OAN’s James Myers
1:48 PM – Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Walmart announced Tuesday that it plans to cut hundreds of jobs at its corporate headquarters and relocate most of its remote employees based in the U.S. and Canada to three offices.
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In a memo to U.S. campuses, Donna Morris, Walmart’s chief human resources officer, said: “We have the majority of our employees working remotely, as well as our employees within our global tech offices in Atlanta, Dallas and Toronto. We are asking the majority of our staff to relocate.” Tuesday Associate.
America’s largest private employer, with 2.1 million workers worldwide, said most of the moves would be at its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, with others moving to offices in the San Francisco Bay Area or Hoboken, New Jersey. Then he said.
In a memo sent to employees by Donna Morris, the company’s chief human resources officer, she said the decision to redeploy employees and ask other remote staff to return to the office will foster better innovation. It was announced that this was done “to move things forward even more quickly.”
“Additionally, there will be changes in some of our operations that will result in the elimination of hundreds of roles on campus,” Morris said in the memo. “Although it is a small percentage of the overall numbers, we are focused on supporting each employee affected by these changes.”
“We also believe it will strengthen our culture and help our employees grow and develop,” she said in the memo.
The retail giant also said it would cut “hundreds” of roles at its headquarters due to new changes in parts of its business, but did not provide further details.
Meanwhile, Walmart is scheduled to release its latest quarterly results on Thursday. The announcement comes a month after Walmart announced it would suspend all virtual health care services and shut down all 51 health care centers in six states.
Walmart also faced another turmoil as shoppers learned they were entitled to nearly $500 as part of a settlement of a class action lawsuit by Walmart for overcharging consumers for certain items. I’m caught up in it.
The retail giant said it will also speak with employees directly affected by the layoffs and work together on next steps.
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