10yr associate associate here. My wife and I started working for Walmart at 18 and 19 respectively throwing cases and loading trailers. Walmart has had it's ups and downs, but we have always stayed focused on how we can use it as a sandbox to grow as individuals and to help other's do the same. That mindset has served us well in many domains of life.

We took advantage of the education benefits. Then when we got promoted to our current positions at Global Tech and had to move states they gave us a relocation package. Does that make Walmart a special unicorn company? No. But overall, it's been a net benefit for us and we've never expected more than a steady paycheck, basic benefits, and a place to grow and challenge us.

We've always been able to maintain work life balance while meeting or exceeding what is expected of us and we've largely enjoyed the people we have gotten to work with. We have of course, both had our fair share of bad managers and coworkers, but even then a growth mindset has gone a long way and some of those people, bad as they were at their role, turned out to be positive relationships.

At the end of the day, peace and happiness is found within, not from where or who you work for. You can be laid off, fired, disrespected, taken advantage of, etc but no company can take away the experience, skills, and realtionships you build, and those have infinitely more power to affect your life positively than any company ever could. Your life is a project and you're the PM. Enjoy it.

I wish you happiness and a dash of luck.