#layoffs

How many?

I'm just waiting for the news to drop. It's my default state of mind nowadays. How sad is that?

It’s frustrating to watch the same underperformers stay while anyone competent gets pushed out. If we actually kept our best people, constant cuts wouldn’t even be necessary.

Try and get a job and you'll see, it’s not happening.

Truelink Capital ("Truelink"), a Los Angeles based private equity firm focused on growth and long-term value creation, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire SouthernCarlson, Inc. ("SouthernCarlson" or the "Company"), a leading distributor and service provider of construction and industrial fasteners, tools, packaging, and supplies, from Kyocera Corporation ("Kyocera"), a global Japanese conglomerate. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Does anybody know anything concrete about the rumored end-of-year layoffs?

Does anyone know when your upline knows who will be RA'd? I hear there is another layoff supposedly end of December and was curious when management will know.

Getting cut ended up being the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time. The real misery is with the folks who stayed behind in that sinking ship. I walked away with a clean break and a clear head. The market is rough, but even a slow search feels better than staying there.

What happened?

Don’t expect me to strike for a contract that fu--s over new members at every turn. I will continue to work BAU. I couldn’t care less about retiree benefits. Meritocracy is the only fair system, seniority doesn’t mean sh-t to me. Take the package and enjoy your pension.

I was in MW's office and got a glimpse of his game plan going forward to grow the dividend and profits for the company. Its a truly innovative list that we should be proud of! Here is what I saw!

1. Layoffs
2. Make employees miserable
3. Cut benefits

Short but powerful growth strategy!

Charlie keeps trimming out the lower level folks who actually keep everything running. The people doing the real work are the first to go while the higher tiers stay untouched. Every restructure makes the front line weaker and more stressed. It is hard to watch the backbone of the place get chipped away like it is nothing.

These layoffs made a lot of things clearer for me, but the biggest thing is that I really don't want to stay here any longer than I absolutely have to. I'm already looking and once I find something, even if it means taking a pay cut, I'm gone because this whole process showed exactly how little thought went into how any of us were treated. Verizon handled this in the worst way imaginable and I have no interest in being around when they repeat the same cycle, because we all know it's only a matter of time before it happens again.

Left VZ after 21 years, during last years 5K Fall VSP. Like many of you, I gave it my all. Slept with work phone by my side. Worked nights, weekends, relocated 3k miles for new job assignment. I thought Verizon was everything, I was irreplaceable and that customers who worked with me would raise a stink when I left. Here’s the skinny…VZ is a big ship. It sails on with our without any of us. If customer service suffers no one cares. As long as we equally su-k like T-MOBILE or ATT it doesn’t matter. My position wasn’t replaced, but others picked up the work and life went on. Three months latter I found a new job with less pay and benefits, but interesting work. If you’re headed out the door just know your lump sum severance benefits will be taxed and almost 40%. If you’re securing private insurance post benefits extension, know that costs can run upwards of $900 per month (private market) outside ACA and if you’re transitioning to Medicare know the severance will crush IRMA in 2028 causing Medicare costs to equal private open market premiums. Two months out leaving VZ su-ked. 14 months out super happy to be gone. 21 years of watching, or listening to self entitled middle managers, AD’s, Directors tell me the ways of the world, or tell me the sky’s blue while raining outside, or having them be dismissive of every suggestion because they know best, - yeah happy to be out. Verizon’s managerial bench is mostly comprised of 30 and 40 something managers who possess little more than the ability to execute an executive order without consideration for how the action impacts revenue or profitability. Most of these managers hold BA’s from marginal schools and advanced not because of what they accomplished or said, but due mainly by an innate ability to navigate the politics. If you’re one of the 13k being “decruited” the transition may prove uncomfortable, but the payoff will hopefully prove remarkable. Good luck.

If so, why? they did move homes and complied to RTO.

Though Verizon was one of the dream company to work for but like many of us I thought the same, worked there for more than 14 years and gave it all. Weekend work and a tons of after hours work to make our customers happy. The company literally took 2 minutes to make me a stranger. On the good side Verizon Underpays you and I realized it more when this VZ bubble broke, I realized how much I am worth of.
In some places very poor decisions were made where poor performers were kept since they were friends with the bosses and good performers were let go just because thier focus to make the best network and $u-k up to the boss or bosses boss.
In the end Im grateful to what I got but excited for the new chapter since it will pay much more than this $hitty company was paying
Request to higher ups to please review certain regions and ask why poor performers were kept when they had multiple HR complaints against them and failed in thier previous roles, friendships/ favouritism?

Layoffs are a distraction to allow the executive board to maximize their own bonuses. And their actions are vindictive towards employees.

