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2025-07-01 Economy

Walmart staff panic as bosses roll out mass sackings overnight leaving stores understaffed

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Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [289 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

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In other words, the program ended six months earlier than expected, but provident management would have been forming contingency plans at least a year ago for this and other scenarios. If management really is scrambling badly now, they did a poor job of their primary responsibility.

TW,

From what I've seen up close of individual store management at Walmart, they're barely able to keep things moving on a daily basis, much less six months into the future. Not to mention that staffing issues come almost entirely straight from corporate - I don't know anyone who doesn't have a story about only one or two or NO cash registers open during the busiest times of the day, and good luck trying to find anyone who knows what they're doing the rest of the time.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-07-01 06:45|| 2025-07-01 06:45|| Front Page Top

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At the 8 stores here in the GA/SC Central Savannah River Area (CSRA).

Wally World has gotten so understaffed they can't open all Self Checkout registers, and usually only 2 or 3 out of the 14+ available cashier run lanes are open.

Even now, general grocery prices are being beat by many competitors.

The WW Private label food items are seeing YouTube videos and Blog reviews pointing out Post-Covid 1/4 to 1/3 reduced sizes, 25% to 50+% price increases and ingredient content changes.

BTW: Anyone still have a 24/7 location store?

Posted by NN2N1 2025-07-01 07:07|| 2025-07-01 07:07|| Front Page Top

#3 We still do have 24/7 stores in the area, but you're talking 40-50 minutes away.

Standard travel times for Cali, Texas or Florida. Not as common around here, though.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2025-07-01 08:54|| 2025-07-01 08:54|| Front Page Top

#4 This is directed by corporate. Way back when I worked for Walmart in college and at the time, 2 people per department, all registers open, etc. They made plenty of money. Then corporate decided providing customer service cost too much and started the current decline and viola, we only buy certain things there, cat litter and cat food mostly.

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-07-01 10:44|| 2025-07-01 10:44|| Front Page Top

#5 ... we only buy certain things there, cat litter and cat food mostly.

Ah, yes, the over 35, single, female market.

Posted by Procopius2k 2025-07-01 10:56|| 2025-07-01 10:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Well, ... Granny likes her cat food spread on toast.

Posted by Skidmark 2025-07-01 12:44|| 2025-07-01 12:44|| Front Page Top

#7 Oh no! Walmart might have to hire American citizens instead of "immigrants"! But then at least when I ask one of their employees a question I can get an answer other than "No hablo."

Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-07-01 13:58|| 2025-07-01 13:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Ah, yes, the over 35, single, female market.

Ummm, not that I've noticed. We live in Texas and we mostly shop at HEB for groceries. Most everything else comes from Home Depot, Sam's, Costco, etc. And I'm fairly certain my wife would have noticed if I was female:p

Posted by Silentbrick 2025-07-01 13:58|| 2025-07-01 13:58|| Front Page Top

#9 Oh, the horror. They might have to hire full time employees and give them benefits.

Posted by EMS Artifact 2025-07-01 19:55|| 2025-07-01 19:55|| Front Page Top

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