#anxiety

At the risk of sounding whiny, it would be great not to constantly worry about losing my job with all the obligations I have. If you have a family, it's really difficult not to feel under immense pressure all the time. People having decently paid jobs for long stretches sounds more like a myth these days. I truly wish we all had more stability in exchange for working hard and a lot.

With everything that's been happening I've been looking and applying like crazy for a couple of months and all I'm getting is complete silence in return. I don't remember it being this bad even at the start of the pandemic. To say I'm worried would be an understatement.

I can't relax, I can't watch my favorite shows, I can't even play with my kids without getting agitated. We're supposed to be able to rest and recharge our batteries over the weekend, not worry about the layoffs all the time and whether we're about to be jobless. I really hate this place.

Customer Service skills that have moved back to FT are FAST (top producing financial professionals), WT or Wealth Transfers (non-retirement transfers such as death, registration changes, etc.) and next week VIP SH services. The contract with FIS requires that FAST and VIP be serviced by US staff. When VIP moves over, there is no more contractural requirement to keep remaining US staff on board. There are highly tenured FT Legacy US staff remaining whose applications to return to FT keep getting rejected. Why? FIS will retain the Retirements and Shareholder skills until the end of tax season. Tenured staff with those skills are needed to maintain service levels. Why else would staff with years of experience be repeatedly rejected from returning to the same roles at FT? This is the anxiety being felt among those staff members. FIS will no longer be servicing FT after May 2026. The remaining staff is highly demoralized. Teams have been consolidated into unmanageable groups. It seems likely that the final layoffs will be announced in March. It's a terrible way to treat people who were not responsible for any of the choices that led them here. One last important point, those rehired at FT are doing so with a pay cut. That's right. you can perform the skilled role at FT that you are performing now for less money. The benefits are better and the 401k match is higher (85%) but the salaries offered are lower. Make that make sense.

I'm in retail, and my boss barely spoke a word to me this week. My guess is he already knows what's coming and knows my name is on the list. Let me tell you, it's not a fun feeling being 99% convinced you're being let go but still having that 1% of hope that you might be wrong.

It seems my early auto deposit at the bank is not appearing at the same time as it always has. Anybody else having issues? Hopefully this is not portents of things to come.

Layoffs are often announced on Tuesdays. Let’s see which org is up.

My mental health has been suffering because it’s simply not sustainable to keep worrying and stressing every single day. That’s where we’ve been for over a year now, just not knowing from one day to the next if more cuts are coming. I’m having more and more trouble dealing with it, but leaving isn’t an option.

I barely manage to drag myself to the office every day, already exhausted by the fact that everyone else is in the same situation. We are all equal parts demoralized and worried about our jobs. I just wish this were already over so we could at least know where we stand. The problem is that it never really ends. The only question is how bad it will be this time.

For the past decade, each year has been progressively worse than the previous one. And 2025 was already really, really bad. I don't dare think about what we might expect from this one. I've been praying for a new job, but having zero luck, so I guess I'll be forced to find out anyhow.

Anyone else feeling super anxious to see how this RTO will play out? I almost feel nauseous with it all

I was researching job openings during work yesterday, and my manager walked over and saw my screen. She confronted me about it, and I denied it in the moment. Now I'm anxious about potential consequences. Could this actually get me fired, or just put a target on my back?

That's how bad things have gotten. Elevance is destroying us.

Is it normal to feel completely and utterly burnt out, to the point where even the thought of work gives you anxiety? I can’t find another job, I can’t afford to just quit, so I’m stuck, and I don’t know how much more of this I can take without seriously damaging my mental health.

I imagine many others are too. Around me, it’s mostly middle-aged folks like me, with mortgages, families, and bills that never stop growing. I’ve been looking for another job, which has only added to my anxiety. My wife’s position is also uncertain. What on earth will we do if both of us lose our jobs, with other options almost non-existent?

I’m close to a breaking point and more exhausted than I’ve ever been. After this rush, it will just turn into anxiety about the job, the future of the store, and what happens next. I badly need real rest, and I doubt I’ll get any. I hope the rest of you are doing better. This time of year is absolutely brutal.

I should be excited about the holiday, but I can't stop worrying. Knowing more layoffs are coming, knowing they could announce them any day now… It's hard to feel any festive spirit when you're waiting for that kind of news. This whole situation just feels so wrong.

I work in downstream engineering. The company Im interviewing with is in commodities trading. I’m not positive if I want this potential job or not, but I do want to do the interview and evaluate the potential offer. But for some reason I have this nagging that Exxon will fire me for looking at other jobs. Is that true or am I just being anxious?

While Verizon has a long history of failed execution from go90, aol, yahoo, hum, finance transformation, VGS, blue jeans, plus play, and even something as simple as RTO - Verizon does succeed at empty catch phrases. Better matters! Change energizes us! Go beyond! I’m anxious to learn what catch phrase our overlords will rally us around next.

