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Wal-Mart ISD
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- type of organization: public
- size: gargantuan (1,001 to 10,000 people)
- website: www.walmartstores.com
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Wal-Mart ISD supports Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail locations, Wal-Mart International, the Wal-Mart supply chain, and all other technical needs of the business.
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My 3+ Year Experience in ISD
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July 02, 2008
Just to set the stage, I had worked 4 years in IT for a high-tech company prior to joining Wal-Mart so I had certain expectations as an IT professional.
Orientation & Day One:
I was handed a wastebasket (a.k.a garbage can) with a paper, pen, and pencil and sent to my manager's office where I was introduced to my mini cube, a 4 year old PC, brown analog telephone (recall the 80's or so when they first introduced the touchpad on the square phone) and a more... -
High Stress and Long Hours but Promotions are Fair
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MrSamsLoveChild
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October 22, 2007
To be sure, this is not an easy job. Developers carry a pager and can get pages anytime, day or night (Japan, China, Canada, U.S., Brazil, lots of fun accents at 3:00 AM). The teams tend to be pretty good to each other with minimal politicing. Promotions are given out mostly-fairly. Don't come to Wal-Mart if you want to work with the latest-and-the-greatest technologies. Wal-Mart is about stability and new tech doesn't come often. The hours are pretty more...