#heardfrommanager

Asked my manager straight if I am part of the layoffs. He seemed to be unaware and pretended that he didn’t know much. Either he’s on the chopping block with me or is playing d-mb. I do see a 15 min slot booked on his caleder tomorrow at 9:30. 😂

Wondering if anyone who submitted their name for VRIF has heard back from anyone yet. I’m also curious the % of people who submitted their name. I feel more than we think.

Saw it here and heard from a few people, though none exactly plugged into decision-making. If anyone has something solid, please share.

Has there been any updates on when the STIP/bonus hits? Manager says they haven’t heard a peep from our EVP about It

After several hours of trying to figure out my situation, and finding this site, I decided to post here.

My manager informed me that I would be meeting with his manager on Wednesday to be informed that I will be let go due to the shift to India. He said there was several staff in this small team that would be let go. I'm still reeling from this. I know the writing has been on the wall since Mike's announcement, but it hit super hard today.

I don't have a meeting scheduled with this person for tomorrow, and don't have a good relationship with this director. He is an a-s. However, all my reviews are very positive. How can this happen ?

I guess my manager has trust in me and it is not in his control, but WTF, my reviews are excellent, and the India team has no clue what I do as there is no principal engineers.

I'm wondering if there's a way to predict if you're on the list or not. Such as less work, avoidant manager, things like that.

Me and a fellow Dir spoke to another Senior Dir who is pretty close to an AVP. The AVP (who is pals with senior tier management) reckons there won’t be any more layoffs. I put a lot of faith in what this AVP says because he/she knows people at the decision making levels.

Also says that things will stabilize for the next couple of quarters.

TIFWIW

My boss told me layoffs are coming

I'm pretty sure I'm done here.

He said: I love you guys, Tomorrow is a big day for TFG and no matter what, we are all in this together- Bad Boys for life! Group message to our team an hour ago 🥲

I heard rumors of changes coming to commission… anyone else? I’m hoping it’s just rumors! My Supervisor says she hasn’t heard… but let’s be honest… would they say anything?

Last week higher mgmt called me and just straight up told me to stop coming in. Told me I’ll receive my notice in writing in the new year and I’ll receive a few months of pay. Benefits will last until EOY. Ummmmmmm is this normal??? Where’s the formality? I can’t even tell if i was fired or let go or punk’d. Can someone please advise on what I should do? Going to file for unemployment now I guess……..

My manager is out and I haven’t heard anything from my AD or SD. Is that a bad sign? Am I on the laid off list?

This person was kind enough to let me know even though they weren’t supposed to. But seems like this forum hit on the headed. Praying for you all. I still don’t know what it means for me

Asking because we're getting nothing our manager. Total silence.

Regarding Ronita, I’m hearing that Finance leadership is actually calling band 6 employees to confirm it’s true.

Who else is confirmed?

Will any Sr Directors please comment on impacts at their level or what to expect next for band 6 and down?

Have you been told your fate? Please share when it was communicated to you.

Since it is November, let's see when they start communicating out.

Thanks

Had long talk with my VP. Confirmed large cuts and outsourcing 2026. Budgets close to final 2026 but churn still and earnings. I am probably safe he emphasized LBT wants radical change but feels most old timers are lost entrenched and beyond change ability. Losers. Bringing in new talent at top level and at every single level. Expect focused effort at removing all managers directors VPs which are not top 25% and not Dee technical Same with Gr9 and Gr10 Eng who haven’t implemented or wrote specs in years. get rid of PowerPoint professionals.
Going to be a wild ride. 2025 looks like minor change to what is ahead.

I heard today from a HR source but wanted to ask here if true that management is now rethinking the 8 hr period. Can anybody confirm on this chatter? No trolls pl

I got the email today at 4:41pm from my VP to work remote and that my building access has been restricted. With the subject line “ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE” bs. Also I’m in EOT division. Never thought they would let an associate II level go instead of a higher role. I’m pretty numb right now. I never experience a layoff before. Anyone else got axed?

Now, that's some serious cheerleading. Cannot wait to change my attitude and execute on this.

With the org chart still being offline & a combo with my boss in my 1:1 where they said "don't be surprised if we see more impacting our department"

I have it from a good source (high up in management) that Imperial is being directed by Exxon to reduce headcount. The legality of this is up for debate, perhaps Exxon will acquire imperial, but that’s besides the point. What we know for a fact is 1) Headcount reduction mandated from the top 2) first strategy is closing QP and relocating HQ to Edmonton, this will have the effect of voluntary quitting by about 15%, so IOL hopes, but probably higher. 3) second strategy is combining Kearl/CL under 1 asset which will also result in another 5% headcount reduction.

