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What was your first postion at Walmart dude?

happeningfish wrote:Dude! I just got an email from my school telling me that I'm now apparently a "staff member" and so I have a new email address in the same format as the profs' and stuff I'm clearly awesome. Email me!

alexandra.tzannidakis@mcgill.ca

could you explain how the hell your last name is pronounced?

awesomie

ummm the closest i can give you is tsa-ni-DA-kiss

Its a toungue twister it is.

kind of like pigeon, but more complicated.

it's phonetic you losers!

EMAIL ME DAMMIT! I'M IMPORTANT!

Want me to email you alex?

Looks like that's what she says. Unless you're not someone.

I got a job. W00t. I'm going to gain so much weight this summer working in my favorite restaurant. I get to serve too, yay! I'm not really sure why I'm excited...because it's work. Working stinks. But if ya gotta work...then hey.

i leave in 4 days...

Why aren't you happy?

i leave in four days and i'm bloody ecstatic about it. super tired of classes and everyone.

Jim wrote:well that's sweet. Did you get anything for it?

I got to remain employed another day. With so many people working for the company, you can't really give out gifts to everyone. Next year I'll get a 10 year service plaque, lapel pin, and a silver name tag. It's not much at all, but I think it will be cool to be one of the youngest managers around with a 10 year name badge. I think you get put in the company magazine for 10 year service. Or maybe it's 20. I can't remember.

Johnathan wrote:What was your first postion at Walmart dude?

I was hired as a cart pusher in 1996. I pushed carts until June 1999. From June 1999 to September 2001 I was a sales clerk in the sporting goods department. From September 2001 to March 2002 I was sporting goods department manager. In March 2002 I stepped down to being a sales clerk in sporting goods again. In March 2003 I was promoted to night support manager. In November 2003 I was promoted to manager trainee through February 2004. In March 2004 I was promoted to hardlines assistant manager, and transferred to Big Stone Gap, VA. In May 2004 I was transferred to Jefferson City where I was homelines, food, homelines and food, and homelines assistant manager again until March 2005. Last month I was transferred to Knoxville, TN as night assistant manager. And now you know the rest of the story. Kind of.

it's because i'm gonna be in a forgien country for 50 days!!!!! away from all my friends and family and my nice comfy bed

How I envy you. lol I can't wait until next summer and the prospect of going overseas for 3 weeks. If I could go for the whole summer I would.



that's pretty good though Matt, are you on salary as a manager, or do you get hourly wage? And how far down the totem pole are you? Like is there a huge hierarchy with Walmart?

I am salaried. As far as rank, my order of promotion would go assistant manager> co-manager> store manager> distirct manager> regional vice president> divisional vice president. From there I get lost on how things go. There are other options too. From assistant manager I could go to district loss prevention supervisor, or special division district manager, home office buyer, etc. There are tons of positions I can work towards, depending on what I want to do or try for. My current goal is district manager. They generally oversee 5-8 stores.

good stuff!

J-Neli wrote:How I envy you. lol I can't wait until next summer and the prospect of going overseas for 3 weeks. If I could go for the whole summer I would.

well i don't think you'd envy me if you've never been away from your house for more than three weeks!

Yes I would. lol I had never been away from home for more than a week and in grade 8 I applied to do a 3 month exchange in France. The only think that stopped me was my desire to play hockey and I had to choose between france and hockey. Not to mention since going away to school I've usually gone 2 month stretches without going home. The fact is that eventually you're gonna have to get out on your own, and what better way to do it than experience a whole other country and culture.