#employeerelations

it’s all of our fault for picking up the mistakes, flaws or fundamental errors from the BTC. stop, Stop, Stop before they take all our jobs. If it’s wrong, send it back and ask for the rework. Don’t fix it for them and unless it’s dangerously wrong, go ahead and let the plants feel the pain.

It'll happen Tuesday or Wednesday, if it's going to happen at all.

So many people cut on this last round and many have been with the company for over 5 years and they are the people who built how we do things today! Rivian sent them all packing! Don't believe all the positive messages you see on LI about those impacted I hear they paid employees extra on their packages if they wrote something positive.

This place is hopeless. To much politics going around. Managers are firing local employees and recruiting people in India. This is such a shame.

I asked Perplexity how do I explain to my children they are not going to college because I was laid off from Verizon? Thanks for the suggestion Dan!!

"Remind your child the situation is not their fault and that you are proud of them, regardless of where they go to college. Stay supportive and keep future conversations open as feelings and circumstances evolve.

Acknowledge that disappointment is natural but that together you can navigate these changes and seek alternatives. This approach will help your child feel seen and supported, and make it easier to tackle practical next steps."

For those of you that are holding out to be displaced. You got to look at what the cost to yourself and your family is of staying there. The money even at the end of your long career is not going to be worth the time that you lose away from your loved ones. The leadership doesn't care if you were single parents they don't care if you have children they don't care if you have a loved one you're caring for they don't care if you have parents that you are monitoring. This is all stuff that can be done with you working at home and every now and then just checking on your kids your spouse your parents. But management has decided that is not important prioritize your life based on the most important things which is not your career.

See WSJ Story from Oct 31 "How Chevron Got Caught in the Clash Between the U.S. and Venezuela"

Chevron has 3000 employees in harms way, propping up a dictatorship.

The response from Chevron PR is laughable.

“Our top priority is the safety of our personnel, the communities in which we operate, the environment and the integrity of our joint-venture assets,” a Chevron spokesman said. He referred any questions about the security situation in Venezuela to the U.S. government.

Does anyone think/know if it’s over? Anyone know how many have been laid off?

Our terrible RE management strikes again! We had 2 Directors: one everyone loved and respected who was onsite, the other we all complain about in our Pulse surveys who is in a completely different office and is horrible to work with. A reasonable person would think if they had to cut one of them it would be the ineffective Director. However, LG is personal friends with the AVP. She and her husband go to dinner with AP and her husband, so when a choice needed to be made, AP decided to save her friend rather than the most suitable candidate. Now our team is stuck with the horrible Director and her nastiness. Typical of our terrible leadership at USAA Real Estate.

Payslips downloaded?
Contacts and needed docs saved?
Be strong.

After 28 years, Dec 31 2024 was it for me. Cannot tell you how relieved I do not have to deal with the ups and downs of VZ. The constant every year layoffs, and BS of the senior managers, directors who protect their buddies, and their "click", ridiculous high school games. Learn what you can on their dime, and move on. You may make less money, but in the end you'll be much happier. In the Bell Atlantic days, things were pretty good, but when the suits came in they f'ed it all up. Who remembers when VZ Wireless moved into BR and we had separate floors, badges, what a sh-t show. Fridays VZ W would wear jeans, and the VZ suits would look at you like an alien. Just because you wear a suit does not mean your smarter, or better. Get off the hamster wheel, find something gives you something....in the end.

VZ is NOT the best anymore, face it

My team is in LTD. We are hiring but only for college grads in India. The hiring process is also very different from how we conducted our previous hiring. Previously we would rarely ever get to hire and when we did we were only able to get 1-2 recs at a time. For each interview we had a rigorous process with multiple rounds and multiple sessions. The scheduling and criteria for the hiring were determined entirely by our team. This would take months to years for us to find someone to hire. And we only hired candidates that were physically in the U.S.

This time around they are using an expedited process where multiple teams are involved. Each teams has a hiring panel and we get 5 candidates per open position. The interviewing is scheduled by some staffing team and the interview is only one 30-45 minute session per candidate. The interviews are also conducted at times that align with Indian timezones. The whole hiring process is to be conducted in less than a month (Nov - Dec) with new hires to be onboarded in June 2026.

This whole process is completely different from our previous hiring process and seems very rushed. We were approached with this “opportunity” for additional resources and it was presented as a way to “meet demand for target groups”. When we asked why this whole process is expedited we were told we get the “opportunity” to pick these college grads before the regular window of hiring is open to other companies and teams. We were also told to be discrete about this entire thing.

