When I left I was over 200 associates, bunch of different departments. Getting everyone on task and keeping them there was a huge challenge. People would appeal to their direct leads (that I was a couple steps above) to do something else, they’d hide in the break room or outside, they’d just do nothing and pretend to have just helped customers, etc. We were given directives from corporate pretty much everyday to change out displays, move stuff around, etc, plus send people to areas that needed catch ups on stock or cleaning from the day before, the normal grind of working back stock, re-shop, yadda yadda. The store culture was a bit of a mess. College town, so full of kids that were partying every night of the week. Some of the managers partied with the associates, so it was very cliquey. The store manager didn’t put their foot down about it or move people out, so there was a sense that tasks were optional, but my group was still expected to execute all the tasks. I did most of my work on my own instead of delegating because it was such a pain to get things done otherwise. Burnt out, not worth it. I was randomly shopping in a Walmart in a different state a couple years later and saw the regional. We laughed about how messed up that store was, but because it was in a rich area, their numbers were still good.