Wal-Mart to cut 200 e-commerce jobs in California

Re:Wal-Mart to cut 200 e-commerce jobs in California by jerrycruncher on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @04:56PM (#13475994)

I think it's more likely an indication that the folks in Bentonville figured out that their expensive SV shop spent a lot of time and money doing things (like, oh, writing their own app server[1]) that weren't critical to improving sales on Wal-Mart's website.

[1] http://electrode.io

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Re:Wal-Mart to cut 200 e-commerce jobs in California by laredo312 on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:12AM (#13480457)

I'm wondering if that's a symptom of too many people and therefore more free time for open source projects like electrode. If that's the case, I wonder if hiring decision makers are held accountable for over-hiring?

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