Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate jobs, relocating majority of remote office staff
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Wed, May 15, 2024
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Walmart said Tuesday it is eliminating several hundred corporate jobs and will relocate most of its remaining remote office staff to its Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters.
Walmart confirmed the move in a memo sent by Donna Morris, its chief people officer, to employees on Tuesday and obtained by CNN.
Morris, in the memo, said the decision to relocate employees and ask other remote staff to come back into the office was made to facilitate better collaboration, innovation “and move even faster.”
“We also believe it helps strengthen our culture as well as grow and develop our associates,” she said in the memo.
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The relocation will impact the majority of workers in Walmart’s Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices. While most relocations will be to its Bentonville headquarters, some workers will be relocated to Walmart offices in the San Francisco Bay Area or to Hoboken, New Jersey, and the New York area.
“In addition, some parts of our business have made changes that will result in a reduction of several hundred campus roles,” Morris said in the memo. “While the overall numbers are small in percentage, we are focused on supporting each of our associates affected by these changes.”
Walmart is expected to report its latest quarterly earnings on Thursday. The latest round of layoffs at the world’s largest retailer comes close on the heels of Walmart’s announcement last month that it was exiting its virtual healthcare services and was shuttering all 51 of its healthcare centers in six states.
Also last month, the discount giant’s shoppers learned they could be entitled to as much as $500 as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement by the retailer over allegations that it overcharged customers for certain products.
Walmart confirmed the move in a memo sent by Donna Morris, its chief people officer, to employees on Tuesday and obtained by CNN.
Morris, in the memo, said the decision to relocate employees and ask other remote staff to come back into the office was made to facilitate better collaboration, innovation “and move even faster.”
“We also believe it helps strengthen our culture as well as grow and develop our associates,” she said in the memo.
Related article Walmart will close all of its health care clinics
The relocation will impact the majority of workers in Walmart’s Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto offices. While most relocations will be to its Bentonville headquarters, some workers will be relocated to Walmart offices in the San Francisco Bay Area or to Hoboken, New Jersey, and the New York area.
“In addition, some parts of our business have made changes that will result in a reduction of several hundred campus roles,” Morris said in the memo. “While the overall numbers are small in percentage, we are focused on supporting each of our associates affected by these changes.”
Walmart is expected to report its latest quarterly earnings on Thursday. The latest round of layoffs at the world’s largest retailer comes close on the heels of Walmart’s announcement last month that it was exiting its virtual healthcare services and was shuttering all 51 of its healthcare centers in six states.
Also last month, the discount giant’s shoppers learned they could be entitled to as much as $500 as part of a class-action lawsuit settlement by the retailer over allegations that it overcharged customers for certain products.
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray has been fined $100,000 (£80,000) by the NBA for "throwing multiple objects in the direction of a game official during live play," but he avoided suspension, the league announced on Tuesday.
Murray tossed a towel and a heat pack onto the court late in the second quarter of Denver’s 108-80 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The defeat gave Minnesota a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semi-final series, which will continue in Minneapolis this weekend. The Nuggets were frustrated with the officiating as they fell behind by 28 points shortly before halftime.
The heat pack incident drew significant attention. TNT replays showed Murray sitting at the end of Denver’s bench and throwing the pack onto the court, where it slid across the floor as players were in motion. This happened just before Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns made a layup with 4:41 left in the second quarter. Nuggets guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope retrieved the heat pack and tossed it aside, while the public-address announcer warned the crowd not to throw objects onto the court.
Officiating crew chief Marc Davis said after the game that officials were unaware the object had come from the bench. Had they known, it could have been reviewed as a hostile act, resulting in a technical foul. “We tried to impress upon [the officials] that there’s probably not many fans in the building that have a heat pack. So, it probably had to come from the bench,” Wolves coach Chris Finch remarked. He added that Murray’s actions were “inexcusable and dangerous.”
Murray left the arena without speaking to reporters, and Nuggets coach Michael Malone claimed he was unaware that Murray had thrown the objects. Several seconds before the heat pack incident, Murray was also observed tossing a towel in Davis’ direction, though Davis did not notice as the towel landed at his feet and was quickly removed by someone on the sideline.
In Game 2, Murray, hindered by a strained left calf and Minnesota's tough defense, shot just 3 of 18, finishing with eight points. This performance followed a scoreless first half in Game 1, marking the first time he failed to score in either half of his 59 career playoff games. The Timberwolves have dominated the Nuggets in the first two games of the series.
