People Quotes
I think that people that shop Walmart frequently and love the brand the most find it very natural to come to us first for e-commerce. But for others that may shop around or not have chosen to shop at Walmart in the past, you get what you earn, and our opportunity to earn their business starts with winning their grocery and consumables basket.
India is an important part of Walmart's story and over the past two decades, we've strengthened and expanded our partnerships in the country to empower people and help local businesses grow
I bet you that over time, because we come up with new ideas to grow sales, we end up with about the same number of people making more money.
I think what we've seen happen so far is that as we've applied technology for the picking process in the store, for example, is that job composition has changed but we have about the same number of people.
Of course we aren't perfect. We make mistakes. But, if the world could see all of the hard-working, well-intentioned people inside our company who are making things better in their communities and in the world, I'm convinced they would be moved by it all. I am.
We go from Product 1.0 to Product 2.0 a lot faster. This is a powerful unlock. We've always said that our people make the difference. We're certainly seeing that today.
People will surprise you. Several times a week I see or hear about something creative our associates have done. It's inspiring to see their ingenuity and pace.
Our world is increasingly transparent and we're out to earn trust. When people shine a light on Walmart and see our decisions - the jobs we create, the activities in our supply chain - we want them to like what they see.
Customers have always trusted us for our low prices, but they also want to know that the products they buy are good for their families, the planet and the people that made them.
We're making every day easier for busy families and we're using new ways of working to do it.
Looking ahead, we will compete with technology, but win with people. We will be people-led and tech-empowered.
The truth is we have a consistent purpose that we got from our founder, some values that we share - those are persistent, too. It's not just change. But that's the thing that people underestimate about Walmart right now, that it has an ability to change.
Most of the learning that you had as a merchant - especially back then - came from the people around you, so it's really learning on the job and principles coming out like - back then, we didn't really sign contracts, and we had some vendor agreements to make sure we could pay people, but your handshake was your agreement.
2/3 of our management associates come from our hourly ranks. We put in place academies to help people with education. We've put a dollar a day college program in to help people get college hours if they want to advance their degrees.
That's one of the best things about my job: I get to tell the world about the innovative and meaningful things our people are doing every day.
My best days have been when we've been able to raise wages for associates. I love doing that and I want to keep doing that. It's also important to have low prices.
A lot of our growth the last couple of quarters has come from people who are coming to Walmart to save money.
We're an 'And' company, we're people and tech, we're stores and e-commerce, we're innovation and execution.
Big problems don't rest on the shoulders of government or corporations alone.
We believe in servant leadership. We're looking for altruistic people that can put other people first.
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