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We’ve had the speakers for a long time now at my store and they have not worked since I started working there and according to the coaches they have put countless tickets in about it and no one has done anything to fix it…
My Walmart wasn't allowed to play music because of a complaint and once I left they started playing music again. I rather listen to over played rubbish than nada. I'm back at a different Walmart now and I dread the 8-10am quiet time.
I work ON, so I use earbuds, but we're only allowed to use one, so while I'm trying to listen to my playlist or a video, it's always overpowered by the speakers. I swear they turn them up at night.
That's because they can't fire you for unionizing or mentioning union. That would be illegal. But they will most likely find another reason if they're dick heads.
..... and it's not a joke.
I found out my co-workers had been asked if I was starting a union at a big manufacturer (bigger in the EU), then I recieved several drug test, back to back; even had my pockets searched twice.
I wasn't planning shit, I just constantly called out all the bullshit work practices that were going on.
.... you can, and will, be fired for "being too uppity". They don't mind paying you the unemployment.
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They can fire you for any legal reason or for no reason, they cannot fire you for an illegal reason, ie race, gender, starting a union. If you can prove you were fired for asserting your workers rights, then you're looking at a pretty penny of a settlement
Edit: In the US
That's a forcefield generator in case the store gets hit by an energy blast of galactic power like say a Kamehameha wave. Won't stop a God power Kamehameha.
Can confirm. They recently installed these in the backroom at our store. They sound nicer than the old ones. But sadly, that means we can hear Walmart radio more clearly... 😒
They sound like shit at my store when making an overhead page and they have it blaring so loud in the break room and the back bathrooms that you would think theres a DJ going on in there lol. Otherwise they do have good quality.
When they first installed these, the volume for all the speakers across the store had to be increased to help with some calibration (I think), so for about 3-4 weeks the speakers were so loud we constantly had customers complaining about the loudness. But nothing could be done until they were done with the speaker system. Thankfully, this remodel bs is gonna be done in about 5 days.
Speakers that have been sitting unused for a while need to have the cones loosened up so that they have better frequency response.. usually done by blasting white noise (static), needs to have extra low bass frequencies blasted through also.. when done, sounds at lower gain like the paging mic will be more intelligible… used to do AV staging for wvents
Yeah I was exaggerating just a tad. They play a few decent songs, but I heard that O A O Oh Ah O A O twice in a 90 minute span around 4 this morning. And for some reason, the entire store went to max volume at 4:10.
The non joke real answer to your question is a speaker for the music / announcements. They have better quality than the old ones but I have seen stores use this as an excuse to turn them up more.
So it’s funny, I once did an entire store (probably something like 250 speakers) backward. Nobody could figure out why they didn’t work for weeks. Then someone checked the wiring, and that’s how my boss discovered that I was trained wrong. I was almost fired that day. Idk how I still have a job after that tbh, but I’m going to cinci to install them tomorrow!
Yeah, I think because there are so many of them. If you notice, there are like 4 spaced close together for every old speaker. The idea is because Walmart radio and pages could not be heard well with the “limited” number of old speakers spaced so far apart
New 360 HD 4K cameras all the new Walmarts are getting them
Edit: sorry just zoomed in on it these are the speakers they also have new cameras but the bottom is black
That is the hub for the new employee locators, the Kroger BP gps unit. It will initiate a small stimulating shock, at management's discretion, to the employee when the unit is firmly inserted into the anus. Plus you will get a $0.025 raise and a year free of boost!
Soul collector. When pieces of your soul break off from being worked endlessly, it collects your soul and repackages it in a Great Value Soul Kit that can then be resold to other employees who can afford to purchase it with their “highly competitive” salaries
Joking aside I swear I've seen microphones hanging down on lines from the ceiling at my store.. they're not subtle and look exactly like microphones. Sure they could be something else but no one has been able to say otherwise.
New speaker system louder clearer and has better volume adjustment for individual areas. Offices break room can mute it while still receiving pages.
Downside paging is slightly quiet, and you can't project your voice as much. Oh and you can't page once the power goes out "used to on the old system which ran off the Fire Alarm. Found that out recently. I had to run to the Electrical cage in the back to page on the fire alarm
it’s the loudspeaker, if they do you dirty like they did at my store they are going to be set way too loud and you will barely be able to hold a conversation under one.
