#merger

Synopsys to Cut 10 percent of Workforce, Close Sites in Restructuring
Source WSJ
Summary Synopsys will eliminate about 10 percent of its workforce and close some sites after its Ansys acquisition. Most reductions land in fiscal 2026 with completion expected in 2027.
URL https://www.wsj.com/business/synopsys-to-cut-10-of-workforce-close-sites-in-restructuring-b4d735f3

Silicon Valley tech giant cutting up to 2,800 jobs after 35B merger
Source SF Chronicle
Summary Synopsys plans up to 2,800 layoffs as part of a restructuring tied to its 35 billion dollar Ansys merger. The firm expects 300 million to 350 million dollars in pretax charges and aims to finish by fiscal 2027.
URL https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/synopsys-layoffs-ansys-acquisition-21169869.php

Synopsys plans 10 percent job cuts after Ansys deal closure
Source Reuters
Summary Synopsys will cut about 2,000 jobs after closing its 35 billion dollar Ansys acquisition and missing revenue expectations. It expects 300 million to 350 million dollars in restructuring charges with most reductions in fiscal 2026.
URL https://www.reuters.com/business/world-at-work/synopsys-cut-about-10-its-workforce-2025-11-12/

Bay Area tech company Synopsys to lay off more than 2,000 workers
Source SFGate
Summary Synopsys will lay off over 2,000 employees during fiscal 2026 with WARN filings showing early cuts in California. The move follows the Ansys acquisition as resources shift to higher growth segments.
URL https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/synopsys-layoff-more-2000-workers-21169492.php

Another major tech company just announced thousands of layoffs
Source Gizmodo
Summary Synopsys is preparing about 2,000 layoffs tied to its Ansys acquisition and broader restructuring. Most cuts will occur in fiscal 2026 with completion targeted for 2027.
URL https://gizmodo.com/another-major-tech-company-just-announced-thousands-of-layoffs-2000685222

Synopsys to cut about 10 percent of workforce in major restructuring
Source Yahoo Finance
Summary Synopsys will remove about 2,000 jobs after its 35 billion dollar Ansys deal and a recent revenue miss. The firm expects 300 million to 350 million dollars in pretax charges largely related to severance and site closures.
URL https://finance.yahoo.com/news/synopsys-cut-10-workforce-major-143726076.html

Synopsys to cut 2,000 jobs after 35B Ansys deal
Source Benzinga
Summary Synopsys will cut roughly 2,000 positions to redirect resources toward faster growing areas after the Ansys deal. The move follows several disappointing quarters and will carry significant restructuring costs.
URL https://www.benzinga.com/markets/tech/25/11/48810282/synopsys-to-cut-2000-jobs-after-35-billion-ansys-deal-shifts-focus-to-faster-growing-businesses

2,800 employees face layoffs as tech giant cuts 10 percent of workforce
Source MassLive
Summary Synopsys will eliminate about 2,800 jobs after integrating Ansys in a 35 billion dollar merger. Layoffs will occur mainly in fiscal 2026 with some already underway in California.
URL https://www.masslive.com/news/2025/11/2800-employees-face-layoffs-as-tech-giant-cuts-10-of-workforce-after-35b-merger.html

Synopsys to eliminate 10 percent of staff following Ansys integration
Source Computerworld
Summary Synopsys will cut up to 2,800 positions as it unifies chip design and simulation capabilities post Ansys acquisition. Analysts describe the move as strategic to accelerate synergy capture and strengthen competitiveness.
URL https://www.computerworld.com/article/4089177/synopsys-to-eliminate-10-of-staff-following-ansys-integration.html

Synopsys to lay off 10 percent of workforce
Source Businessworld
Summary Synopsys will remove about 2,000 jobs to streamline operations and refocus investments following the Ansys acquisition. It expects 300 million to 350 million dollars in restructuring costs through fiscal 2027.
URL https://www.businessworld.in/article/synopsys-to-lay-off-10-of-workforce-579532

Apache may get 19 billion dollars of assets for a mere handshake 🤝 they only have $350mm cash…and stock is a dumpster fire. How will this affect employees and jobs?

Let’s convince MW to intervene

Any insight from the water cooler?

Will this breath life into APA?

Let's talk about the possibility, consequences and impact, timing, possible stumbliing blocks, people, layoffs, pay, locations, etc.

Way and his band of merry VPs and directors are leaving us all in peril, one more time.

"The hack job they did during the merger have led to a wave of dissatisfaction among investors, who are now seeking their rightful compensation. It remains to be seen who will ultimately bear the cost of these developments". This is clearly a straightforward decision, and HR is well-equipped to handle the situation effectively.

