Sam's Club's chief technology officer has reportedly resigned due to return of the company to the office politics.
Walmart Inc., which owns Sam's Club, implemented a strict RTO policy this summer requiring most employees, especially executives, to relocate to Walmart's Bentonville, Arkansas, corporate headquarters. Some employees were given the opportunity to transfer to other large offices, including Hoboken, New Jersey.
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Bloomberg reports that Cheryl Ainoa, Sam's Club's chief technology officer, is leaving the company after nearly five years to move to Arkansas citing “personal reasons.”
Despite Ainoa's high-profile departure, Walmart chief people officer Donna Morris said Bloomberg in August that most employees chose to return to the office.
Walmart employees had until July 1 to notify the company if they planned to relocate and make the move. Employees must be in the office until October 31, although they may not have a good time – says a called politics “a bunch of bullsh-t” on an internal Zoom call.
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of back to the office the trend is in full swing. Dell asked employees to return to the office in March and those who did not would not be promoted. In September, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy told the employees they will have to return to the office five days a week until January 2.
3M, meanwhile, is return of managers three days a week. At least they don't work weekends like Samsung.