#employeeturnover

Every month there's more to do. More work, less workers. The math doesn't work. Something has to give.

Especially if you hate it here. Leave this place to those of us who like working here. Everybody will be happier.

Swedish Match Cigars Inc. will close its Dothan, Alabama facility. This decision will result in 54 employee layoffs. The company filed a WARN notice on April 1. Operations will cease and layoffs will take effect on May 31. The closure aims to focus on smoke-free product offerings.

Dothan, Alabama

https://www.tuscaloosanews.com/story/news/local/alabama/2026/04/21/al-cigar-factory-to-close-lay-off-54-employees/89603962007/

I don’t have the guts to quit, but if they did it for me, it would make the decision easy. That’s where I am right now.

No matter how much I get done, there’s always more waiting. I clear one thing and two more show up. It’s constant. I don’t feel like I ever get ahead, just slightly less behind. This is what happens when so many people leave and the rest of us are expected to pick up after them.

The bodies are there but the people aren't. Hundreds have already left in their heads. We do the minimum, watch the clock, and wait for the day we can physically leave too. Schwab did this to itself.

Quite a few people outside my team I occasionally talk to have simply vanished over the last couple of weeks.

Not poppycock or rumor. Asked this morning for multiple names from my 10 person onshore team. Of course they said we cant take anyone from our 35 person offshore team. OI is not meeting IOI, doesn't matter that my products are. This Jenga tower is coming down after this, already cut to the core and now this. No offense to my offshore teammates, they develop well, but dont know the business. But come on, they could absorb this offshore and be fine. Going to be losing multiple 20 plus year people that know this industry/space for ppl that have 2 years tops.

1. How was the list prepared ?
2. Why another round when previous one is still going ?
3. What percentage you are losing from your team ?

I just started at a company in Northern Virginia this week. My officemate was let go today. When I asked about stability of the Cmpany he said they recently went through a restructure and some leadership was let go; he expects another round of cuts among lower‑level managers. He also mentioned springtime layoffs have been a recurring pattern over the past two years, so it’s unclear how widespread this will be.

Just curious if anyone knows how many people have already been let go this year, and what they're trying to reduce down to. If you take all hGP and hWP combined at the start it was around 27k people, right?

Epam HR and internal big brother tooling make work environment absolutely toxic and anxious. Now we all fight for one position which advertised as “any location”. As a full stack lead, I need to self apply to many so called open roles, to find that i am one of dozens of candidates, pass interviews and find out that my rate card is above SOW. Or someone is better fit, or project postponed, or backfilled etc etc. Total chaos with constant HR pressure, forced vacation days use. I know many people who quit on this torturous conditions like myself

Wells Fargo’s head count has fallen as the company tries to curtail expenses.

The company reported having 201,000 employees at the end of the first quarter, down from 215,000 for the same period last year, a 7% decline.

The bank reported that noninterest expense came in at $14.3 billion for the quarter, up $439 million, or 3%, from the same period last year.

Wells Fargo said personnel expenses rose $119 million due to higher compensation expenses in its wealth management unit where it has thousands of highly-paid financial advisors.

I’m seeing an increase in LinkedIn posts of people leaving within the last week or so. Not just a couple here and there, but at least ten. Anyone hearing rumblings of anything?… just a coincidence perhaps?

It's actually mind boggling. Those who can find another job more easily always leave first. Most attrition drives end up disproportionately shedding talent and skill.

Fulton city school officials are facing a $5 million budget shortfall. This deficit could lead to the layoff of 54 employees. Rising health care costs are a primary factor in the budget crisis. Increased gas and electricity costs also contribute to the financial strain. A budget hearing is scheduled for May 7, with the final budget vote on May 19.

Fulton, New York

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/education/2026/04/10/fulton-schools-budget-shortfall

I once heard PP say in private that one of the the firm's biggest problem is over retention of underperforning associates. Did ER solve this? A lot of talent has walked out the door and im still surrounded by id--ts.

The GEO Group is closing its Lea County Correctional Facility in New Mexico. This action will result in over 200 employee layoffs and 1,000 inmate transfers. The company chose not to renew its operating contract with the county. New Mexico declined to purchase the facility after fiscal analysis. The facility might be converted into an ICE detention center.

Albuquerque, N.M.

https://www.corrections1.com/finance-and-budgets/n-m-prison-to-close-with-more-than-200-layoffs

The good ones are either laid off or leaving. Not that I blame them, considering what Schwab turned into in recent years.

