#hiring

Is anybody actually hiring, not just posting ghost openings?

Someone told me that Cognizant did not hire him as his salary was too high.
FIS wanted to transfer him. So ultimately he got riffed.

Is there a top limit cognizant is hiring FIS employees?

Information from the extensive deep research:

My base case is that a broad, post-earnings layoff announcement is unlikely, but selective reductions, tighter hiring controls, or reallocation out of slower-growth teams remain plausible. On the evidence available before the May call, I estimate the probability of any publicly visible layoff action within roughly 90 days after the call at 25%–40% (medium), with the probability of a broad company-wide program above 3% of headcount at 10%–20% (low). Confidence is medium, because the company’s operating trend is clearly improving, but it has also shown that it will still prune selectively even during periods of rising revenue

Supposedly Fiserv was going to open the new hub starting in the summer of this year, but there's been no news of it. I haven't heard if they even did the $175m in rennovations either. The plan was also going to relocate 500 employees and hire 1,500 new full time employees with annual salaries expected to average around $102K by 2030. Considering the recent the predicament the company is in, is this ever going to happen? And which business units are these even for, Merchant or Financial Solutions? The company is shrinking so an expansion seems bizarre.

What’s with the multiple FSE job openings currently in the US? Isn’t the plan to fully move to Unisys?

Do ye still accept people from outside of the US? Would it be worth a try?

Fidelity is implementing job reductions this week. Reports indicate 800 to 1,000 positions are affected. These changes follow a recent office return directive. The firm also plans to hire thousands of new staff. Restructuring impacts technology and product groups.

Boston, Massachusetts

https://www.thinkadvisor.com/2026/05/07/fidelity-laying-off-staff/

I mentioned earlier that it would be good to subscribe to Ignites.
The Boston Globe just put out an article titled "Fidelity Cutting About 1000 Jobs But Hiring More Than 5000, What Gives"
I am not going to subscribe to the Globe, but I'm sure it's an interesting read.

Listen for things like "Increased hiring " and " we are returning to growth "

The tide is turning , the company is over the worst

What have you heard? We have been poaching the cr-p out of Cengage, expect this company to turn in the same he’ll hole that they are. Why are we bringing over that AI slop?

A lot of my coworkers are jumping ship to join Wells Fargo. What is the deal?

I am a US citizen. I did an interview for Lead IT Analyst role. It is a remote role in the US. The 2 interviewers were Indians (Telugus). I answered each and every question correctly and I didn’t get the role.

Could the role have gone to someone from their community?

Is there a way to find out?

HP posted jobs for new graduate hires and it’s very close to flat out admitting biased hiring practices. Here’s what it says:

“Candidates who identify with a group that is historically underrepresented in the technology sector including by not limited to, African American, Latino, Native American, individuals with disabilities and Veterans are encouraged to apply.”

This is signaling bias without flat out admitting to bias. It’s very noble that HP is doing this and I agree with their intentions but this sort communication would discourage those who identify as things that are not physically provable as “underrepresented” just by looking at someone so it’s really about hiring manager’s and recruiter’s INTERPRETATION. Also, it goes on to say that it will not provide documentation for sponsorship, which I would argue is now an “underrepresented” group of people.

Very flaky hiring practices.

We have temp employees, managers are still frequently traveling, we are hiring.

It’s highly unlikely there will be layoffs in my BU. We also still have OT. The entire company is not at risk. Maybe 5%, but there’s no real indication there will be a massive layoff.

Everyone please sleep tonight. Layoffs do happen annually, but it’s usually something you can see coming, if there will be impact to your group.

Today HR announces that CVS will no longer support H1b or any other visa type to hire foreigners.

American jobs for Americans!!!! YES!!!!!!

Toptal predicts growth in remote tech roles. These jobs demand extensive prior experience. This trend happens amidst broad technology job cuts. More than 150,000 technology positions were cut by April. AI integration increases demand for expert workers.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/insight/toptal-sees-remote-tech-hiring-growth-despite-sector-layoffs/gm-GM25F0E534?gemSnapshotKey=GM25F0E534-snapshot-3&uxmode=ruby

Fires 40 pct of his direct reports and assumes their roles, including Availability. figures out that most outages occur during change, so now unnatural acts of impossible clairvoyance are expected, with the implication of losing your job due to things out of your control. Need a mulligan. This is the end.

Any offer must be approved personally by Paul Gallagher, I thought he was meant to remove layers of approval...?