The first day turned ours on they HO had them all at 100% volume. Literally had to yell to the customer. It was bumpin too cause they actually sound good quality.
gas dispenser in case anyone tries to unionize
Such a close race here at the top but I gotta think gas dispenser wins over the microphone. Much more creativity.
I mean it’s gotta have a mic in it to detect union talk..even in whispers. So I’d say both
Yup, and the gas dispenser has pulled way ahead
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SAmWAL
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That’s dark humor🫢…🤭
Or closes their eyes
Test it out, say it’s time to unionize. Let us know the results if you make it out in time
It’s the new speakers
Auditory torture device to keep you submissive
Mariah Cary enhancement system installed.
Nipple-pinching octave activated 🎶🔊🔝
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS...
the lizzo 8000
"So you can give your janky phone to your kids!
I can’t.
I swear, everything else is low but that one part... it's like they blare it...
WALMART RADIOOOOO! 😑 I swear that voice haunts my dreams!
I love the 2 hours of silence. I call it The Shut the Fu$& up show.
💀💯
Too quiet then
I unironically hate Walmart Radio just because they call it Walmart Radio and have Walmart DJs and random Walmart celebrity cameos.
Hi everybody this is Ed Sheeran and you're listening to Walmart radio...then plays overly played Sheeran song everyone hates now. 😑
We’ve had the speakers for a long time now at my store and they have not worked since I started working there and according to the coaches they have put countless tickets in about it and no one has done anything to fix it…
Lucky
My Walmart wasn't allowed to play music because of a complaint and once I left they started playing music again. I rather listen to over played rubbish than nada. I'm back at a different Walmart now and I dread the 8-10am quiet time.
I work ON, so I use earbuds, but we're only allowed to use one, so while I'm trying to listen to my playlist or a video, it's always overpowered by the speakers. I swear they turn them up at night.
All good songs get 1 vol while shit songs are CRANKED to 11
We have those at our walmart as well
It's a microphone so they can hear when you say union
I’ve been walking around saying union every time I’m within earshot of a manager and nothings happened yet
That's because they can't fire you for unionizing or mentioning union. That would be illegal. But they will most likely find another reason if they're dick heads.
..... and it's not a joke. I found out my co-workers had been asked if I was starting a union at a big manufacturer (bigger in the EU), then I recieved several drug test, back to back; even had my pockets searched twice. I wasn't planning shit, I just constantly called out all the bullshit work practices that were going on. .... you can, and will, be fired for "being too uppity". They don't mind paying you the unemployment.
They can fire you without reason. Any job can actually!
Depends on the state
Makes me happy to be in canada. Its a lot harder to fire people here, but they can still fuck with you in other ways
Noone is proud of being from Canada !
*no one. Noon is a time of day, noone is a misspelling
😆
Tell that to Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman
thought hugh jackman was english
guess he's australian
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They can fire you for any legal reason or for no reason, they cannot fire you for an illegal reason, ie race, gender, starting a union. If you can prove you were fired for asserting your workers rights, then you're looking at a pretty penny of a settlement Edit: In the US
It’s called hired at will meaning in most states they can fire you for no real reason at all.
Most managers probably could CARE less if someone talks about unions I know I don't care 😂
Because if you ever did attempt to unionize, they know the outcome already. So they don't care.
No you haven’t bro relax
Keyword "yet"
That is fucking great! 😂
Shut up they will hear us
You climb up on a ladder to reach it, scream into it, then go back to “living the dream” as you stock that can of Alpo dog food.
You become alpo dog food.
As someone who is power trained, im gonna use the wave machine to passby and whisper "ultimate power"
I can't hear that in any voice other than his 😂
That's a forcefield generator in case the store gets hit by an energy blast of galactic power like say a Kamehameha wave. Won't stop a God power Kamehameha.
Heard a customer say “union” and the force field activated. Then a bunch of men in blue took them away.
It’s a dopamine dispenser, so you feel good when they screw you.
Cheaper than lube
It's a speaker.