With layoffs still going on this just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It feels strange that it’s being rushed, that the whole process was not determined by our team, and that we were told to be secretive about it. We were also given more recs than people who were laid off from our group. It feels like we are being pushed to hire our replacements. Considering how all of the groups involved in this targeted hiring seem like software-centric teams, it feels like some corporate push to replace software engineers. Like they believe these new college grads could easily replace us especially now with the help of AI.

I’ve heard of other groups hiring overseas only to get let go the next year. Has this happened to anyone or is anyone else currently experiencing this in their teams?

Note of Thanks to Dublin Office

Please pass along my sincere thanks to the Dublin team for their exceptional engagement over the past 12 months regarding the Wexford office closure.

Their responsiveness and clear, compassionate communication have been critical in managing redundancies and arranging remote-working transitions.

Key highlights include rapid coordination with HR and line managers, thoughtful one-to-one support for impacted colleagues, timely IT onboarding for remote roles, and the practical FAQs and check-ins that helped reduce anxiety and uncertainty. Their professionalism and empathy have made a difficult process significantly more manageable for everyone involved.

I look forward to enhanced support from HR and Management across this business lines during the month of November.

Heavy sigh

In the past 2 years Prabhat Singh had lead the group to sink. He is not allowed to hire. Everyone is leaving him. Teams have shrunk by 50% because people we're unhappy. He expects people to work on the weekends so outages will happen on Saturday and customers won't notice. We have an outage every single day.
Someone had shut down the flow on SBG and the whole group is on a KTLO mode. It's just a matter of time until there's going to be a massive cut but the best way it to shake down top down and not bottom up

This mean layoff will be finished in 3 years . Better run now until is too late
When Skyworks do the layoff , only have 2 weeks compensation. They will not count
how many years you work for Qorvo for compensation .

Since I’m one of them, can we do an informal poll here and ask people what they appreciate and value most in a manager-employee relationship? What management traits make someone a good manager?

With yesterday's announcement of the T&D reorg there were a lot of people laid off, but it's hard to know the scope since they don't announce anything anymore. What's everyone hearing? I know of four tech VPs that were let go, and it sounds like a bunch of SDs/ADs/Mgrs as well, and I know of at least a handful of individual contributor from one specific area.

There should be no doubt. I guess we'll be using this site a lot. Not a good thing at all.

Someone in my dept had a planned retirement date in September that for some unknown reason was extended. We even had a retirement party for them two weeks ago.

Then on layoff day, we received a farewell email from them and they began their email with how they were “one of the ones impacted”

I don’t believe for a second that our VP didn’t know. I think they had them extend their retirement so as to have them counted in layoff and therefore save a headcount vs. lose one more additional person.

In one sense I appreciate that but in another, it means they knew names and they knew this was coming for much longer than they let on.

Just heard many people at Honeywell in Charlotte were let go.

I’m still gathering details.

Are you feeling that?

My team is beyond the breaking point. And being told that we are empowered to say ‘no’ to incoming tasks isn’t working. If we say no, the action gets escalated, and then it comes back around with more weight, more visibility, and a stern warning.

How does this continue? Folks know the industry and job market isn’t great so they stay and swallow the pill (and their pride), but everyone is so stretched that quality of deliverables is decreasing, opportunities are being missed, communications are being overlooked, and morale issues are sort of acknowledged but swept under the rug.

Why would Verizon waste time and resources asking employees to add their accomplishments if they’re getting rid of them? The portal is opening around November 24th. Whoever got the email might be safe — but who knows

The university has confirmed that 46 full-time employees were affected by what they describe as restructuring. However, they have not specified if additional layoffs will occur.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/xavier-university-lays-off-50-employees-more-expected-soon/ar-AA1PvJIB

Hearing about so many layoff, yet the people who put us in this situation are still around. Unless we remove those bad apples, how could someone change the company?

• The news is going out Monday.
• Approx 400 employees will be let go across the org.
• No specific business lines targeted. Enterprise wide.
• Primarily people in management roles will be let go.