The Hinsdale High School District 86 board decided to lay off eight teachers. This decision responds to declining enrollment at Hinsdale Central and South high schools. The layoffs will take effect after the current school year. All affected teachers are probationary and lack tenure. The board also left two administrative positions unfilled.

Darien, IL

https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/8-layoffs-among-hinsdale-central-south-teachers

Kluge Interactive, developer of Synth Riders, confirmed major layoffs. These staff reductions occurred in December and January. CEO Arturo Perez stated the team was cut in half. The studio now employs 50 people, down from 100 last year. Synth Riders revenue is insufficient to support the larger team.

https://www.uploadvr.com/synth-riders-developer-confirms-major-layoffs-in-december-and-january/

An investment strategist anticipates more layoffs at Novo Nordisk. Lars Hytting of Arthascope made this prediction. He expects approximately 4,500 employees could be affected. This follows a large round of job cuts last fall. Companies often reduce staff when revenue or earnings decline.

https://medwatch.com/News/Pharma___Biotech/article19177967.ece

How in the he-l are we supposed to make money for these people when they keep hacking and slashing? Not only did we not even get enough hours to run the store, they just cut 2/5 of our full time staff? And they think hiring team leads will make up for that?

If you have been let go, How old were you when you were laid off, and what was your years in service?

Circle City Broadcasting LLC acquired WRTV-TV Channel 6. More than 50 WRTV staff members were terminated on Tuesday. Fewer than five of approximately 60 employees were retained by the new owner. The acquisition was completed just hours before these layoffs occurred. WRTV operations will relocate to the WISH and WNDY building.

Indianapolis, Indiana

https://indianaeconomicdigest.net/Content/Default/Major-Indiana-News/Article/Layoffs-at-WRTV-in-Indianapolis-exceed-50-staff-members-as-new-owner-pledges-more-news/-3/5308/121236

The Danville plant is a mess due to lack of leadership because they refuses to lead! Nepotism runs the show, accountability is nonexistent, and the people who actually keep the place running are treated like they’re disposable. It’s unbelievable how far the culture has fallen. Danville has low morale, high turnover, and a leadership team completely disconnected from reality. We will be lucky to have jobs by the end of the year! What was once a great place to work is an absolute nightmare to go into!

Swift River School is considering layoffs for paraprofessional positions. Rising health insurance costs are creating a significant financial strain. Up to five paraprofessional jobs are on the chopping block for fiscal year 2027. New Salem voters will decide on an override next month to potentially reduce these cuts. The school's state aid increase is minimal, impacting rural districts disproportionately.

New Salem,

https://recorder.com/2026/04/06/swift-river-school-layoffs/

JC
2021: ~$15.06 million 
2022: ~$17.26 million 
2023: ~$17.20 million 
2024: ~$26.25 million 
2025: ~$25.10 million 

Employees
2026: ~97,000 employees
2025: 108,000 employees
2024: 120,000 employees
2023: 133,000 employees
2022: 133,000 employees
2021: 158,000 employees

I’ve never seen this many people leaving at once. This isn’t normal turnover. This is a mass exodus, and everyone knows exactly why.

You forced a five-day RTO that nobody wanted, layered on tracking that feels like a maximum-security system, and created an environment built on fear instead of trust. People held out hope it would get rolled back to something reasonable. The notorious 8/1 email ki-led that overnight.

Since then, it’s been a steady stream of exits with a significant ramp in 2026. And it’s not random. The people leaving are the ones with options. The ones who actually drove results. The ones you can’t replace.

Who replaces them? Not “top talent.” It’s the bottom quartile of talent, whoever is willing to accept a five-day, heavily monitored, in-office model in 2026. That’s a much smaller and much weaker pool. That’s just reality. It’s the most desperate undesirable people with no other options. Nobody is choosing this model if they have a better option.

So what you’re left with is predictable. High performers check out or leave. Everyone else learns the game. Swipe in, sit down, do the minimum, go home. Because that’s what you’re measuring now. Presence, not performance.

This is a direct result of the decisions being made in the c suite. And it’s hollowing the place out in real time. Congratulations stink, you’re going to be the chairman of nothing. Your legacy is tarnished and getting worse by the day. Tick tock, time is running out.

People are being asked to leave. When would this ever end?

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• mar01-mar31: 12446 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• feb01-feb28: 943 layoffs, and 1143 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• jan01-jan31: 1604 layoffs, and 1834 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• dec01-dec31: 1031 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 layoffs, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

What is called "layoff estimates" are partially part of normal attrition, limitations are covered in details in comments.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

I just noticed that bunch of people left the chats, and they are not available any more.
Was there any layoff recently? How many people were cut?

