#cuts

Am I imagining this? Has the cost of eating the cafe gone up dramatically over the last year or so? It seems like my same lunch used to cost around 650-750 is now 10.50. I think the firm used to subsidize the cafe to keep the cost down. Wondering if they took away the subsidy as part of the cost cutting or to pay for the overly lavish Trailblazer cafe.

The Salem-Keizer school district plans further job reductions. It is Oregon's second-biggest school district. The district could eliminate 129 positions. These cuts are projected for the next year. The goal is to improve the district's financial health.

https://www.kgw.com/video/news/education/oregons-second-biggest-school-district-could-slash-129-jobs-next-year/283-1ea169ab-7eef-4159-a40a-512f7ff176c1

Amazon will lay off 2,198 workers in Washington state. Most affected employees are in Seattle and Bellevue.

These cuts primarily impact corporate tech roles. Separations are scheduled from April to June 2026.

https://futurism.com/nasa-staff-layoff-trump --- NASA is losing a lot of workers. Over 2,100 high level employees are leaving, many with important jobs in science, space flights, and support work. This is tied to government budget cuts that started under Trump. Many workers took buyout deals and left on purpose, but it still hurts NASA. A new budget plan for 2026 could cut about one quarter of NASA money. NASA used to be one of the best places to work in the government, but that is changing fast.

Forbes:

•   About 44% of employers plan to give uniform, across-the-board pay raises in 2026 instead of merit-based increases, a practice often called peanut butter raises, according to a Payscale report.
•   Average pay increase budgets are holding steady at about 3.5%, but nearly a third of companies plan to reduce raise budgets due to economic uncertainty and cost control concerns.
•   Employers cite criticism of merit-based pay as too subjective and biased, and say flat raises are simpler to administer and can better support low-wage workers facing inflation.
•   Economic conditions are a key driver: slower hiring, ongoing layoffs, and fears of recession have overtaken labor competition as the main factor shaping compensation decisions.
•   While many companies spread limited raises evenly, some still heavily reward top performers, such as Walmart boosting pay for top store managers to strengthen performance and culture.

Convinced him to buy failed companies and waste $ and do cuts

Hearing the BOD has booked out all conference rooms in the S&T floor at NYHQ for the entirety of this week- cuts coming rather soon?

I’m now being pressured to take on the work of another team that was let go when my own team was recently cut by more than 50%. I already can’t deal with the extra work left by the people who were let go on my team, let alone try to help another team in an area where I have no idea what they do. I feel bad they don’t have the people they need to do the work, but frankly, that’s not my problem and I can’t fix it for them. I’m so tired of these “leaders” laying people off and expecting us to just magically make up for it.

• Corporate IT and digital teams - Cuts reported across Corp IT, including ETO and AAD, with programs like Gene.AI shut down and entire US teams reduced.
• CIS and BPG units - CIS reportedly cut 36 roles, impacting whole US teams, while BPG saw scattered layoffs across groups.
• CTD Quotes team - The Quotes team in CTD was outsourced to Costa Rica, resulting in 14 layoffs.
• CSD and Europe - Layoffs extended into CSD and European teams, which some employees described as unexpected.
• Manufacturing site in Massachusetts - Thermo Fisher Scientific is closing its Franklin, MA plant, laying off 80 employees while relocating about 120 to other state facilities.

Good luck all. The C-level execs need new yachts I guess so sc--w the employees.

I didn't get the email this time around.
Are more cuts due this quarter?
What are people thinking?

I believe in an effort to reduce costs they have now sold the offices to another company.
Whilst the office space was always too large, despite grand plans from the management team, selling and reducing footprint certainly sounds like a desperate measure. At least that’s what our competitors are saying to the customers.
Mono sales and team shrinking due to strong competition, beginning of the end before someone buys them.

I’m an ISAE2, and our pay was cut to $19.61/hour with a 50/50 quota plan. This company keeps moving backward.

Until not much is left, I guess. One major restructuring with a clear idea might have had a chance. These endless, aimless cuts are just leading nowhere.

