#layoffs

OpenAI won’t deliver $100B to Oracle, struggling itself. So no backlog no pay off of data center nor Stargate. The apps are being replaced by smaller SaaS solutions much cheaper. The AWS and Google connection ki-ls the rest multi cloud. AI theme is not financially valid and AI agents in Apps are just another feature. Nobody new buys apps because AI agents… that’s true.
Time will tell.

Currently at the Irvine plant. Demand has been extremely low for months. A round of RIFs already happened a few weeks ago, followed by an extended manufacturing shutdown where most operators have been forced onto unpaid leave after exhausting PTO. Leadership has openly stated their current strategy is essentially to “wait and hope things improve.” Production numbers continue trending downward, and it feels like another wave of layoffs is imminent. Morale is very low and confidence in management is basically nonexistent right now. Just had to let that out lol

I love how leadership claims forced stack ranking isn’t happening. It is. 100%. India is not part of it. So if your team has 15 US and 5 India the rankings are only for the 15 US. That means one or two of you will get less than meets even if you do meet the job. And even if the Indian team is far worse. We got it in writing which is only because our manager is new and didn’t realize she shouldn’t email that kind of thing. Keep the paper trail coming! Document everything people.

Executives are considering potential budget cuts as high as 30% for the metaverse group next year, which includes the virtual worlds product Meta Horizon Worlds and its Quest virtual reality unit, according to people familiar with the talks, who asked not to be named while discussing private company plans. Cuts that high would most likely include layoffs as early as January, according to the people, though a final decision has not yet been made.

https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2025/dec/07/metas-zuckerberg-plans-deep-cuts-for-metaverse-eff/

Are you ready for that?

Get your CVs ready.

Horrible economic news as layoffs surge to the highest point in years. The USA has laid off over a million people in 2025 and it’s only expected to get worse. These numbers could exceed what we have seen in the Great Depression. In November there were 71,000 layoffs in the United States.

Mostly because of special circumstances, which I know the vast majority don’t enjoy. I get that it would be a blow to most people. In my case, I’m close enough to the base that commuting isn’t an issue. One perk of coming back to the d-mb office? I fully intend to never, absolutely never, be available outside office hours. People forget WFH flexibility cuts both ways. That is, of course, assuming my job isn’t merrily eliminated before I even get to enjoy the fresh air and tranquil office environment.

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/citi-job-cuts-2026

I survived this round, but also doubled down on looking for another job. The whole thing has been a harrowing experience. And why on earth do companies post so many fake openings? From where I’m standing, it feels like they’re trying to make our lives even more miserable than they already are. I’m sure there’s some calculated, not-so-great reason behind it.

I haven’t heard any new rumors about imminent layoffs. Have you?

UBS has been cutting jobs as a result of the integration of former rival Credit Suisse, which it bought in 2023.

A reduction of 10,000 jobs would equate to a 9% cut in total jobs for the Swiss bank, which had around 110,000 employees at the end of 2024.

https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/ubs-may-cut-further-10000-jobs-by-2027-sonntagsblick-reports-2025-12-07/

This anxiety is ki-ling me. Not knowing what groups are affected or the rumored groups… someone has to know something…

Many are preparing for Ford.

According to board checks and current rosters, every location in every terminal is laying off employees hired from September 1, 2024 and latter, union officials co-signing off on the furloughs, off in force reduction, or various labels of the same term in every location system wide, based on research and search boards, temple, texas is the only location that hasn’t activated 675 ready to work board, all other locations have already activated and furloughed new hires. Company is staging for mass furloughs in TY&E after December 11, 2025, which is the date that employees will be able to see back pay from new contract, but in turn will be furloughed directly after, prepare yourselves boys and girls, the midnight massacre is coming.

According to an independent arbitrator, Portland State University violated its collective bargaining agreement with PSU’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) when it laid off 10 non-tenured track faculty last spring. The arbitrator is now calling for all faculty members represented in the case to be swiftly reinstated to their previous teaching positions with back pay.

https://psuvanguard.com/psu-must-reinstate-10-laid-off-faculty-members-with-back-pay-according-to-independent-arbitrator/amp/

Every message from leadership sounds like a template written by someone who never met a real employee. They keep talking about strategic focus and long-term vision while people pack their desks quietly. Talk about a disconnect.

