#layoffs

Wondering how many field ops and switch ops will be cut. more and more work to pile on those who remain.

Layoffs are not going to come after so many people voluntarily leaving. It is good as it won’t affect people in bad way. It is better to go find a job that pays a bit less instead of getting a layoff.

If they offered, 5K pay cut for working from home 100% remote. I would totally take it. Why burn gas or waste time. It will save me time and save company money. I hope they consider that option

5k x4000 employees = 20million in savings/year. In 10 years, 200 million savings.

The direction couldn’t be clearer anymore: the company is consolidating aggressively into Plano. Everything outside of Plano is being phased out unless you’re considered “critical” and already local. Even employees currently assigned to the Dallas HQ are being told they’ll move to Plano once the new office is ready, which says everything about the strategy.

Notices are starting to hit teams in St. Louis, LA, and other non-Plano locations, with more expected to follow. This isn’t a rumor or a one-off—it’s the plan. If you’re not in Plano, the message is blunt: relocate or prepare to exit. The days of distributed hubs and geographic flexibility are effectively over at AT&T.

So, for people that have now stepped into new roles because of the layoffs and people that left, are we getting salary adjustments? does anyone have any insight on this? or are we just "lucky to have a job" and are supposed to shut up and take it?

Goal: Decrease operating cost by reducing high salary people and not paying for hourly worker benefits as there are many store employees.

1. Take away store employee holidays so the full timers quit. Huge savings on the benefits. Then only hire part timers to replace.

2. Close OPO to make as many people quit as possible. So far under 100 but soon it will be up to 200. Could even go up to 300 within 3 months of OPO closer.

3. Few months after closing OPO, Move head quarter to a cheaper area and cash 400 million for 4 buildings. Expect people who live nearby to quit. People moved to Chicago for a job and bought a home nearby to have balanced life style. Lot of people who work at a head quarter will quit if office moves far away. Near the farms where it is cheaper land or in middle by staples office on I355.

Leftover downtowners will quit if they are not by commuter train.

Total people who quit will be around 1000 at the end without any layoff or severance package. This guys know what they are doing.

UPS VP of Global Strategic Sales Cassie Dyer wrote on LinkedIn the company “sharpened our edge for what’s ahead”.

https://www.supplychaindive.com/news/ups-sales-team-layoffs-changes-impact/809845/

Out of curiosity I did some AI based research to see how and when a company must account for severence expenses under GAAP, taking into consideration 60 day notice periods, and basically they can incur the expense when they notify you so long as their is little chance of a reversal. additionally. if they have already made their lists for the first part of 2026 (q1/2) and are certain those positions are going away they can take the expense earlier such as in the $612MM hit we took this past quarter. So while severance expenses are expected to be lower by $700MM in 2026, part of the reason they can say that is that layoffs happening in the next few months are already paid for.

I got word that layoffs will continue through February. Watch yourselves.
Can somebody confirm this?

I’ve heard anticipation of departures following bonuses this year…and I plan on being one of them. Already have the resignation email drafted, and as soon as that check clears I’m hitting send. Who’s coming with me??

Is the culling over??

Does the commerical layoffs hit anywhere in Canada? And any other departments? Looking at AB, ON, and BC I don't see anything on the news.

Somebody asked in another thread if we're going to do quarterly layoffs until only Atty is left, and frankly and sadly, I think that's much closer to the truth than the poster intended. The way things have been developing, it seems that we've reached the stage where layoffs, instead of only being used when absolutely necessary, have become something used regularly just to pad the numbers. That's our future.

If there are indeed layoffs, they will only be for employees who joined in the acquisitions or employees on mid range salaries. Developers, QA, support engineers and product managers will be fired but never HRBP or development managers with complaints against them. There are many employees who continue to be very highly paid and keep getting a higher salary and more stock options every year. That's because they get it once in March and their network triggers a reorganisation in the middle of the year where they get promoted or have a role change. In all my years at SAP, I have seen this happen all the time and this is only intensifying since the talk about layoffs. So even if there are any layoffs, expensive employees who should be laid off will still be there and those that deserve or do more will be asked to leave or be given such a pitiful salary increment and bad performance that they will have to leave. Also, you can expect only employees from Walldorf and St Leon-Rot to head all important positions in the new acquisitions and in other locations. No matter where most of the team members are, the managers will almost always be based in Walldorf and St Leon-Rot now. And once the back to office shenanigans start they will give a bad performance to any report who isn't based in their location.

