#workforcereduction

saw this coming. more than 100 people let go

"At this time, the Company anticipated that workforce reductions will occur in phases, or waves over the coming months," the company wrote in the letter, which was signed by Lisa V. Chang, executive vice president and global chief people officer.

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/coca-cola-announces-plans-for-corporate-layoffs-in-atlanta/85-043a3b21-a30b-4c66-8603-0e9a953f8ced

The combined total of 75,000 full time employees with 50,000 at c1 and 25,000 at discover will lead to a 20% quota of employees to be fired in stack rankings, a total of 15,000 employees out in PIPs for termination with low or no severance.

They did the humane thing and waited until after the break.

Good luck with your job searches in the new year. Take care all.

Model E will be hit the hardest. Too many people in that org. Lots of LL6 who have no reports. Their roles are scheduled to be axed.

“We are continuously evaluating our business operations to ensure alignment with long-term strategic goals,” CRL spokesperson Amy Cianciaruso, said by email Dec. 26. “A key part of that strategy is evaluating our workforce to ensure we have the right people, in the right place, at the right time. We are working with impacted employees to provide the necessary resources to help them through this period."

https://www.lowellsun.com/2025/12/31/140-layoffs-between-two-wilmington-companies/

Long overdue. FnF no longer protected.

Companies are going to avoid large layoff announcements to skirt the WARN Act. The new trend is to target specific employees directly every day with small, bite-size layoffs. It won't be departments anymore, it will be me and you with a number and date already set for us.

Rivian has recently been impacted by a new round of layoffs. These workforce reductions are described as having crippled the company's operations. The specific number of employees affected by these job cuts is not detailed in the headline. This development indicates ongoing challenges for the electric vehicle manufacturer. The impact of these layoffs is significant, as suggested by the term "crippled

https://www.aol.com/articles/rivian-crippled-layoffs-141514182.html

A plant located in Berks County, Pennsylvania is scheduled for closure next year. This shutdown will result in the layoff of 58 employees from the facility. These layoffs will occur as the plant ceases its operations. The impending closure represents a significant impact on the local workforce

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/business/2025/12/berks-county-plant-to-close-next-year-58-employees-to-be-laid-off.html?outputType=amp

Rivian has recently been impacted by a new round of layoffs. These workforce reductions are described as having crippled the company's operations. The specific number of employees affected by these job cuts is not detailed in the headline. This development indicates ongoing challenges for the electric vehicle manufacturer. The impact of these layoffs is significant, as suggested by the term "crippled

https://www.aol.com/articles/rivian-crippled-layoffs-141514182.html

Rivian has recently been impacted by a new round of layoffs. These workforce reductions are described as having crippled the company's operations. The specific number of employees affected by these job cuts is not detailed in the headline. This development indicates ongoing challenges for the electric vehicle manufacturer. The impact of these layoffs is significant, as suggested by the term "crippled

https://www.aol.com/articles/rivian-crippled-layoffs-141514182.html

Rivian has recently been impacted by a new round of layoffs. These workforce reductions are described as having crippled the company's operations. The specific number of employees affected by these job cuts is not detailed in the headline. This development indicates ongoing challenges for the electric vehicle manufacturer. The impact of these layoffs is significant, as suggested by the term "crippled

https://www.aol.com/articles/rivian-crippled-layoffs-141514182.html

Salesforce recently underwent large-scale layoffs, leading the company to re-evaluate its workforce strategy. The technology giant is now reassessing how it organizes its employees. This re-evaluation is specifically driven by the integration of AI into its operations. Salesforce aims to align its staffing with its new AI-centric business priorities. The company is adapting its human resources to reflect a more AI-driven operational model.

https://www.hrkatha.com/news/salesforce-reassesses-ai-driven-workforce-strategy-after-large-scale-layoffs/

Layoffs are anticipated to impact various companies located in Memphis. Filings reveal that a total of 1,375 jobs have been cut. The news indicates that these job reductions are spread across multiple companies. While specific businesses are not named, the cuts affect the workforce within the Memphis city limits.

Mass layoff waves are anticipated to significantly impact various industries starting in 2025. These projected job reductions are expected to affect multiple sectors within the state of Texas. The headline specifically points to "Texas industries" as the entities facing these substantial workforce changes. While no individual company is identified, the report promises to highlight the biggest industry to be affected. The article aims to detail which specific sectors within Texas will experience the most significant job losses.

https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/mass-layoffs-texas-21221197.php

My heart bleeds for them.

We were explicitly told when someone quits they will not be replaced. I’m a hometown store.

The Alabama layoffs are part of a broader workforce reduction at UPS, which announced in October that it had cut 48,000 jobs nationwide across its management and operations divisions, as the company works to streamline costs.

https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/2025/12/26/why-is-ups-cutting-128-jobs-in-al-when-will-ups-layoffs-in-al-begin/87918985007/

https://fordauthority.com/2025/12/ford-blueoval-sk-battery-park-plant-will-close-in-february/

All workers at this facility will be laid off by 2/14/26

Kevin Crowley and Robert Tuttle

(Bloomberg) – ExxonMobil plans to cut about 2,000 jobs globally as the Texas oil company consolidates smaller offices into regional hubs as part of its long-term restructuring plan.