Can somebody name one thing that improved since the last reorg that cost so many people their jobs?

At my last job, we had been restructuring, updating manuals, doing extra audits, but I brushed it off. Then one coworker got cut. Soon, discussions about automating tasks began. A month later I was handed the pink slip. Looking back, the warning signs were glaring. Only I didn’t want to admit it. Painful lesson. Make sure not to repeat it.

Whenever leadership goes quiet, we all know something’s brewing. And it's been very quiet lately.

First was after five years, and the second was under six months. I've only been here a little over three months, but my fear of layoffs is so strong it's turned into anxiety. I wouldn't have accepted this job knowing how often layoffs happen here if I hadn't been desperate in the current job market. I just feel so defeated by it all.

Verizon Lays Off 2000 Employees In Hyderabad

Read more at: https://www.m9.news/social-media-viral/verizon-layoffs-india-2000-employees/#

There is still such a problem with diversity hires that didn't get resolved in the first layoff ..what's the plan and what are you looking forward to most

https://www.aol.com/topeka-sees-bnsf-railway-layoffs-010501095.html

Thinking about Dan’s fireside chat on Friday I’ve come to the conclusion it boils down to whether people will trust him or not and if they believe him or not.

Let’s be honest he’s not big on details…so it feels like a leap of faith right now and can people move on from 15000 layoffs and that effectively the same people are in charge as a year ago

What did I miss?

That only came out last week, when Algoma, after announcing it was laying off 1,000 workers at its steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, revealed both levels of government knew in advance about the impending layoffs when they granted the loans.

https://torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-public-kept-in-dark-about-algoma-layoffs

I keep expecting more, but nothing is happening.

Poor Raises, Poor Severance, No Upward Mobility, Cafeteria Style Seating for Your Workday, Garbage Stock Price

Job Well Done John Stankey
Recent Warner Brother Sale to Netflix is another glaring Bat Signal, Exclamation Point, Nail in the Coffin at your utter buffoonery in running an Organization.
At a bare bones lowball minimum(aka what you sell assets for Stankey Style) you have cost shareholders $100B in equity value. At an absolute ceiling(what you buy assets for Stankey Style) you have cost shareholders $250B in your career as an Executive at ATT. You get played like a fiddle at the poker table time and time again but of course it is with other people's money and lives. Total failure in the business world.

Now that they forced everyone back in, the stress levels are rising fast. People are exhausted from commuting again, and half the office is talking about looking elsewhere. Add the constant layoffs into the mix, and you have a recipe for a disaster. It feels like leadership learned nothing from the last few years.

Someone I know discovered they were out only because their credentials stopped working mid-morning. No conversation, no thank you, not even a quick call. I never heard of something like this happening before. He has no reason to lie to me, though. This has me more worried than ever.

Right after the layoffs wrapped up, my LinkedIn turned into a wall of inspirational posts, most from managers who said nothing to their own teams. To say the timing is tone-deaf is an understatement. How can you post cr-p like that when so many people under you are suddenly jobless?

We heard this week that there is a hiring freeze on field leaders - DM and up. It seems obviously we’re about to see a big realignment and layoffs. Wondering what everyone is hearing?

I tried, and I can't. I get so worked up ahead of every other Tuesday and then it takes me a few days to calm down afterwards. Rinse and repeat. Yet I see so many of my coworkers act like it's not a big deal. How do you reach that point, because figuring that out would do wonders for my mental health?

Every acquisition brings layoffs and one of this magnitude will certainly result in a major, major RIF. People in what could be considered redundant positions (and there are many of those) should start looking right away. You have about a year or so before this becomes a reality.

I get that losing the WB bid shouldn't technically touch us, but with this leadership I can't shake the feeling they'll react by doubling down on cost cutting and trimming more people than they originally meant to. Maybe it's paranoia, but when big egos take a hit, they usually find someone else to pay for it.

Watching people who gave years get escorted out with barely a goodbye so many times in the last several years just crushed morale. Most of us now feel that dedication does not matter when decisions are made behind closed doors with no humanity. Not many are bothering to do more than bare minimum anymore. You can't do something like this repeatedly and expect things to remain the same.