- Many of the workers impacted by the cuts will be placed in other jobs at Walmart, including other management positions, Walmart said
- Walmart said last month it was
- Walmart also announced in January that it would
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Walmart is cutting management roles at some stores
Walmart is restructuring store management positions at some of its 4,700 stores.
The retailer is cutting two department manager positions at some of its lower volume stores, the Wall Street Journal reports. The hourly positions oversee cell phone departments and online grocery pickup areas, the company said.
Another position, known as frontend zone supervisors, has also been eliminated across Walmart stores, the company told Business Insider. That position was already cut at some Walmart stores during a restructuring several years ago. This most recent move eliminated frontend zone supervisors who remained because the job had redundancies with other positions in the store.
Many of the workers impacted by the cuts will be placed in other jobs at Walmart, including other management positions, Walmart said. Walmart is also adding
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The eliminations follow Walmart's announcement in January that it would raise its starting hourly wages to $11, expand parental leave benefits, and give cash bonuses of up to $1,000 to employees.
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