The training also includes a video that depicts a gun-wielding assailant in Walmart and how associates should respond. The training also directed them on how they could help their colleagues and report suspicious behavior. The training is "the absolute bare minimum that could be offered," said a manager at a Walmart store in the southwestern US who asked to be anonymous because of fear of retaliation.Īccording to screenshots obtained by Insider, the training for the fourth quarter of 2022 included slides that instructed associates to look out for concerning and threatening behaviors, "life stressors," and social-media threats among their colleagues. One survivor of the Chesapeake shooting has accused the company of ignoring her concerns regarding what she describes as the shooter's earlier "threatening" behavior and is suing Walmart for $50 million. These concerns come with violent incidents accelerating at Walmart and other major grocery-store chains. Three current and former employees of the retail giant told Insider the active-shooter training wasn't enough to keep them safe. The training has been used in some form for at least a decade, Walmart employees told Insider.īut after a team lead fatally shot six colleagues and himself at a store in Chesapeake, Virginia, concerns that the training is inadequate are growing among Walmart employees. Long before the shooting at a Walmart store in Virginia last month, Walmart employees were required to complete a virtual active-shooter training each quarter to prepare them for sudden workplace violence.
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