If you work in QP, get your resume polished, especially if you are not a high performer. Those at other sites that are low performers should also be worried since the high performing QP employees will likely displace you as they make room for them at your site.

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Has anyone heard the rumblings that HCSC is considering upping their in-office requirement to 4 or 5 days a week? My boss eluded to it the other day and framed it as the company wanting us to either get onboard or get out.

From my manager's manager. Looks like its the end of the road for me at Juniper. Marketing group.

Ship to home cheating numbers by purposely sending out incorrect merchandise by “subbing.” This not only feels morally wrong to do, but also illegal somehow..? Are any other stores experiencing this? Managers tell us to “sub” out merchandise if we don’t have the right one in store, i.e. send a medium instead of small, but some even more extreme.

Two or three months ago, I was pulled into a conversation with my manager about my badge scans. A report had just come out and they were holding everyone accountable if their average weekly scans didn't meet a certain threshold.

I was put on a documented coaching. I didn't question it because I admittedly was not making up in office days if I took PTO on those days and my manager was very relaxed about not coming into the office when we were sick. It came back to bite me, and I didn't feel like he had my back, but whatever, it's just a warning, I moved on. It's important to note that I wasn't given any details, I was just told "you aren't meeting the expected minimum" and was told what the minimum was.

Two weeks ago, I was called into his office again. This time, I was told I still had not been adhering to the in office expectation, so I was placed on a written corrective action, and I was told I wouldn't get a raise or a bonus at performance review time because I'd be a 2. No details given, just that I was still under the minimum.

BUT, I had started meticulously tracking my in office days since my documented coaching to make sure I met the 3 day in office expectation. In fact, I worked 5 days in the office on the weeks I was able to, just to make sure I wasn't at risk. By my calculation, I was averaging 4.125 days in the office over the last 2 months.

I did not sign the written CA and emailed my manager with my proof, to which he sent me a screenshot of the "report". The report was not even close to matching my time in the office. There were some weeks it was showing 0 badge scans, others showed 2, and never over 3. What's frustrating is I sit 3 desks away from my manager's office, and he has commented on the fact that "I am always in the office" yet he did not question the accuracy of this report he was given.

I literally had to argue with my manager and his manager to get them to request a new report directly from HR. It took 2 weeks and I finally was called back into his office recently and the written corrective action was rescinded. My report was 100% accurate.

I have 5 other peers, some in my department, some in others, in similar situations, but they did not track their in office days like I did, so they have no "proof" to push back on the report that their leadership was given. Some were put on a coaching, some on a CA, and one was placed on a final, but is adamant that she was meeting the expectations since the last conversation she had with her direct leader.

This is a ticking time bo-b. If HCSC is putting people on corrective action because of inaccurate badge scan reports, then there's surely some legal recourse if it has material consequences (like not getting a raise or being limited to promotions for a year), or, god forbid someone was terminated because of this.

My point - if you have been pulled into a conversation about your badge scan report, regardless of if you are being put on a warning or a written, don't trust the data. Question it, push back, request a secondary review by HR. I really don't think leadership cares enough to validate these reports before escalating to some sort of corrective action, and, at least my leadership, didn't seem to think it was a big enough issue to look into it outside of my specific case, probably because I had the receipts to back up my claim.

Not sure if anything more can come of this from a legal standpoint, but please question the accuracy of these things. My guess is they are using this as a way to prune the workforce to either avoid or reduce a widespread layoff, but don't let them do it easily.

I know our direct managers are not the ones making the decision on who's going to be laid off, but is there a chance they know already? My manager is a good guy, but he's been acting a bit weird lately, standoffish, and with this announcement, I'm now getting paranoid.

I heard from my director today that there is another round on 27th or 28th September, i can't remember. The persons who are leaving already know that. Do you have any info about it?

I’ve been told by manager SVP, that despite great results in MEA they want to cut 25% jobs here this fiscal. We literally have no Presales, nor bdm here already.
The key is to skip gitex and save on everywhere. He said we’re fine, as we are support, but who knows.

Just walked out of a meeting with my manager. Huge layoff coming tomorrow. Will hit Layer 3 TV hard.