Walmart is a major employer in the state of Georgia, with over 70,000 workers as of 2022, per the company's corporate website. But the status quo in Georgia may soon change. Layoffs are coming to the Atlanta area, and nearly 1,500 employees are expected to lose their jobs.
https://www.tastingtable.com/1056373/why-walmart-is-laying-off-almost-1500-employees/
Who cares about Atlanta? I can’t think of a worse place….. maybe New York or California. All you have to do is go there for 10 minutes and the reasons are obvious. Ultra high crime. They are about as WOKE as it gets, and it’s a slimy, filthy place. Who cares.
"The layoffs in Atlanta instead come with plans to convert the existing center into a support hub for the Walmart Fulfilment Services business, a model that relies heavily on marketplace sellers, per a company statement to Reuters.
An important component of the changing Atlanta workforce revolves around Walmart's purchase of robotics company Alert Innovations. The Takeout states that custom bots will efficiently facilitate Walmart customer orders spanning several temperature zones. Retail Dive identifies Alert Innovations as an e-commerce grocery automation firm, and further notes Walmart's recent Symbiotic agreement to deploy end-to-end automation at all regional distribution centers, likely leading to further shifts in the employee workforce."
The Robots are coming - Better start learning learning how to work on them.
Nobody cares why.