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Indiana
Any idea on how Medicaid Indiana is doing?
RTO 👎
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/opinion/office-work-wfh-bosses.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sFA.uHrM.1WHzzvC4LbNq&smid=url-share
Shocking. Not.
https://hrexecutive.com/inside-meta-layoffs-and-ai-shakeups-have-pushed-morale-to-the-edge/
Remember when
Remember when Stanky said nobody knew better than him when it came to the media business? Good times.
It's been a week
Now that the passions have settled, can we have a normal, objective conversation about what we can expect from Takis? Not oh, he's the worst or he's the best rhetoric of the past week, but let's see what he actually brings to the table and how it'll affect all of us.
Hydro to Cease US Extrusion Operations
Norsk Hydro ASA will close two aluminum extrusion facilities in the United States. These plants are located in City of Industry, California, and Delhi, Louisiana. Operations in California will conclude by early next year, with Delhi following by mid-2027. The company cites low capacity utilization and significant capital investment needs for the closures. Approximately 350 employees will be affected by these decisions.
City of Industry, California; Delhi, Louisiana
https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/hydro-aluminum-extrusions-recycling-plant-closures-california-louisiana-2027/
Leadership doesn’t want to be transparent because you wouldn’t like what they told you
Leadership doesn’t want to be transparent because you wouldn’t like what they told you if they were transparent.
Mainly, that they are now not trying to manage a “comeback” as much as they are trying to manage “an orderly decline in Nike’s previously hegemonic industry position.”
Nike isn’t going away. But it is also no longer a growth company, and for several reasons I won’t get into here the company likely reached a plateau a few years ago. The market in which Nike was established and grew effectively no longer exists. Or at least, the old rules that allowed Nike to continuously succeed are no longer the rules.
As a result Nike needs to balance “doing what Nike has historically done” with the reality that the company still needs to significantly downsize. If you’re management, there’s no polite, nice, or pep-talk way to communicate that. So they don’t.
Like I said the reasons for Nike’s decline are multi-faceted and in some ways complex. Nonetheless the company IS now just trying to hang on to what it already has. Talk of a “comeback” is sort of what they have to say but make no mistake; leadership is not naive to broader market trends that disfavor any sort of tangible “comeback”.
My partner will sometimes put on some ugly clothes and ask me, “How do I look?” My partner likes those clothes. So I answer with “You look great!”, and leave it at that.
Should I instead be more transparent? Should I instead engage in “more honest communication”? Maybe. But will that improve matters? Or create a new problem neither of us needed?
One could argue Nike is being kind by not being fully transparent. I’m not claiming that would be a GOOD argument. Just an understandable argument. Because if Nike leadership was fully transparent about the current field of play and what it really means, my guess is that it 100% would not make people feel better.
An on point post, the OP is @20q+1ks86w36m.
What's new?
Has anyone heard anything recent about layoffs?
Kwalee Labs Team Laid Off Post-Luna Abyss Release
The team behind the game Luna Abyss has been made redundant. Publisher Kwalee parted ways with its subsidiary, Kwalee Labs. Kwalee Labs developed Luna Abyss as its only game. The cosmic horror title launched just weeks ago. Luna Abyss received generally positive reviews from critics and players.
https://insider-gaming.com/entire-luna-abyss-team-laid-off-one-month-after/
Why would we have layoffs?
We're doing amazingly well. I think people are just looking for things to stress over. Enjoy this while you can, I'm sure it won't last forever.
A radical idea
What if, and hear me out, leadership focused on growing revenue instead of shrinking headcount? Wouldn't that be something? Too bad nobody here would ever try that.
Why do we still have open positions?
We keep laying people off, and yet we keep posting openings at the same time. What's the point?
Has any team stayed completely intact through the last several rounds of layoffs?
I wonder if there's anything the leadership thinks is truly essential.
July layoffs
Does anybody have more info? Too many rumors circulating to just outright ignore it, as much as I hope it isn't true.
