#fear

If I see an HR person on the call, I know I'm gone before anything has been said.

Pointing out issues or problems is a surefire way to get marked as a troublemaker. The response of those above you - in my experience but others as well - is never to address the issue, but to punish the messenger. Needless to say, HR is not your friend in this process, so you end up being sc--wed over for trying to fix things. Just don't bother.

The stress is getting to be too much. I want to ask for a short mental health break but I'm worried it'll backfire and cost me my job. Any advice from people who've done it?

Agent provocateurs get on here and incite fear every damn month. They probably don't even work here. This is why corporate should have a policy of transparency about upcoming layoffs.

I can't deal with going to work in Dell tomorrow morning. So depressed.

It's just the fear of the cr-ppy job market that's keeping me here, nothing else.

That's what they're counting on. Make people more willing to sacrifice their time and energy, and work harder, because they know we're terrified of losing our jobs in this market. If we quit, they win. If we comply, they win. We get the short end of the stick either way.

As long as there are those around who remember what was, there will be people who will resist what will be. We are in the endgame folks, he means to wipe us all out and he’s got the stones to do it.

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-microsoft-employees-over-40-fear-theyre-being-targeted-january-2026-layoffs-1769297

I’m doing a ok job. My boss thinks I’m not doing enough but I try my best. I make mistakes sometimes but nothing serious. I think my boss is trying to get me fired. Can I get fired for this?

I have people on my team who somehow always manage to weasel out. I feel like an id--t for all the overtime I do out of fear of losing my job, even though I know in the end it won’t make a difference. When my time comes, nothing I ever did or how hard I worked will matter.

There was a time when working here meant something. Now the dominant emotion is exhaustion. Pride has been replaced by fear and trust is all gone. Whatever made this company special did not survive the last few years.

Judging from my immediate surroundings, most people feel the same way. Fear makes us all trip over ourselves to perform, as if that’s somehow going to save our jobs. It’s a frigging trap. Every time I lost a job before, I regretted wasting so much energy trying to prove myself. And here I am, doing the same stupid thing all over again.

long story short my manager said cuts are coming really soon to analytics and other divisions.my sisters 23 has been applying everywhere since she graduated and has not gotten anything, im so fu--ing scared since this is my only big boy job.How are yall searching??

First was after five years, and the second was under six months. I've only been here a little over three months, but my fear of layoffs is so strong it's turned into anxiety. I wouldn't have accepted this job knowing how often layoffs happen here if I hadn't been desperate in the current job market. I just feel so defeated by it all.

Most unions in healthcare and building services only charge 3% or 4% out of there year salary.
I have seen others at Intel fear mongering people by saying union takes 15%, no that's blant lie.

Will be the last straw for most at HP. Good luck everyone. It’s going to be a bloodbath.

It's minus 8 degrees here in Minneapolis and ice is on the roads. Workers are running cause they're scared. Cold slippery ice causing problems. There is no god here. Let the Workers take over and melt ice.

• Oracle’s credit risk gauge on its debt closed at the highest level since 2009
• A surge in bond issuance from large tech companies helped trigger the move
• Investors are increasingly worried that the AI sector may be forming a bubble
• The cost of protecting Oracle’s debt against default rose to about 1.28 % a year
• This level is based on end of day credit derivative prices in New York
• It marks the highest cost of protection on Oracle’s debt since March 2009
• The price jumped nearly 0.03 % compared with the prior trading day
• The gauge has more than tripled from around 0.36 % in June
• Heavy funding activity by tech firms is adding pressure to credit markets
• Oracle is being viewed as more exposed to AI related volatility in investor sentiment
• The move fits into a broader rise in perceived credit stress for major tech issuers
• These shifts are intensifying doubts about how sustainable the AI driven expansion will be

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-02/oracle-credit-fear-gauge-hits-highest-since-2009-on-ai-bubble-fears

I’ve heard so many different versions of what’s coming and when that I can barely keep track anymore. I know we’re in trouble. It would just be nice to know what’s ahead so we can at least try to prepare.

