#layoffs

There doesn’t seem to have been any strategic assessment of ongoing projects or team structures. My team is literally falling apart, and it's only going to get worse. We've lost people who were critical to anything beyond routine backend tasks. What’s the point of such crude cuts? It feels like they’re more likely to create long-term problems than solve anything.

The Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Board of Education approved a plan to reduce its workforce, impacting 81 positions and 42 people.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/education/winston-salem-forsyth-county-schools-board-of-education-budget-meeting-preview/83-95f011bf-1117-4183-960e-691295073f40

ive been here since STK. been working from home the last 5 years. Hardware service calls have dropped a ton. Took a service call Maybe once per month. Was planning on retiring at the end of the year. Mad as he-l that they picked me off. BUT if I left at the end of the year, i would have walked away without severance. This way I got the package. I wanted to leave on my own terms. Still Mad!!!

Some very senior managers laid off and are now looking for work as "engineers." Damn, those id--ts don't know the first thing about engineering. They've been milking the system for years. Best of luck finding a job, I suggest applying at McDonald's. Actually, lets not insult MacDonald's.

Not sure how deep these are, but just heard a Mgr & couple of regional guys got axed yesterday & today. Yet again slt saying "not for the foreseeable future" is more bs.

When I got laid off from L3Harris, I was devastated. I am a hard worker and I did not deserve what happened to me. I did not know how I was going to support my wife and children (and I know that L3Harris could not have cared less about them). Well, I found a new job that with a raise and a promotion, and I now work with people who respect and appreciate me.

So from Cameron Bready's exhausting epilogue, the word counter on "change" was absurd. "Change" aka in HR word speak is re-orgs and layoffs.

Could anyone share what is happening around layoffs?

Envision group being gutted. Losing over 20 people and Foodbuy eliminating about 30. Most were long tenure associates with over 10 years of service with compensation over $120,000

In the severance document at the end, they list the job title and age of the employee who was riffed. 77% were age 40 and older. 23% were less than 40. If that isn't age discrimination on a massive scale, then what is? My role was given to another employee younger, but as experienced as I was. I was not let go for performance reasons. I'm angry and there is nothing in my discipline that I can find online making it even worse to find employment after all these years of service. They gave me almost no notice of the riff. I barely had time to say goodbye to many of my coworkers. I understand if I were old and not able to think, and not able perform my job, but that isn't and wasn't the case here.
Roughly 2% of the 102K employees (slightly less than 2K employees were riffed).
If each employee made roughly $100K (just an off the top average guess) and there were 2000 employees, the company stands to save $200M per year in direct salary costs alone. That figure doesn't include payroll taxes, health insurance premiums, 401K matching contributions which they sc--wed us on as well as they pay it out at the end of the year (and not prorated to my knowledge), they sc--wed me on vacation time that I didn't use earlier in the year to keep the project on track, nor the floater holidays that I didn't take early on but had scheduled my vacation later in the year. Also this doesn't include bonuses (which I didn't get anyway, same with stock options or other benefits. Thus in total I estimate the guys at the top saved closer to $250-280M annually. I guess greed is good for the guys at the top.

There was a layoff in the Dallas office today. Not sure how many were affected or if more offices outside of Dallas were affected. Anyone hear anything else on this?

Tomorrow is Termination Tuesday! Anyone have any deets on the targeted areas ?

How are things for GOA petrotechs right now? What sort of cuts are they communicating and are they centralizing yall to houston like they did in S&T?

Associates no longer trust leadership because of their random layoffs. Hopefully those who are still there will remember the dynamics when the next associate satisfaction survey comes out. The typical cycle happens in that the Site Leader will bring in a modest lunch to give the impression of associate appreciation before they drag everyone thru the dirt for the following 11 months. For those who stay long enough to feel like you're being loyal, consider all of the holiday seasons you miss out on before they lay you off

He said he had to get axed before another mass layoff , delay of all hands screams of another big cut , or they are all so inept at managing that the are trying to rewrite the narrative ? Will the stock drop from a sell off as soon as the C suite opens their mouths again ?

Anyone aware of layoffs in Operations Risk? I heard of some today but no real details.

Mayor Mike Johnston's office said all layoff notifications will go out over the course of a week, beginning Aug. 18.

https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/city-of-denver-layoffs-begin-monday/73-4f737618-58ca-4b46-a24c-72651af3c474

With more bad news about the company coming out, layoffs are starting to feel closer and more likely. The outgoing CEO did say a couple of weeks ago that they might become unavoidable. Wondering if anyone’s heard anything new.

Have you seen the L3Harris (LHX) stock price recently? It is taking off like a rocket. Those “adjustments” they made after the layoffs must have really paid off!!!!

Based on what people have been reporting, it looks like there were more layoffs today. Does anyone know if these will continue throughout the week? Last week was already rough. Wishing everyone the best of luck.

Wellmore, a Grundy-based producer of metallurgical coal, will cut 72 jobs in Buchanan County by mid-October, according to letters it sent to state officials.

https://cardinalnews.org/2025/08/18/southwest-virginia-coal-company-plans-layoffs/

Welp, there goes the neighborhood!
Some marketing and product but not sure who else

ER is swept under the rug for the field. The jargon makes it hard to remember that GPs, LPs and coworkers are being laid off. Some of us search it out, but most don’t see what is happening at all. MP dragged this out so that it does not seem like a big deal when it happens. Make sure you are remembered. Talk to the people in the field and tell them the sickening truth. Tell them about your fear, your anger, your exhaustion. Growth will be built upon your sacrifice, willing or not. Make sure they know. Be remembered.