Happy bean soup Thanksgiving and merry humble pie for Christmas, y'all!

Looks like the Fireman and Oilers union has agreed to the merger with a “Job for life” by Vena.

https://www.up.com/news/people/merger-protect-jobs-it-251110?utm_campaign=Union%20Pacific%20News&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=Union%20Pacific%20Railroad

MSU said rr carload peak was in 2006. Interesting read. https://www.trains.com/pro/freight/class-i/msu-professor-up-ns-merger-cant-turn-back-the-clock-on-carload-decline/

A very simple question now all you Lexmark folk are part of Xerox - a warm welcome, or a shock awakening ?

I keep seeing posts on LinkedIn and places that it’s a reset and Fiserv is a legacy company etc, I worked at Fiserv for 9 years and loved the place. What I saw post merger with First Data, is atrocious. The amount of layoffs and the total dismantling of a great company for short term goals should be downright illegal.

Frank is absolutely responsible for where Fiserv’s stock sits today. Instead of building on what made Fiserv great—long-term, recurring contract value driven by core processing relationships—he chased short-term gains. The repeated rounds of layoffs might have bumped margins for a quarter, but they stripped out the expertise and continuity that sustained core revenue for decades.

He never truly understood the value of the core franchise. Instead of strengthening those contracts, he diverted focus to Clover, which is built on shorter-term merchant agreements that simply don’t offer the same stability or lifetime value. That shift toward quick wins and short-cycle contracts is exactly why the long-term fundamentals have weakened.

In the end, he traded durable revenue for momentary optics—and the stock price reflects that.

Illinois companies reported 1,722 mass layoffs in September 2025, with Capital One leading job losses following its merger with Discover and restructuring in Riverwoods.

Chicago saw 726 layoffs across six employers, including Spirit Airlines, Weiss Memorial Hospital, and Brookdale Senior Living.

Nearly 45% of layoffs affected suburban Cook County workers, while 39% occurred in nearby collar counties, with the rest spread across Champaign, Winnebago, Macon, and Stephenson counties.

Of the total cuts, 650 were standard layoffs, 430 were due to business closures, and 97 were furloughs or temporary layoffs, with about 63% expected to be permanent.

The report suggests Illinois could strengthen its job market by reducing its high property, corporate, and unemployment insurance tax rates to create a more competitive business environment.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/capital-one-leads-illinois-mass-layoffs-as-companies-announce-1722-job-cuts/

Even if you are safe, be sure and pack your stuff. As you know, the executives love to restack the offices and pay movers to move everyone’s crates. It’s a timeless tradition: Musical offices. it’s immensely satisfying and is a fun way to waste money.

I remember one year my office was moved 4 times: once for new office furniture, once for bathroom remodeling, once again after remodeling was complete, and finally again for the Concho merger. It got to where I quit unpacking and just kept all my stuff in small boxes I could easily sit inside the crates - saved time…

You might also want to invest is Scott Rice stock - they’ll be getting plenty of business from us next year.

Mostly impacted middle management in marketing and engineering. However, some teams are entirely gone and being merged into different units. This has been going on in smaller batches throughout the year, but this is one of the first times leadership kind of addressed it. Coincided with Q3 earnings call, unsure whether c-suite discussed with investors.

This merger is really making me think about who bought who? So far looks like a lot of Xerox folks got cut in favor of Lex and their processes. I guess that’s the big solution? As always, it’s just rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic.

Analog Devices + Maxim Merger (Closed: August 2021)

✅ Total Layoffs: ~1,800 – 2,000 employees globally

This reduction came from both Analog Devices (ADI) and Maxim Integrated as part of the post-merger integration.
✅ Types of Jobs Impacted

1. Duplicated Support & Corporate Functions

These are always the first cuts in semiconductor mergers:

Human Resources (HR)

Finance

Sales administration

Procurement

Information Technology (IT)

Corporate functions that overlapped between ADI and Maxim

1. Overlapping Product & Business Units

Maxim had:

PMIC (Power Management ICs)

Battery charger ICs

Serial interface products

Automotive ICs

Sensor products

ADI already had large, established groups in these same categories → redundant orgs and product teams.

1. Redundant R&D Sites

After the merger, multiple smaller Maxim design centers were shut down, including:

Some Dallas groups

Selected Asia-based design teams

These were consolidated into ADI’s larger R&D hubs.

