沃爾瑪削減後臺部門職位 裁員達7000人

Walmart, the US supermarket chain, plans to cut 7,000 back office and accounting jobs in its US stores.

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 500 stores this summer that tested a new accounting system.

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後實施的。

Walmart, the largest US employer, has been trying to 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 designed to get more associates in front of our customers," said a representative for Walmart.

沃爾瑪的一位代表表示：“此舉關係到簡化超市的運作，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 2017.

這些變化將從今年餘下的時間到2017年正式推出。

Walmart said employees who stayed with the company would have a choice of jobs, depending on 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，而那將取決於他們在超市裏表現出的能力。

This could mean a change in pay or hours for those staff members.

這意味着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 scheduling system 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，並且改變了其人員時間安排系統，從而增加高峯時期的人員配備。