Amazon com : Walmart's corporate workers to start returning to offices next month

Published: 2021-10-22 17:09:28 ET AMZN

Oct 22 (Reuters) - Walmart Inc's U.S. corporate workers will start working at the retailer's offices from Nov. 8 after more than a year and a half, a company memo showed on Friday.

The big-box retailer, one of the largest employers in the United States, said employees would work at its campus offices on a more regular basis, with all of them expected to be fully vaccinated or have an approved accommodation in November.

"There is no substitution for being in the offices together — it helps shape our culture, collaborate, innovate, build relationships and move faster," Chief People Officer Donna Morris said in the memo https://bit.ly/3pu376Q.

Walmart's global tech team, however, will primarily work virtually.

Rival Amazon.com Inc will let individual teams decide for how many days corporate employees would be expected to work from office in a week, Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy said https://reut.rs/3GnAAG6 in a message to employees earlier this month. (Reporting by Praveen Paramasivam in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju Samuel)