#layoffs

How are y'all doing?

Do you think any employees will be asked to stay through the end of the year or do you think all those impacted are out on 10/31?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-warns-ai-could-eliminate-more-than-100m-jobs/ar-AA1NX64D

The new CEO, that's not change. It is the continuation of a plan. If l have seen this and lived it.

Meatball did the job that Blackrock commanded. He hollowed out the company, and outsourced much of it. The only thing not yet completed it the conversion of direct store to the Big 6 indirects. But that is coming.

The Checkmark has lost a lot of ground, and that was intentional. Next will be a massacre of senior managers and higher. Also.maybe a sell off of prepaid.

And then they will sell the cold, dead empty husk of the company to the highest bidders for scrap. We will be the AOL of telecommunications and we will be left to ponder "the good old days" as if we ever had them.

I just spoke to my PGL and she said layoffs are about to start at JRC. Many people let go. A few areas will close. She couldn't say who in my area but there will be alot. She left and went to a finalization meeting.

So everyone one who is still at JRC, get ready.

In today’s SETH opening remarks, MW’s finished talking about all the great work underway by saying that “what underpins all of this is our culture and workforce, the very best in our industry, and I wouldn’t trade them for anybody else’s.”

When he said that I immediately thought of all the US employees (the workforce he wouldn’t trade for anybody else) he fired so that he could hire someone into the same job in a different country (so basically traded for someone else)…. Did anyone else hear it that way?

• Title: SAP restructures Palo Alto office, cuts 82 roles - Silicon Valley Business Journal
  • Description: SAP is laying off 82 employees at its Palo Alto office as part of a global restructuring. The company is reallocating resources towards new technologies like AI and cloud computing. This layoff is part of a plan to continuously optimize its workforce, affecting 1% to 2% of employees worldwide.
  • Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal
  • URL: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/10/07/sap-layoff-palo-alto.html

• Title: SAP America lays off dozens at Palo Alto research center
  • Description: SAP America, the U.S. branch of the German software company, is permanently cutting 82 jobs at its research facility in Palo Alto. This was officially reported in a state-required Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing. The layoffs will take effect on November 21.
  • Source: KRON4
  • URL: https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/sap-america-lays-off-dozens-at-palo-alto-research-center/

• Title: SAP cuts dozens of Bay Area jobs as part of new layoff strategy
  • Description: SAP is laying off 82 employees in Palo Alto as part of a broader, multiyear restructuring effort. The company is shifting away from large-scale reductions in favor of a "continuous optimization" strategy, which involves smaller, annual job cuts. This approach is likened by a CFO to "brushing your teeth," and is intended to streamline operations and focus on emerging technologies.
  • Source: San Francisco Chronicle (hosted on MSN.com)
  • URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/human-resources/sap-cuts-dozens-of-bay-area-jobs-as-part-of-new-layoff-strategy/ar-AA1O2vhJ?ocid=BingNewsVerp

• Title: SAP America lays off dozens at Palo Alto research center
  • Description: An international software and IT company, SAP, is reducing its workforce at its Bay Area facility. Eighty-two workers at the Palo Alto research lab will be permanently laid off. This is a strategic move to focus on new areas, including AI and cloud computing, which are key to the company's future.
  • Source: KRON4
  • URL: https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/sap-america-lays-off-dozens-at-palo-alto-research-center/

• Title: Tech companies plan hundreds of Bay Area job cuts in fresh layoffs
  • Description: Several tech companies are planning hundreds of job cuts across the Bay Area, adding to the region's employment uncertainty. The article mentions the SAP layoffs and other reductions at companies like Google. These cuts are attributed to various factors including tariff issues, China's economic woes, and high business costs in California.
  • Source: The Mercury News
  • URL: https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/08/economy-jobs-tech-bay-area-google-layoff-work-chips-oracle-web-internet/

• Title: SAP cuts dozens of Bay Area jobs as part of new layoff strategy
  • Description: SAP has laid off 82 employees in Palo Alto as part of a global strategic shift. The company is moving toward a model of consistent, smaller annual workforce reductions to keep pace with industry changes driven by AI and cloud technology. This new approach has drawn criticism from employee representatives, who worry about its long-term impact.
  • Source: San Francisco Chronicle
  • URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/sap-layoffs-palo-alto-21089194.php

Good luck everyone.

Who is trying to see if their manager will let it slip who is on the list? Me!

It’s been quiet. Probably another slow Peak? Then lay offs after the first of the year?

• Stemilt Ag Services LLC is laying off 1,561 workers, impacting its fruit packaging and shipment operations.
• The Wenatchee-based company is known for its high-elevation orchards producing apples, pears, and cherries.
• The reason for the layoffs is not specified, with separations starting November 21.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/wa-fruit-company-1500-layoffs

Judging from what people have been reporting, the better you were at your job, the more essential you were to a project, the more experienced and skilled, the higher your chances of being laid off. I guess quality is expensive. I just wonder where the breaking point is, when everything will finally fall apart, seemingly all at once.

does that mean we can officially do less than the bare minimum? I mean, hard to stay “deeply engaged” when there’s a decent chance I’ll be shown the door very soon.

After each round of cuts I stopped doing something, whether it's the overtime or the extra polishing that used to matter to me. At first I fought to keep standards up, then I realized it was nothing but self punishment. Now I guard my time and try not to let the job eat me, and I make sure to do just a bit less after every round.

An employment backbone in Momence since July 1962 is permanently closing its doors, and 318 workers will be out of work.

Baker & Taylor, a book publishing company on the city’s southwest side, made the announcement to its workers on Monday.

https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/2025/10/07/momences-baker-taylor-to-close/

How sc--wed is everybody? I know every single acquisition comes with layoffs, I'm just wondering how bad it's going to get. I'm no fan of ABB but I've been reading up on SoftBank and to be frank, I haven't exactly been happy with what I've read so far.