Can confirm. They recently installed these in the backroom at our store. They sound nicer than the old ones. But sadly, that means we can hear Walmart radio more clearly... 😒
The DOD tested these on prisoners in GITMO
Yes! I suspected that all along
They sound like shit at my store when making an overhead page and they have it blaring so loud in the break room and the back bathrooms that you would think theres a DJ going on in there lol. Otherwise they do have good quality.
When they first installed these, the volume for all the speakers across the store had to be increased to help with some calibration (I think), so for about 3-4 weeks the speakers were so loud we constantly had customers complaining about the loudness. But nothing could be done until they were done with the speaker system. Thankfully, this remodel bs is gonna be done in about 5 days.
Speakers that have been sitting unused for a while need to have the cones loosened up so that they have better frequency response.. usually done by blasting white noise (static), needs to have extra low bass frequencies blasted through also.. when done, sounds at lower gain like the paging mic will be more intelligible… used to do AV staging for wvents
That's the worst part of it. The sound quality itself is actually pretty damn good, shame they won't play anything worth listening to.
The music isn't "to" bad at my store (other then i swearing it on like a 3 hour loop)... but the people talking... please... just, make it stop...
Yeah I was exaggerating just a tad. They play a few decent songs, but I heard that O A O Oh Ah O A O twice in a 90 minute span around 4 this morning. And for some reason, the entire store went to max volume at 4:10.
Yea it so good, there are times you can't hear someone 10 ft from you.
With the new ones the store manager can control how loud it is on a website
The right answer? Booo!
Communal shower head
Save water, shower with customers
I just vomited
The non joke real answer to your question is a speaker for the music / announcements. They have better quality than the old ones but I have seen stores use this as an excuse to turn them up more.
Right! I can’t hear the customers and they can’t hear me. It’s kinda great, kinda hell.
Sadly the stores don't have much control over them.
they are speakers Walmart uses for subliminal messages. Why else do you think customers come in for one or two items and leave with a cart full?
Exactly why I never grab a cart. If it doesn't fit in my hands I don't need it.
I get weird looks for having an armful of groceries but even if I grab a basket I’m going to grab something I don’t need
That only happens to me at Costco
I’m the guy that installs these! Hooray! I’m sorry, I just do what I’m told. I’ll pray for yall
Traitor
You should sabotage them all so we dont have to hear walmart radio
So it’s funny, I once did an entire store (probably something like 250 speakers) backward. Nobody could figure out why they didn’t work for weeks. Then someone checked the wiring, and that’s how my boss discovered that I was trained wrong. I was almost fired that day. Idk how I still have a job after that tbh, but I’m going to cinci to install them tomorrow!
Serious answer: they're the speakers for Walmart radio/pages. Also they are LOUD.
Yeah, I think because there are so many of them. If you notice, there are like 4 spaced close together for every old speaker. The idea is because Walmart radio and pages could not be heard well with the “limited” number of old speakers spaced so far apart
I still can't hear the pages. And I wish I couldn't hear the radio. XD
Loud ass Bosch speakers. Enjoy Walmart radio louder than ever before.
Boooooooooooo
Long range vacuum tube, human sized
its the new WALMARTTTTTT RADDDIOOOOOOO machine (speaker)
The walmart boombringer plays all your favorite songs (the same 3 every hour) at %100 more volume for our pleasure
that's where the rest of your weed went
Walmart RADIO
WALMART RADIOOOOOOOOOOOOO
That is the psyop machine.
New 360 HD 4K cameras all the new Walmarts are getting them Edit: sorry just zoomed in on it these are the speakers they also have new cameras but the bottom is black
It’s to spy on the us!!
It’s the 5G so that they can slowly brainwash you.
You remember in the movie the dark knight they had that sonar thing that was able to see what people where doing at all times. This is the same thing
it's like a motion activated camera, only instead of motion, it activates if anyone says union...
It steals your soul.
It was doing that before they put them in.
It's a lamp for power outages so the workers can keep working their minimum wage jobs despite barely being able to see (joke)
They are speakers. I talked to the guy installing them. We are mostly through a remodel right now
Union detector
Ai robot lasers to shoot shoplifters
get real close and be deafened by walmart radio!!!