"We are The Washington Post's international correspondents, writing with a collective plea for you to preserve our newspaper's global coverage, which we fear will be greatly weakened in coming cuts," one such appeal read. "Our coverage — thanks to your investment — shapes conversation and global policy at the highest levels each day."

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/30/nx-s1-5692923/washington-post-bezos-layoffs

We lost great people in this round and our manager was pi---d. Apparently, he was not consulted on who to lay off. I don't know if it's all an act, but I doubt it. He's a good guy and a good manager, I don't see why he'd lie about something like this. Tells you a lot about how these cuts are decided.

Production changes eliminating some cereal + granola lines.... 100+ people will lose jobs

Just read that Home Depot did a layoff and had an RTO of 5 days a week.......do we think Fiddelke will announce an RTO? I could see it happening as a way to continue eliminating roles rather than doing mass layoffs????

It wouldn't be a shocker, though. I just want to know if there's an actual strategy guiding all of this, or if they're still just fumbling in the dark. Either way, I hope they release me from my misery this time around.

If you were laid off you are able to get stip as part of your severance. Is this still happening? Seems like they’re cutting back on everything financially

So far no cuts this year. Is it safe to think our jobs are okay for this quarter? I want to stop stressing and make some plans, but I don't want to get blindsided.

Home Depot just had major layoffs. I give it a month before we get a similar announcement.

The fat cat CEO's are earning millions and billions in compensation, while the normal Joe who's making a meager salary gets laid off or hours/pay cut. Time for a universal revolt to overthrow the corrupt capitalist systems embedded through and within government corruption.

I'm now thoroughly confused. Is today the main layoff day or not?

Evicore Project Manager axed today.

I heard more layoffs in Feb. anyone else?

2,000 (3%) RIF by end of February.

Driven by AI and automation (no mention of HIH which is laughable).

Notifications will go out for the next couple of weeks.

It’s safe to say the cuts won’t end there.

Q1 and Q2

I’m just frustrated that they keep cutting and cutting roles, to stack responsibility on top of someone else is work load…then decide make you fight for a open role in a “hunger games” like ritual where you go against your colleagues. This whole thing takes a month long mind you. Then if you’re lucky to be the one they picked, poof, restructuring 6 months down the road. Su-ks

XOC, Construction and Headend are on the cutting block this time being told immediately to go home and they will be paid till March and start applying. I know CMO and supervisors and below are affected. This one so far seems to be a lot more quiet than the removal of divisions.

lululemon let go of 100 part-time workers who helped answer customer questions by phone, email, and chat.

These workers helped people every day, but the company decided it wants to use only full-time workers for this job instead.

Lululemon says this change will help them do a better job helping customers and make the business run more smoothly.

This is happening while the company is also looking for a new boss and dealing with some disagreements with its founder.

no store closures, just changes to how customer help is done.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-lululemon-layoffs-customer-care-part-time-work/

Toledo Public Schools has begun laying off employees as part of a sweeping cost-cutting plan aimed at addressing a projected budget deficit, with district leaders warning that more job eliminations are likely over the next two years.

Tuesday, district officials said 32 people were notified they no longer have jobs, including central office staff and 20 nurses and social workers.

https://www.wtol.com/article/news/education/toledo-public-schools-layoffs-tps-local-news-education/512-c82034ec-f4ca-4307-b415-36683bbda338

AVP confirmed that there were cuts across Enterprise technology, data management, and Gov today. Wouldn’t share numbers.

Heard of a group under CSBB that got let go this morning. Any info on if more are coming?

Just found out the hard way that they cut a lot of people and made others but not all go back to the office

The cuts will come from the CFO structure. GL takes the reigns in March. It gives them a perfect excuse to "clear house" because there is a new coach for the team. Just in time for May investor day. He will "see all the inefficiencies that the old CFO couldn't" and wants to make an impact so I will put my $5 on this bet right now.

Truist is planning on 22k plus. Just an FYI

It’s finally happening, the first salvo of the monthly layoffs at Amazon.