These hirings are done within the efforts to step up the technology race ( taking on Amazon) and according to this article, they will join WM’s retail technology group that already counts 7500 employees. Wonder how many of the regular workers will have to lose their jobs in order to pay for the big salaries of these techies.
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/walmart-is-adding-2000-high-tech-workers-in-2019-011419.html