No More Walmart Greeters

[Richland123]

No More Walmart Greeters

Walmart Greeters Will No Longer Greet At The Door - Careers Articles

[Joe Gress]

That's a lot of people loosing their jobs. Bummer.

[jmattbassplaya]

I've never found them to do anything of value. I think I've maybe been greeted, or at least acknowledged, by a greeter only a handful of times out of the hundred or so times I've been to a Walmart. I've certainly have never seen them grab a cart for someone or even offer to get them one.

[jmattbassplaya]

Originally Posted by Joe Gress

That's a lot of people loosing their jobs. Bummer.

They said a lot of the night greeters got re-stationed to other departments in the store when they first got rid of the night greeter. I expect the same to happen here.

[MadMan118]

Welp, there goes my dream job.

[shaggy45]

that sucks. the door greeters are usually the only nice ones in the store. My door greeters name is mary jane. shes awesome

[Joe Gress]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

They said a lot of the night greeters got re-stationed to other departments in the store when they first got rid of the night greeter. I expect the same to happen here.

I worked for that damn company before, I know what's gonna happen after a while. Especially the elderly ones that have worked the greeter job as a means to support their retirement. It's a bummer, but their aren't that many other jobs in other depts.

[Richland123]

[nashvillebill]

Darn, there goes my "Plan B" for retirement.

And many seniors would be without health care coverage otherwise, so they depended on something like the door greeter job.

[stratovani]

It's not like I'm going to miss them. There's not many things I hate worse than being greeted at the door of a store by someone who doesn't mean it, and only doing it because they can't find any other kind of work. I know where I'm going , I know what I want, and I don't want to be bothered.

[droo46]

Originally Posted by stratovani

It's not like I'm going to miss them. There's not many things I hate worse than being greeted at the door of a store by someone who doesn't mean it, and only doing it because they can't find any other kind of work. I know where I'm going , I know what I want, and I don't want to be bothered.

+1 I've never understood why they even have that position to begin with.

[hover]

Screw Greeters, Live Better. Wal Mart.

[line6man]

Originally Posted by jmattbassplaya

I've never found them to do anything of value. I think I've maybe been greeted, or at least acknowledged, by a greeter only a handful of times out of the hundred or so times I've been to a Walmart. I've certainly have never seen them grab a cart for someone or even offer to get them one.

+1.

While I am aware that creating a warm and inviting atmosphere makes customers more likely to spend more time in the store, and buy more items, I've never seen a Walmart greeter's job to be one of any real importance or practical value. I do not shop at Walmart often (Maybe once or twice a year.), but in most stores, it's usually difficult to find an employee to assist you, when you need one. I would rather see employees out on the salesfloor than greeters at the door.

In any case, it is unfortunate to see that this change is going to cost many people their jobs.

[hover]

Originally Posted by line6man

In any case, it is unfortunate to see that this change is going to cost many people their jobs.

That's the bottom line. In the few Wal Marts that I patron in my area, the greeters are usually elderly, and aside from any level of money made, that was probably the highpoint of their day. That's why it sucks.

Maybe it didn't make a lick of **** to you, but it did to them.

[Dr. Cheese]

The really scary thing is that when I read about the layoff of greeters, the same article also said Wal-Mart is the nation's largest employer. That is a scary thought.

My most memorable interaction with a greeter was when I lived in Kentucky. There was an older white woman who worked as a greeter who would not say hello to black people. I could walk into Wal-Mart between two white people and she would say hello to the person ahead of me and the one behind while ignoring me. It was not exactly the end of the world, but since she was a greeter, I felt she should have greeted me. I never said anything to her or about her but once I had a return and then she was speaking to me because it is the greeters job to put tags on returns.
I ignored her and she was furious! I never answered her, but she eventually came and put a stamp on my return while I was in the return line. That story is always a bit funny to me because I am sure it never occurred to the old lady that I was simply treating her the way she treated me.

[MJ5150]

Bummer deal. In my experience, the greeters have been elderly folks or those with mental challenges. I always thought it was cool of WalMart to give those folks jobs when others would not.

I'm sure they were low paying jobs, but when you have a mental disability or you're in your 70's you're not at some biotech company competing with MIT and Harvard grads for an engineering job.

-Mike

[LAG]

They couldnt figure out a way to import greeters from china.

[Dr. Cheese]

Originally Posted by LAG

They couldnt figure out a way to import greeters from china.

LOL!!!

[fenderhutz]

We have a guy in a store close to here that is very physically handicapped/disabled and bound to a wheelchair. People love that guy. I don't think it's going to go well here because there isn't really anything else he can do in the Wal-Mart.

[fmoore200]

Originally Posted by fenderhutz

We have a guy in a store close to here that is very physically handicapped/disabled and bound to a wheelchair. People love that guy. I don't think it's going to go well here because there isn't really anything else he can do in the Wal-Mart.

Yeah, the greeter near me is in a wheelchair and mentally impaired. He is also the nicest employee in the store, strange huh?