Regarding executive bonuses, the executive board will get them. They have the supervisory board in their pocket and the Works Council is too powerless to revolt or strike or do anything about it. CK got €18 million as a bonus in addition to his salary when he vowed to fire 10000 employees. And if the supervisory board wanted to keep him in check, they would have given that as stock options and not in cash. But they gave him cash. He and most of the executive board members will live comfortable lives even if they have to resign or leave now. But they will squeeze every million out of SAP before they go. A lower share price only means that they will intensify layoffs. And the entire SAP strategy is based on AI and a complete shift from the core business. If AI fails, SAP will lose everything. But the board is too incompetent to come up with any real strategy or an alternative plan in case AI is a bubble. There is no real SAP strategy besides 'build only AI features and make customers pay more' and 'lay off as many employees as possible to reduce short term operating costs'. That is sufficient for them to squeeze money off SAP and leave. Most employees don't realize that the money that is given to the executive board comes from the savings by laying employees off and from reducing their benefits and salary appraisals budget. It is like blood money. But CK, Dominik Asam and others have so many fans within SAP, they will do anything for them. The future is truly lost now and there is no hope.

I’ve been told that Converse retail is in a huge downward spiral. A dozen or so stores are being closed in the coming months and the stores that remain open barely have any product on their shelves. The person I know believes even the profitable stores are being closed when the leases are up. Anyone know anything else from the Converse-side of things?

I actually like the work I do, but the conditions are wearing me down fast. We're constantly short-staffed, people leave every month, people get laid off all the time, and the pay just doesn't make up for the stress. It's making me seriously question if I should stick with this entire field. Does it ever get better, or is this just how it is everywhere?

As many of you know, there are almost 300 spots for VSP in France.
Till now, only a punch of people (less than 30) have applied.
They are basically offering the same package of 2 years ago and expecting people to leave lol, especially with the current situation

I'm wondering if there'd been any changes.

Just looked at the earnings for Shell’s chemical business coming up and margins dropped from 160 to 140 a metric ton, obviously giving the business a significant loss on top of the business already struggling. I think this is pretty much the last straw and Shell will either be closing or fire selling all chemical assets to stop the bleeding. Any thoughts?

Lol. This company is complete dog sh-t. They don't want to look bad with layoffs so instead they point a g-n at you to take the new initiative or see 0% of your commission unless you hit 70%. Dumped into the ether (MD and his goons pockets).

Buildings B1, B2, B3 normally requires one to badge out to exit parking. They will put the exit gates up since they deactivate badges...

I hear about massive layoffs in ecosystem and also some in sales here in the EU. How do others see it? What is the strategy here? Do not suppose Andy is going to explain much next week in Vegas. He-l we will see how the event will look like, my ecosystem coleagues went got garden leave and had to cancel their flights. They just found out this week.

Poor Warner Media. I was just reading about how messed up WBD is following the AT&T debacle and I was wondering to myself, 'what went so wrong'. So, like a true att employee, I asked Google. Funny thing is that the problems that ki-led what should have been the deal of a lifetime are still here!

Financial mismanagement, soaring debt, cultural and social conflicts, strategic failures, poor leaders and inconsistent leadership, execution & delivery problems, and, att's goto optimization strategy, layoffs!

It is shameful to think that the same leaders who destroyed a film industry pioneer are doing the same thing to a telecom pioneer and we are watching it happen in real time. I hope i'm wrong but I believe this Plano relo will be the final nail in the coffin for AT&T. Our leadership knows what they are doing. Think about this, we are sitting on $140 BILLION in debt.