Oregon saw more than 14,000 jobs eliminated over two years. Major employers like Intel and Nike contributed to this surge. The rate of job cuts has notably decreased recently. Oregon's unemployment rate has stabilized at 5.2% for almost twelve months. Economists now seek increased hiring to further improve the labor market.

https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2026/05/is-oregons-layoff-binge-over.html

Put it down in your calendar for April 29th, 2031. Remember to check (in 2031) if IBM did, indeed, hire 750 people in Chicago for "quantum" something.

http://techrights.org/n/2026/05/02/Thousands_of_Layoffs_at_IBM_So_IBM_Pays_Mainstream_Media_to_Cla.shtml

Has anyone who was eliminated earlier this year successfully secured an interview for a new role? I have applied for a few different positions for which I was a perfect fit, but the speed with which I received the "Thanks but no thanks" email felt automated. The first few times I assumed they'd already filled the role internally or had lost funding for the position. Now I'm wondering if there is an automatic filter to exclude previous employees. If so, I really don't want to waste time applying for anything else. Has anyone who was JE'd gotten rehired?

Massive earnings report on the way - lots of new customers, strategic partnerships , return to growth and hiring !

It's time to say the quiet part out loud. Have you ever wondered why upper leadership are so terrible at their roles, have no expertise related to their core functions, and can hardly string together a coherent sentence? It's because they were never qualified to begin with. VPs, Sr. Directors, Directors, etc., they're school mates, college roommates, they attend the same church. That incompetent Associate Director who somehow gets away with doing no work at all? Well, the VP just so happens to be his uncle Dave. Uncle Dave even fashioned the role description with his nephew in mind. The truth is that...you never had a chance.

The recruiters are aligning the resumes of their friends and families to hiring manager specifications, and influencing the hiring decisions. Think you're a perfect fit for the role? Well, so does the recruiter. So much so, that they ensure your resume isn't seen by a hiring manager. It's important for them to quell the competition, after all.

Nepotism and Cronyism aren't new, but have increased in this abysmal job market. If you're not getting interviews, you aren't to blame. If you're making it to the final rounds of interviews but have no luck, it’s because you're being used by the hiring manager to meet an interview quota...they were never genuinely interested in you.

For all you overachievers who are excellent at your roles, your leadership feels the same way—which is precisely why you're being blocked from promotion. They want you to remain right where you are.

So, don't blame yourself. You're not imagining things and you haven't done anything wrong. You are just navigating a system that was never made for you to win. The good managers who support their teams are purged while Incompetence reigns supreme. But don't give up. If VP uncle Dave is trying to squeeze his niece or nephew into that management role...let's not make it easy for him 😉.

It's time to say the quiet part out loud. Have you ever wondered why upper leadership are so terrible at their roles, have no expertise related to their core functions, and can hardly string together a coherent sentence? It's because they were never qualified to begin with. VPs, Sr. Directors, Directors, etc., they're school mates, college roommates, they attend the same church. That incompetent Associate Director who somehow gets away with doing no work at all? Well, the VP just so happens to be his uncle Dave. Uncle Dave even fashioned the role description with his nephew in mind. The truth is that...you never had a chance.

The recruiters are aligning the resumes of their friends and families to hiring manager specifications, and influencing the hiring decisions. Think you're a perfect fit for the role? Well, so does the recruiter. So much so, that they ensure your resume isn't seen by a hiring manager. It's important for them to quell the competition, after all.

Nepotism and Cronyism aren't new, but have increased in this abysmal job market. If you're not getting interviews, you aren't to blame. If you're making it to the final rounds of interviews but have no luck, it’s because you're being used by the hiring manager to meet an interview quota...they were never genuinely interested in you.

For all you overachievers who are excellent at your roles, your leadership feels the same way—which is precisely why you're being blocked from promotion. They want you to remain right where you are.

So, don't blame yourself. You're not imagining things and you haven't done anything wrong. You are just navigating a system that was never made for you to win. The good managers who support their teams are purged while Incompetence reigns supreme. But don't give up. If VP uncle Dave is trying to squeeze his niece or nephew into that management role...let's not make it easy for him 😉.

It's time to say the quiet part out loud. Have you ever wondered why upper leadership are so terrible at their roles, have no expertise related to their core functions, and can hardly string together a coherent sentence? It's because they were never qualified to begin with. VPs, Sr. Directors, Directors, etc., they're school mates, college roommates, they attend the same church. That incompetent Associate Director who somehow gets away with doing no work at all? Well, the VP just so happens to be his uncle Dave. Uncle Dave even fashioned the role description with his nephew in mind. The truth is that...you never had a chance.

