[santoriv]

I can’t read the whole article but are they telling a bunch of people to move to Bentonville or Sunnyvale?

[operatingthetan]

From the article:

>Walmart will pay for workers in those locations to transfer to other primary offices, such as San Bruno, Calif., or the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Ark. The company hopes to relocate most of the workers, and some will be allowed to become full-time remote workers, a spokeswoman said. Those who leave will be given severance pay, she said.

[datavirtue]

Arkansas....LMAO!!! They have to be joking.

[pavon]

It looks like they had 17 techhubs worldwide, and are closing 3 in the US. The remaining US ones are Atlanta GA, Bentonville AR, Charlotte SC, Dallas TX, Hoboken NJ, Reston VA, San Bruno CA and Seattle WA.

Given they just opened new locations in Atlanta and Seattle last year, this sounds more like Austin and Portland are getting too expensive (and aren't as essential of a labor market as SV), so they can save money by focusing on other locations.

Source: https://corporate.walmart.com/newsroom/2022/03/15/walmart-gl...

[sarchertech]

The weird part to me is that in a company this large, you're going to mostly spend your days on zoom calls anyway.

[throwayyy479087]

I know which one I’d take

[tomcam]

I assume you're being droll but to me (not a Walmart person) it seems like Bentonville would be better professionally since it's company HQ, and very much a company town? My completely unfounded theory is that it's generally a more savvy career move for your boss to see your face IRL? The thought is that if two candidates are equal, the one that actually shows up in the office is just going to be more likely to get the nod.

[anthomtb]

Phenomenal mountain biking and corporate HQ? Sign me up for Bentonville.

[fermentation]

Northwest Arkansas, while a boring little meth-riddled area, has housing that can actually be purchased by people like us.

The also have Chuy’s and now a Torchy’s, so there’s that.