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- Walmart said last week it will lay off several hundred workers and relocate others.
- "It's a reversion to what Walmart was known for a few years ago," an expert told BI.
- But unlike some recent episodes of "quiet firing," there appears to be more at play for Walmart.
Walmart's announcement on May 14 that it'll lay off several hundred workers and relocate others to one of three main campuses is another example of a big company reversing a pandemic-era embrace of remote work.