Overview

• Walmart is cutting approximately 1,500 corporate jobs across its global technology team, U.S. e-commerce fulfillment, and advertising division, Walmart Connect.
• The company cites the need to simplify operations, reduce complexity, and accelerate decision-making as the primary reasons for the layoffs.
• While eliminating roles, Walmart plans to open new positions to better align with its long-term business priorities and growth strategy.
• The layoffs are not connected to tariffs, Walmart clarified, despite recent tensions over price increases linked to trade policies.
• This restructuring follows earlier workforce consolidations, including office closures and relocations to hubs in Arkansas and California.