Walmart to eliminate over 2,000 jobs in e-commerce warehouses

According to a regulatory filing, Walmart Inc.'s job cuts at 5 U.S. e-commerce warehouse centres will affect more than 2,000 positions. However, the company has said that the employees will be allowed to apply for other roles in the company.

The losses include more than 1,000 positions at a warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas, the state’s workforce commission said. A reduction of almost 600 jobs is anticipated in Pennsylvania fulfillment center, 400 in Florida and about 200 in New Jersey. California might also see an additional reduction in workforce.

According to Bloomberg, the regulatory filings add precision to the staffing cuts at the Walmart warehouses, which the company confirmed last month without quantifying.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson has told Bloomberg that Walmart is expanding in certain areas as it adjusts its stores and fulfillment centers to handle more online orders. This may allow the company to reshuffle the employees rather than letting them go.

Hence, the net impact on the total employment is uncertain. So far, Walmart has avoided mass layoffs that are underway at its rival Amazon, which said last month it would eliminate a further 9,000 jobs in addition to 18,000 recent cuts.