Oh yeah, Amazon this, online sales that. Yeah, Amazon, which represents around 4% of total retail sales is causing this. The same Amazon that's been around for years, and has been strong for at least 3-4 years. Not like Amazon went from zero to 4% in... — read more 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/walmart-is-reportedly-planning-to-cut-over-1000-corporate-jobs/ar-AAuCegb

Walmart's CEO Doug McMillon foresees fewer sales associates at his stores, but they'll be better paid and better trained.

Walmart to cut 1000 corporate jobs by be end of January! Run for the hills.

...and the award for most unattractive employer in America goes to the European controlled sh-- hole Walmart!

So any more word on what the conference call will be about? Will they layoff co managers entirely or demote them to ASM?

Source: @RcTDUrl I saw this on my phone right now - Costco is running "We are Hiring" ads here on TheLayoff.com - that's very smart as they know that a lot of Sam's and Walmart folks are here now. Here is a screenshot of my screen:... — read more 

Source listed below: More Job Cuts Coming Next Week The store closings were just the beginning of what’s to come. Next week they will be announcing more changes, Technology lead is going away, Jewelry lead is going away, Membership team is going... — read more 

This is an interesting development. There is a CNN reporter posting on the SAMs page asking to chat with people. He may find out more than he thought he would given Walmart’s recent shenanigans.

1) Cap1/Cap2 merger and unloading trucks at 4am-1pm with GM trucks being palletized. 2) Eliminating the Jewelry department. 3) DSD cutting back to 1 person receiving both sides as most direct will come on GM trucks. 4) 1 co-manager per shift (1 on... — read more 

What was the meeting all the market managers went to about? All the market managers are meeting with store managers today.

Well of course they will layoff in 2018 that is and has been their standard since 2006. Bottom line, they have made some extraordinary bad decisions in the Marketing and e-commerce side of the business. When your business model is to buy Jet.com for... — read more 

The HO has been and will be cutting HO headcount to reduce SG cutting more HO jobs, cutting associate hours, increasing automation, reducing store headcount, or all of the above?

Bonus Amount Schedule: Full and part-time hourly associates only. 0-2 years: $0 if pay increased, $200 if no pay increase 2-4 years: $250 5-9 years: $300 10-14 years: $400 15-19 years: $750 20+ years: $1000 Salaried as well as full and part-time... — read more 

They don’t want technical support in Bentonville, we know those jobs are going to India.

Walmart prunes our headcount. Why would it be any different in 2018? Thoughts please.

Walmart is not only closing Sam's Clubs, Walmart stores are also being affected. 134 people in Georga and Utah will be laid off once the time designated by WARN notice expires. Walmart seems to be on a roll today, I recon... — read more 

Saw this on their page here on layoffs dot com - anyhow, this is massive www.thelayoff.com/t/RbVA9WG Also, direct link @RbVA9WG Also, media coverage: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/RbDf7Qe

https://www.tmj4.com/news/national/several-sams-club-stores-throughout-the-country-reportedly-permanently-close-without-notice Not looking good! Again the media knows before the people.

https://www.thelayoff.com/sams-club

Instead of eliminating positions and laying off those in those positions, offer buyouts to people to leave voluntarily and then allow those in RIF targeted roles to apply for the now vacant roles. It won’t entirely eliminate layoffs but there would... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/01/09/between-walmart-and-kroger-500-stores-are-about-to-ditch-cashiers.html

Unlike some retailers, store closures will be a marker of strength for Walmart, according to former Walmart.com CEO Carter Cast. "I think there are store closures ahead of Walmart that are going to be good for the company and good for shareholders,"... — read more 

Up again today. Up 49% this year. Thank you to all the wonderful associates that have helped make this happen. We have broke $100/Share. If it wasn’t for all of you this wouldn’t be possible.

About 100 new hires came into SWDC for on-boarding this morning.

Walmart ISD is in bed with companies like Infosys, Cognizant and Wipro for the sole purpose of bringing in lower cost labor to undercut American workers. You don't have to read very far into these stories to see what's going on. Note the details of... — read more 

The CEO of Walmart, Doug McMillon, announced earlier this month that they will be closing the doors at half their stores as of February 2018. The discount retail chain has been going down hill due to much competition and not being able to purchase... — read more 

Funny, Amazon dominated 89 % online sales this season WMT ecommerce “distant second” 4.4% https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-05/amazon-maintains-holiday-dominance-despite-stepped-up-pressure

Anyone hear of their exec getting a buyout? My VP just accepted a huge buyout a few weeks ago.

The former Walmart.com CEO who is giving store closures the thumbs up in the article link below was with Walmart from 2000-2007... That's pretty funny since dot com at that point was a joke. Where do they find these people, and how much are they paid... — read more 

Saw a similar thread on Sears, wanted to start one for us as well. Will reply to this message and post some links.

GBS....brace yourselves.

75 are affected. After just a few years of operation, one of Roanoke’s Walmart Neighborhood Markets is closing this month, company officials confirmed Wednesday... — read more 

My brother in law works for AMD out in Cali. He recently was in Bangalore and told me Walmart is advertising and heavily recruiting for what he called "all IT skills", especially web design, support, network and database. Has anyone heard about that?

Watch for it! Stores closing and layoffs.

I’ve noticed for several months that the quality has slipped at the stores in NWA. A LOT of outs, over Christmas about half the things I looked at didn’t have prices, and the prices don’t seem good at all. And they’ve stopped carrying some things I... — read more 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2018/01/02/amazon-will-buy-target-in-2018-influential-tech-analyst-gene-munster-predicts.html Paste copy to a search engine

Lots of speculation that Walmart is in talks to purchase Humana, anyone hear this as well?