I am in ISD. Does anyone else who has been let go with an invitation in the late morning start cleaning up their pod with a song list playing in their heads as they await the ax? I do. “The Greatest Love of All” (the original, not the Whitney Houston... — read more 

Somebody must of wanted it dead.

Here are some opening thoughts: • At least every year pick a new planned quit date, preferably around end of March. Plan accordingly. Each year decide whether to ride the roller coaster another year and pick a new date. Think in “countdown” mode, not... — read more 

Whether I get passed over or p*ssed on, I'm leaving. I can't take this BS any more. I know I'll probably have to move somewhere else with all the hassle that involves but it will be worth it. #imouttahere

Just saw on Facebook that Doug and his ENTIRE direct report team are in India this week. How convenient.

It was a really bad day for HO yesterday, but it still seems like the number did not come close to the announced 1,000. Does anybody know if today will be a continuation of yesterday and more HO folks will be notified, or is today strictly for the... — read more 

I've been trying to find some media coverage of what happened yesterday to no avail, but I did run into this article posted last night that says Walmart denied 3,500 positions were being eliminated. I thought 3,500 was the correct number, so I guess... — read more 

I'm up in the middle of the night checking this board because I can't sleep. I'm still reeling from yesterday and dreading going into work today. From what we all understood, layoffs will continue today, which means another day of anxiety... — read more 

What’s terrible is when you have built a strong foundation with the company, move across the country, have additions to the family... Then a slap in the face. Not knowing if you can provide or even have medical insurance. All the time we put in and... — read more 

San Bruno or Sunnyvale?

Rumors hit last week that direct imports would be effected by this round of layoffs. Does anyone know? Confirm or deny?

With the class of customers walmart count on Mostly Red Necks myself included don't want A store where there no or very little Associate interaction with customers.It's almost that way now. Everything scan and go.I like to take my time and shop.Not... — read more 

First, the spin - it goes like this: "By giving our associates over six months’ notice our hope is that (they) will find their next career opportunity – either with the company or another company in Kansas," the spokeswoman says. Here is the article... — read more 

Just post your city... I live in Garden Grove, CA...

Can someone let me know what's a typical store org structure or hierarchy at Walmart. I am trying to make sense of all of this chatter here and this would help. Disclaimer: I do not work for Walmart but my company has a busy board on this site and I... — read more 

If yes, what area/department?

For all those who have been affected and for all those who will be affected in the days to come I hope that everybody is able to find new employment before you face true Financial hardships. That would include me as well I'm not high level management... — read more 

Just an FYI for the folks who haven't seen this long (and still active) thread: direct link @RfIyZGR or go to www.thelayoff.com/t/RfIyZGR

Thank you to those who are taking a few minutes of what must be a difficult day to post information for us on this board. Just wanted to say that what you are doing is highly appreciated by a whole bunch of us, I'm certain, because on days like... — read more 

The company appears to have decided to do a pile of cutbacks and are claiming "performance" as the reason, not for any restructuring or realignments, HR said the federal WARN act doesn't apply. The were quick to point out they were still giving 1... — read more 

There is an "ACTIVE" button right above the first thread - you can use it to see what posts had recent replies. I see some old posts getting frequent updates (e.g., the Co-Manager mega thread with 50 replies and 20k views)

I just got an invite from my 1:1 meeting Friday...... Good luck to all the Cos - we'll need it.

Am I understanding this wrong or is Walmart not doing the regular severance thing? From what I am reading here, they are giving people a lowish lump sum and that's it? Please somebody, anybody tell me I'm reading this wrong? It's enough to stress... — read more 

For those who are thinking it can't get worse than it is now, it can. When all cashier jobs are eliminated in the following several years, we'll have Amazon to thank for that... — read more 

Oh I believe more is brewing

Does anyone know if we will be given 60 days with pay to look for another job in the company if we are in group yellow? Or green if we reject the store they try to send us to? My market will only have 2 stores with Co’s And both are more than 150... — read more 

This post is from yesterday, it was posted by @RfIyZGR-9kdl --- just want to see if this happened: Market managers and store managers in meeting tomorrow to discuss the decisions from the rankings (who will move to where, who will be demoted and who... — read more 

If you are displaced, take it from someone who has been displaced that although it is a terrible feeling you will be okay. The first week is the worst - very emotional (mad, sad, feelings of failure, etc), but as time goes on you start to feel... — read more 

From a former co manager here ... and someone who has gone through layoffs with another company . Best thing that happened was when I quit Walmart ... that being said I’m sorry you are all going through this . However most likely 60% or so of this is... — read more 

Can anybody please tell us how are those affected by today's layoffs being notified? Also, has everybody who was supposed to be laid off in this round been notified already or can we expect more? Some people were mentioning that this will spill over... — read more 

Please post your updates as you know. So far: Dev Ops and Operations have been hit at ISD

From a former co manager here ... and someone who has gone through layoffs with another company . Best thing that happened was when I quit Walmart ... that being said I’m sorry you are all going through this . However most likely 60% or so of this is... — read more 

https://twitter.com/TheLayoff/status/956214575204093953

At HO meeting planners go out at about 6pm for the following day. If you are displaced, take it from someone who has been displaced that although it is a terrible feeling you will be okay. The first week is the worst - very emotional (mad, sad... — read more 

It's happening in ISD right now. Both Dev Ops and Operations have been hit, not sure how deep they went this time. Stay tuned.

LOL! No folks, it's not. And if seeing practically every major corporation in America laying people off right now isn't enough to prove that to you, then I guess nothing will. "But.....Amazon did it!" LOL! Yeah, Amazon caused companies like IBM and... — read more 

Co managers go on Friday of this week...better than half of all total company. Store managers will be next, this is on the book for the one to two year plan.

Good luck all!

Hi I have read recently through news reports along with the layoffs that Walmart was going to eliminate their jewelry business. I work at the DC where they ship all their jewelry to all the stores. no one has been able to confirm yet what this means... — read more