Walmart employees drive autonomous forklifts inside distribution centers. (Credit: Walmart)
Walmart is cutting hundreds of office workers and remote workers are being asked to return to the office, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The U.S. retailer has ordered employees from its offices in Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto to work at Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, and its northeast office in Hoboken, New Jersey, the newspaper reported, citing people familiar with the matter. , or to relocate to a central location in Southern California. Be familiar with the situation.
The company plans to allow so-called hybrid schedules, allowing employees to work remotely part-time as long as they are in the office for the majority of their workweek.
Walmart did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
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Walmart is currently the largest retailer in the United States and the world. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Walmart was ranked 97th on this year’s Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For. According to Fortune’s website, the company has 103,776 job openings.
“We have 2.1 million proud Walmart associates around the world, from truck unloaders on their first job to some of the industry’s most powerful executives and everything in between.” says Walmart on its corporate website. “In fact, our CEO Doug McMillon has held both positions, and his story is not unusual among Walmart’s top leaders.”
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Walmart employees work at Arkansas’ first high-tech Market Fulfillment Center. (Walmart)
The company says 75% of its paid managers start out as hourly employees, and the average wage in the U.S. is close to $18 an hour.
The Arkansas-based retailer announced last month that it had decided to close all 51 Walmart Health Centers and Walmart Health Virtual Care offerings because it recognized it was not a sustainable business model. . The company opened the center in 2019.
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A customer walks past a pharmacy during the grand opening of a new Walmart Stores store on Wednesday, September 12, 2012, in Torrance, California. (Patrick Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Getty Images/Getty Images)
The company’s 4,600 pharmacies and more than 3,000 vision centers will remain open.
Walmart announced that employees affected by future health center closures will be eligible to transfer to other Walmart or Sam’s Club stores. Walmart said it would pay employees for 90 days unless they transfer to another store or quit within that period.
A customer shops at a Walmart store. (Reuters/Daniel Becerril/Reuters Photo)
Eligible employees who do not transfer or resign after 90 days You will be given severance pay.
The company last year said it expected about 65% of its stores to be automated by the end of fiscal 2026.
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The company is scheduled to announce first-quarter results on Thursday.
FOX Business’ Daniella Genovese and Reuters contributed to this report.
