#layoffs

Make of that what you will, but it’s getting harder not to notice certain patterns.

Swiss Krono will lay off 130 employees from its Barnwell plant. These job cuts will occur on July 11. The company filed a notice with the state of South Carolina. Swiss Krono produces laminate flooring and fiberboard. The company has operated its Barnwell plant since 2005.

Barnwell, S.C.

https://www.wrdw.com/2026/05/13/swiss-krono-plant-lay-off-130-people-barnwell/?outputType=amp

can confirm that LR hit Meraki as well. not sure of scale. but at least one sr mgr I know just got slack profile deactivated. this could just be the start and more coming in the later waves.

How long are the investors going to buy that this company is going to do better because they’re going “back to basics?”

Answer:
Forever.

Bleed 🩸 money

Due to AI, expect up to 30% cut in Engineering.

Mental Health Awareness meetings - really?after folks have been laid off and more layoffs to come - this company is either clueless or really twisted with its cruelty

Infra Pipes will close its Albuquerque, New Mexico plant. This facility produces high-density polyethylene pipe. The closure will result in 51 employee layoffs. Infra Pipes recently acquired this plant. It was part of a purchase from Atkore Inc.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

https://www.plasticsnews.com/end-markets/construction/pn-infra-pipes-closing-albuquerque-plant/

Goldman Sachs is deploying generative AI to automate back-office tasks. President John Waldron stated this initiative will not cause mass layoffs. He expects the company's overall headcount to remain stable. Goldman Sachs Research estimates AI could expose 300 million jobs globally. Analysts remain skeptical, noting potential impacts on entry-level roles.

Manhattan, New York

https://hoodline.com/2026/05/goldman-boss-pushes-ai-factory-floor-swears-manhattan-jobs-won-t-vanish/

The Taubman Co. is closing its Bloomfield Hills headquarters. It plans to lay off 105 employees. These actions will take effect on January 9. This follows its recent acquisition by Simon Property Group. Simon Property Group finalized the remaining interest on November 3.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

https://www.aol.com/articles/mall-developer-taubman-permanently-close-193712165.html

Cisco Systems announced layoffs affecting fewer than 4,000 employees. This reduction represents less than 5% of its total workforce. The company reported a record quarterly revenue of $15.8 billion. Cisco is reallocating investments towards artificial intelligence priorities. The restructuring program is expected to cost approximately $1 billion.

https://www.peoplematters.in/news/strategic-hr/cisco-announces-5percent-layoffs-while-posting-record-dollar158-billion-revenue-49730

Where do you get money after layoffs to buy shitTel?? Who is actually buying shitTel ?

Gwyneth Paltrow's company, Goop, recently experienced staff layoffs. The company is transitioning to an AI workflow. Profitability and artificial intelligence are cited as reasons for the cuts. The exact number of affected employees remains unclear. A spokesperson stated Goop is adapting for efficiency.

https://www.tmz.com/2026/05/13/gwyneth-paltrows-goop-layoffs/

Today is a reminder that job cuts do not just happen to struggling employees or people doing the bare minimum. Some of the smartest and most respected people I know here were affected too, including people with years of experience and records most teams would want to keep. Not sure how this is supposed to benefit Cisco in the long run, but the leadership seems to think it will.

Mayor Cathleen DeSimone presented Attleboro's nearly $202 million budget. The plan involves employee layoffs and substantial use of free cash. This budget aims to eliminate a $2.5 million deficit. Seven employees will be laid off, and seven vacant positions remain unfilled. The budget uses $965,000 in free cash, a temporary strategy.