✅ Layoff Timeline

2020–2021:

Deal announcement
Planning for integration

Q4 2021:

ADI officially begins structuring the combined organization

First waves of integration layoffs

2022 (Peak Layoff Year):

Heaviest job cuts

Consolidation of overlapping business units

Closure of duplicated design sites

Corporate restructuring

2023:

Final “synergy cleanup” layoffs

Optimization of product lines

Rationalization of sites and teams

Total integration timeline: ~24 months

Wonder how much more bad news is out there now that Rick is out. Doesn’t instill confidence and I wish that we at Ansys were not acquired.

I suspect the initial set of layoffs will happen tomorrow now that we have an all hands call tomorrow.

Someone had leaked this year ahead of the Sept 30 transformation announcements.

Their info was good haha.

EMPS and Upstream to merge

Indeed, Zip Recruiter, LinkedIn, Monster! Keep applying the reality will hit soon. No transferable skills. No keeping current. Just gliding along. Thinking it would last forever. Enjoy those checks while they come in. The merger may be in 2027, but they arent going to merge the whole wagon and then start evaluating cuts. Skyworks is not paying out severance packages. Clear that noise from any future considerations. And if you live in one of those places with no semiconductor companies around, well I guess there is always coding like Joe said! Karma for every poor soul that got su-kered into working for the failed merger of RFMD and Triquint and lost their positions due to poor business management!

Anyone have any insight on potential impacts to Retail Ops?

In my mind retail ops and CS ops should merge so that the processes are aligned. I know it didn’t work with OPOO, but that was because of a terrible rollout and execution. It was basically, you also support retail now too.

Why does UP stock su-k so bad. They are always painting a picture of rainbows and unicorns. With earnings, safety, merger talk. Shareholders must know they are full of s$$$. Because the stock just wants to drop no matter what.

Tomorrow, 31 Oct 25, is Juniper's last day as the company.

The sadness of seeing something valued come to an end.

Do you guys hear anything about plants shut down or layoff by AMP taking over CCS soon? AMP and Com they both have heavy management, eventually, AMP will sink as Com in my 2 cents (like swallow a poison pill).

As Oxy gets smaller, less complex and has less runway…it’s time to think about an exit plan…the leadership has to be thinking that Buffet is less than 600 days from expiration and self enrichment is the best strategy for the company.

Oxy will not drill its way to prosperity in 2026.

What do the boots on the ground think? About the adventure ahead?

We’re talking betrayal. We’re talking families packing up U-Hauls in the dead of night. And yeah, we’re calling it out: Chevron’s big-money grab on PDC Energy back in ‘23? It straight-up gutted our oil and gas workforce here in Colorado. Let’s unpack why this merger turned our bo-m into a bust.

Remember when Chevron swooped in with that $7.6 billion all-stock deal for PDC? They painted it as some powerhouse combo – “largest producer in Colorado,” 1,000+ drilling permits, free cash flow for days.  Sounded like job heaven, right? PDC was us – Denver-based, boots-on-the-ground in the DJ Basin, keeping rigs humming and paychecks steady. But fast-forward to 2025, and Chevron’s playing a different game. Global cuts? Up to 20% of their workforce gone by ‘26, slashing $3 billion in costs.  Here in the Mile High? 125 souls from their Denver office shown the door starting July 1st.  That’s not just numbers – that’s roughnecks, geologists, admins who coached Little League and bought rounds at the Water Course.
But wait, it gets uglier. Brownfield sites? The ones PDC was reworking like pros? Work’s nearly halted. Companies that sunk cash into upgrades for Chevron’s “efficiencies”? They’re idling equipment, laying off crews, folding tents.  And the rigs? Man, the DJ-Niobrara rig count cratered to just 5 by May – lowest since the pandemic slump.  Chevron’s not immune; whispers from the patch say they’re down to a skeleton crew – one rig spinning where PDC had multiples turning ’round the clock. Drilling deferred, completions paused. Why? Centralized hubs over local know-how. Sell off $2 billion in pipelines to some faceless buyer, ship decisions to Houston. Efficiency, they call it. Devastation, we call it!

Our communities – Greeley, Windsor, the whole Front Range – built on this black gold. Schools funded, diners packed, youth football thriving. Now? Ghost towns in the making. Chevron’s “stronger future” pitch?  It’s stronger for their shareholders, weaker for us.

Look, I ain’t anti-big oil – he-l, this industry’s in my blood. But when a merger like Chevron-PDC promises growth and delivers ghost rigs? We have to speak up!

Now they are moving in ksi and pushing out what’s left of the family owned local companies. Chevron will be using fortress, 1888/4x and KSI so good luck to all you contractors here soon you will be replaced and chevron does not care one bit they will just weed you out and make you want to leave!

LET ME REPEAT CHEVRON DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. YOU ARE JUST A NUMBER NOTHING MORE OR LESS.

