Walmart is set to eliminate more than 300 corporate positions in California’s Silicon Valley as part of a wider effort to streamline its technology and product operations.
According to Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices filed with California’s Employment Development Department, the retail giant will permanently lay off 306 employees in Sunnyvale. The job cuts are scheduled to take effect on Aug. 21.
The notices, submitted on June 19, show that the layoffs will impact workers across eight Walmart locations in Sunnyvale, including offices on Crossman Avenue, West California Avenue and 11th Avenue.
The reductions come as Walmart continues a companywide restructuring of its technology and product teams. In May, the company disclosed plans to cut or relocate roughly 1,000 roles tied to technology and product development as it seeks to simplify operations and improve efficiency.
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Explaining the changes in an internal memo obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Walmart executives said the company was reorganizing teams to operate more effectively.
“Some work has been consolidated, and some roles have been eliminated,” as per Suresh Kumar, Walmart’s global chief technology officer and chief development officer, and Daniel Danke, executive vice president of AI acceleration, product and design.
The executives said overlapping responsibilities across teams had contributed to the restructuring.
“In some cases, we’ve had different teams working on similar problems,” the executives stated.
“That’s why today we’ve made changes to simplify how the work is organized, make ownership clearer, and better align roles to the work and skills we need going forward.”
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Sunnyvale serves as one of Walmart’s major technology hubs, housing employees who support the company’s digital retail platforms, product development initiatives and e-commerce operations.
The move comes as Walmart continues to invest heavily in technology, automation and online retail capabilities in an increasingly competitive market. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based retailer is expanding its digital business while competing with major e-commerce players such as Amazon.
Walmart said in its May first-quarter earnings report that global e-commerce sales rose 26% from a year earlier, underscoring the company’s push to expand digital growth through “innovation at scale.”