Attleboro, MA

https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/attleboro-mayor-proposes-nearly-202-million-budget-which-includes-layoffs/article_7dc36d63-1fb1-458e-9f84-044ebbd0da03.html

Verizon announced new layoffs affecting several hundred U.S. employees. These cuts follow a larger reduction of 13,000 roles less than six months ago. The company aims to achieve $5 billion in operating expense cuts by 2026. This restructuring is part of a broader strategy for cost savings and efficiency. Verizon also reported strong first-quarter growth and expanded its fiber network.

https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/2921385/verizon-announces-new-layoffs-as-cost-cutting-continues-into-2026

What got people on the list vs what saved them? There’s one person my team - haven’t seen them in the office. Another person in a different office within commuting distance but never goes in.. neither one was on the list. Each has other issues - unresponsive, argumentative, harassment - so yeah what got you on the list? Has to be more than no more Agile framework.

If your EMG is talking about “how we work” and is having your leader write out each of your job duties and what it entails, that is the first step in deciding who gets their 60 days notice. Word of advice, make sure you let your leader know EVERYTHING you do, even if it seems small and non interesting, the more the better.

Question for those of you who have been impacted by a layoff recently: I understand that you receive a call/ meeting with HR and you are separated that day. How long after that date did you receive your regular pay (not any severance)? Also, how long did benefits continue, specifically health insurance? Thanks!

Around 150-60 been impacted
45% of those are band 6 rest 55% were engineer 1,2,3 . Realistically if we include all those folks who got moved to NRB and Wireless operation teams then realistically the count is 200+

Long rumored and finally here. Campus to be sold to data center developers

Displacement call 9:15am on a Tuesday after payday for me. Got the IM (inconsistently meets) at end of 2025 for the first time. Had always gotten meets prior and no real reason for the review or what I did wrong. Simple explanation of “we expect more than we used to” brouhaha.. Also got the telltale “you have not met standards
Of using AI in the past month” email even though those supposed standards were only being tracked for my team starting May 1, and I had been using since mid April on a daily basis.
Half my team was eliminated. Well, half my U.S. team was eliminated, most with 15+ years with wf under their belts. Underperforming teammates in India had no layoffs. Writings on the wall folks. No one is safe as management doesn’t, and hasn’t cared for a long time. Pretty soon all work will come out of overseas locations with no quality checks being done. And AI isn’t at a place yet to replace the work of many specialists. CS doesn’t care though, as long as he gets himself and all his banking buds jobs and retirement packages while he still can.
Get out while you can. WF is now, atleast to me, considered the WF Titanic of companies. Sinking ship, not enough life boats for sustainability, and I foresee another audit/check of WF illegal workings, with a spotlight on good ole Uncle Charlie. That’s why he keeps hiring his cronies from past jobs and contacts, right? Feather their nests while he still can.
As soon as I can, I will also be switching banks to one I have faith in. And there will be no ties ever again to WF.

For the ones being affected by the LR, are they making it immediate, or did they give you a near future end date? i remember for some of the previous layofss they gave a long notice before the end date; also people from my team got layed off and they were around for 1-2 extra weeks

Cheaper workers, offshoring, AI - whatever works. If they could charge us for the privilege of working here, they would.

“Annuals checks to begin soon” Another way to weed out people instead of laying off. I get it’s in the employment contract but I’ve never got this email all the years I’ve worked here.

but I got surplused two years ago. Just came back to check in to see how things are going with everyone. Sounds about the same. It was rough going out there for awhile. The job market is so bad, I applied to over 1000 jobs and it took me 16 months to land a job and it was an indefinite contract job which I'm still in with hopefully FT soon. While the layoff/unemployment/job search process was a nightmare and really did a number on my mental health, some good did come out of it. We were able to pay off every ounce of our debt with the severance. We found an awesome financial advisor and rolled my pension and 401k over and he's made us a ton of money since then, much more than I would have made where it was sitting. It does su-k not knowing if/when this job could end but I'm making $40k more than I was at AT&T and doing much more interesting and meaningful work than I was. The company I'm at now is a billion dollar global manufacturing company and they have their sh-t together so much better than AT&T, it's like night and day seeing what it's like working somewhere that actually cares about their employees. Best of luck to all of you out there. It was hard to lose my job but ultimately I think it was a good thing for sure.