Wondering about the NC merger of Carolina Complete Health and WellCare scheduled for Q12026. Any news of layoffs yet? I’m at CCH and we are already closing all open roles or just not filling them. Everyone is even more overworked than before.

So which one will it be?

BG&E buys PE Maryland

Dominion buys MP and FEPA

JCP&L merges with a local "waste management" operator for investment opportunities.

Clemmer did the same thing with AGERE and LSI in the early 2000's. Starboard sees a huge return on share price, sells of course. Good call on Starboard's part brining Clemmers to the table.

There is going to be be some major reorgs and fat cutting. I don't think the Triquint-RFMD Lackeys will survive overall. Arrangements like five supervisors for the the same group of people will not bode well.

There will be massive duplication of services. Redundant groups will be addressed.
Watch the management! True test of character now, watch what your manager shares with you. More than likely only concerned about themselves. And rightfully so.
This is an IP grab for Skyworks. Maybe some niche designers will be absorbed. Personally, I feel it couldn't happen to a more deserving management group!

Just in time for Christmas too!

I mean the guy just saved Paramount and took on this immense task of building the studio back to its former glory. He has this massive weight on his shoulders being the new CEO, and now on top of it he’s forced to do lay offs? I just can’t imagine what’s going through his mind. I know layoffs are a guarantee with mergers, but still, it can’t be easy for the guy. I hope he’s doing all right and I hope we can show him some sympathy.

Seriously, ever heard of an all hands ‘ live via slack? this is VBG and a massive organisation in VBG; that is everything under the CRO besides direct sales…
All hands via a slack channel ‘ask leadership and business partners anything slack channel…
Also hearing via a via that a merger with BT global ( international) isn’t off the cards yet. … who have been for sale for 2 years or so.
Anyways also heard it’s 20 to 30 percent reduction.

Reminds me of 2003 when Mci world com fired people via sms…

"Skyworks Solutions will BUY smaller rival Qorvo, they said on Tuesday, forming a $22 billion combined company that supplies radio-frequency chips to Apple and other smartphone makers."

The stock-and-cash deal, which will create one of the largest U.S. suppliers of radio-frequency chips. The aim is to repositoon the new company for a recovery in the smartphone market.

They're being super quiet about it, but the fact of the matter is that there are more layoffs happening inside this company and it seems mainly due to the merger with Juniper. The surprising thing is that it isn't just traditional overlap functions like marketing or accounting, but actually in functions such as engineering. There is clearly a technology strategy but it is not being shared. Instead, they're just laying off staff to cut costs predominantly in the United States. For those of you that hoped the $1 billion dollars in savings would happen over time and might come out of other things like real estate consolidation, surprise, it's happening very fast and at payroll levels. The hypocrisy inside the company about the well-being and the pride that we have as well as being the best place to work and is ridiculously misplaced.
To make matters worse, HR is pushing forced distribution for end-of-year ratings. They may think they're telling you otherwise, but it's literally what they're doing. When questioned about this, they hide behind senior executives and their wish to do this.

Whats the impact on layoffs

Whats the impact on shared services

Is the merge happening? Media has been pretty quiet about it. the most recent report was a clean team meeting was scheduled and it went well. Hope all goes well if the merge does happen but what's going to happen in certain markets. If pfg and usfood both delivering in the same area.who's going to take over those markets when you have delivery drivers and sales reps for both sides. I guess only time will tell if it's even going to happen or not happen.this is slow seasons but usfoods jist hired 10 drivers in my area.while we still have stand days going on. Doesn't make sense

I've seen a lot about Merch being impacted. SPT also already runs really lean in the Specialist/BP/E2E SBP area and a merge with RBX was JUST announced less than a month ago. Seems to me like they would have just done layoffs then with the merge, but I don't know? With already having made most SBP and some BP roles E2E I can't fathom having any capacity for more workload if they merge further....

I have no insider knowledge, this is just my theory for what could happen on Tuesday:

F&B reports up separately from other pyramids for pretty much every function (Merch/Planning, IM, Store Ops, etc.). Eliminating that separate reporting structure could remove some duplication of work and a lot of middle managers. For example, Food Supply Chain would be absorbed into what’s left of GSCL.

Thoughts?

Reuters exclusively reported that the company's board rejected a mostly cash offer of nearly $24 a share for the company, whose assets include the Warner Bros film and television studios, its CNN and other cable television networks and its HBO Max streaming service, according to a source familiar with the matter.

https://www.reuters.com/business/warner-bros-discovery-initiates-review-strategic-alternatives-2025-10-21/

Hail your ascendant sovereigns—long may they reign.