HR across the corporate have been asked to support an "event" on Thursday. Apparently Doug still needs associate salaries to pay Marc Lore.

Each team/area in ISD is currently reviewing their budgets. Expecting cuts to the contractors that help the badged associates. This means that the workloads will shift back to the badged associates. Some associates are concerned that these budgets... — read more 

Be smart folks! Everyone who allowed this cheap company to convince you to use your personal phone as a company phone has access to all of your personal information and can track down everything you post from your personal phone. Get their spyware... — read more 

my store is big

I wanted everyone to know that if you do get laid off, you can get unemployment benefit. Please don't forget to look into this benefits. Even if you get a big package. People please be smart. Walmart is running to fix problems. Anyone that has worked... — read more 

How nice. From 7/24 to 8/6, thousands of HO associates can once again pat management on the back! Or maybe they can wise up and tell how they really feel for a change?

Walmart's main customer (in the US) is the American family. Things happen when you get married and have children. Life gets complicated and people have budgets. While the uninformed seem to think their keen sense of seeing into the future is spot on... — read more 

Here's the statistics - look them up yourself. But for me, this is proof positive Walmart is on the right track to have a good year: 1) Three stock upgrades from the recognized analysts since Feb 2017. 2) Jan 20th stock was $67.18. Today it closed at... — read more 

Any form of an Amazon Meal Kit service would have zero impact on Walmart's business. The study has already been completed. No impact. It's not even worth thinking about. In fact, it benefits Walmart for Amazon to sink money and effort into trying to... — read more 

So I just saw an article about Amazon getting into meal kit services and I think it's genius. If I'm Bezos, at this point I would play a game to starve out Walmart by attacking it at its heart: Food. He doesn't have to win food. He just has to siphon... — read more 

Several people were laid off a couple of months ago who have worked here for a long time, and new people were hired to replace them - people who had no idea how to do their job, and are not getting any better! I don't think they are even trying. Now... — read more 

Any guesses at the total count since January 1, 2017? I've heard estimates from 1000 to 5000 with the 5000 number coming from someone with an HR area.

The problem with these layoffs is that they seem to be ongoing with no stopping. It is one thing to have a layoff to cut costs, but get it done and then stop; let the staff know it has stopped. Laying people off like this with no stopping erodes... — read more 

Is anyone freinds with a market manager or higher that can give us the information on what was rolled out at the mandatory managers meeting in Dallas today. Any info would be helpful?

Layoffs are ongoing; each week people are being shown the door, that is a fact! Whether or not the 17th is going to be a day for a large layoff or just a handful of people is unknown. Walmart HR has been very calculating in avoiding tipping people... — read more 

As a pharmacy manager I lost one cashier/otc stocker to this round of layoffs. I can tell you that performance played no part in the decision of who to let go, and I had no input at all into the decision. The person they chose only makes sense if... — read more 

I don't think the simple concept of rational common sense applies to this company anymore. Most management is incapable of making any common sense decisions that they now have to outsource to 3rd party companies to tell them what to do. Have we gone... — read more 

Any word on layoffs in the private fleet? Drivers, office shops?

Any word on RIFs?

A severance question for Walmart Pharmacists Layoffs. I was recently let go pulled into he back 60 days pay and info on a so called Severance package. Tech with experience prior to Walmart and total time at Walmart of 8 months. Certified by Walmart... — read more 

These layoffs have the appearance of targeting older associates and long tenured associates for no other reason than the associates are either old or well paid. That may not be the truth, but it looks that way to some and the people who feel that way... — read more 

Layoffs and reorganization coming soon. By end of September. Get your affairs in order.

Walmart needs to buy Sears before Amazon does More Sears, Kmarts closing; going-out-of-business sales begin Thursday in some locations... — read more 

That is the decision model for being shown the door at wmt. At least forty years old Twenty plus years of service Make over 100k. H1b's can do it faster cheaper and better.

Thoughts? https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/hire-missionaries-marc-lore?trk=mother-reader-card

I live in AZ and the co manager layoffs never happened. Anyone have any info on this????

I know this is a layoffs board but why not discuss something outside the main topic. What are your thoughts on DTC? How concerned should we be - the trend is accelerating and I personally see it as a major headache as we continue to position for the... — read more 

I don't get it...really, I don't! What has happened to the department protocol of "last in, first out?" How can this "new" approach be legally acceptable? When positions are cut in a department, the last person hired into that department in a... — read more 

I worked for Wal-Mart for 12 years and was notified by phone from my district manager while on PTO that my position as staff pharmacist had been eliminated. West Slope, Colorado

I am in Ohio and we have just had our first round of pharmacist and pharmacy tech layoffs. They take you to a back office tell you your job has been eliminated and give you two months serverance. Anyone else have this happen? We have heard more... — read more 

Management keeps saying its not true

I'll be 35 this month and had 18 (almost 19) years with the company. I was let go like I meant nothing. Worked hard for all those years. Starting as a cashier and finally making my way to the Home Office after 8 years in the store. None of it meant a... — read more 

Has anyone ever applied for a waiver to work for a supplier after getting laid off?

Not trying to start any rumors. Trying to confirm rumors. Is Sams Club HO going through some layoffs today?

All the focus on Amazon/Whole Foods while no one talks about the fact Walmart is fighting a 2 front war with Amazon and ALDI LIDL. Leadership is mistakenly focused on Amazon when we should be paying equal attention to relevant up and coming brick and... — read more 

Really Amazon's Whole Foods is going to take over grocery shopping? Please tell me how? Whole food store prices are outrageous and they are not very well placed geographically. They would have to build 3000 stores over the next 10 years to be a real... — read more