The share price is plummeting and is likely to drop below $200 soon. SAP's AI initiative Joule is receiving poor feedback from customers and has less than 5% active adoption rate within SAP. Recent acquisitions like Signavio, Leanix and Walkme seem more focused on pushing their DEI agendas than an actual integration. Development managers are being replaced by hr personnel in HPOM. There is a disconnect in projected profiles due to high order volumes but extremely low adoption rates and upsell. Competitors are justifiably taking legal action over clear instances of copying and infringement. Meanwhile the budget for annual salary appraisals is slashed to an all-time low and there are rumors that bonuses will be capped at 50% next year. The new performance management is giving more power to bad managers and only employees who have a good relationship with their managers can now expect a decent bonus. Free cash flow is funneled into share buybacks, dividends and hefty bonuses for the executive board. Less cash means that employee benefits will lower even further in 2026.

In any other organization, such a situation would trigger a complete board overhaul and the establishment of a solid long-term strategy aimed at stabilizing stock prices and fostering growth over the next five years.

But not at SAP. The executive board seems more inclined to discuss further layoffs and say derogatory and controversial statements in every interaction. Despite all this, they will get the highest bonuses ever.

There are simply NO CONSEQUENCES for their actions. It's disheartening to witness a dysfunctional executive board that prioritizes its own interests over the company's well-being and employee trust.

It would not surprise me if they lay off more people tomorrow.

Layoff of operational leaders, will this expand to Optum type layoffs?

The way the company is being run is unsustainable and frankly, deeply disappointing. Chris Cartwright has 100% bought into this ba----dized form of capitalism in America where shareholder value is the benchmark of success and nothing more.

There is no concern or respect for the employees, the single concern is profit and profit margin, but only for shareholders.

We continue layoffs despite being highly profitable and overachieving in regard to our forecast. We continue to have our resources and tools stripped away in attempts to save cost. The expectation then falls to the remaining employees to do more with less. The real economy (food prices, healthcare costs, childcare) is in recession due to rapid inflation and heading toward depression, yet employee pay has not even remotely kept up with rising real life costs.

Additionally, we are currently launching a platform for fraud prevention that is embarrassingly underdeveloped due to a lack of resources in software, developers, and engineers. This project is being spearheaded by an Advisor who is so blinded by career ambition that their lazer focus is on getting the product launched, so that they can receive the accolades and career advancement that comes with such success, but this Advisor seems unable to see that they are driving the launch of a product that is simply not ready to face customers. This lack of foresight is common here and I believe it’s because those affected are the boots on the ground employees who’s workloads and expectations continue to rise, but those in managerial or advisor positions do not have to feel the day-to-day impact of this approach.

To continue, every idea comes from the top down. The voices of the frontline employees are often ignored. Live training is avoided at all costs, even when it is explicitly requested or the need expressed. In fact, employees are often condescended to with responses like, “we encourage you to be more proactive in your training” and explore other resources such as a wiki page; suggesting that as if it weren’t a grossly false equivalency. In addition, the responsibility is placed on frontline level employees to document and log every single action that that is taken. There seems to have been very minimal effort on the part of management to figure out and implement a way to track employee productivity that is more comprehensive than insisting that their employees take the time and effort to not only do the work, but then log their work so that management doesn’t have to take the time and energy to do so. All of this despite a strong push for increased efficiency. Does no one in leadership or management see how this looks to the average employee? It is so ridiculous that it’s laughable—and believe me, employees are laughing amongst one another because it’s either that or cry.

Moreover, the current climate in this country has not adequately been addressed by TransUnion leadership or HR. There are ICE body snatchers out in this country, the epicenter of which is Chicago at the moment, and the silence from this organization is deafening. Violence is occurring in this company’s front yard, but not one individual in leadership has had the courage to acknowledge it; no emails with resources for what employees should do should they be illegally detained, No support for our colleagues who may be targeted simply for how they look, nothing.

Cartwright and Venkat are displaying for every employee how ethically and morally bankrupt this organization is with the two of them at the helm.

It’s embarrassing and it is despicable.

Corporate America back to its old tricks.

The obfuscating language is always telling. Just like calling a janitor a sanitation engineer is a fiction meant to obscure the job, "forever layoffs, micro firings" and such are meant to hide the real thing.

NEVER keep your layoff a secret. Just like you should discuss your paycheck, and your employer cannot legally stop you, you should discuss when your employer lets you go so everyone can know that the company is avoiding their legal responsibilities for unemployment and severance.

https://youtu.be/4Dd33C4k-Zs

It's not fun whatsoever to watch coworkers, friends and/or family loose their livelihood. I know many at Verizon who've been going thru this round of layoffs turmoil, and amongst them some who lost their jobs. It's very hard watching people you know suffer, however it is a reality of working at large corporations.

Honestly, it's something you inadvertently sign up for when you take a corporate position, especially in the Telecommunications industry which has regularly had staff cutbacks for nearly ~45 years beginning with the breakup the AT&T Bell System in 1982.