Thorogood Launches Wisconsin Production Site and Retail Outlet
Thorogood Boots opened a new manufacturing facility and its first retail store. The $14.5 million, 70,000-square-foot facility is located in Marshfield, Wisconsin. Weinbrenner Shoe Company, Thorogood's parent company, operates the site. The new flagship store allows customers to view the boot production floor directly. This expansion highlights the company's commitment to American workers and union labor.
https://wwd.com/footwear-news/shoe-industry-news/thorogood-marshfield-wisconsin-manufacturing-facility-store-1239017044/
Sparhawk Trucking Faces Potential Layoffs During Bankruptcy
Sparhawk Trucking may face mass layoffs. It entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. A notice from the trustee warned of job cuts. The company actively seeks a buyer. A new owner might not keep all staff.
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
https://www.truckingdive.com/news/sparhawk-trucking-seeks-buyer-warns-of-mass-layoffs/822855/
off sites this week
VP and above having off sites this week, you know what that means
That we are hiring and returning to growth
What kind of severance is being offered?
Is there somewhere I can check?
Inside Sales
Get prepared. July layoffs coming
July - sales
July is for sales only, I've heard around 20-30 layoffs
Company retaining most of it's talent , and growing
MW approval down to 54% on Glassdoor
That's pretty pathetic. How can you be an effective leader of a massive corporation like Chevron when half the employees no longer respect you. Even DW at XOM has a higher approval rating.
Nearly every performance metric and benchmark set by the Board has declined during his tenure. It's long past time that MW retires and stop running a once great company into the ground.
Advisors
Is “Advisor” the new Exxon retirement plan?
Every week I see another Advisor, Advanced Advisor, Senior Advisor, Expert Advisor, Strategy Advisor, Effectiveness Advisor, Change Advisor, etc.
At what point does a company have more advisors than people actually doing the work?
Asking for the engineers, technicians, operators, and researchers who are somehow expected to absorb the workload every reorg.
I Read it so You Don’t Have to
I read the Annual Report this morning so none of you has to. It just repeats the same junk talking points that Go Go always spouts out.
That 5 minutes I’ll never get back.
IT Principal Program Being Eliminated
This is shocking. Sounds like Cigna really isn't interested in innovation at all.
What I think of every time I hear "go to market"
https://i5.walmartimages.com/seo/Richard-Scarry-s-Busy-Busy-Town-9780307168030_d9223b19-62c8-4433-b856-b151fb8d75bf.0b20d961908edd2e6327a9234db402ad.jpeg?odnHeight=573&odnWidth=573&odnBg=FFFFFF
Take a job?
Should I leave a competitor to come work for P66? I currently have 8 years where I’m at now!
The why……Currently unhappy with the politics and d-mb ranking system. I know every job has a downfall but unaware of how P66 operates!
June 28 Layoff
https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2026/06/18/citibank-to-lay-off-68-employees-north-jersey/90603832007/?gnt-cfr=1&gca-cat=p&gca-uir=true&gca-epti=z117730p117850l002450c117850e1199xxv117730d--76--b--76--&gca-ft=166&gca-ds=sophi&link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=6a3478900d5e4200018993c3&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook
John Healy Leadership Podcast
Just gonna drop this here for your morning reading...
https://underthetable2026.blogspot.com/?m=1
Juneteenth
Anyone know the business logic on being the only processor that does not observe Juneteenth?
AI suite
If we replaced the operating committee with AI agents trained on the latest groupthink, what would change.
nada.
These people have no clue.
Bill and Kelly worst CEOs in the history of America
Who wants to submit them to the Guinness book of WR? How can you destroy 2 top 10 banks? Unreal!
Platform Operating Model
Has anyone experienced a work benefit or have seen that their department/division has benefited from the platform operating model?
hearing this round will be a 13% reduction across the board. Madness!
And all completed next week
Is our personal data being sold to Waters health insurance and 401k providers
Why am I getting calls to my personal phone number?