#firingrisk

A few people in my general group (Risk) have been put on PIPs. Is it safe to assume that they will be laid off or fired? Will they get severance? This is a new tactic in my area. How does this process play out?

I’ve been with the company for about nine months and I'm starting to hear a lot of chatter about more upcoming changes. From what I see on here, it seems like the cuts can really depend on your specific business unit or project. I’m trying to figure out if newer team members like me should be more concerned, or if the focus is usually on other roles.

Lately, all my main projects have been canceled or pushed aside. My boss has stopped checking in, and other people are being handed responsibilities that used to be mine. If you've been in the workforce for a while, you learn to recognize these signals. My gut is telling me that my job is at risk.

Is anyone else’s department setting insane expectations to the point where you feel like they are doing this so they have “cause” to fire people to avoid an actual layoff?

Cyber security executives have recently been firing people because they have been putting their own spin on executive orders and thus individuals have been terminated for not meeting company expected standards. Starting in quarter one management is further informed to start cutting manpower based on personal perception and end of year reviews. It's not about your job it's about popularity contest and thus as long as you make your manager and managers above them happy then you're in a good place but if you try to protect the bank or do something that is against the CISO new secure design plan they are going to terminate you without a chance to redeem yourself. Management is further encouraged to get rid of people who do not get above meets.

In short the new management chain wants nothing more than mindless monkeys to push buttons and follow scripts where pictures match the words this is why cybersecurity management is incapable of protecting its employees and throwing them underneath the bus.

Majority of the roles that cybersecurity fulfills will be replaced by AI and managers will be displaced or move to another team to fulfill another role depending on if that executive likes them or not. For managers who are not near a hub location and were promised a year and a half to two year extension to keep their job that's expected to end in quarter one and those managers are expected to be laid off or terminated.

To those individuals in the cyber security line of business good luck now that you are forced to compete like a model competes in a beauty pageant there is no reason for you to even willingly stay here now that you are degraded even more.

And for those who are not aware of cyber security is making this adjustment in quarter one because they're taking advantage of the PTO burn for the holiday season.

If you are not liked by your manager or your manager has given you biased end of year reviews in the last 2 years then your ticket is punched you are going to be gone quarter one

After years of top performance and multiple company awards, being labeled a ‘low performer’ during a severance call was surprising and discouraging. The lack of appreciation, combined with sudden goal increases and new write-up policies tied to severance eligibility, made the process feel more like pressure than professionalism.

Just got a meeting request for changes to the organisation that may affect my employment.

Fu-k.

RTO with clients that have signed $80m this year and convinced to go to vcf9.

Disappointed

I am trying to figure out if my boss in ( NJ office ) is safe. In meetings today they talking about the future for various initiatives, reviews we have next week etc. They are not great to work for so my life would be a lot more pleasant without having to report to them. I am thinking maybe they know they are safe...

Has anyone heard if the security teams will be affected, specifically those working under Mike Russo? Many of these teams are brand new teams build over the last year.

Anyone else stopped receiving as much email traffic, mtg invites or tasks from your mgr?

Do I have a target on my back ?

Asked perplexity likelihood of my position at verizon being gone. I'm in sales, and it is around 8%. If you are on the business side, you have a much higher chance of being laid off.

Also, if you work in accounting or finance, you have one of the highest chances of being let go in November.

Section Manager here. I hate this place, cried twice today and I never cry, ever. I know a lot of people make different posts on here and much of it is pure cr-p. Please take this post to heart and make your own decisions. They are realigning leadership at all levels and looking for any excuse to fire people. This includes SMs, TMs, CSs, Underwriters, CA, USAs. They just changed the accountability cycle to the performance cycle. I'm being asked my CM/VP and Executive leadership weekly, that I basically need to find people to fire. They are basically saying make it up or dig until you can find something. They are hiding behind people not providing "World Class" leadership or service. It borderlines on illegal behavior. I can't stomach it anymore and trying my best to protect who I can, when I can, but any attempts put a huge target on my back. Everyone please and I mean please please watch yourself. These people are self-deluded sociopaths running this company and it is only going to get worse. I'm going to find a way out of here. I cannot live in this kind of environment, work for these type of people or be a part of it any longer. Get out. I know how hard it is especially when you have a family and obligations but go out on your turns. This purely evil place is not worth it. God bless everyone, just want you to know the deck you are playing with. This truly is an evil place, it does not stand for the right things anymore and your soul is not worth it.

