Walmart To Create Hundreds Of New Roles In The US And India Amid Restructuring: Report
Walmart is aggressively embracing AI across its operations. With over 240 million customer visits across its 10,500+ stores, the company has begun using AI to optimize product demand forecasting
Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, plans to introduce several hundred new roles across the US and India as part of its ongoing organisational reshaping, according to a Moneycontrol report citing a top executive. These positions will also be available to employees recently impacted by company-wide layoffs.
"We anticipate several hundred new roles as we reshape our teams... within each country, that is United States and India. Employees who were affected by last week's changes are eligible to apply for any of these roles,” the executive told Moneycontrol.
Sources in the report indicate that many of the layoffs affected staff at Walmart’s Global Capability Centres (GCCs) in Bengaluru and Chennai. While Walmart employs approximately 1.6 million people globally, primarily in its retail stores, its corporate workforce makes up a much smaller segment.
On May 21, Walmart laid off around 1,500 employees globally as part of a larger effort to streamline operations, cut costs, and accelerate decision-making processes. In a memo to employees, two senior executives explained that the restructuring is intended to help Walmart adapt more quickly to the fast-changing retail landscape. “Shaping our organisation enables us to drive faster how we deliver and keep pace with the evolving world around us,” the memo read, as per the report.
The executive noted that Walmart’s layoffs reflect broader shifts across the tech and retail industries, where emerging technologies are changing business demands and making certain skills less relevant.
Walmart is not alone. The tech industry has entered another wave of mass layoffs in 2025. Giants like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike have cut thousands of jobs as part of similar restructuring strategies.
According to Layoffs.fyi, more than 61,000 tech employees have been laid off this year across over 130 companies. Microsoft alone accounted for 6,000 of those cuts, the company’s largest reduction since 2023. Increasing adoption of artificial intelligence is widely cited as a driving factor.
Despite concerns, many industry leaders believe AI will ultimately lead to net job creation. Influential voices such as Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran, and GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke have publicly endorsed this view.
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Embracing AI
Walmart is aggressively embracing AI across its operations. With over 240 million customer visits across its 10,500+ stores, the company has begun using AI to optimize product demand forecasting, inventory management, and supply chain efficiency.
Last month, Walmart announced that it had cut down its “Trend-to-Product” cycle by as much as 18 weeks, enabling the company to deliver fashionable products while they are still in high demand. This transformation requires a more agile organizational structure.
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