Is anybody else worried that with the never-ending layoffs pretty much everywhere, even if we manage to find a job we'll be out within a few months because of the first in first out rule? I know everybody is getting rid of seasoned employees, but they have to balance it, and new employees usually pay the price.

No matter what your end date is? I already sent out about 50 applications. I know some people are taking some time to recover, but I'm too scared to wait.

Try and get a job and you'll see, it’s not happening.

..depression is setting in. Thoughts are going to worst case scenerios. Can't help to think everything that I have worked for all these years is in danger.

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It’s a rough time right now. A lot of us are worried about our jobs, not because we’ve never lost or changed jobs before, but because the market is terrible. Everyone’s on edge. So if you share anything, make sure it’s reliable or at least somewhat grounded. We need to be mindful of what people are going through. This is the time to support each other, not stir up fear or spread bait.

My VPN just went down and can’t connect. Is it just glitch or they just brought down my access. I am scared now!!!

A lot of unstable employees out there.
The fear and anxiety has really affected people in such a negative way.
Keep an eye on your peers… be a friend!

Anyone from Basking Ridge location scared? I keep seeing Lake Mary and multiple other offices in this thread that may or may not be closed eventually or teams that are told to be WFH but haven’t seen much or any posts on NJ location. Any teams in NJ scared of what’s coming? Are we people in tax going to be affected?

Across my career, leadership has pulled the same tired scare tactics… threatening people with unemployment, dangling PIPs, and handing out code-of-conduct write-ups like candy. It’s always the same script: intimidate the workforce and hope fear keeps everyone quiet.

Then Dan strolls in and casually tosses out ‘layoffs’ like it’s his fun fact of the day. Another pressure play. Another attempt to make people sweat.

Well, on behalf of every corporate employee who’s done being toyed with: Dan, you can’t threaten us with a good time. I’m not lurking on this forum because I’m scared of losing my job. I’m here waiting on my check. And honestly? Even if you don’t lay me off, I’m out the door after my FMLA anyway.

Like Amazon are H1B's targeted in here. Any info on this.
If yes it would badly impact us on H1B

You know, like Enron or Sears. We're all going to be just fine.

I really hate seeing the stock fall this hard because we all know what usually comes next when the numbers keep heading in the wrong direction. If things do not turn around soon, leadership will almost definitely start leaning on layoffs again just to make the balance sheets look better for a quarter or two. Mark my words, they always reach for the same playbook when the stock starts tanking.

Could you imagine what would happen if someone took Mike up on his offer to call him with feedback?
“Umm, we haven’t been responding immediately to customers rfis etc. bc we’re severely understaffed and have been working 60 hours a week for 6 months to just get releases out the door, so you’re really just asking us to work 70 and 80 hours a week.”
Recalibrating is not “hey let’s Really focus, people “ lol
And all the svp and vp henchmen would love to know who calls to know who to layoff.

Usually, people are thinking about whether they'll survive within their team. These latest layoffs are about whether the entire team will survive or not. I've never been through anything like this in my life, and I've been working for nearly three decades. It's just on a whole new level.

So hour by hour every publication is using the '15 to 20k layoffs' headlines to get to whatever sl--t they have, and all of the quotes and bullets are the same for all of the articles. And VZ officially has no comment. And this site and Reddit and everywhere else threads their hearts out with rumor/speculation/furvor. And VZ, the communications company with the new 'Tell it like it is' CEO, and a credo of integrity and respect, just allows rumor, speculation, and uncertainty take a deep soak while November 20 gets closer on the calendar. This isn't some scramble with no direction; Big Brother is controlling the communication even if it LOOKS chaotic. Chaos is a strategy.

Hi all ,
Firstly my heart goes out to people who got laid off ,one of my colleague got laid off and we were taken aback by the whole thing (never expected that he would be the one to be impacted by it)

I joined synopsys few months ago , I'm still in probation , I scared that they might lay me off , I can't stop thinking about it, if in the worst case scenario I get laid off , is anything that I can expect in terms of severance or anything at all ? Any advice here ? I work in TPG

We have a culture of fear now at WF that has destroyed innovation with all of us walking on eggshells