With COVID, some don’t even get a 7:30 am meeting planner, just a phone call from two levels up reading you a scripted message. Hard pill to swallow when it happens to both spouses. Once gold badges were seen as knowledge and worn with pride, now they are targets and seen as countdown timers. My heart is broken for so many great people.
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Yeah I mean it's common knowledge that if you have a gold badge you're on borrowed time. People who get "too expensive" get "restructured" and backfilled with new hires with dramatically less experience and fewer skills, but who are much cheaper, or their workload gets shifted onto others for a tiny raise (if any). This is the culture being fostered at the Walmart Home Office. If you work their, get your training/experience on their dime for a couple years then GTFO before you get an 8am planner on your calendar from HR.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-30/walmart-is-said-to-be-eliminating-hundreds-of-corporate-jobs?sref=QnKyEnuc
ecomm buyers getting hit hard too
There does seem to be a pattern of long term 3 from my team all over 25 yrs. All told it was not a performance issue. Very sad day
Anyone know the time frame this is happening in? Seems like first day of layoffs was yesterday, thinking the bulk of it could be this week
"We lost some really good long term associates" – watch out. I think we will be hearing this a lot. How convenient to target long term associates with solid benefits and decent pay rates (unlike the newer and younger folks). This is definitely a thinning of the herd for long term employees.
What is the severance...how long are you on payroll ?
Higher levels impacted. Rumors are merchandising is tomorrow. Stores and Walmart.com.
Entire Product teams let go today
EComemrce being decimated today. Shocking given online sales. This company is evil give the amount of money they are making now!
I'm in the HR org and got laid off
20 years. Never been coached, good performance and Given big and recent kudos but given the big boot today.
Product, design
Supply Chain hit hard today with layoffs. They chose people who had a coaching. We lost some really good long term associates.
Less hiring, less HR need - this was expected...
HR implementation and Product team for Hiring
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HR Analyst, 10+ years, laid off today
Yep, just laid off, 26 yrs with walmart
Real estate impacted.
AFAIK the customer org and the supply chain org are affected
HR too
Who's affected?