Roughly 1,500 corporate staff at Walmart are being laid off as part of a company-wide restructuring effort aimed at streamlining operations and aligning with evolving business goals. Affected departments include Walmart’s Global Tech and advertising division, Walmart Connect, with most impacted employees based at the Bentonville, Arkansas headquarters. Executives say the changes are focused on modernizing internal teams to better serve customers, unrelated to recent tariff disputes with the Trump administration. While new roles are expected to be created, the company declined to offer further comment beyond the internal memo shared with staff.
See "Walmart is laying off around 1,500 corporate employees, reports say", Greta Cross, USA Today, May 26, 2025