The reductions represent about 3% to 4% of Exxon’s global workforce and are part of the company’s ongoing efficiency drive, Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods said in an memo to employees Tuesday. Calgary-based Imperial Oil Ltd., which is nearly 70% owned by Exxon, announced Monday it is cutting 20% of its workforce.

Chevron Corp., ConocoPhillips and bp Plc are among major oil companies to have also announced thousands of job cuts in recent months as crude prices tumbled this year in response to increased supplies from OPEC and its allies. Exxon, however, has been on a major internal restructuring push since 2019 as Woods sought to simplify the company’s sprawling global footprint that came as a result of the merger with Mobil two decades ago.

Exxon is making “tough decisions” that build upon a years-long effort to improve competitiveness, Woods said in the memo. “The changes we’ve announced today will further strengthen our advantages and grow the gap with our competition, helping to keep us in the lead for decades to come,” he said.

Exxon declined to comment beyond the employee memo.

The regional hubs will focus on Exxon’s major growth initiatives such as oil in Guyana, liquefied natural gas along the Gulf Coast and trading globally. For example, the company recently announced plans to move employees from Brussels and Leatherhead, UK, to central London, where many of its traders are based.

Exxon had nine functional companies that operated relatively independently from one another when Woods took over in 2017, creating layers of bureaucracy and duplication of support services. The company now has three main divisions — production, refining and low-carbon — all of which share services like engineering, IT and project management.

The changes have helped Exxon cut $13.5 billion of annual costs since 2019, more than all other international oil majors combined, according to the company. It plans to increase this figure by 30% through the end of the decade.

Some savings have come through asset sales and workforce reductions, but Woods has said the changes also have led to better performance, such has improved maintenance of major facilities and better sharing of best practices between business units.

Exxon employed 61,000 people globally at the end of 2024, nearly 20% less than in 2019, according to the company’s annual filings. Imperial had 5,100 employees at the end of 2024.

https://worldoil.com/news/2025/9/30/exxon-to-cut-2-000-jobs-as-oil-sector-workforce-reductions-accelerate/?oly_enc_id=7798E9325367A8R

Until next year!

According to newly released Office of Inspector General Report, USDA lost more than 18% of its staff between January and June.

On Jan. 11, the department had 110,384 employees. Between Jan. 12 and June 14, a total of 20,306 employees left USDA.

https://www.farmprogress.com/farm-policy/usda-shed-nearly-20-of-its-workforce-in-2025

This CIO has not only gutted the workforce, but also the systems. Poor culture thrives, and online articles are the focus versus getting the business to be effective through delivery and commitment. Get someone effective in Singapore to replace this jo**r.

Consulting companies for modern tech recommend 1000 per billion revenue, that would mean 5000-6000 employees

The math doesn't work and selling 25% of the company won't be enough. For anyone left there will be massive layoffs

This year’s job market has taken a hit across industries, as higher retail costs led to weaker consumer demand and concerns continued to mount over how artificial intelligence will affect future job creation.

Looking closer at the U.S. Department of Labor’s most recent jobs report in November, the overall economy created 64,000 jobs last month, while unemployment rose to 4.6 percent its highest level since September 2021.

As for footwear, some companies were not so fortunate this year, having to resort to saving their bottom lines by cutting staff. As FN looks back on the year, here are the seven biggest footwear layoffs of 2025.

• Puma Eliminates 900 Positions After Q3 Results
  Puma said in October that it is planning to reduce its “white collar” workforce by 900 positions as part of its third quarter earnings release.

The reduction comes on top of 500 jobs cut in March and means the company will have slashed around 20 percent of its corporate workforce this year.

The cuts come as the German activewear firm blamed a strategic “reset” as it navigates “several company-specific challenges, including muted brand momentum, elevated inventory levels across the trade and low quality of distribution.”

Measures taken so far, including stock take backs and reduced promotional activity, impacted Puma’s performance in the third quarter, both at wholesale and in its own stores and online sales, the company explained.

• Nike Makes a New Round of Corporate Layoffs
  In August, Nike disclosed a new round of layoffs, this time impacting its corporate team.

The move comes after president and chief executive officer Elliott Hill raised the possibility of layoffs in June during Nike’s earnings report for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.

Nike told Footwear News that 1 percent of its corporate employees will be let go. An email from the company’s leadership team informed employees of the realignment.

“Change can be difficult. It can also be what sharpens the edge, aligns the team and sets up the win,” the email, signed by Hill and members of the senior leadership team, said. “And the ‘W’ is ours to take, embracing an athlete mindset that leads with passion, commitment and determination.”

• Vans Owner VF Corp. Has Rounds of Cuts
  In May, a VF Corp. representative affirmed the news that the company has made further job cuts. “Over the past few months, VF has been working to reorganize select commercial functions globally, as part of the company’s ongoing business turnaround,” the rep’s statement said.

The rep also noted that the reorganization has impacted approximately 400 employees globally, across VF’s brands and throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia regions.

