#layoffs

Some in APAC were let go this morning (APAC time) and some are being invited to a meeting in EMEA and US now while I am writing.

If you are working from home, your job will be replaced by AI.

Since the layoffs, most of my department is working overtime. Others, like myself, are still working their 40 hour work week and letting the work be delayed. We haven't been told directly to work overtime, we're just expected to do more with less. They give us more than 40 hours worth of work with the expectations that we deliver on the same timelines as before, with the same pay of course.

I'm guessing this is common across all areas of the firm, but wanted to hear from others to confirm.

A few commonalities between the penny (1 cent) and Penny:

• The penny is 232 years old, Penny’s reign feels just as long.
• The first penny had a woman, free flowing hair, symbolizing liberty. This Penny symbolizes tyranny.
• A “penny for her thoughts” is worth the same.
• Her “two cents” isn’t worth much as it used to…inflationary talking points.
• The U.S. Mint’s fiscal year 2024 report said the one-cent coin cost 3.7 cents to produce, a 20% increase from the year before. Penny’s yearly pay increases mimics the same increase.

Remember “a penny saved is a penny earned” and a “Penny saved is a lesson learned”

Did anyone catch a Freudian slip yesterday? I feel like there was a lot of stammering because of nerves to deliver bad news. But did anyone catch this?

This isn’t verbatim, but something was said along the lines of - we have to make tough calls.. why? For the greater good of the KING — and then instantly corrected to TEAM.

Has anyone taken an employment reference letter from Oracle after being laid off (for next employer)? If so, does it mention any reason for termination (eg laid off)?

Just had a meeting with director and supervisor . Salisbury, MD, Dover De, Hampton Roads and Richmond Call centers are being shut down. Wireline fios customer service in Silver Spring is where we can go and return to office. We can take the package or relocate there. 90 days! The package is nice but people are upset

India folks, what's the latest news? I'm hearing 1500 job cuts across portfolios.

https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/13/IBM_Layoffs_Seem_to_Have_Reached_Europe.shtml

RIF's to be announced for Galway and Athlone sites!

“The President’s vision here is to bring in overseas workers who have the skills for three, five, or seven years to train US workers. Then they can go home, and U.S. workers will fully take over,” Bessent said.

Poetic justice for all the Americans forced to train their Indian replacements before being sent to the unemployment line.

https://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/microsoft-giving-gift-cards-to-users-not-switching-to-google-chrome-report-101763002826648.html

For the person that said Layoffs are coming Nov 17 & 18, I can confirm that this is real. I was accidentally copied on an email that I shouldn’t have been. I don’t know how they can layoff anymore people from that team because they already have a skeleton crew and if we’re supposedly in the cloud, wouldn’t you need engineers to make sure the customers products continue to work. It’s just in time before the All-Company Meeting. I’m sure SM will put on his sad face and pretend the layoffs break his heart. His song and dance is getting old. I pray for the best for those affected by the layoffs. May you find stable, healthy employment quickly.

Mid-November layoff is already on going at the moment. They are planning to have about 13-16 technician per manager.

This is a step closer to replacing all the blue badge techs with green badges.

Rumored 750 cuts.

Confirmed, Irvine just laid off 30+ workers in 1st and 2nd shift. Will be seeing more in the coming months when volumes get reduce. Management did not annouce ahead. Too bad for the people. Ofc management did not care.

Couple of individuals were made redundant in the Czech Republic - most probably new rounds will start next week. Somebody was saying that there is an aim to reduce up to 10% of the workforce till the end of the year

I've been gone from Nielsen and the industry quite a few years but I still keep tabs. This is a pretty big (expensive) hire by Nielsen. Peter's job will be to take any heat from the industry that comes Karthik's way. Looks like they hired him to basically be a glorified PR guy with the client base. He has a long history and successful track record in ad sales. Whenever Nielsen has hired these big industry g-ns in the past, they fizzle out really quick and take off into the sunset with a big bag of money.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/peter-naylor-joins-nielsen-chief-client-officer-1236574923/

Geico is reportedly planning to lay off around 20% of its workforce in January. According to employees, the company intends to label the affected group as “low performers,” with approximately 20% of employees in each department expected to be classified this way.

When are they happening, best guesses?

The impending layoffs are about the same thing as it's always been about. Prioritizing PROFITS over people! This company is by no means struggling. Free cash flow for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was $15.8 BILLION, an increase from $14.5 BILLION during the same period in 2024. This company is still making BILLIONS in profit. Where did the increase in revenue come from? Through price hikes and rising fees; and they wonder why churn is high?

There's a WSJ article where Dan is saying 'We'll hit AGI (human level intelligence) in the next 2-4 years'. He's a big proponent of pushing AI. Why?
Bc he is an investor in the AI field primarily as a Managing Partner at Valor Capital Group, which invests in various technology companies. Wall St and Silicon valley are obsessed with AI and they pushing it down our throats even though regular consumers are not asking for it. The demand for AI comes from the top down, not bottoms up.

Where is the HUMANITY in AI? What will happen to the PEOPLE after our jobs are replaced by AI? Seems like the Board has let the fox in to guard the hen house.

Great timing for the HOLIDAYS!

the layoff list is ready & waiting
it has been checked twice
yes ,,you & you & you.... are on that list
no greg is not on the list
& no the 75 vp's are not on the list
the list is coming to your location very soon

I’m at Verizon Connect. Does anyone know if Connect is part of the 11/20 layoffs?

I find it discriminatory that Germany and France had no layoffs in 2025 while all other locations had to layoff people.

SAP didn't provide any explanation...

It's not against our German and French colleagues but I think we deserve an explanation from SAP on the reason behind this decision.

There were around 100 ppl let go from IT today.

Its an open secret now that there is a quota for performance ratings this year, similar to last. no 5s are allowed at all and there is a minimum number of 2s per team that must be allocated or senior leadership will draw names from a hat.

My question - Do any people leaders know if offshore team member's 2s count towards this quota? Our team is 18 offshore and 4 onshore. Would we be forced to lose another onshore person?

We used to have 9 onshore team members before this madness. any more onshore layoffs would mean we are on call and doing releases at night once every 3 weeks, which is insane. :( All the offshore folks are also at a university student level skill-wise, despite senior level titles, so they dont help with anything.

A reliable source is telling me that all corporate stores in Alaska / Hawaii are going to be either closed or sold off to an indirect. I think it's fewer than 15 stores in both areas.

SBG and Collab will be hit a bit based on rumours

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-whole-foods-absorb-workforce-project-cremini-2025-11

No longer whole foods employees. Amazon employees. I wonder what positions are getting cut next year

Please be mindful of colleagues in other groups who have not been notified yet.

Any one received thier severance payment from the recent RIFs?

I heard from my colleagues that there was another round this morning. Anybody else heard about this?

Laid off in Canada at 56. This blows.
Going through LinkedIn, it looks like there were a lot of us “of a certain age” that were let go.

I think that’s a simple litmus test for deciding who is expendable. If you don’t know how to start a simple chat how are you going to engineer cutting edge technology?

profit and layoffs. nice company