Walmart IDC is going down!
Walmart US Leadership Centralizes Control, Sidelining India Development Center
Walmart US leadership has instructed its top executives (directors and above) to keep all project control in Bentonville and Dallas, rather than even in California. This has led to a hiring spree in Bentonville and Dallas, while the India Development Center (IDC) has been sidelined.
Managers and directors at the IDC have been reduced to mere figureheads and people controllers, forced to toe the line of their US counterparts. This is detrimental to both managers and individual contributors (ICs).
ICs are being assigned to different teams without any support or work-life balance. They are unable to solve any problem without asking for permission from their US counterparts, even for minor details.
The US management has already begun to tighten its grip on the IDC, and the future looks bleak. Additionally, return-to-office requirements are becoming more stringent, and even working hours may be monitored.
TLDR:
The restructuring of Walmart's global operations is having a negative impact on the IDC, with managers and ICs alike being marginalized. The US management's increasing control over the IDC is creating a challenging work environment for employees, and the future of the center looks uncertain.
