May 13, 2026, 9:53 a.m. ET
- Walmart is cutting or relocating approximately 1,000 corporate jobs, primarily within its technology and product teams.
- The company stated the changes are intended to simplify organization and better align roles with business needs.
- This restructuring follows a similar move last year when Walmart laid off around 1,500 corporate employees.
Walmart is looking to cut or relocate about 1,000 corporate jobs, according to the Wall Street Journal.
These changes were announced in a May 12 memo sent to employees by two Walmart executives — Suresh Kumar, the chief technology and development officer, and Daniel Danker, the company’s executive vice president of AI acceleration, product, and design. The email’s subject line reads “RE: Evolving our tech and product teams for the future.”
“We’ve made changes to simplify how the work is organized, make ownership clearer, and better align roles to the work and skills we need going forward,” the memo states, as detailed in Business Insider.
“That includes updating some roles to better match the work being done, bringing teams together where it makes sense, and aligning some roles to key locations where related work is already happening. In a few cases, these changes also create opportunities for associates to get promoted into broader roles.”
The memo ended with the executives saying they are “designing a team that’s set up to move faster, scale what works and deliver better experiences for customers and members everywhere. Today is an important step in continuing to evolve how we build and operate for the future.”
Many of the affected staff have been asked to relocate to Walmart’s Bentonville or Northern California offices, the Wall Street Journal reported.
How many people work for Walmart?
According to Reuters, Walmart employs about 2.1 million people worldwide, as of January 31, according to its annual filing.
It is the largest U.S. private employer with about 1.6 million employees, of whom 92% are hourly workers.
How many Walmart workers have been laid off in Florida?
According to WARN, 1,074 Walmart employees in Florida have been laid off since 2015.
Its map doesn’t reflect any Floridians as part of the most recent layoff, as of May 13.
Walmart laid off nearly 1,500 employees last year
Almost exactly a year ago, Walmart laid off around 1,500 corporate employees across various departments within its home office in Bentonville, Arkansas.
In a memo shared with associates on May 21, 2025, Walmart executives said the company would be “reshaping” some of its teams in an effort to modernize its business and enhance “associate, customer and member experiences.”
“We are eliminating roles as well as opening some new roles aligned with our business priorities and growth strategy,” U.S. Walmart CEO and President John Furner and Walmart Global CTO and Chief Development Officer Suresh Kumar said in the memo, obtained by USA TODAY.
How many Walmart locations are in Florida?
According to Walmart’s website, they operate 387 retail units in Florida, including:
- 232 Supercenters
- 98 Neighborhood Markets
- 46 Sam’s Clubs
- Nine Discount stores
- Two Pharmacy formats
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