Every time leadership reshuffles the org chart, employees do not feel alignment. They feel a wave of anxiety that another round of layoffs is coming. That feeling does not disappear after the new chart is published. It settles into the background and quietly consumes attention, focus, and energy. People start working two jobs. Their actual job, and the job of managing their own fear. On top of that, we are paying a massive tax on context switching. Teams barely get comfortable with new priorities or new leaders or new workflows before leadership announces another reset. It is impossible to build real momentum when you are constantly starting over, constantly reintroducing yourself, constantly trying to remember what the mission was supposed to be this quarter versus last quarter. I would argue that stability is not just nice to have. It is a genuine competitive advantage. But you cannot demand world class creativity and execution from people who are always bracing for impact. What the company actually needs is not another reorg. What we need is a resilient long term plan, a consistent direction, and a culture where people feel safe enough to do their best work. That is how you win, whether you are playing for now or for later.

I've watched hardworking, competent people get lower ratings than they deserved, then get laid off as soon as possible. It's not about your value. It's about cutting costs.

Here we go again

"With this, we are making changes today that will result in the reduction of our overall workforce in Q4 by fewer than 4,000 jobs, representing less than 5 percent of our total employee base."

Basically, he's saying it's just 4k jobs, no biggie. He doesn't give a damn that so many families are about to lose their livelihood. It's less than 5 percent, so it's all good. Just a small nuisance, nothing else.

I have no idea how we're supposed to get anything done.

I am going to keep this simple because I am tired of watching the same thing happen. I have seen people give this job every waking hour, burn themselves out completely, and then blame only themselves when they got let go. They never saw it coming because they believed hard work would be enough. It is not enough. The people who survive here are not the hardest workers. They are the best talkers, the best networkers, the best at being visible in the right moments and invisible in the wrong ones. If you are not one of those people, at least stop giving this place more than a fair day's work. It does not love you back. It will not remember your overtime. Save that energy for yourself.

Fewer than 10 of our team were cut (US team, not going to DOX myself). The remaining department are breathing a sigh of relief right now.

So today those that requested VRIF get told yes or no. It is mid afternoon in Europe already and still silence. I guess they are going to push the 14th May date to be as late as possible in the day just to be “respectful” which is how Louis described the process would be.

Anything happening in sales?

Since it is alredy later after, I guess anyone impacted in India already get notified? Thanks!

Tennessee saw thousands of worker layoffs in early 2026. From January to April, 3,377 workers were laid off. This marks the highest layoff total for that period since 2021. The largest single layoff event occurred in January. Nike Retail Services laid off over 580 employees from its Memphis logistics center.

Memphis, Tennessee

https://www.wsmv.com/2026/05/13/2026-layoffs-tennessee-eclipsing-recent-years/

Walmart will reduce its workforce by about 1,000 people. The company's corporate staff faces these reductions. Store workers are not included in this round of layoffs. Major job reductions target corporate offices in Arkansas and California. Local Walmart store positions are mostly secure.

Bucks County

https://www.phillyburbs.com/story/news/local/2026/05/13/walmart-layoffs-arkansas-are-stores-affected-pa/90058151007/

Mayor Jon Mitchell made a significant announcement. He revealed the closure of Engine 9. This fire engine is located on Ashley Boulevard. Layoffs of recently hired firefighters were also announced. The mayor delivered this news during his budget address.

New Bedford

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2026/05/14/to-close-new-bedford-budget-gap-mayor-mitchell-calls-for-service-cuts/90072365007/

Microsoft-owned LinkedIn will lay off approximately 5% of its global workforce. This reduction affects around 875 employees out of 17,500 staff. The company is reorganizing teams to focus on core business growth areas. A spokesperson confirmed these organizational changes are part of business planning. LinkedIn's revenue increased by 12% in the last quarter.

https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/linkedin-experience-company-wide-layoffs/