Hello all.
Here is just a small tale of my time at Walmart.
After I graduated from school I had no more unemployment.
I didn’t even have a day or so extra. So when graduated I had to hit theround running. I applied to many jobs and sent out many resume’s. I almost got a job at Best buy in the Geek Squad. I had 2 interviews and thought I was close, but I didn’t get it. So i was at my lowest and it was almost Thanksgiving when I got a call from Walmart. I had an interview a day or two later. I went to the interview desperate to take anything so i can pay the bills and maybe feel a bit better about myself. Not having a job was bad, I really was worried.
At the interview i was 15 minutes early just so i can look at the area i wanted to work in. I walked around the whole electronics area when someone came and called my name. It was the department manager of electronics.
During the whole interview I was thinking thank God I’m a geek. And that I keep up with the electronics trends and tech. I answered all her questions and i thought I had a shot. After the interview she asked me if I could stick around. Of course I said could stay as long as needed.
She went in the back room and came back a minute later with another person. The assistant manager.She asked me if i would be willing to have another interview and I said no problem. So I had another interview and it went better than the last, because she asked more specific tech questions and I told her I was a geek. And it helped that she recognized me because i was a customer there and much of it was in electronics. After the interview she actually told me i had it but i needed to start soon. Because they wanted me for black Friday.
Since I was broke i said i could start anytime they wanted me, but she said I needed to pass a drug test first. I asked her if i could take it soon and she actually made an appointment for the place they had the text taken the next morning. So I left there happy saying I am so happy to working with them soon. So the next morning I took the test and knew i had passed because i don’t even drink and certainly wouldn’t do drugs.
Later that day I called Walmart to see if the results were in and they said it would be the next afternoon. So i called the next afternoon and that i passed and would asked if i could start orientation soon. I told her whenever she want’s I’m available. I was told there would be an orientation the day after tomorrow, which was a Thursday. So on Thursday morning i showed up for the orientation. It was a long day. From 8:00 am till 4:00 pm. I learned more than i thought i would.
After the meeting all the assistant managers came in and got us in groups of departments. I was the only one in electronics. So she took me to that area of the store and showed me around and told me that she wanted to start on Saturday if possible. I told her no problem and she said she wanted me to know where everything is because thanksgiving was next week, and she wanted me to help out on black Friday.
I said OK, no problem. She told me i had some more training to go through, but that it would be on the computer. Our Walmart had about six computers in our HR area for training. So my Walmart career was just starting and I didn’t know what was in store for me.
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