The round of layoffs in May come a few months after VF announced further job cuts in new “reorganization” efforts back in January. At the time, the company did not confirm the total number of employees that were affected.

• Adidas CEO Confirms Company Will Cut 500 ‘Obsolete’ Jobs
  Adidas chief executive officer Bjørn Gulden confirmed in March that the sports company will eliminate 500 roles.

On the company’s fourth quarter earnings call with analysts, Gulden said that these roles are “obsolete” after undergoing a strategic review to simplify operations at Adidas’ Herzogenaurach, Germany, headquarters. Adidas has around 62,000 employees around the globe, Gulden noted on the call.

This confirmation comes after an Adidas representative told FN in January that Adidas was looking into cutting jobs. The rep told FN that these cuts were are not part of a cost savings program but instead are aimed at “reducing complexity and ensure sustainable success in the future.”

• Clarks Sheds Over 1,200 Jobs
  In July, Clarks revealed in a Companies House filing that it reduced its workforce by over 1,200 employees in fiscal 2024.

The filing noted that it ended fiscal 2024 with 6,161 employees, down from 7,413 in fiscal 2023. It also stated that approximately 220 of those eliminated roles were global corporate positions.

In a statement sent to FN in July, a Clarks representative said that 2024 was “a year of challenging market conditions which had an impact on global performance.”

• UK Footwear Retailer Schuh Makes Cuts
  In January, Schuh managing director Colin Temple said in a statement that the UK-based footwear retailer would implement a new round of layoffs.

“At Schuh, our people have and always will be our most important asset,” Temple said in a statement sent to FN at the time. “Due to ongoing challenging economic conditions and rising costs, we have made the difficult decision to restructure our business. We are going through a voluntary redundancy process in some areas of business.”

While the exact number of employees affected by these cuts are unknown, Temple added that he will not be commenting any further “in the interest of respecting our employees during this time.”

REI Co-op Shutters Its Experiences Business After Nearly 40 Years
After nearly 40 years, REI Co-op shuttered its Experiences adventure travel business in January. With this move, 428 employees — including 180 people in full-time roles and 248 part-time guides — will be laid off.

“We have gone through many iterations and have explored multiple options to keep this business up and running to preserve jobs. We’ve held out as long as possible, but the fact remains that Experiences is an unprofitable business for the co-op, and we must adjust course,” REI chief executive officer Eric Artz said in a note to employees that was shared with FN.

Will they shut both the fuel pad and locomotive shop or just the shop?

The IRS is moving about 1,000 IT employees out of its tech shop, as part of a reorganization plan that’s been underway for months.

Impacted employees say they have few details about what work they’ll be doing, and have been told by the agency to instead “focus on completing an orderly transition of your current work.” The notice they received last week states that they will no longer be working on IRS IT projects.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/it-modernization/2025/12/irs-moves-1000-it-employees-out-of-its-tech-shop-with-few-clear-signs-of-what-work-theyll-do-next/

https://www.trains.com/pro/mechanical/merged-railroads-anticipate-no-locomotive-purchases-some-shop-to-be-idled/

A logistics company announced plans for layoffs. The workforce reductions are slated to occur in Georgia. This decision comes after the company lost a major contract. The exact number of affected employees was not specified in the headline. No particular city within Georgia was mentioned as the location for these job cuts.

https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2025/12/19/comprehensive-logistics-georgia-layoffs.html

And how many will be laid off next year?

Today I heard from a source that's been pretty accurate so far that another 8,000 might be shown the door in February. Can it be?

“Streamlining” will make more jobs disappear. On top of that, macro conditions are only getting worse, so even solid plans would struggle, and the current one definitely isn’t all that great. Our jobs were never guaranteed, but they’re becoming even more uncertain now. I feel for the people who were let go this round. The rest of us should stay alert and prepare ourselves for what’s likely coming next.

Does anyone know current employee headcount? Is there a number they're trying to reach with layoffs?

So Xerox is trying to send all jobs to foreign countries and just leave SLT here in USA for their high wage, when in actuality their jobs should be farmed out for lower wages and better ability.
So think about this, force them to collapse, just walk out, all employees, and they have nothing, no more $14M comp. They will let you go with no severance anyways, let them get the same. Just like a union strike.
They deserve nothing.

January layoffs will be massive. Especially in GD where expected cuts in workforce will be between 20 to 30% from each teams. Mostly ranging from A2 to AVP level.

This is about the time LPL announces their annual holiday round of layoffs…

Yesterday, leadership stated that individual contributors will remain the primary model moving forward, and the entire organizational hierarchy is under review. There's talk from the C-suite about increasing the number of doors per RDM to between 20 and 30. At the same time, it appears they're planning to reduce the workforce by at least 20%, which would effectively double (and in some cases triple) the workload for remaining individual contributors. This comes at a time when these teams are already significantly reduced and stretched thin. It's frustrating to hear executives celebrate strong performance while simultaneously pushing for deep staff cuts. This feels like pure corporate greed on T-Mobile's part.

Anyone cut today !