Well, I was reading the wiki for them (so not sure if accurate), but it said that the jobs cut were the food sampler people, since they were being outsourced to other companies, so I think thats the primary reason. Here's what it said:
"On January 24, 2010, it was announced that approximately 11,200 Sam's Club employees would be laid off. The layoffs resulted from the decision to outsource product sampling duties"
Anyways, I'm technically with Advantage Sales & Marketing, but we're under the roof of Sam's Club. There are some people previously employed by Sam's Club under Advantage as well.
Either way it works for me, the only downside is that I don't get access to the Sam's Club break room, and I don't get a card/membership either, but I get a locker, and can eat at the cafeteria without a card.