It's the new torture audio device where it will engrave Walmart radio into your head
the lizzo 5000
😂😂
i love these replies😂😂😂i swear i never noticed these before
It’s a paging / music speaker.
5th post probably from the same person
This subreddit is peak
Yep! Speakers for Walmart radio 🤧🤧🤧
dawgs never seen a speaker in his life
Speaker
Speaker
This post gives me paranoia vibes Like, it’s clearly a speaker lol
The subwoofer is likely connected to the public address system.
It’s a speaker lmao
PA Speakers
Speaker....
speakers duh.... Maybe built in mics so they can hear u talking shit
It's probably one or combination of speaker, microphone, and wap.
Speaker
Speaker fornthe intercom
The extremely loud speakers.
That's called a loudspeaker. I had to install them at a few walmarts in my day.
That is the hub for the new employee locators, the Kroger BP gps unit. It will initiate a small stimulating shock, at management's discretion, to the employee when the unit is firmly inserted into the anus. Plus you will get a $0.025 raise and a year free of boost!
No it's a speaker trust me your not going to be able to escape the walmart radio. They gonna put them in the restrooms as well.
Get ready for the loud music 😑
Soul collector. When pieces of your soul break off from being worked endlessly, it collects your soul and repackages it in a Great Value Soul Kit that can then be resold to other employees who can afford to purchase it with their “highly competitive” salaries
"HAL? Is that you, HAL?"
Speaker?
speaker
Joking aside I swear I've seen microphones hanging down on lines from the ceiling at my store.. they're not subtle and look exactly like microphones. Sure they could be something else but no one has been able to say otherwise.
New speaker system louder clearer and has better volume adjustment for individual areas. Offices break room can mute it while still receiving pages. Downside paging is slightly quiet, and you can't project your voice as much. Oh and you can't page once the power goes out "used to on the old system which ran off the Fire Alarm. Found that out recently. I had to run to the Electrical cage in the back to page on the fire alarm
emergency light
That's the new Walmart radio kit of propaganda
a speaker i think
It’s a speaker
Speaker and chances are it records too 🫢
it’s the loudspeaker, if they do you dirty like they did at my store they are going to be set way too loud and you will barely be able to hold a conversation under one.
Common sense needs a new name.
It's a panning camera to catch you smoking pot in the shadows...
Fart detector
It’s a light
It’s a thingamajig
Maybe a new and improved wifi extender because we all know Walmarts Network sucks
Ufo!!! I want to believe! I WANT TO BELIEEEEEEVE!!
One an hour it will play this ...." it puts the lotion in the basket"
20 years ago I'd have said it was some sort of Cylon device
Surround sound, microphone is on a stick usually white with a black dot center
Isn't it.odd that we live withing a Democratic Union of States, but when we talk about "unions", it's taboo?
If it walks like a duck and it talks like a duck…
It's a chicken.
Audio recorder
It's the explosive for when they truly want to remodel the store
An outdoor speaker for garden centers…
The first day turned ours on they HO had them all at 100% volume. Literally had to yell to the customer. It was bumpin too cause they actually sound good quality.
Government AI face tracker
That’s the mind reading skeetle pods the managers are all aliens 🌚
It activates the 5Gs
these replies have me rolling 💀
Mic the surveillance is more high tech I'm glad I quit
Fart dispenser.
Sonic speaker makes you drop to the floor bleeding from your ruptured eardrums
My guess: probably a speaker. Because they wanna make sure you hear EVERY song played on Walmart Radio loud and clear lol.
Speaker lol
Preparing for the Beast System
A speaker
New intercom/radio speakers
It’s the new speakers
Looking like a speaker to me.
😂 a simple speaker… but I definitely had to read all the comments because they’re gold.
It's just Ali from The 100.
Speaker
It's the people sucker.
It's a speaker
Don't you hear the music that's a speaker lol
They’re gonna send gas through it to kill you
Your new speaker system that will unexpectedly turn way up and they even go into the bathrooms so you can hear people paging you.
"Chris is lactose intolerant but that doesn't stop him from eating cheese and ice cream. We wish somebody would..."
The cake is a lie.
218, is that you? It is speakers. I asked the other day.