Oh man, are they in for a rude awakening.

Do I need to worry about layoffs? From what I’ve heard, it’s usually the people who’ve been here much longer. On top of that, my pay is so low it’s hard to imagine I’d be considered a big cost to cut.

I've had friends in other companies who gave their notice, only to be terminated on the spot. The professional thing is to give notice, but I am afraid that if I do, I will be let go on the spot.

Or is that something that can be handed out throughout the entire year?

I've got so few things to do that I’m mostly standing around waiting for work. I went from being overworked to this within a month, which is how I know it's not an accident. Has anybody else been in a similar position? What can I expect?

If I was worried about losing my job. I would make sure I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, and where I am supposed to be. If you leave the building and don’t clock out or lie about it that’s time card fraud. You will be put on a PIP and volunteering yourself if there is a next layoff. Also, time fraud will get you the boot so fast you won’t know what hit you. So, if you’re super worried about your job I would do your job.

So , now we are in Q4. What do you anticipate mgmt doing ? Firing long timers who have been mid year “ almost meets” after many years of no issues ? Does anyone have the law firm that folks in the US have been going to ? I feel like my day is on the horizon.

How much Optum tech is layoff proof?

Case management here. Had stand in sup review some time management issues with me, which I have corrected. A few days later I get told I'm being written up for poor audit proformance. The audit looked sketchy, was not in any format I've ever seen and made it look like I hadn't done 80% of my job, even though all documents where in place. I advised sup of this w proof of work and they looking into it. I've been here a while and come to terms that I might be part of layoffs one day and prepared mentally for it. I haven't prepared mentally for being fired out of the blue though. Anyone experiencing this or got any feedback? Thanks

I'd like to think this will be performance-base, but we all know that's never been true. They'll get rid of the highest earners who are usually the highest performers as well, crippling the company once again. Layoffs would be easier to swallow if they ever made sense.

Let’s hypothetically say I was texting my friend saying that Fidelity is a bad place to work for, or other things negative about Fidelity. Things like “Fidelity su-ks”, “this is a trash a-s company”, or other reasons why Fidelity su-ks. And then someone shows Fidelity HR my comments about me complaining about Fidelity.

In this hypothetical situation, could I get fired for that? Thanks in advance.

Any lay offs today?

Heard from someone in the know that Schart isn’t going to directly talk about layoffs during the town hall, but heard he will be making remarks about leveraging AI and that its going to be sold under the guise of being able to help make our current jobs “easier”. YEAH, JUST BEFORE WE GET LAID OFF AND REPLACED BY A ROBOT!

From TheJobChick on X:

Here are the 11 companies that increased H-1B approvals in 2025:

Amazon Com Services — 10,044 (+787)
JPMorgan Chase — 2,440 (+721)
Microsoft — 5,189 (+464)
Apple — 4,202 (+329)
Meta — 5,123 (+279)
Cisco — 1,570 (+238)
Tata Consultancy Services — 5,509 (+229)
Visa Tech — 466 (+131)
AWS — 2,347 (+131)
General Motors — 574 (+106)
Amazon Data Services — 543 (+102)

x.com/thejobchick/status/1965764315199488253

I mean, after the voluntary exits are counted. I’m honestly worried about the possibility of losing my job. I’ve been casually looking at what’s out there, but the market keeps looking tougher and tougher. Finding something new, or even managing the gap between jobs, feels almost impossible right now. I’m anxious that a lot of us could still end up on the chopping block.

Anyone know which teams and roles are going to be impacted in next round of RIFs (9/17 and 9/18).