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Walmart Fulfillment Center to Create over 300 Jobs in Gaston County
Walmart plans to maintain its 2.1 million workforce while shifting roles through AI-driven automation and new job creation, with AI impacting nearly every position, CEO said.
- Last week, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon said AI will reshape every job, adding, `Maybe there’s a job in the world that AI won’t change, but I haven’t thought of it,` while Walmart plans to keep its head count roughly flat over three years.
- Walmart plans a 2026 OpenAI partnership to train around 2.1 million staff, while deploying agents and deep learning to assist customers and monitor the supply chain, Donna Morris said.
- Last month, the company created an agent builder role and uses Alphabot and Ask Sam, while warehouse automation in recent years has led to some job cuts.
- Employees are generally enthusiastic as Walmart employees report falling turnover and Doug McMillon says wage investments will continue amid shifting store and customer-facing roles.
- Company leaders are studying job-type shifts, and Walmart hired Daniel Danker to manage AI ambitions while tracking roles to guide employer-led upskilling.
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Retail giant Walmart has pact for $4M over 12 years in new facility
(The Center Square) – Walmart is investing $300 million in North Carolina rather than South Carolina through a warehouse operation in the Gaston County community of Kings Mountain.
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Walmart Plans To Grow Revenue Without Hiring More People, Pointing To AI As The Future Of Its Workforce - Ford Motor (NYSE:F), Walmart (NYSE:WMT)
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is being blunt about the impact of artificial intelligence on its workforce: AI will change almost every job. And the company isn't pretending otherwise. "It's very clear that AI is going to change literally every job. Maybe there's a job in the world that AI won't change, but I haven't thought of it," said CEO Doug McMillon at the retail giant’s Bentonville, Arkansas, headquarters, according to the Wall Street Journal. AI Is…
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