Ashley Lombardo

My experience at Walmart this summer had its ups and downs. I was able to make close relationships and learn many different aspects about how a business works. I did not enjoy the location and the culture of the company. At this point in my life, I don’t think a family oriented culture in Arkansas is somewhere where I can grow and thrive. I need a…[Read more]

Three things I learned during my internship that you couldn’t learn in a classroom or textbook is how important attitude, networking and company culture are. The first 2 – 3 weeks of my internship were hard because I wasn’t comfortable being in Arkansas and wasn’t able to adapt as easily as I had hoped. I had a bad attitude for a little bit and it…[Read more]

I was able to utilize the knowledge and skills I have gained from MIS 2101, MIS 3504 and everything we have learned about SQL. I gathered requirements, wrote out my scope, and learned a lot from stakeholders of my project. By finding stakeholders and getting a better understanding of the purpose of my project made it a lot easier. Also, my project…[Read more]

I took Finance in the summer while I was at my internship with Walmart. It was really stressful the first 4 weeks because every night I had to come home, do homework and take quizzes. I also spent a lot of the time studying. I think that was one of the factors that made it hard for me to adapt to the culture there since I was staying in a lot and…[Read more]

Working at the largest company in the world, I learned that the most important skills are actually the soft skills that you need to have just to being in a business setting. I had a hard time adjusting to the corporate setting, especially being around people much older than me and working on things I did not really enjoy. Because of this, my…[Read more]

When I first started working at Walmart, it was confusing trying to understand the “campus” and where I have to go for certain meetings and speaker series. Bentonville is where the Home Office is, but there are many different buildings that are a part of home office. The first day of work, it was hard for me and a few other interns in my division…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
This past summer I interned at Walmart Home Office in Bentonville, Arkansas. I worked in the Global Back Office Solution department, which streamlines back end operations to save money for customers all over the globe. More specifically, I was on the on Integration Management team under Data Strategy and Governance. My project was a…[Read more]