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Walmart’s New CEO Asks Workers to Air Pain Points in First Memo

Walmart CEO John Furner

Photographer: Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg

Walmart Inc.’s new chief executive officer, John Furner, wants employees to share what’s holding them back.

In his first companywide memo since taking over on Feb. 1, Furner said he had a “simple ask: Tell me one thing that slows you down or makes it harder to do your job.”