At the end of this week? This month? I just want to be able to work without always thinking whether more layoffs were threatening my livelihood every single day.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/t-mobile-layoffs-western-washington

T-Mobile is set to lay off 121 employees in western Washington, starting October 13, 2025. This decision follows T-Mobile's acquisition of UScellular for $4.4 billion, which expanded its customer base and infrastructure.

Reasons for Layoffs
The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring strategy after the acquisition.
T-Mobile is transitioning towards a more digital-focused model, potentially reducing the need for in-store representatives.
Impact on Employees
Affected employees will receive assistance from the Washington State Employment Security Department.
WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notices have been filed, which require companies to inform employees and state agencies about significant layoffs.
Future Outlook
There are rumors of further layoffs and restructuring, particularly in retail and IT sectors.
T-Mobile aims to maintain a positive relationship with regulatory agencies while adapting to market changes.
This restructuring reflects T-Mobile's ongoing efforts to streamline operations and enhance profitability in a competitive telecom landscape.

https://sanfordheisler.com/investigations/lenovo-layoff-lawsuit-investigation/

Might be helpful.

This time my manager was laid off. That useless, d-mb weasel of a man managed to avoid every layoff so far and was even close to a promotion when this happened. I admit, I did a happy dance. That man made the lives of his entire team miserable on a daily basis, and for once, literally for once, they actually got rid of the right person. So yes, I hate layoffs, but this one I kind of enjoyed.

The SLT and legal team are experts ant appearing to follow the law while behind the scenes, discriminating on age and other attributes; anything to make the stock price go up. Real business leaders don’t layoff good loyal people during good times. Wake up world to what the Cisco SLT has been doing the drive the stock price up! We need a good class action lawsuit to make things right. Nobody in the world has the resources to stand up to the Cisco machine, but there are plenty of voices out there that want to be heard. While I doubtful that all the people impacted can coordinate a class action lawsuit, one thing I know for sure, is these SLT folks can look at their big bank accounts, but they have to live what they’ve knowingly doing to us!

Well said, @b1+1k6zc141p.

Maybe before the end of the year?

Poor MEG. I feel bad for their people. They will surely be taken over by CVE now. $8.6B really?? $17.6B to get out of FCCL. Phillips paying them $1.9B for their share of the refineries. The only thing this company is consistent at is overpaying, getting ripped off and then laying off. No wonder their stock is always in the toilet. Employees should get out now!!!! Go across the street. Go anywhere. What a dumpster fire.

T-Mobile continues the show by creating unnecessary Senior Manager positions only to back track and layoff a handful later on each year. I am honestly surprised T-Mobile employees don’t file a class action for miss leading career promises. Don’t take my word for it, wait for Q1 2026 and comment here! Any Senior Manager or RMM with low amount of stores are in question from what sources are sharing.

I heard that McKinsey will be moving on from PSBU and going to EBU. Have fun with that. If you dont know who they are I would check out John Oliver's last week tonight deep dive on them. With the slow downs in EBU (shifts being cut, layoffs, reduced work weeks) and now McKinsey, I would watch out there.

Some folks have received the memo, communication already.

Others will have the decision communicated today and in stages rest of the week.

Bob's reshuffling at the top has fueled another change, no one is immune.

If the numbers are to be believed, expect ~6k associates to be impacted

Entire 6k will not be this week but in stages, until Q1 2026

If your manager tells you otherwise, they're lying of course

How is nobody talking about this? Should I be applying elsewhere?? "Truist is undergoing internal restructuring. Sources indicate that between 500 and 700 contractors were cut last Friday in Digital and Technology divisions citing "policy concerns". Additional reductions are on the horizon, including cuts to employee benefits, further contractor downsizing, and full-time staff layoffs.'

This quote angers me so much:

“It won’t be anything special,” Chief Financial Officer Dominik Asam told the German newspaper Handelsblatt, saying the annual job reductions are “like brushing your teeth.”

It shows arrogance and lack of empathy of the CFO. These cuts mean so much to everyone affected by them. And even to those not directly affected. It affects the community of SAP immensely.

Layoffs in Spain were confirmed again today via an early morning email, following a pattern similar to the previous announcement. Thoughts are with all colleagues.

Rumor mill is swirling around the office with another round of layoffs coming at the end of October? Has anyone else heard this?

How are things right now and are there any layoffs?

layoffs are definitely coming...or happening now
where is that department ? -it is just empty space now
who turns off the lights?

Is it going to be WARN + Severance? given its a mass layoff.

Anyone hearing what areas might be impacted? So far planning and IM merging are the rumblings.

What is this FA test sent out with extreme urgency? Seams like finding reasons to layoff staff!!?

My team had a very short notice 15 minute teams call yesterday with our Sr. Manager letting us know that another different Sr. Manager on our team was no longer with the company effective immediately.

The Sr. Manager who was let go regularly interacts with our entire team so the main point of the call was to instruct us who to reach out to directly going forward for issues the former Sr. Manager used to deal with.

To all of our knowledge the Sr. Manager was an extremely high performer and was very well liked by our Director and Executive Director.

Trying to figure out if this was a one off or part of a larger batch of layoffs.

Used to work in a department of PP, they recently hired a bunch of people that live in India and then PP did a mass layoff of almost all of the US and Canada support teams, including me. I'm just frustrated.

We have been holding hands together and singing "Kumbaya, My Lord" so much for One Weatherford Week that we forgot how bad our stock and market are at the moment. Could this mean that layoffs are right around the corner after this One Weatherford Week?

Read an HR post that they were due yesterday, is that confirmed?