#jobsecurity

I got an offer, but I'm a bit scared to leave my current job even for better money because, what happens if layoffs start and I'm one of the newest hires? I'm just wondering how often do layoffs happen and if I'm among the last to have joined, how much danger would I be in?

Campbell Soup is reducing its workforce at its Paris plant. 205 of 568 employees will lose their jobs. This change is due to a plant transition. Soup production at the facility ends May 1. The plant will now manufacture Prego Italian sauces and Pace Mexican salsa.

https://easttexasradio.com/campbell-soup-layoffs/

CEOs are increasingly implementing job cuts. Economic uncertainty and cost reduction are primary drivers. January saw the highest number of corporate layoffs since 2009. Wall Street often rewards companies that announce staff reductions. Some leaders also cite AI-driven efficiencies for workforce changes.

https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-make-job-cuts-worries-about-economy-and-ai-impacts-2026-3

After the last round of cuts and reorganization, which ultimately led nowhere, I've started viewing this job as temporary. I'm trying to build up my savings so that if my number is called, that buffer plus severance will give me some runway. I'm also exploring other opportunities, and if something pans out, even better. There's really no point in stressing. It's unkind to yourself and accomplishes nothing.

If the war continues, nobody is getting fired or laid off. In fact, I'm betting you we'll need to start bringing people back. Job security is finally back.

Looking back, my biggest increase here still was ridiculously low. And that's when I got a raise. I often wonder why I stay, and then I remember the state of the job market.

I've become one of the twenty percent who carries the load and I'm now thoroughly exhausted. The other eighty percent show up, do the minimum, and clock out. I work late, fix problems, keep things running. I want to leave but I've got too much built up here. Years of vacation time, a team that depends on me, a family that needs my paycheck. Plus, the job market feels risky right now. So I stay and burn a little more each day. It's a terrible spot to be in. And to think, Nike was considered a great employee once upon a time.

It used to be that if you got hired here, you had a future. Different roles, regular raises, promotions from within. Real job security. Leadership today doesn't seem to care about building a stable workforce. That old model means nothing to them now.

The problem is the limit doesn't matter because the mortgage doesn't care. The kids' school supplies don't care. The car payment doesn't care. I have to make a specific number each month or things fall apart. So I keep coming back even though I hate it. Even though I'm exhausted before I even walk in the door. The worst part is knowing I'm close to breaking. I've never been someone who loses their temper at work. I'm the steady one. The reliable one. But lately I feel this rage building. A manager will give feedback and I want to walk out. I'm scared one day I won't hold it in. I'll say exactly what I think and then I'll be gone anyway, just with no paycheck. I don't know how much longer I can do this.

Expecting nothing better than to be replaced is a great motivating force. Being made to train your replacement adds a special flair to feeling fantastic about losing your job.

I can't keep myself occupied enough with anything to ease the anxiety I feel. A completely sh---y weekend. I hope beyond hope to get to keep the job, because everything is as it is at the moment.

It's okay to be wrecked by a layoff. When I got cut from my previous company, people told me to just move on. Sc--w that. It hurts. That job was my routine, my purpose. You're allowed to be upset. Anyone who says otherwise hasn't been through it.

Does anyone else worry constantly that today could be the day? I can't shake the feeling that my position might just disappear. How do you cope with that?

Ship is sinking.

Story by bgriffiths@insider.com (Brent D. Griffiths)

Anthropic economists say they have developed a new way to track how AI will upend the workforce.
Their new measure shows that AI use hasn't come close to tapping the full power of large language models.
Not surprisingly, they say the most exposed field is computer programmers.
Anthropic economists say that AI use is far from reaching its full potential to disrupt the labor market.

Using their new measure, they found the five most exposed occupations to be: Computer programmers, customer service representatives, data entry keyers, medical record specialists, and market research analysts and marketing specialists.

