After announcing the H-1B Row on social media and India’s hatred by Walmart, it was fresh fuel that it is ready to close about 1,500 employees. The affected department will be the technology unit of Walmart, e-commerce supply center and advertising segments called Walmart Connect.On H -1B programs, fumming US tech workers paired firing with H -1B and stated that it was strategically done to hire foreign nationals in those positions. “Oh, do you think? Walmart’s big trimmed today is from its technology team. You know, the kind of American worker is replaced by H1B,” one wrote. Another user questioned, “1500. Wow, this is a bloodbase. How many H -1B are they bringing in the next year?”Some social media users suggested that the step came a few weeks after Walmart was given a 3800 H -1B visa, although there is no evidence for the claim. A viral post shared a picture of Walmart’s global chief technology officer Suresh Kumar and said that it is no coincidence that Walmart’s IT department has more than 40 percent of H -1B hiring from India.A debate began whether Indians were also discontinued as an Indian had claimed to LinkedIn that it was recently impressed in Walmart Global Tech Reorganization. Social media users claimed that some out of 1500 Indians should have to lose their jobs.
Walmart’s deadlock with Trump
Job cut in Walmart comes when the retail is closed in a fight with Trump on Major Tariff. Trump accused Walmart of taking advantage of customers and reprimanded the shopkeepers for passing the tariff. “Eat tariffs,” Trump told Walmart that they were asking to absorb the effect of the tariff.
Is Walmart Firing connected to H-1B?
Walmart works more than 1.6 million people in the country and more than 2.1 million globally. According to experts, H -1B may be one of the factors but AI is another. Walmart said that it is cutting jobs in bid to reduce expenses and to streamline decision making. H-1B allows companies to appoint foreign nationals for some efficient roles but get low wages.
