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Layoffs info

Layoffs across the USA as kyndryl’s new US president Rutledge is demanding grow or else mindset; senior mgt is being shuffled, senior leaders and experienced ppl ousted, they are back to the IBM ways of cut to get growth, which is like throwing the baby out with the bathwater!! Goal is 1400 US ppl laid off - these are ppl making average 150k base pay…. This is how they make growth targets!

Bumping this from @44z+1k33fss5e for info.


Shocking, right?

  • XAI tapped a recent high school graduate to lead its data annotation team.
  • Diego Pasini began leading the team in early September amid leadership changes and deep layoffs.
  • Pasini's LinkedIn says he's "on leave" from his studies at the University of Pennsylvania.

https://www.businessinsider.com/xai-data-annotation-leadership-college-student-diego-pasini-layoffs-2025-9


Layoffs in EMEA begins

The town hall meeting in Ireland was very brief, lasting less than seven minutes.
Employees were not given an opportunity to ask questions, and participants could only see the two organizers on the call. Attendance was limited to the lines of business directly impacted.

Key points communicated to employees:
A Collective Redundancy Scenario will take place.
No specific organization was named.
113 roles in Ireland will be affected:
14 in Finance
21 in Marketing
78 in Engineering/Technical
The consultation period will begin on Friday, 19 September.


Cuts in Germany

The automotive industry is faltering in more ways than one, and layoffs appear to be a direct result of the struggle. The Ford job cuts in Germany are the latest sign of challenging times in the EV industry. This week, Ford Motor Co. announced that it would cut 1,000 jobs in Cologne, where its electric auto plant was floundering after lower-than-expected demand for its battery-powered cars.

https://www.thehrdigest.com/ford-germany-job-cuts-announced-layoffs-lead-the-automotive-industry/


54 engineering employees laid off Sept 15th

54 employees were laid off on September 15 with 33 of them being shifted to India. Deep cuts made to US based engineering teams, especially those working at headquarters. Pretty much confirms that the goal is to shift most, of not all, development work to India. AI presence will largely remain in Ireland


Sas van Gent layoffs

Around 120 employees will be laid off from the Sas van Gent plant in the Netherlands. Negotiations with work council will start soon and it is expected that people will leave by end of the year. The workforce was informed on today.


Here's the bit that irks me...

I'm a long service employee and have seen a few RIFs in my time - in fact someone from HR told me that the most common reason for leaving Oracle is being laid off. So we know it comes with the territory.

Sadly we also know that there are people queueing up to join Oracle - it is a good thing to have on your resume. Or at least it was.

Reading a lot of the recent posts, it's indiscriminate - teams across the whole company. People who have had great performance reviews (for what they're worth IMHO). I've seen some really great people get laid off in the past, just because they happened to be in the wrong area at that point in time - although this time it feels like pretty much any area of the company could be the "wrong area"

But the bit that I can't fathom is what the expectation is going forward for our customers. Again, a lot of people have stated how they're committed to delivering quality support to our customers - someone even got laid off and was unable to join a scheduled support call with a customer as they lost their access immediately upon being informed. What message does that give?

I'll tell you what it says - the leadership and shareholders don't give a cr-p about the customer experience (even less about the employee experience). They're after the next big buck - which this time around is AI.

With the pipeline deals recently announced surely there is funding for both the required AI footprint AND continue to offer quality support to our customers.

It's a theme - when Oracle buys a company (e.g. Cerner) yes their product suite is nice to own , but it's the customer base that's the prize. And we always lay off the technical experts from those companies 2-3 years in. Always

Many times I've seen people with no product knowledge trying to support a customer with an issue. Might as well ask someone on he street.

To sum up, quality support isn't a priority - they'll probably claim that AI/chatbots can provide that support. Personally I don't think they can and a lot of support issues can get quite complicated.

Clearly as long as we're delivering stellar results the customer experience doesn't matter at all


Many More Today How To Prepare?

It happened today after thirteen years. I have just a few days left with my current login, any advice? This is the best scenario as there were many times where I didn't think I could stand working for the narcissistic, self absorbed man who micromanages the entire group as a director. He is widley disliked, thinks he is smarter than everyone else and loves to talk constantly.

I am not alone on the layoff stagecoach today. BOS is letting go of 50 today and apparently there is more.


Email from HR- Oracle Ireland- Are we fired?

Hi Everyone, I got an email today from the main irish HR boss. Can anyone interpret what it means? Will we be fired? FYI, we are a team of 9 people, everyone got the email, we were perfoming very well over the past years. Also the manager got this email
Thank you to everyone!
Subject line: Urgent & Important - Country Information Meeting
Email:
Hello,
You are requested to attend an information meeting tomorrow, where we will share an important update on some country restructuring proposals which will affect several roles in Ireland, provisionally including your role. This meeting will not be recorded, and you are asked to prioritize attending.
I appreciate you will have many questions at this point, but more information will be shared on tomorrow’s call.


Expect More…

Six weeks until the end of 3Q. There’s reason to believe as we get closer to the end of the current quarter we’ll see additional resource actions. Staffing on the tech side is under scrutiny due to the recent and embarrassing VP - contractor scandal. Plus, some projects are going to be scrapped, and, ways to quickly reduce costs before the end of the financial year are being considered. Since headcount is a huge driver of costs, we might be in for a pretty bumpy ride through the end of 4Q.


Life is SO much better post Fido...

I worked my a-s off for this company for ten years and barely broke 65k. With news of the NM layoffs, I decided to look elsewhere and found loads of companies hiring. I immediately found employment making over 70k starting. It just su-ks to think back on how dedicated I was to this place and was given such a low ball offer to mine to Covington. Up yours Crystal! Life is so much better outside of the bullsh-t corporate green Fidelity umbrella!