Overview

• Walmart eliminated about 1,500 positions spanning US e-commerce, Walmart Connect and other corporate units.
• Online misinformation falsely claims American employees were laid off to make way for H-1B visa holders.
• MAGA supporters singled out global CTO Suresh Kumar despite no evidence linking him to the job cuts.
• The company employs 1.6 million workers in the US and routinely secures H-1B approvals consistent with its global scale.
• The job cuts follow February’s North Carolina office closure, April’s China-tariff-driven price hikes and team consolidations in California and Arkansas.