I don’t know for sure, but I don’t think Wal-Mart/Sam’s Club is obligated to help the affected employees find work with the other company because this is an outsourcing situation of certain jobs, not a direct sale of the company to another company. Might have been nice, but there doesn’t seem to be a requirement.
I think you are correct...the outsource company may not be able to pay Wal-Mart’s wages.
Sam’s Club has been in trouble for a while. There is one store several miles from my home, but another store a little further out closed last year. Sam’s may have a reputation for being cheap, but not necessarily. It also doesn’t carry many of the brands and products you might find at a supermarket or office supply house, or whatever.
And their optical department sux. My brother purchased glasses from the local Sam’s....took five tries to get the prescription right.
I quit using Sam’s when all my kids moved out. It just wasn’t worth it to buy in bulk for just the two of us. When there were 7 of us, it made good sense, and I was happy to have Sam’s around.