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Walmart Inc is reducing its operations in Dallas, a move that will impact more than 1,400 employees.
The retailer is closing its facility at 603 Munger Blvd. in Dallas and a call center at 1025 W Trinity Mills Rd. in Carrollton, according to two Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification letters sent to the state. A spokesperson for the company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
The shutdown of the Munger Blvd. property will impact 1,266 employees. Most of the associates work remotely and not all will be laid off. Many impacted workers are expected to relocate or continue their employment in a new position within the organization before the end of a paid transition period, Walmart said in its notice.
A majority of the employees in the Dallas facility will be asked to relocate to one of the company’s primary offices. Many will be offered jobs at the retailer’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. But some workers could relocate to its offices in the San Francisco area or Hoboken, New Jersey, Walmart's notice says.
The closing of its call center at 1025 W Trinity Mills Rd is a reduction in the company’s operations at the facility and will impact 206 employees. Affected workers can apply for open positions at other Walmart locations during a 90-day paid transition period, according to the company's WARN notice.
All employees who don’t secure employment elsewhere within the company following the transition period will be laid off starting August 9.
Walmart is also providing impacted staff members with support resources including severance pay, continued access to its career portal and an Associate Support Center prepared to answer Walmart policy questions.
The Wall Street Journal reported the retail giant's plans to relocate workers in the Dallas, Atlanta and Toronto areas and cut hundreds of jobs on May 14. Walmart employs about 1.6 million associates in the U.S., many of whom work in stores and warehouses.
The company, like many others, has moved away from remote work flexibility and shut down a tech office in Austin and two other locations across the country last year.
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