沃爾瑪簡化超市運作|后臺裁員7000人
Walmart， the US supermarket chain， plans to cut7，000 back office and accounting jobs in its USstores.
美國連鎖超市沃爾瑪計劃在其美國門店內撤銷7000個辦公室和會計職務。
The move comes after a pilot programme in 500stores this summer that tested a new accountingsystem.
此舉是在沃爾瑪今夏在其500家門店中試行了一個新的會計制度之后實施的。
Walmart， the largest US employer， has been tryingto increase the number of staff who deal with customers.
沃爾瑪是全美擁有最多員工的公司，一直在試圖增加服務客戶的工作人員數量。
“This is about simplifying how stores work， there are a number of initiatives that are designedto get more associates in front of our customers，” said a representative for Walmart.
沃爾瑪的一位代表表示：“此舉關系到簡化超市的運作，我們設計了許多措施來讓員工和客戶互動。”
The changes will be rolled out over the rest of this year and into 2024.
這些變化將從今年余下的時間到2024年正式推出。
Walmart said employees who stayed with the company would have a choice of jobs， dependingon their availability in the stores.
沃爾瑪方面表示，選擇留在公司的員工們將有一次選擇崗位的機會，而那將取決于他們在超市里表現出的能力。
This could mean a change in pay or hours for those staff members.
這意味著這些員工的薪酬和工作時長將會發生變化。
Walmart， which has been the target of trade union protests over low pay for the past few years，raised its minimum pay rate to $10 per hour earlier this year and changed its schedulingsystem to improve staffing at peak hours.
沃爾瑪此前多年一直是工會抗議低工資的目標。今年年初，沃爾瑪將其最低工資提高到了每小時10美元，并且改變了其人員時間安排系統，從而增加高峰時期的人員配備。
Walmart， the US supermarket chain， plans to cut7，000 back office and accounting jobs in its USstores.
美國連鎖超市沃爾瑪計劃在其美國門店內撤銷7000個辦公室和會計職務。
The move comes after a pilot programme in 500stores this summer that tested a new accountingsystem.
此舉是在沃爾瑪今夏在其500家門店中試行了一個新的會計制度之后實施的。
Walmart， the largest US employer， has been tryingto increase the number of staff who deal with customers.
沃爾瑪是全美擁有最多員工的公司，一直在試圖增加服務客戶的工作人員數量。
“This is about simplifying how stores work， there are a number of initiatives that are designedto get more associates in front of our customers，” said a representative for Walmart.
沃爾瑪的一位代表表示：“此舉關系到簡化超市的運作，我們設計了許多措施來讓員工和客戶互動。”
The changes will be rolled out over the rest of this year and into 2024.
這些變化將從今年余下的時間到2024年正式推出。
Walmart said employees who stayed with the company would have a choice of jobs， dependingon their availability in the stores.
沃爾瑪方面表示，選擇留在公司的員工們將有一次選擇崗位的機會，而那將取決于他們在超市里表現出的能力。
This could mean a change in pay or hours for those staff members.
這意味著這些員工的薪酬和工作時長將會發生變化。
Walmart， which has been the target of trade union protests over low pay for the past few years，raised its minimum pay rate to $10 per hour earlier this year and changed its schedulingsystem to improve staffing at peak hours.
沃爾瑪此前多年一直是工會抗議低工資的目標。今年年初，沃爾瑪將其最低工資提高到了每小時10美元，并且改變了其人員時間安排系統，從而增加高峰時期的人員配備。