Hey all, I was among the 21 last week. I am so sad. HR told us we were going to be supported during our 60 day job hunt but they were no where to be found. I'm certain none of us had a chance to find a new role at Target. My team is talented, respected, and qualified for a lot of the open roles yet none of us could land anything. We HUSTLED in the 60 days. I personally applied to 16 different internal roles my skills would have made sense for and I got one interview which was amazing but I got rejected. Same story with 4 others on my team. I am convinced we never had a chance and it pi---s me off they led us on. Stupid i know but I didn't apply externally at all because I wanted to stay so badly. Lesson learned. 18 years with the company and no thank yous or I'm sorry from leadership. It stings but now I know how it is. I was so naive having grown up there.

What the he-l is going on with GNAL?? Have a ton of people quit or been laid off or is this just due to the new system? It’s been terrible for the last 2 months and we have no connection with our teams to know what’s really happening. Are people being laid off?

the warning posts were correct, had a HR meeting this morning for my whole team we were laid off, I don't know which other teams or lacations where affected but heard 75 total laid off in KYC our team is only 13 people.

I just had a former CDW coworker let me know that the jobs of a few people who were let go in July are now posted on LinkedIn. These were longer-term coworkers who were making a clear and critical impact for CDW who were let go--all of them in their late 40s/early 50s.

And now CDW tries to rehire for those jobs?

I see a lawsuit in CDW's future.

So I seem to remember during the Facebook and Google massacres, there were reports that people were just getting asked to come back, not even interview.

https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/benefits/meta-rehiring-staff-after-massive-job-cuts-reports/460837

I wonder if the same thing will happen here.

If you were laid off, would you come back of asked?

Think there should a pause before another CPM wave right?

This info I from several posters on LinkedIn:
Splunk and General Engineers, Product Data Scientists at Duo, Webex- Product, Engineering and Customer Experience.

👉Other Rumoured impacts: Technical Assistance Center(TAC), Appdynamics, Meraki, Wireless Services, Public Sales/ International.

👉Webex losing ground to Microsoft Teams. Integration Challenges with Sp--k. These two units are described as Death Spiral.

👉Severance is Reportedly Minimal for those with less than 10 years of Service.

Rumor there's been recent layoffs effective immediately....anyone know anything or been impacted?

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2rztnsw

"Oracle blood bath is happening big time starting from yesterday (8/and still going on as of today. Oracle Cloud (OCI), Netsuite, VB, Jet, My SQL and other areas majorly affected.
No official numbers yet but around 10%.
Affected across roles:

H1Bs and US citizens
Employees based in India and in the US
Employees at all levels up to SVP
Low performers and high performers
New joiners and employees with 20 years at Oracle
Engineers and Project Managers"

Entire traffic department getting laid off, and jobs are being sold to Indian company Wipro.

For those of us still in South Florida, hurricane season is here ! The Forecasters are predicting some big storms this fall with a couple of potential direct monster hits to Florida east coast. How many days will Boca be closed with the storms and it makes no sense to have a critical facility for disaster recovery in hurricane alley. Can’t get everything moved to the cloud fast enough before the layoffs storms hit.

I’ve been hearing more and more about small numbers of people being let go here and there. Weren’t we supposed to have an official large round of layoffs in Aug or Sept?

Got laid off last week, never seen one this bad, but I and many talented co-workers got swept up in this mess. Oracle really sc--wed up imo. It's really soured me on the tech industry. I'm in my early 50's, ~$4 million net worth, wondering if I should try this rodeo again, or just be done with it - go find something more meaningful to do (earning far less money) and just enjoy life. What would you do?

I know a lot of us are weighing the EOI decision, and it isn’t easy. But here’s the reality: if you don’t take the EOI and land another role, you won’t receive any severance. On top of that, the Houston move date is essentially locked for July 2026.

For me, the culture here has shifted for the worse, and I don’t believe it’s worth uprooting and relocating. There are plenty of opportunities in the Bay Area worth pursuing instead. That’s why I’ve decided to take the EOI.

To those still on the fence, I truly wish you good luck in whatever path you choose. Just make sure it’s a choice that sets you up best for the future, because staying until July 2026 could mean walking away with nothing.

I recently chatted with a friend who specializes in restructurings, and she shared some thoughts on reimagined.

The duration and scale of this consulting project indicate that the target for headcount reduction is more than 15%.

ISPs are probably going to lose access to their laptops within a week. The 60-day period to reapply for other positions is likely nonsense. Once ISPs are informed, they won’t want them snapping photos of sensitive client data and sharing it on the dark web.

They probably had an idea of who they were letting go back in January. Typically, leaders assess their employees based on current skills and their potential for retraining.

Despite all the dishonesty and deceit, my friend believes PP is doing well. Her aim is to boost GP profits, and cutting over 1000 jobs will definitely enhance GP returns.

Happy Hunger Games!

I hate this period of not knowing so I am trying to get a sense of when these would happen. I know no one knows yet, but does anyone have any guesses or inside information?