Walmart conducted a recent survey among its 56 Black supervisors, directors, and managers and discovered some troubling news.
All eight senior managers surveyed gave the lowest possible score when asked if they would recommend their friends and family to work for the company, Bloomberg reported.
Walmart asked a round of questions on career growth and equity at the company. It then scored the data on a scale ranging from -100 to 100 and presented the results late last year.
Black directors and senior directors, who rank right under Walmart’s vice presidents, gave a score of -86 on a scale ranging from -100 to 100 when asked the same question, Business Insider reported.
Twenty-four directors and senior directors were also surveyed.
Participants also said they feel that the company does not equally offer career and growth opportunities to Black employees compared to their white counterparts. Black leaders also expressed that they felt pressured to perform at an exceptional level to maintain their position at the company.
“I have been here 10 years, and I have never recommended Walmart to a person of color. I have recommended others to leave,” one Black director said in the survey, according to Bloomberg. “Pay, benefits, not bad — but recommend? NEVER. EVER.”
An April diversity report showed 39% of the company’s hourly workers consist of Black and Latino people and only 14% among executive positions. The majority of the retailer’s employees are white, making up 74.5% of executives and 52.3% of hourly workers.
Apparently, the company employs slightly more underrepresented groups in upper management when compared to Amazon. However, the data reveals that the company lacks support among its Black managers.
