Walmart’s Black Senior Managers Don’t Recommend Working There

An internal survey commissioned by the retailer offered blunt assessments of the Black employee experience. 

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Some high-ranking Black managers at Walmart Inc. say career advancement is difficult at the retail chain and they wouldn’t recommend working there, a recent internal survey commissioned by the company found.

The report, which was presented to members of the company’s senior leadership late last year and seen by Bloomberg News, asked 56 Black supervisors, senior managers and directors about the barriers that made it difficult to achieve their career goals. A majority of those surveyed gave mediocre rankings for career satisfaction.