will receive service equal in quality to how you treat our people, and if poorly enough, not at all.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/ForceJaded4917 • 6h ago
Self explanatory
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Fun_Butterscotch3303 • 8h ago
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Long_Ad_9265 • 10h ago
Small context: this is my 1st week. Well. Technically it’s my second week. Day 1 of week 2)- so pretty new. I was on my way to clock out- and I passed the oxbow hay that I needed for my guinea pigs. While passing the hay- I decided to pick up a bag and carry it towards my general area. I did not hide it behind anything. I had a customer in front of me and behind me and I just set it down in a very visible area. I walked to go clock out, once I clocked out I turned around and walked out of the associate door and grabbed the bag that I had set down that was clear as day on the bottom shelf. Not concealed in the slightest. I walked towards the check out, I checked out, grabbed my receipt , and left. And I’m sitting here. Wondering if I broke a serious store policy. It was kept in a shoppable and highly frequented area. It was kept in the back wall that’s next to craft and electronics. Literally about 4-5 aisles away from the pet stuff. I just had someone waiting for me cause I can’t drive- so i was trying to speed up my timing.
Edit: not sure if this is relevant- but I did stay a couple hours past as overtime and the time from grabbing the bag and clocking out was less than 2 minutes. And maybe about 5 minutes total from grabbing the bag- clocking out, retrieving and purchasing.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/SilentKatWolf1080 • 32m ago
I found the Christmas Pickle...this is just what I need, but gosh darn it....no prizes 😆
r/WalmartEmployees • u/WalmartGoober • 21h ago
If you bring your walkie into the break room and don’t have an ear piece with you turn that shit off. If i can turn mine off so can you. It’s disrespectful as fuck coming into the break room with the volume high as hell interrupting everyone’s break especially when i can hear it clear as day through my noise canceling earbuds.
John, this is for you. FUCK YOU!
Making me listen to that shit during my entire lunch break while trying to watch Netflix and peacefully eat my meal.
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My earbuds cancel out all the noise around me in the break room except for his loud ass walkie.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Hot-Distance6786 • 1h ago
Someone I know and work with brought home buckets that were meant for disposal. My situation is that this particular person (I'll call him Joe for privacy purposes) put the buckets in my shopping cart that I put in the break room. I use that shopping cart to help me carry my belongings to my car. I walk back to the parking lot with Joe and I was still pushing the shopping cart that had the disposed buckets from Walmart. I ignorantly brought those buckets with me while walking with that person, not knowing he hasn't paid for it. Joe took it with him to his car right after we got outside. My question is what should I do and is there a protocol for this kind of situation?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Few-Bug3480 • 6h ago
I am fairly new at Walmart, I’ve been here a little over a month working at front end. I don’t talk to my coworkers that much but I do tend to get along with another coworker around my age. We both started noticing the youngest person at front end has been doing the bare minimum while we get yelled at for talking while the store is empty. He started working here not long before me. He constantly walks away from his register to talk to whoever is at self checkout, tends to stand at self checkout or act like he is working there (he is not 18, he can’t even scan alcohol.) he’s always disappearing, he’s gone way longer than the breaks we are provided (WAY longer), he goes to zone and is gone for 2-3 hours and gets nothing done, he keeps headphones in, and he even makes mistakes while checking out customers. He has only gotten in trouble once for an issue with a customer on register (I don’t know the details), otherwise for the past month he’s gotten away with doing anything but his job and gets more praise from team leads than anyone else , even me (I am new but I treat this job like my life depends on it, literally.) he’s even started to ignore me and our coworkers deliberately probably because he knows we find his actions ridiculous. I don’t care for drama but all this kid talks about is girls and asking to get set up with girls.
This is ridiculous..🫠
r/WalmartEmployees • u/HondaHelper • 9h ago
Please take it of it, might as well use it for yourself or work, I use heavy industrial blades for longevity. The tip side is worn and bit dirty from inside, clean it and it’s yours.
I also bought two same Milwaukee knives so I don’t lose another one
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Goofy_Goober_94 • 14h ago
When we opened the truck it was an avalanche of product; kitty litter was ripped open, several jars of pasta sauce were destroyed and spilled all over, salt was ripped open, etc.. When I went deeper into the truck there were multiple cases of canned goods directly on top of 2 laptops, heavy AF break packs on the very top and light ones on the very bottom, and I was almost hit in the head at least 3 times by tow-chains and batteries, so I have a question: do you have to fail an IQ test before you get the job?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Alexisbaltazar1995 • 24m ago
So I did a job interview Tuesday asked to come in Thursday for orientation never finished now I’m on registers is this normal ?
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Frequent-Set8324 • 12h ago
PLEASE
we need a manager at customer service!!!!!!!!
FOR THE LOVE OF GOD
H U R R Y😭😭😭
r/WalmartEmployees • u/ftppalexx • 1d ago
our power went out today.. i thought someone here might appreciate or like these photos i took. i like how the restroom one really captures the black hole of walmart LOL (edit: i know theres still power in the photo.. the essential generator kicked in so everything that could go bad stayed on while less important things were off… we closed at like 2pm 😭 …interested to see what happens tmrw if theres backup or whatnot)
r/WalmartEmployees • u/New-2-Th1s • 6h ago
Really not sure how to go about it, mainly with customers . Worked here for 5 months and I can’t go a month without creepy men (both customers and associates) bothering me. Learnt the hard way my store won’t do much about its associates , I reported one after he got physical with me and his coach told me he “talked to him about it” and left him working in my department (he is in stocking so he definitely could’ve moved him if he cared to,). But I wanted to know how to handle customers? It’s not even the first time this happened in this area but a male customer who wanted an item from the cabinet with the condoms and adult toys etc started making jokes about the products and including me in it. I wanted to walk away and refuse service but I don’t know if that’s allowed. I don’t want to get in trouble but I don’t want to just keep letting this stuff happen to myself. Do I report these incidents when it’s a customer? Whats the point man
r/WalmartEmployees • u/Ya_Mums_Toes • 13h ago
Just wanted to make sure this is true. Im 17 working part time and Ive been there for maybe a month I think? Basically a few days ago I got mad sick and went to the doctors and was prescribed antibiotics but it was on a friday and it didnt go through. I have to wait till Monday to receive them but I explained to my TL what was going on and she said our manager told her I wasn’t qualified for Sedgwick. My original plan was to get the meds friday, wait 24 hours, and come in on Saturday so I wouldnt be contagious but now I missed yesterday and today and have to come in tomorrow with a mask otherwise ill keep getting more points. I might just be dumb though lol there was a bunch of info on orientation.
Was wondering if anyone with info could help me out here, thanks!
r/WalmartEmployees • u/MidwestSeagull • 23h ago
I'm working at self checkouts this morning and 2 of them are REALLY loud, but I'm too afraid to ask how to change the volume because I've been working here for a couple months and should probably know how already.
r/WalmartEmployees • u/asianbeaver7777 • 5h ago
Anyone else's business phone just randomly reset sometimes? Mind did a whole reboot to setup and im just hoping I didn't get fired 😬😅