For once, I’ll treat myself to complete detachment from work. I’m not going to think about it, I’m not going to get anxious about what might happen next, and I’m definitely not going to get wrapped up in the idea of possibly losing my job. I’ll spend some quality time with family and friends, watch a good movie, or read a book. This whole drama be damned. My reserves are at zero, and I’m just going to be good to myself.

Someone on my team left and took a pay cut, which honestly surprised me. The work here isn’t terrible, the pay’s fine, and the people are decent. I get the anxiety around layoffs, but I didn’t realize it was pushing people that far.

I am close to retirement, but constant cuts have made every day feel uncertain. I can’t believe that the final years of my career will be constant stress and anxiety about cuts. Getting through that will be harder than it should, but there ain’t much I can do about it.

Psych! I hope Penny has a holiday season full of heartache, despair, and anxiety. She has caused the same for thousands of people. She deserves the same. So many people laid off and at EJ hate her.

Even outside the broader workforce reductions, individual sites can be reassessed and cut out of the blue. That’s not exactly shocking or entirely new, but it certainly adds to the stress and anxiety. We already knew that employee well-being and basic consideration rank dead last, essentially nonexistent, at this wretched company. My thoughts are with the people who lost their jobs just ahead of Christmas.

In an email manager recommended to take PTO, CEUs, equipment reimbursement, etc. early in the year (2026). More worries.

I got cut in this round. My wife could easily lose her job in the coming months too, as her company is heading into a major round of layoffs. I keep hearing and reading stories about people who haven’t been able to find another job for months, even a year. I’ve been looking into other options for a while now, and it’s been a deeply discouraging experience. I know panicking doesn’t help, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that the walls are closing in.

Seems like the world has gone downhill fast these last few years. Not just at work, but at home.

There suddenly seems to be fraud everywhere, people manipulating other people, people willing to lead children astray, possibly for a little cash.

You can't trust anyone these days. You can only do the best you can. Try to raise your family to have the right values, but with so much corruption around them, what can you do?

Even those places you think that are safe, maybe aren't.

Then, your workplace goes out from under you. You lose your job and there you are with just one more thing to take care of.

I joined Cigna just a few months ago, and I have learned that layoffs are a constant and there’s a new round always looming. I am worried that being one of the newest people puts me at the top of the list. Hoping someone can explain if this is the case or if I might actually be safe.

I am only a few months into my time here, and it is already sinking in that layoffs might be part of the landscape here, which has me more on edge than I expected to be so early into a new role. I am trying to get a sense of whether this is something people constantly brace for or if it is one of those things that happens in waves and then quiets down for a long stretch. I would like to know whether I should settle in and feel secure or keep my guard up because of the way things have been going lately.

Hi All,

Based in the EU so haven't heard too much yet. Have many of my IT colleagues been impacted? No doubt, we're next - i think people are just hanging in for their cheque, horrible place to work now.

I have been with Nike for a bit longer than 2 years. If I recall correctly, the rolling layoffs started just 3 months after I arrived at Nike! Since then, I have lost so many senior colleagues including a 10-year veteran , 18-year veteran and some one with 8 years at Nike. A handful of them also resigned.... I am constantly worried for my job security and if I have a job tomorrow. I am breadwinner with a mortgage....I don't know how much I could keep it together

What has it been likefor uKrewers?
Worldwide it has been the biggest cluster fu-k of a year with no regard to employees who do a lot at the coalface? Cuts galore, massive layoffs, quiet layoffs, senior leadership departing after a year. The new logo drop was done but seriously demoralizing for what has been done through the year. We all remember the FedEx scandal of 2024 ahead of 4th July. Damn, it's just a worrying and quite anxious time aboard the UKG ship.

What are your thoughts everyone? What lies ahead on this ship?

It feels like Exxon isn't the same place anymore. Everyone I talk to just expects the next change to make things worse. There's no real hope for things improving, just this constant worry about what's coming. It's really difficult to stay positive in this atmosphere.

I haven't been here long, but the company's public image seems to have taken a real hit lately. I'm starting to worry that having this on my resume might not be helping my applications. Maybe it's just my nerves, but the thought's definitely crossed my mind more than once.

Is anyone else tired of only being motivated by the threat of losing their job? It is absolutely draining to work this way. There is nothing positive left, just constant pressure and anxiety. We deserve better than this.

God knows how many jobs will be wiped out by the coming major reorg. This holiday season will be miserable for everyone, both those already laid off, and the rest of us stuck in a limbo. The economy is terrible, inflation keeps eating away at everything, and most of us can barely cover basic living costs. Who can survive being out of a job for longer than a month or two?

Back in January, I told myself I'd be out of Verizon by the following year, and I really thought that was realistic. Instead, it's nearly 2026, I've been applying nonstop, and the only real movement I got was almost being pushed out instead of leaving on my own terms. The job market's been rough for a long time, way longer than most people acknowledge.

This has been the worst role out of a Reorg in company history. Many people still don’t know if they have a job!

We know so little about what’s actually happening. The rumors are endless, and I’ve heard from several people that most cuts will wrap up by Friday, with a few lingering into Monday. But I honestly have no idea if that’s true.