The recruiters are aligning the resumes of their friends and families to hiring manager specifications, and influencing the hiring decisions. Think you're a perfect fit for the role? Well, so does the recruiter. So much so, that they ensure your resume isn't seen by a hiring manager. It's important for them to quell the competition, after all.

Nepotism and Cronyism aren't new, but have increased in this abysmal job market. If you're not getting interviews, you aren't to blame. If you're making it to the final rounds of interviews but have no luck, it’s because you're being used by the hiring manager to meet an interview quota...they were never genuinely interested in you.

For all you overachievers who are excellent at your roles, your leadership feels the same way—which is precisely why you're being blocked from promotion. They want you to remain right where you are.

So, don't blame yourself. You're not imagining things and you haven't done anything wrong. You are just navigating a system that was never made for you to win. The good managers who support their teams are purged while Incompetence reigns supreme. But don't give up. If VP uncle Dave is trying to squeeze his niece or nephew into that management role...let's not make it easy for him 😉.

As many are commenting about lay-off's, FAS is hiring! Of course, FAS is easy money for Fidelity. Quarterly income for simply picking mutual funds. Pretty much a rip off for the actual investing part- as long as clients realize they are really paying to be able to speak with a licensed advisor btw who 8 months ago may have been their waiter at Olive Garden.

This is confirmed, the tide has been turned

We are hiring and returning to growth

The turnaround has been completed, to be confirmed at earnings next week

University of Maryland administrators enacted a hiring freeze. This action followed reduced state funding for the upcoming fiscal year. Up to 150 positions are expected to be eliminated through various means, including layoffs. Employees and union members expressed frustration and concern over job security and support. They believe the cuts will negatively impact worker morale and the university's operations.

https://dbknews.com/2026/05/01/umd-hiring-freeze-layoffs/

I see a lot of developer jobs now posted on the Gainwell website, located in India. I hadn’t seen that before. (then I hadn’t looked recently.)

https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/57d09c6b-4e73-4df8-888c-debd123349ec

Nike has just posted multiple openings at IRC to backfill the roles that were laid off.
So, in other words, it was not a layoff, but simply outsourcing.

Some teams are firing. Some teams are hiring. Some teams are hiring from India sponsoring H1B visa.

Citi and other major companies are hiring lot of people overseas! The diff ratio is huge! No one is talking about this. There used to be some controls on overseas hiring. But the hiring pattern now is a huge concern. I believe it is because of H1B restrictions. Either way, You are cooked! So, you don't allow H1B or L1, it's fine, we will hire there. Cheap labor is always the goal for these corporations. Noone cares about the security and the country.

Fire here, hire there, hire cheap! .🤡

A friend of mine is impacted and he showed me that their Indian section is hiring tech engineers in mass

Principal Software Engineer, ITC, Karnataka, India, Lead Software Engineer, ITC, Karnataka, India, Senior Software Engineer, Global Converse, ITC, Karnataka, India, Lead Information Security Engineer, ITC, Karnataka, India, Software Engineer II, ITC, Karnataka, India, Software Engineer I, ITC, Karnataka, India, Software Engineer II, Blue Yonder TMS, ITC, Karnataka, India, Software Engineer II, O9 IBP, ITC, Karnataka, India.

Nike Careers India: https://careers.nike.com/jobs?location=India

Salesforce will recruit 1,000 new graduates and interns. This hiring push supports the company's AI-led product development. CEO Marc Benioff announced this initiative on X. The broader tech sector saw over 81,000 layoffs this year. Major tech companies are cutting jobs while investing heavily in AI.

https://www.peoplematters.in/news/talent-management/salesforce-to-recruit-1000-graduates-as-layoffs-rise-across-big-tech-49448

Anyone have details on the hiring freeze?

Every year we hire a bunch of people. Every year we fire a bunch of people. Can we just pick a plan and stick with it for once.

It seems most building offices are constrained for space and with the recent return to office, it has made hiring in locations almost impossible. Are they going to open up new buildings are get leases for locations constrained?

When will ford stop visa hiring. It looks like a IT call center. We have plenty of local talent.

Seems like EMTEC is planning to increase the PIP % across all of its organizations this year. All the made up LCS roles are being reassigned back into research, Done with stories used to justify CL upgrades . At the same time, we are seeing significant redundancy across research functions, and there is heavy hiring within BTC on computational modeling, RTO, and data science groups.