Any word when personal is going away
Walmart to buy out associates?
True or False? Heard many rumors, but not on this site.
Deep Thoughts and stuff to noodle on
Borrowed from a previous post with some comments from me - Robotics - Staff Cuts - Pay not enough - Online - Brick and Mortar - Walmart used to be a happy place to work - For some it was a career but for others it was a part time job or provided a... — read more
WM pays for store remodels with cuts in workforce
I worked at Walmart store #603 for 6 years and one night was called back to the office in an abrupt 3 minute conversation was told I would no longer have a job on 3rd shift, but there was another similar job paying 50c less an hour.. Walmart invested... — read more
Flippy More Robotics to take jobs at walmart Past the link
Along with the Robotics scrubbers that may take maintenance jobs.There A New Cook in the Delly https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-walmart-testing-robot-fry-cook-delis-154733360.html
#stopwalmart movement
#berniesanders #alexandriaocasiocortez Please help us poor underpaid, under appreciated workers!
The flaws of Walmart’s strategy to beat Amazon
This is an interesting article that contains a truthful observation of what Walmart is missing in its strategy regarding e-commerce and its quest to take on Amazon. Tend to agree with the fact that, with these kinds of investments into technology WM... — read more
CJ and all his “awards”
Is it me or is he buying all these public awards? Maybe he should be focusing on his sub par leadership instead of twitter coverage
Full Time Reductions Coming To Stores
Merry Christmas Wal-Mart Associates. To thank you for all your hard work this season we will now cut more associates. So f--- you for you're hard work. You are only a number hurting our bottom line. You are not a person. We do not care about you or... — read more
Read about the WALMART ROBOT
It's on the NBC NEWS Facebook page right now... — read more
New Evaluation Process
Just wondering what everyone’s take on this is.
The companies forgot who makes their money for them
Money has been #1 since the first business was created. If you don't make money you can't stay in business. Business 101. The problem is these companies have forgotten who makes them their money. It's the associates on the front lines in the stores... — read more
The Last Days of Disco
I've been particularly present at my local Walmart throughout this holliday season, and here's my report: The side counters everywhere, all departments, are almost always blown out. I see maybe a handful of stockers in the whole place----and this is... — read more
Less and Less people
As a licensed professional, I decided to end my relationship with this company. For the past 5 years I saw the writing on the wall. More automation, more online access, thus reducing the work force. Less people on the floor to assist customers. And... — read more
Robot janitors
Think that this is more of a move an advertising move rather than something that will cost a lot of people their jobs, but symbolically I saw this move as a display of the process of Automation that is going on for a while now. A lot of people are... — read more
Changes
Who has heard of any pending changes coming in 2019
ROBOTS are taking over RETAIL- MORE LAYOFFS AHEAD!!!
https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/posts/2972201456133198 Please share thelayoff.com site with everyone on social media!
Can WM be the leader on the online grocery market.
The article in the link brought up a valid question, if you ask me. Generally beating Amazon is going to be very hard, if not impossible, but I think that WM has advantages in some markets and can prove to be a tough competitor to Amazon. One of them... — read more
HOURS CUT
The fresh cap 1 hours are being cut from 40-to-36 hours a week. Some employees are getting 37. Why do they cut employees hours? How long will this last.
If It's Happening At Walmart.....
You know it's happening everywhere, and it is. Is Walmart the only company going through this? Let's see... That Titan of the Tech industry, Microsoft laid off close to 10% in 2017... — read more
Ethics
Guy came in and told me I was doing to many returns had me fill out ethics paper now what
Sam’s Optical
Announcing 3rd party tomorrow. Not sure if that is a prelude for Walmart Optical doing the same
There is a rumor ...
That the layoffs will begin before the holiday
WM testing the same-day grocery delivery system in China
I understand that this is not a layoff-related subject, but wanted to post this. The possibilities are endless on the Chinese market and I think that it’s a good move that WM plans to expand services. Think that the company can benefit from this... — read more
Walmart in 2019
Not a prediction, a fact. The US-China trade war will turn into a full blown cold war, where both nations will aggressively try to take each other down using every economic weapon they have. Walmart and other corporations which heavily rely on China... — read more
Is Walmart getting rid of assistant managers?
Here are my questions about this. Is Walmart getting rid of assistant managers? If yes, when? Is this going to be a program, with some duties transferred? How will we operate if this happens? Do you think this will benefit the company? What are your... — read more
Only online shopping can bring Walmart down
If sales drop significantly enough to cause a problem, it won't be because of public out cry against working conditions/employee abuse. The consuming public couldn't care less about retail workers; many of them don't even think of them as human... — read more
Realty and tax are next to get outsourced
I called gbs a few months back. I am insider and can confirm reality and tax will be outsourced by end of 2019.
Christmas bonus
Christmas bonus... That was one of the first things they did away with like 15 years ago. Luckily? I'm grandfathered in as a 19 year employee and get a whole 75 bucks or something. No you get NOTHING for working days like Thanksgiving, New Years... — read more
Walmart’s treatment of workers hurt sales?
Do you think that Walmart’s treatment of their workers with all the layoffs will hurt sales? The company has what? Two million employees? You would think those would be their best customers. But if the company treats people poorly, will they still... — read more
WM is just a player. The game itself will never change
Walmart is experiencing the same wane in their success as all powerful institutions before them; that's the cycle. The new trend is online shopping, and it's such a radical departure from anything the world has seen before I can't imagine what is... — read more
Walmart is making billions and the workers are barely surviving
Everybody knows this is our reality and I don’t see this changing anytime soon, so maybe it’s not even worth debating, but this article summed up this issue pretty well. If you read this article you will see that it’s basically about the injustice... — read more
Seriously???
How many customers told you it was "oh so bad and sad" you had to work on Thanksgiving while at the same time being completely oblivious to the fact that them being there on Thanksgiving is the exact reason you were there to begin with? Maybe it's... — read more
Happy Thanksgiving!!
What a great day to be at work working for normal c-appy Walmart pay! I hope no one was dumb enough to go to work today, if you did you should reevaluate what your prioritys are. What kind of company expects its entire workforce to work for normal... — read more
Walmart Future
Going 3rd party on a lot of positions I'm afraid. It's already happening. Sad but it's the future for us. Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Giving everything for profits
If you wanna see what the campus looks like you can go to the Bentonville planning commission and they have architectural drawings and renditions. My take on what’s happening The plan is to outsource all home-office activities including legal. The... — read more