Hundreds of workers at five U.S. Walmart facilities that process online orders have been given 90 days to find a job at other company locations, a spokesperson confirmed to Reuters.
About 200 workers at Pedricktown, New Jersey, and hundreds of others at Fort Worth, Texas; Chino, California; Davenport, Florida; and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, were let go due to a reduction or elimination in evening and weekend shifts, the spokesperson said.
“We recently adjusted staffing levels to better prepare for the future needs of customers,” Walmart said in a statement.
The affected workers will continue to be paid for 90 days while they find jobs at the company’s new high-tech “e-commerce fulfillment centers,” such as those in Joliet, Illinois, and Lancaster, Texas….