#downsizing

They just keep coming. There's no end to them. Another round, then another, then another. I'm so tired of it.

There's no longer a point in asking questions about whether layoffs are coming. They are. The answer will always be yes. The only question now is when. Is it in a month or two, or maybe three, but never longer than that. It's not how things should be, but it is what it is.

151 laid off today. counting

St. Louis office presence is dwindling. Cut cut cut, it’s a sad vibe. Got a cookie yesterday though. Anyone have insight on lease ending or closure date?

https://gizmodo.com/oracle-will-downsize-its-product-teams-because-of-ai-2000732097

Portland State University projects a $35 million budget deficit by 2028. President Ann Cudd announced plans for institutional downsizing, called retrenchment. Nineteen academic departments could see reductions or elimination. Rising costs, limited state funding, and a 23% enrollment drop contribute to the deficit. These changes could lead to staff layoffs, with a final decision expected in June.

Portland, Oregon

https://www.kptv.com/2026/03/10/psu-eyes-cuts-19-departments-amid-35m-deficit-falling-enrollment/?outputType=amp

Had about 35 members of my team laid off on the last RIF 4 months ago - last Monday I and the remainder of the team, 7 of us who were left were let go.

It's down to $25 usd. That's a 28.8% 6 month low.

Someone in ELT is going to push the layoff button because they don't have any other buttons.

Siemens Industry faces a massive downsizing eliminating multiple layers of management while consolidating forces with vendor channels to eliminate branch and regional office structures. Siemens longtime US reputation in Building Technologies continues to struggle through tariff negotiations and industry competition forcing leadership to implement significant cost reductions mobilizing Siemens toward a new sustainable model for 2026

Layoffs today, orwide. The new overlords want their money!!

anyone hear of cuts coming down the line, Intralinks is bleeding out and not doing the business it should and our office is feeling the pinch....

Very likely

Stanley Black & Decker will lay off 300 employees. This action follows the permanent closure of its New Britain manufacturing facility. Layoffs will occur in five waves, starting in May 2026. Most workers, 287, will be terminated between May 4 and May 18. The company cited a decline in demand for single-sided tape measures.

https://patch.com/connecticut/across-ct/stanley-black-decker-layoff-300-employees-timeline-issued-amid-impending

Downstream VPs managers ruining Upstream, Uncon experienced folks ruining Deepwater and Deepwater folks ruining Uncon.

Yes we need cross fu ctional experience, but not Leaders/managers. They come and make people do uncecessary studies and projects which are doomed to fail. The upstream industry is more than 100 years old, yet these d-mb bozoz think they can change the world.

This is foolishness

#IGNITE Stupidity

Another round of layoffs today in R&T…

Memory shortages are going to whack margins and the only lever that can be pulled to maintain stock price is expense reduction aka layoffs.

This company has no ability to sell software without hardware and no ability to hedge across non storage products.

Before someone says what about cloud ..... Azure and the others, will also be hit with the shortages.

NetApp is like a small mom and pop hardware store which is being destroyed by Home Depot.

Leave now before the out of business sign is on the door.

No customer yet.

Plan is coming down the line. Regardless of contract extension or not. À la ups style

$5000 per year of service to leave the company. No restrictions . 5 years or 50 years. Major downsizing is wanted by the company. No ipp offer. Across the board. They will back fill and train if needed for some job titles.

It seems the rolling layoffs have no end in sight, who else thinks they’ll reference AI as a reason for downsizing this year?

The Alvord Unified School District Board approved layoffs for up to 123 employees. This decision was made on February 12 to reduce spending. The district cited a steady decline in student enrollment over the past decade. Up to 101 teacher positions and 22 classified positions will be cut. These actions aim to ensure long-term financial stability for the district.

https://riversiderecord.org/alvord-unified-approves-layoffs-citing-decreased-enrollment-budget-instability/

Heard Desmond thinks the south shouldn't work on ge motors due to getting injured working on them. Sounds like he wants to make the south smaller and road truck sites.

I know it'll happen over three years, but getting rid of over 3k people is an overkill, in my opinion. This will affect the company in ways the leadership apparently is incapable of envisioning. I'm just wondering what'll happen when they realize that institutional knowledge is key in our work.

Why March 3rd?

