#downsizing

Time to split

Any truth behind a previous post that claim that layoffs will commence the December 19,2025 - January 30,2026? We are entering the final 3 days of this supposed truth about when layoffs are happening and nothing major has happened. With the stock getting ready to dip below $40 is it possible layoffs could happen sometime soon?

"Some of you might ask if this is the beginning of a new rhythm – where we announce broad reductions every few months." Yes! Like all tech companies! Riffing, rhythm, what else? Hip hop? Agents?

https://www.livenowfox.com/news/2026-layoffs-list-companies-cutting-jobs-year

OnePlus faces severe challenges threatening its existence. Parent company OPPO may discontinue the OnePlus brand. The smartphone maker has experienced significant sales declines. It plans to withdraw from North American and European markets. Employee layoffs are expected across various teams.

https://news.ssbcrack.com/oneplus-faces-potential-market-exit-amid-declining-sales-and-layoffs/

Since the notorious 8/1 email, the stock is down 16%. In just the first month of this year, it’s already down 6%. That’s not volatility or bad luck, it’s sustained value destruction.

Billions lost on bad acquisitions, billions spent on buybacks at higher prices, rising operating costs from rigid RTO and unnecessary real estate, and now plans for even more capital intensive projects. None of it has produced better execution, stronger cash flow, or improved shareholder returns. The market sees it and has rejected it.

RTO didn’t create culture or discipline. It increased costs without creating value. You can’t talk your way into confidence or mandate your way into performance. Investors don’t reward slogans or control. They reward results. And the results, both in stock price and capital efficiency, are undeniable.

It seems like the beginning of a trainwreck.

Here it goes again for this company. Layoffs have happened this past week. They say never again and here we go again. More to come in these next six months. That lie about it not happening and it happened.

So what is your guess, is this gonna happen and how big it will be?

Inside Sales gutted Many at in the Clover Product Engineering and Operations got whacked it’s a slow downward spiral

How are we supposed to survive this?

Thing is, they lay off all your closest colleagues (various departments) until they ki-l off the business, leaving the few remaining staff overworked, disengaged and depressed. Then they say we can only recruit more people when we grow the business. And so the downward spiral continues (a bit like the share price).

Entire SDR segment including management in Louisville eliminated as of today. 1/15/26 10:30AM
Hearing several IOT/HSI/ANS teams gone nationwide as well.

CarMax is moving forward with large-scale layoffs that will hit its corporate workforce, particularly in the Richmond region. The job cuts represent a notable downsizing of the company’s corporate operations. Workers based in CarMax’s corporate offices near Richmond are bearing the brunt of these reductions as the company restructures and looks to control costs.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/carmax-layoffs-jan-14-2026

• Safeway
• Amentum
• Battelle
• Banner Health
• TeKnowledge
• Comcast
• AGC Biologics
• West Springs Hospital
• Nordstrom

https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-companies-most-employee-layoffs-2025-40827083/

It’s over

More layoffs

OPO employees having meeting with their manager seeming to gauge interest in leaving over the change. Are they making a list of who to let go due to “downsizing”?

Heard Highmark did some layoffs on Friday. Do not know the full extent of it but a few people from a team i work with were let go and I heard it was much more than that. Anyone have more information? Are further layoffs coming?

slowly fading away......

https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1ke9wcgvt

Anyone have info for the uhc side? Optum listed the dates

Yes there will be another round end of Q1. First round was timed perfectly before the end of the year. That being said, to balance the sheets, more cuts had to occur at the beginning of the year for faster turnaround times for revenue increasing strategies in place.

It is happening and will continue to trend the same patterns as the Q4 layoffs.

Lots of questions as to if it will be geo based like the first rounds were or if it will be more results based strategies for the target. The answer is both are being considered.

Agent companies have already been scouted for these locations. Some divestures will be March and then the rest in April.

One thing I did hear is if your location has black tile sales floors, that is is ideal for agent companies to transition (don’t ask why, I didn’t hear but it’s strategic placement)

In a meeting conducted yesterday, the following Optum 2026 Downsizing Notification Calendar was shared:

Notification Dates:
1/22/26
2/19/26
3/19/26
4/30/26

Term Dates:
2/5/26
3/5/26
4/2/26
5/14/16

It was not specified what areas of Optum would be impacted.

They can only close so many stores before there’s nothing left to cut. At the pace they’re going, having ten stores left in five years would feel like a miracle. This really looks like a slow death by a thousand cuts for Macy’s.

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.

Some parts of the government have been hit harder by mass firings and buyouts than others. The Partnership for Public Service found that just three agencies account for more than half of the total staff reductions in 2025: the Defense Department, which has lost more than 60,000 employees; the Treasury Department, which has lost more than 30,000; and the Department of Agriculture, which has lost more than 20,000.

https://time.com/7342386/trump-government-cuts-foreign-aid-health-climate-workers/

Yes, more layoffs are coming but not before new year... all signs point to January/February time frame. Its about time they do something about our decline! They should have leaned out a while back but didn't want to pay out people's packages so instead they tried to push people out or change people's job to create a scenario that would allow them to let people go without a cause.

Bumping this for info, the OP is @10d+1kbqefsjs.

It’s been a rough year for the Texas job market. Several industries have been hit hard by mass layoffs as corporate headquarters ditched the Lone Star State for greener pastures, sometimes leaving the United States all together.

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

The fusion of all positive energy were gone. It’s already in the mid downfall. Game over is nearing or is it just spawning? One thing I see, no diamond in Verizon. I ‘ll sit back and watch.

What are some of the signs you saw that you will be laid off soon.

Was told that sperry Rotors and casing is shutting down both at the ends of December . Terrible timing but I guess they want to start 2026 with cleaner books.

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

Has anyone heard anything about Q1 layoffs?

https://www.wdrb.com/news/business/all-1-600-kentucky-battery-plant-employees-laid-off-as-ford-pivots-away-from-ev/article_32ef2a58-eb9d-4bf4-820d-c2417b6793ea.html

I have a sinking feeling that a big layoff is coming to Splunk.

From her start in 2016 to mid 2025, Oxy’s value dropped from around ~$54 billion to around ~$40 billion.

They're looking to downsize 19 full time employees serving healthcare workers. It's bad out here in Canada rn.