Thread regarding Walmart layoffs

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They are definitely going down Kmart alley.All they are doing is her to g rid of the experienced people then where the he'll are they gonna be .Closed down that's where.I hope they offer a severance because my a– is out of there.

Walmart Corporate will get a rude awakening in February 1, 2020. Here’s why: From a Tech standpoint, they have already put Artificial Intelligence programs into effect this year (bet no one noes that juicy detail). The AI will quantify and compile all the data, like if bins are worked, if sections are done, how many items a shift are rescanned the next day (aka not stocked). And soooonmuch more. This report will be compiled and finalized after Christmas, but analysis checks and additional calculations should take a few weeks to materialize. They will soon have an accurate look on how much work is not getting done. And approximately how many extra hours each store would need to correct the data. That also goes for customer service, fresh, and all areas essentially. Corporate will know how “screwed” they are in real quantifiable data, in stores/regions/divisions/etc. The Reckoning will come...

Why is Walmart still sending associates for ASM training when they won't have a job when they get back?

As a DM for grocery in a NHM, I'm not taking any of the new positions. I have no need to advance my career in this company. The same goes for all the DMs at my store. We find it's a way out if we have to apply for something else. We joke that we would be the best damn cart pushers they had. People in my store who worked at K Mart said this is the exact same change they did before the stores starting closing down.

As some who just started at a store who already had the Great Workplace program running I found it all very confusing. It was hard for me to understand that unless you were a supervisor of some kind, you would be on the same level as everyone else. So the jobs that previously got paid more because they came with more headaches or responsibilities now are the same as some one that just puts boxes on the shelf. So if I could choose between dealing with angry customers at customer service or put items on the shelf as a stocker, there is no incentive for me to choose the more difficult on over the other. I feel like the Great workplace is actually just going to cause more strife for the lower level employees. There is no longer a reason to try harder at what I do, I get the same paycheck for the littlest efforts.

As some who just started at a store who already had the Great Workplace program running I found it all very confusing. It was hard for me to understand that unless you were a supervisor of some kind, you would be on the same level as everyone else. So the jobs that previously got paid more because they came with more headaches or responsibilities now are the same as some one that just puts boxes on the shelf. So if I could choose between dealing with angry customers at customer service or put items on the shelf as a stocker, there is no incentive for me to choose the more difficult on over the other. I feel like the Great workplace is actually just going to cause more strife for the lower level employees. There is no longer a reason to try harder at what I do, I get the same paycheck for the littlest efforts.

I seem to remember another large retailer. Trying to run their stores on skeleton crews 24/7. If i'm not mistaken it's all but extinct now. Walmart has been running it's stores in the same fashion progressively more and more. I think the best suggestion instead of this garbage is change the name. Drop the Wal an replace it with a K. It's come to that as it is minus the name! the things that worked and made customers gravitate to Walmart are 95% gone. 99.5% of complaints I hear from customers is there is never anyone close by to help them find items or check them out at a register. Most don't trust self checkouts and even the line for them is 20 ppl deep. the other .5% is nothing they want in stock! 100% of them have stated to me they would shop elsewhere if there were a viable competitor close enough to them.

Will all members of management have reapp!y even if they already over one of the areas? For ex.e-commerce?

Our store has a bunch of 'lifer' DMs (nothing wrong with that part if you are happy hey keep doing it) that do almost nothing/take about 50 smoke breaks a day and never maintain their departments until others are sent bail them out and clean it up. Since the GWP info has started trickling out, one by one they are dropping like flies, our old electronics DM nearly had a nervous breakdown when she learned her schedule would change, as did our dairy DM who flipped out upon learning he'd have to work some evening shifts potentially if he got one of the new roles.

Wonder if this affects cap teams or if they stay the same?

What happens to the CSM's?

I find it funny that our management is saying there's more roles than what's been listed here and on the wire. There's people on teams that they will only stock, clean and merchandise and that you need to take the test because that's close to dept mgr position is the b.s. I'm hearing.

These regionals and market mngrs have no clue what it takes to run these stores and with the new programs.

wal-mart is sh–tin on thier own shoes!–most stores dont even have enuf peeps as it is-now this sh–? how bout this WM?–swell ON back up like it used 2 b and get I.M.S. bak up and runnin again–sh– seemed 2 b workin well then!!34

I've always loved working for Walmart, and was there for nearly 10 years. I quit recently because I moved out of state and there were no open positions at the store I was looking to transfer to. They actually told me they would not have accepted my transfer as a full time associate anyway. I miss the old days, when things were simpler. I do understand their need to keep current, after all they are a business, but not at the cost of all the long term, hard working associates, plus the customers who actually want good old fashioned customer assistance instead of having to look up everything on the app, or waiting for an associate who was paged who never shows up because there aren't any.

The only reason the heads of this company think this works is because they have never done the actual job Day to day on the sales floor and the stores always always! Sugarcoat these new programs to the higher ups! Behind the scenes it’s not working! and the associates and the customers are suffering! We need to be honest on the Store level and tell them what isn’t working Home Office always claims to listen to their associates well prove it!