Based on the information gathered regarding Ford's 2025 layoff plan and restructuring efforts, here is a table summarizing the announced and reported cuts by region and function.
| Region/Location | Function/Division | Announced/Reported Number of Cuts | Status / Primary Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe (Germany - Cologne) | Electric Vehicle (EV) Manufacturing | Up to 1,000 | Confirmed; Due to significantly lower-than-expected EV demand; transitioning to single-shift operation. |
| Europe (Broader) | Various/General Workforce | ~4,000 | Part of a restructuring plan announced earlier (2024), expected to be completed by the end of 2027. |
| North America (US/Canada) | Connected-Vehicle Software Division | ~350 | Confirmed; Part of cuts in the software/tech team. |
| South Africa (Silverton & Struandale) | Manufacturing/Operator Roles | 470 | Confirmed; Due to market conditions and a surge in imported vehicles. |
| Global (Estimated) | Model e (EV Division) | 3,000 – 4,000 | Reported Forecast; Loss-generating and efficiency issues in the EV segment. |
| Global (Estimated) | Ford Pro | 2,000 – 3,000 | Reported Forecast; Redundant layers post-expansion. |
| Global (Estimated) | Legacy North America Operations | 2,000 – 4,000 | Reported Forecast; Part of broader reorganization and cost-cutting (RTO-driven attrition, etc.). |
| North America (Kansas City) | F-150 Truck Production | Thousands (Temporary) | Temporary Layoff; Due to a supply chain disruption (fire at a key aluminum supplier). |
Note on Status:

• The numbers for Europe (Cologne), North America (Software), and South Africa are specific cuts or adjustments officially announced or confirmed.
• The large global numbers (Model e, Ford Pro, Legacy North America Ops) are based on analyst forecasts and reports of Ford's internal restructuring targets (estimated 8,000 to 13,000 total) and are not a final, officially announced company number.
• The Kansas City layoffs were temporary production pauses.

I'm so thankful Hans is gone. That dude was an embarrassment and ran VZ even further into the gutter.

His DEI nonsense was not appreciated. He cried for George Floyd during an internal company webcast and THEN gave $1,000,000 to Al Sharpton's National Action Network! I was freaking livid!

He was the absolute worst and won't be missed

Can Verizon afford to keep employees (not discussing VZ contractors) whom have H-1B Specialty Occupations eligibility? Forgone are the days of the minimal H-1B fees. With the new Sheriff in the Oval Office whereby raising the fee to $100k for eligible employees, paramount within Information Technology and predominantly from India.

Years ago, leadership showed all the doubting employees charts of the exponential EV sales growth just around the corner and that we just needed to believe in this unbelievable mission and press on when it was obvious nobody wanted to buy these electronic clap traps. Condescending pep talks of Zero Zero Zero that a nine year old would roll their eyes at.

Did they show those same sales forecast charts to investors and shareholders back then? What do they have to say about it now? “Sorry we got some things wrong, but gotta go cash our bonus checks - we’ll circle back and catch up about this later…”

Pray for all the people losing their jobs so that a handful of narcissistic a--holes could try to prove to the world they knew anything about their customers or the products they actually wanted to buy.

Got this from: @fw+1k8rsmmf8

The severance policy is you are eligible for severance after 1 year of service completed. The formula is the greater of 12 weeks OR 1 week for each year of service + 4 weeks with a maximum of 26 weeks. So basically if you have between 1 and 8 years of service you get 12 weeks then add 1 week for each additional year. This is for Directors and below. VP's get 26 weeks, SVP's get 39 weeks (I believe) both after 1 year of service. But the majority of folks impacted are Directors and below I would think. This policy hasn't changed in the past decade maybe been in place longer.

Not my post though, see the original: @10vp+1jp883evs

I hope we're safe for the rest of the year, considering that the holiday season is starting. Or am I expecting too much?

Long story short, I'm an L4 - Community, Gender-Expansive, Kinship - Analyst. Thankfully, I survived the blood bath and still have my job.

Does anyone know what the implications are for the bonuses? Are we still going to get the full amount or are they cutting that too?

Thanks!

I have been praying for myself and everyone else. Even if I survive this layoff I know others will not and it saddens me. What a horrible way to do a layoff, we find out Thursday and have to go all the way to Tuesday to find out, it has been a miserable few days for all of us. I would say it is CRUEL in fact. I love Target and I wish they had handled this with more care.

There will be more layoffs before years end. Nothing says Happy Holidays like a good old fashioned RIF. Support for clients is terrible and getting worse by the day. Pretty unhappy place to work these days.

Are we affected??

The biggest issue I am having with this layoff thing, is the absolutely lack of transparency they are giving us. What a failure on leaderships part and especially this new CEO. What a way to make your first real impact on the company — your likability factor and lack of decency is out the door already.

How hard is it for this company to at least tell people what the process is like / how things will unfold instead of making every single employee just be on edge for several days? Very cruel and clearly they are not taking their employee’s well-being seriously.

Already hearing folks getting let go. Good luck to us all.