Walmart to lay off, relocate employees
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Walmart is laying off or relocating about 1,000 corporate employees, The Wall Street Journal first reported Tuesday evening.
State of play: The changes affect Global Tech and Product and Design, which has gone from organizing separately for Walmart U.S., Sam's Club and international markets to a shared platform in the past year, according to a Tuesday memo to Walmart employees from technology, AI acceleration and product and design leadership, Suresh Kumar and Daniel Danker.
What they're saying: "That includes updating some roles to better match the work being done, bringing teams together where it makes sense, and aligning some roles to key locations where related work is already happening," according to the memo.
- The memo also says in a few cases this will create opportunities for associates to be promoted, and in others some roles will be consolidated or eliminated.
Between the lines: Walmart spokesperson Jami Lamontagne did not answer Axios' questions about how many layoffs and relocations the company is planning, nor if or how many employees are being required to move to the company headquarters in Bentonville. She provided Axios with the memo.
The big picture: This is the third year in a row that Walmart has announced layoffs or relocations this time of year.
- The company announced 1,500 job cuts in May 2025 and in May 2024 announced hundreds would be laid off or moved from Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto to Bentonville; Hoboken, New Jersey; and Northern California.
- All corporate employees in NWA finished moving into the new 350-acre headquarters campus in Bentonville in January.