On corporate info it says the acamdey trainer roll is A/B, not the D position stated here. Basically a worker who will split their time working like the others and training associates and being up on OBW changes. Which is what the academy DMs do in the academy’s now. Curious to see how this all impacts the academy teams. 🤷‍♂️

Is the system changing as far as stepping down from salaried position? (Am currently home/fashions asm). Was 110% last hourly rate you were at before promoted, last I'd seen.

If/when this b—s— goes down, it may well be better to be an overworked hourly than an overworked salaried manager.

I assure you this is devastating to the family’s of those who don’t make it! But as usual Walmart could give two sh–s about there staff or the impact on there life’s and families ! This company is one of the worse companies out there someone come along and take them down a notch! There are long term dedicated staff who are at risk of loosing everything let that sink in stock holders! Selfish f—s

Do csms count as DMs?

I work at a nhm and we are starting this also! 😒

Your just won’t to put people out of a job

Wal-Mart lost all site of what Sam originally started. So sad a family of greed

Brace yourselves. Sounding like piloting will be starting. Stores that are being impacted will see their Store Manager sent to meetings. Expect the change to happen within the week/weeks starting in Fresh

Glad I got out when I did. I was a D.M. Found a union job that pays a lot better. I would not have made the cut.

Update to this thread for those researching as well:

GWP is going live in waves starting with NHMs. The only rumor I've heard about APA is that it is going to APP, possible increase in pay, whilst eliminating/minimizing APASMS in the NHMs (Moreso than there are lmao).

Dependant on sales/format size, NHMS are to have 1 store mgr, 1 asm (or APASM for med-high/high risk), anywhere from 1-3 BLs, 3-5 TLs w/ 2-3 ATs (1/team).

This is going live in the Midwest in the coming weeks.

We will see what happens, this will lead to headcount reduction, I am sure.

So, in the nutshell, it'll be worse for the worker.

Sometimes I feel they would love to eliminate all humans and just have free of charge robots running the place.

Good luck Walmart, you will need it.

Walmart is experimenting with several versions of a new store management structure under its “Great Workplace” initiative. The goal of the program, which includes a reduction in the number of managers within the chain’s stores, is about making Walmart management more responsive to the needs of its customers and staff, as well.

The test, which is currently being conducted in about 100 Neighborhood Markets and smaller supercenter locations, involves reducing the number of assistant and department manager roles in stores and making a smaller number responsible for larger teams of employees.

I am so over it with this company..you can’t say anymore you can retire from Walmart because every 2 years they are changing each position..ppl wake up.. they feel if they give you a $2.00 raise that is exciting, at a point it is but it will be taken away.. this company has hurt a lot of long term good ppl.. this company drove these associates to retire early or quite... How and why do Wal-Mart continue to do this... I understand they trying to keep up with other companies but they are failing by doing so... Amazon will be winning...Publix will be winning....Bj will be winning... Costco will be winning.. Walmart please stop with the madness please think about how single mothers and fathers are losing because of the devastating change

Market Manager and HRMM recently visited store and announced big changes were coming within a couple weeks. What change are they referring to?

More work on us, and never have time to get every thing done, associate on the regular who stocks the floor and does the department manager's job on top of that istock three departments I can never get it all done if Walmart keeps on having less and less people eventually it will go under

Any word on whether this GWP program will affect the APA position? I am the senior APA at my store and not sure if I’m going to have to re-interview for my position. I also just got a new partner and would hate to see his position eliminated.

Much of the info typed by OP is incorrect.

I have been with Walmart for a number of years. The Cap and Top Stock are wonderful processes. The problem of course is that there are never enough employees to properly do those programs. But I am sure Walmart corporate tells their investors how these excellent programs are helping the company to make more money. Bins are not capped everyday, top stock is not done everyday, items scanned on the sales floor are not registering even when in bins in the backroom. Morale is so very low because employees who do care(and many do) can not do their jobs properly.

They jsut opened the Regional ASM requisitions.

I heard there was also a freeze on ASM promotions currently. Anyone else hear this? It would make sense to do that if big changes are coming! Store managers just had to do the calibrations on current ASM to figure out who to cut, so makes me wonder.

Oh Lord... So my shift will be unloading the truck and stocking consumables like we use to do way back when... Lord the turnover rate is already high... Just wait.. Plus nothing but a lot of babies/young folks now as it is... They must be planning to faze out the old heads like me... Lord help us all....

There is not enough people to run the company period. We don’t d--g test anymore. Associates smoked up. Morale is the worst I’ve seen in 25 years. I hate this place, 5 more years I’m done if I make it that long. Store managers are walking zombies hanging on to their jobs. I used to bleed Walmart, not anymore, they just don’t care.

WM runs numerous pilots at all times. A pilot program is in no way a sign that it will roll out across the company, all of it might, some of it might or none of it might.

It’s not fair nor accurate to compare the Company Sam ran and how he ran it with today’s WM.

Different world

Different economy

Different size of company, it’s huge now

Different laws

Different society

And most of all retail has fundamentally changed in the last 5 years and will do so even more in the next 5. WM is adapting to that change.

See Sears or Toys R Us amoung others if you want to see a company run into the ground...