Walmart Loss Prevention Job Profile
Learn Salary, Interview Tips, Career Information, Job Research, and Employment Facts
This is not a job posting, but a job profile. The information provided is from a current or former employee and provides a glimpse of what it "might" be like to work for a particular company, or specific job . Not finding what you are looking for? Try another Search of our job database.
A Loss Prevention Manager at Walmart is an exciting job. | |
| Location | Spencer, Iowa |
| Job Description | Your job is to protect the assets of the store. You have to walk around the store and watch for suspicious individuals, and stop any individuals that you saw shoplifting. Your other job was to make sure employees where honest and keep an eye on any cash shortages. Then you would also do checks on other stores by pretending that you where a shoplifter to see if the store followed there loss prevention procedures. You would also have to attend safety meetings and make sure all employees where doing their job safely. |
| Salary | I received $8.00 an hour starting off and after 2 years I was making $11.15 an hour. After 90 I was eligible for Health Insurance and 401 K. |
| Working Conditions | The working conditions could get very stressful. When you stop individuals for shoplifting they could become very irate and it could be hard to calm them down. Other times if the store was slow then it could be hard to walk around a store for 8 hours at a time and try to stay focused. Hours had to be varied and you had to work holidays so you would have to be flexible. You met all kinds of people because you where never in just one department! |
| Physical Requirements | You had to be able to walk for 8 hours at a time and there could be times that you might get in physical altercations. |
| Interview Information | I had to take a test asking several questions on what I would do in certain situations. I would call it a generic interview. |
| Job Satisfaction | Management Qualities | Stress Level | Education Required |
| HIGHLY SATISFIED | VERY HIGH QUALITY | HIGH STRESS | HIGH SCHOOL |
Other Wal-Mart Job Information:
This is a very exciting job. It gets your adrenaline going when you are about to stop someone for shoplifting.
Have you worked for this company? Please fill out a survey and add to our community.
Research Companies and Employers
Job Profiles provide inside information on thousands of companies and jobs.
Research Career Information sourced from the US Government.