Thread regarding Builders FirstSource Inc. layoffs

G-yatri's Reign of Te---r Continues

Paradigm was the best job I've ever had. In about a years time it was turned into the worst. It's depressing.

Paradigm didn't rely on layoffs for quick number pumping. Even during the great recession, Covid, after the incident, my understanding is we never did actual layoffs. Our old leaders would hustle, try to drum up work, dig into the war chest, to make sure we kept operating and innovating and that its people were taken care of.

But we were told, times are tough. Housing is down. We have to tighten our belts to make this work.

A few weeks ago another round, only three people, but all well respected leaders, unceremoniously gone on a Friday. Then, only a few weeks later we have an all company meeting where we meet like 10 new executives and hear about their favorite condiments. Not a good look.

Now we’re told 2% raises company wide.

Meanwhile, all the actual people doing the work are seeing a dozen newer executives running around, making confusing decisions, contradicting each other, stressing people out. They pitch projects but don’t tell anyone the goal. We don’t know who the persona is, how these projects are supposed to make money. I struggle to understand what benefit they actually add.

It just seems like a huge nepotism tree. G-yatri hires all of her old friends, get the band back together. They are all yes men/women. Just do the thing, don’t ask questions.

I’m not an accountant, but they have to cost more than all the people laid off this past year.

And that expense is on top of the probably expensive AI licenses we’re paying for. Tools, that as far as I can tell, aren’t helping us. Hushed conversations in the hallway or at happy hours about how much extra work all these new “tools” are causing. But everyone is too afraid to speak up because they don’t want to be in the crosshairs for the next round of layoffs, so the concerns only bubble up so much.

And then we have to see our company’s LinkedIn page being a shameless commercial for Blitzy. Did we get a deal on our license with them? Where is the 4X development that was bragged about? Their site looks like a marketing guys idea of what AI might be able to do, but I haven't heard any of the product folks saying, "wow, Blitzy really made things better."

Maybe it is. Maybe this is making us so much faster. But we have no idea because communication has been terrible since G-yatri took over.

We’re now extremely top heavy. I don’t know what value these new executives bring. It feels like they are slumming it with us, looking at s-xier tech startups, wishing they were there instead.

And when the market crashes, and it will soon, the do-ers are going to be the ones sacrificed on the altar of “Shareholder” value. Most these AI companies won't exist and the ones that remain are going to start charging the real prices for their licenses instead of the venture capital prices they currently are at.

I don’t know if BFS and Peter Jackson know the level of talent that they have/had at a discount because the Paradigm culture was worth getting paid a lot less for. Well the culture is dying. Everyone has updated their resumes. And if the job market were any better, there would be a mass exodus happening.

We all sit here, on the eve of the financial quarter end, anxiously staring at the all company meeting on our calendars for Thursday. Never knowing what reorg, layoffs, or new executives will be announced. These used to be fun meetings where people got together, saw each other in person scheduled happy hours for after work. Now, the meetings are met with a mixture of dread and disgust.

I heard through rumors one criteria to be laid off was if you was with company less than five years
Nester Castor: 10+ years

Eidos Montreal announced 124 employee layoffs. These cuts are due to changing project needs. Studio leader David Anfossi is also stepping down. He served the studio for 19 years. This marks the third wave of layoffs since March 2025.

https://kotaku.com/eidos-montreal-deus-ex-sequel-layoffs-2000683242

How many of you all are having associates go to lunch and not come back? It’s been a tremendous problem this year

KPMG UK intends to reduce its audit division workforce. Up to 440 employees are expected to be laid off. Nearly 600 staff members were warned about potential job losses. Low staff turnover and changing market conditions are cited as reasons. This move primarily affects assistant managers with accounting qualifications.

https://www.hrkatha.com/news/kpmg-uk-to-layoff-up-to-440-audit-staff/

How does it work for people on parental leave? Does that make you more or less likely to be on the list? If you're on the list, how is it handled?

Can't blame him, everyone is jumping ship, why wouldn't he.

All you need is charisma to lead when things are good. Things are not good and need to be led with tough decisions and swiftly.
For tech he needs to cut at least 2/3 of employees and give the remaining a 5% raise to get folks out of slump. Cut all the new or recently promoted leaders as well. They are not smart and useless. Run it on bare bones until things turn around.
I’m in tech so can’t speak for other areas.
Will be a big mistake with the stock so low if we come out of layoffs with only 500-1k gone.