Put in in perspective. When you are in debt, what do you do? You tighten the belt. Cut some cost, cancel some streaming services. Do you sell your house? Maybe, but that's like the last ditch effort. Let me remind you of an old company called Sears Roebuck. Remember them? They were on top of the world and had this iconic skyscraper. Then, things started unraveling. Sears tried to acquire businesses but was never able to capitalize. They tried pushing their brand on everything and everywhere. Soaring debt sent them to a large corporate park on the outskirts of Chicago. Sears was a blue-chip, dividend market leader. They were literally the amazon of the 20th century. They even had a sports stadium. Where are they now? 5 stores, a website, distribution agreements, and a brand that they pray someone, someday, will want to reboot.

There's your future, people. We are Sears.

Sorry Warner. Best of luck.

Its a sad state of where the company is today, when most people I talk with now are no longer scared of being laid off, they are actually hoping for it. Most people now are hoping their number is called like we are waiting for the lottery numbers to be published. Hand me my check and I'll be on my way! Staying behind and taking on more work for the same pay is actually the negative part of this, not getting laid off. The lucky ones get their papers and get a chance to breath and find what's next!

How long do I have? Im in CTO. Never got that rating before. Basically the rating said I’m good at my job but don’t take initiative blah blah blah. I knew it was coming. Don’t care, ready to be done with this place. Do I have until summer at least?

Last year, I was informed that I would have to switch to a non-exempt contract because the salary limit had been exceeded with the last agreed increase. Has anyone else received this? It gave me the impression that they wanted to get everyone from the old collective contracts. Has anyone refused this?

I have received another offer and plan on leaving. However, I want to ensure I still get my bonus. What are the rules around that and when should I put in my notice? I obviously can’t ask HR or my boss this type of question…

well ONSEMI in hudson hit the iceberg lol, now it’s slowly sinking it will close people , But some will stay to the end because u are afraid of changed , plus where else can u go do errands , stay on your cell phone , sit the cafe for a hour , with out punching out lol. yes next job u have u will have to work for a living . anyways God Bless finish those puzzles

Shared services picking what they want to do, Engine revving up jobs (more job losses y'all), collateral damage, scapegoats removed immediately somewhere in S.E.A. while the head roams around Free-ly

Has anyone heard any updates on Omnicare sale? I saw that the court set bid deadline dates for first quarter this year. So I assume CVS is selling. And Coram has backed away from some services. Just wondering if they are on the auction block too.

There are hardly any jobs in the job market. Good luck finding a remote role in this economy when you’re competing with thousands of h1b's and h4 ead's.

Made it through the last round of RIFs but decided to retire if I'm not RIFed in 1Q2026. No reason to keep training people who can't follow instructions. No reason to have output that is ignored or manipulated. No reason to appease yet another new department "leader" who is begging to be propped up to collect a huge salary.

It is time to go. Fortunately for me, having been through years of RIFs, we saved CASH all along the way and have a few years salary in the bank. Health insurance taken care of too. Time to look for something new after a break from VZW. I had a good 24 year run.

Evolent started the new year with another round of layoffs on 01/15/26.
Approximately 125 people so far located in US, Philippines and India.

There is no safe haven for anyone regardless of region. We will see.

Down 10% last two days and looks like it's going further south. Something must have leaked

Thing is, they lay off all your closest colleagues (various departments) until they ki-l off the business, leaving the few remaining staff overworked, disengaged and depressed. Then they say we can only recruit more people when we grow the business. And so the downward spiral continues (a bit like the share price).

Will those laid off still get 2025 bonuses?

We all know the bank changed the severance package last year. But I’m hearing from long time employees that you’re able to negotiate a longer severance.
Is any of that true?

I like many others in this forum was terminated from Pearson this week. Anyone considering joining Pearson should stay away. It’s a sinking ship!

Can anybody share details about how this went down? Was it one-on-one calls or a mass Teams invite like the one in July 2024?

The intel on this site has been incredible.

This should not have surprised anyone, but it’s devastating nonetheless.

We, the peasants, have formed a fortified army against the corrupt management team.