Yes, time is coming and we are about to implode with all the multiple organizational changes that add no value apart from headcount reduction and the downstreamers managing upstream like a refinery and ki-ling it long term. Expect more safety incidents, more process safety events and more blame on the employees for not following procedures (even though nobody knows what they are anymore). The attrition is rising and we are in a downward vicious circle now.

it's time to lower costs and jettison underperforming products and locations. not sure what the delay is

Eight companies plan to lay off over 850 employees in South Carolina. These job cuts stem from January 2026 WARN Act filings. Milliken & Company will close its Cedar Hill Plant, affecting 126 workers. James Hardie Building Products will eliminate 78 jobs at its Summerville plant. eSupply Chain DLH accounts for 327 layoffs in Charleston.

https://mebaneenterprise.com/850-south-carolina-workers-face-layoffs-as-8-firms-announce-closures-full-list/

Any new layoffs in 2026?

ABB ELIP just got rid of 48 positions on 2/17/26. They said they needed to downsize because of poor sales numbers

buckle up. no teams are protected. more constriction. thank your president for architecting it with all the usual care, concern and thoughtful strategy she typically applies while covering herself

As of today, 2/18/2026, several Director level and above were laid off in DFW, Clinic Ops. Invitations were emailed for a “Leadership Touchbase” tomorrow morning. One invitation is for 7:45 a.m. and the other is for 8:00 a.m. For those who have made it through multiple layoffs over the past 3 years, we know what those two invitations mean. Additional clinic consolidations have already been announced, and the entire DFW market will soon only consist of about 40 Primary Care clinics. Fewer clinics means fewer employees. This is a last ditch effort to slow the bleeding before WellMed goes belly up.

Year Regular Employees At End of Year
1999 123,000
2000 99,600
2001 97,900
2002 92,500
2003 88,300
2004 85,900
2005 83,700
2006 82,100
2007 80,800
2008 79,900
2009 80,700
2010 83,600
2011 82,100
2012 76,900
2013 75,000
2014 75,300
2015 73,500
2016 71,100
2017 69,600
2018 71,000
2019 74,900
2020 72,000
2021 63,000
2022 62,300
2023 61,500
2024 60,900
2025 58,000

WOW! Stores are literal ghost towns- There is NOBODY in the stores- empty aisles, unsold freight, zero employees. This company has been swirling the bowl for the last 2 years. People- get out now. The company is tanking.

Corporate real estate is under pressure nationwide. Companies are downsizing footprints, unloading space, writing down office valuations. The market is screaming that centralized office demand has structurally changed.

And we’re committing billions to a brand-new headquarters tied to a five-day RTO mandate that the workforce has overwhelmingly pushed back on.

This isn’t vision. It’s denial.

When capital is expensive and the market is shifting toward flexibility, you don’t double down on fixed costs and hope behavior bends to your preference. That’s not leadership. That’s forcing reality to conform to ego.

We’ve already lived through massive strategic swings that were sold as bold and transformative, only to require years of cleanup. At some point, repeating the same pattern stops being bad luck and starts being a decision-making problem.

You can’t build the future of work by anchoring yourself to the past. You can’t demand innovation while ignoring market signals. And you definitely can’t call it culture when the people you’re trying to attract are openly telling you they don’t want it.

in the traditional sense. The recent reductions are the result of a top-to-bottom organizational efficiency change. Every role, dependent and interdependent, has been evaluated for overlap, utilization of skill, and so on. This is not done. Once the final, improved, organizational model is done Srini will announce the 'transformation is complete'. Or some variation of that. For now, I am staying focused on my role. Doing my best to make sure I am a useful, contributing team member.

More and more layoffs. Not a well-run facility and not a good place to work.

When management mismanages money employees must be eliminated.

Wendy’s plans to close several hundred U.S. restaurants as it focuses on new menu items as well as "more spend towards digital, social and streaming platforms," the company said during an earnings call Friday following a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter.

https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wendys-to-close-hundreds-of-us-restaurants-in-2026/3894238/

Colour me red! More layoffs this month! Send us all on the dole

PeaceHealth initiated another round of layoffs. This marks the third such reduction in nine months. The layoffs affect skilled caregivers across its hospital system. Over 150 positions are impacted, including hospice nurses. PeaceHealth cited financial pressures and evolving community needs for the decision.

https://www.klcc.org/health-medicine/2026-02-12/peacehealths-latest-round-of-layoffs-impact-skilled-caregivers-including-hospice-nurses

Where's the bottom. All was fine yesterday, but today begs to differ. What a bunch of clowns at the helm.

Expect a round of layoffs to happen two years after the last major round. The segment reorgs are resulting in doubled up upper management slots and they will just go away.