Sam’s Club Executive to Exit Due to Walmart Relocation Policy
21st October 2024
The top technology executive at Sam’s Club, Walmart Inc.’s club chain, is leaving the company due to a policy requiring thousands of corporate employees to relocate to headquarters in Arkansas, people familiar with the matter said.
Cheryl Ainoa, chief technology officer of Sam’s Club, is declining to move to Bentonville, Arkansas, due to personal reasons, the people said. She’s departing the company after nearly five years.
sWalmart has asked many of its employees from smaller offices, as well as remote workers around the US, to move to the company’s larger corporate offices. Most employees are going to Arkansas. The policy has moved many executive roles to move to Bentonville, according to a memo from Walmart Chief Technology Officer and Chief Development Officer Suresh Kumar, which was viewed by Bloomberg News.
I thing she just doesn’t want to move to Arkansas. Can’t say that I blame her.