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Walmart to lay off or relocate 827 workersWalmart to lay off or relocate 827 workers
Regional offices in Hoboken, San Bruno to remain open despite cutbacks
Mark Hamstra
February 13, 2025
2 Min Read
The staff reductions at Walmart’s regional offices follow a series of regional office closures last year.Getty Images
More than 800 workers at three Walmart regional facilities are subject to potential layoffs, although some may choose in the coming weeks to relocate, a spokesperson for the company told Supermarket News.
As previously reported, Walmart has been realigning its regional office structure and relocating corporate workers to its new Bentonville, Ark., headquarters campus and other regional offices. Nick DeMoss, the Walmart spokesperson, said the number of employees impacted include 481 in Hoboken, N.J.; 267 in Charlotte, N.C.; and 79 in San Bruno, Calif.
The Charlotte office will be closed, DeMoss confirmed, but he said the Hoboken and San Bruno offices will remain open. The number of people affected at the facilities that remain open are “a relatively small subset of the total population” at those offices, he said., adding that Walmart “will continue to have a large presence” in Hoboken and in the Bay Area of California.
It was not immediately known how many of the total number of workers affected would choose to relocate, DeMoss said.
More details: Expansion of some regional offices
The effective date listed in all three WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notices that were filed with the state labor departments in New Jersey, North Carolina, and California is June 13
The staff reductions at Walmart’s regional offices follow a series of regional office closures last year, and also come as the company has begun moving employees into the new headquarters. According to information on Walmart’s website, the company said the completion of the new campus “does not have a direct impact on these other campuses,” and lists the Hoboken and San Bruno offices specifically
In a memo to employees that DeMoss provided to Supermarket News, the company said it is also opening new office spaces this year in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Bellevue, Wash., and is expanding and upgrading its offices in Hoboken and its fashion office in New York City
As part of Walmart’s overall location strategy, Walmart is asking some of its workers in Hoboken and some of its smaller offices to relocate to work more closely with their teams in Bentonville and Sunnyvale, the memo said
In their own words: “Values and culture are strategic differences”
“Our values and culture are strategic differentiators for us as a company, and they are fostered by being together. We’ve already seen the benefits of having more teams working together in person.” —Donna Morris, chief people officer, Walmart
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