Walmart greeter John Combs works at a Walmart store in Vancouver, Wash. Combs, who has cerebral palsy, and other greeters with disabilities are threatened with job loss as Walmart transforms the greeter position into one that’s more physically demanding. After more than a week of backlash, Greg Foran, president and CEO of Walmart's U.S. stores, said in a memo to store managers Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, that "we are taking some specific steps to support" greeters with disabilities. (Rachel Wasser via AP)

Walmart, which last week announced its intention to change the job responsibilities of the front-door greeter position often occupied by employees with disabilities, has committed to retaining those employees. The fierce community backlash against Walmart’s initial decision, which would have caused some greeters to lose their jobs, led the company to offer alternate positions to the displaced employees, such as supervising self-checkout.