I've worked in Telecom (AT&T, Verizon, Virgin Mobile, Sprint, T-Mobile and Boost) since the mid-1980's and have been thru major rounds of layoffs literally dozens of times (impacted 1 time personally when AT&T shut down their entire Consumer Business in 2003) so I can certainly emphasize with others enduring the same.

This could well be Verizon's "new norm" going forward (also Telcom & Corp America) with AI, automation and operational changes significantly take hold.

P.s., I've previously worked closely with Verizon's CEO, Dan Schulman at AT&T and Virgin Mobile over the years. He's a good Executive doing what's necessary to right Verizon's lagging performance.

It’s happened so many times already that I’m not even sure there are enough people left on some teams to carry the load. Every time they cut, the rest of us get buried.

I’m getting used to the idea that layoffs could happen any day at this point. Still, it’s always better to have a little heads-up if anyone’s heard anything.

The toxicity from upper leadership is insane. Being a top performer means nothing—“OneTru” is their magic fix that will apparently run itself, so they’d rather replace real talent with cheap contractors from Softility. They’ve openly said we’re only useful until the migration is done, and after that we’re disposable.

Post-layoffs, the people running the meetings were arrogant, condescending, and dismissive. They spoke in circles, offered zero real plans, and clearly have no clue how to handle the mess these mindless cuts created. We’re left overworked, unsupported, and exhausted.

If you made it through this round, don’t just sit back. Do everything you can to line up other options. The job market is brutal right now, and the earlier you start, the better your chances. I’ve been searching for a while and actually got two offers. I turned them down because they weren’t great, but the point is, opportunities do show up. Taking things into your own hands can at least give you a little peace of mind.

The University of Central Florida laid off 57 employees at a renewable energy research center in Brevard County last week after the Trump administration cut federal grants that helped support it.

The state’s largest public university also recently laid off six people in its technology department and two at the UCF Arboretum, though those were not tied to the loss of federal funding.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/21/ucf-lays-off-65-employees-most-tied-to-shifting-federal-priorities-school-says/

You can vote first here before calling your congressman or woman or anyone for help

a. Zero chance
b. Only 10 % at minimum
c. More than 20% next round
d. Less than 30% next round
e. More than 40% but less than 50%
f. More than 50%

Lumileds has decided to eliminate 60 jobs at 370 West Trimble Road in North San Jose, the company reported. Lumileds, an advanced manufacturing company, produces LEDs, or light-emitting diodes. LEDs are used for automotive, general lighting and specialty lighting applications. The job cuts are scheduled for Jan. 30, 2026.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/21/economy-jobs-tech-san-jose-work-ai-internet-south-bay-build-web-light/

After 13 years with the company i was unfortunately amongst the many who were layed off. I was completely blindsided . I am currently on FMLA and was given the news on Friday. I was told I am entitled to severance pay , or that I have the option of resigning and reapplying within the company . With the current hiring freeze and not to mention I would lose all my years … this just seems to me like they want to save them selves from having to pay me severance.

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turn out the lights......the party is over!

Getting laid off from WF is BAD for local businesses. Neighborhood liq-or store doesn't sell as much booze .... folks leaving WF=less drinking.
Then there is the late-night munchies sessions that are cancelled. Less groceries being bought by the now-not-drinking WF employees.
Local GYM is empty and losing $$. Since no drinking, no late night snacking, no exercise is now needed.
Don't even get me started on the local pharmacy sales being down.....ex WF employees have no more depression, no more high blood pressure, frankly.....no more problems.
So, in a nutshell - getting laid off by WF is just plain bad for business....period.

Came in as a G12 employee through a Cisco acquisition. The first year was simply aligning the base pay and bonus to match Cisco. The second year, got full 18% bonus, $45K RSU but no base pay increase.

How is Cisco with G12 comp? Are there annual RSU refreshers and/or base pay increases?

I've also seen posts about how G12 are generally at a higher risk for layoffs. With the company pushing for margins it's making me anxious.

As part of the cost savings, the layoffs are currently happening and some will commence next year.

Team of 10....
3 black women, 3 white men, 2 white women, 2 black men....
The 2 white women and the 2 black men were affected in the layoff.....Was this really random??
Also, of the 4 that were layed off, 3 of them are on workforce accommodations due to existing disabilities....Coincidence or not??

Now that the storm has calmed I found out verizon has no heart! They laid off a girl in my territory who is 8 months pregnant! She was the only person affected in her location!! She is a couple weeks away from going on fmla and was just told she no longer will have a position after she gives birth! I am sad, angry, and disgusted by this decision.

Rumors from earlier this year… Is bnsf doing directional traffic on the coal loop? Did they run through Edgemont yet? Did they do anything with the Orin???

Every bit of industry has been changing this year. People are getting laid off or displaced to other locations. (Example… Union Pacific is wanting to make North Platte an away terminal).