AI has yet to significantly affect the unemployment rate for workers in these highly exposed professions, economists Maxim Massenkoff and Peter McCrory wrote. The pair said there is "suggestive evidence" that the hiring of young workers in those fields has slowed.

Massenkoff and McCrory also wrote that there are a number of tasks and, in some cases, whole jobs that AI can't do, such as making legal arguments in a courtroom.

"Many tasks, of course, remain beyond AI's reach—from physical agricultural work like pruning trees and operating farm machinery to legal tasks like representing clients in court," the pair wrote.

The core of Massenkoff and McCrory's paper proposes a new way to measure AI displacement risk that combines real-world data on Claude usage with other factors, including tasks that are theoretically possible for AI.

Anthropic has been publishing real-world data on Claude usage for every state and Washington, DC, through their "Anthropic Economic Index."

By doing so, the pair said that they hope to pinpoint economic disruption more reliably in real time, making it easier to "help identify the most vulnerable jobs before displacement is visible."

"This approach won't capture every channel through which AI could reshape the labor market, but by laying this groundwork now, before meaningful effects have emerged, we hope future findings will more reliably identify economic disruption than post-hoc analyses," they wrote.

The measure, which they call Observed Exposure, shows just how far LLMs have to go to disrupt specific job tasks that AI could theoretically replace or augment.

"For instance, Claude currently covers just 33% of all tasks in the Computer & Math category," they wrote.

Dario Amodei has warned about the future of white-collar work
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has repeatedly sounded the alarm about AI job displacement. He has said that AI could replace up to half of all entry-level white-collar jobs in the next one to five years. Amodei has stuck by his views even as others in the industry, including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have questioned his outlook.

Massenkoff and McCrory's findings dovetail with a growing consensus that AI could eliminate most entry-level software engineering jobs. One of the biggest uses for Anthropic's Claude is coding.

Boris Cherny, creator of Claude Code, recently said he expects the title of software engineer to start to "go away" in 2026.

xAI CEO Elon Musk said last year that "anything that is physically moving atoms" will outlast AI disruption longer. The Anthropic economists found that the least exposed professions include cooks, motorcycle mechanics, lifeguards, bartenders, and dishwashers

It is worth noting that sweeping predictions of AI job disruption haven't always aged well.

Geoffrey Hinton, the so-called "Godfather of AI," said in 2016 that "people should stop training radiologists now" and that within five years AI would surpass humans in the field. A decade later, radiologists remain in demand. Hinton told The New York Times in 2025 that his prediction was too broad and that the timing was off, even as he was correct about the direction of AI progress.

AI disruption also won't affect everyone the same way, the Anthropic economists wrote.

Based on US Census Bureau data from the three months before ChatGPT's release, the economists found that "Workers in the most exposed professions are more likely to be older, female, more educated, and higher-paid."

https://x.com/PeterMcCrory/status/2029716715916198006/photo/1

@PeterMcCrory
Head of Economics at Anthropic.

What chance do the rest of our jobs stand?

Leadership is laser-focused on OPEX cuts, and every signal points to around 15,000 jobs still being on the line. That's the number floating around, the one nobody's refuted, the one we all know is coming for us eventually. Whether it happens next week or next month changes nothing in the end. It's happening. The only things left to figure out is how many rounds, and who's getting cut. Prepare accordingly.

chat are we cooked??

Does IBM RA mean you cannot apply to IBM or its subsidaries for any role in the future ?
Does your profile get marked as non-hire once you are let go on RA ?

Technicians in the North East that handle Network Assurance/Transport are now being moved to the VZB Union position. Not all details have been fleshed out but your VZW Switch techs will now be VZB

Global bank Morgan Stanley announced significant job cuts. The cuts impact three percent of its global employees. The company cited changing business priorities and individual job performance. These reductions follow similar moves by other large firms. Layoffs affect investment banking, wealth management, and investment management divisions.

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/huge-layoffs-continue-tech-finance-135217128.html

Was in a meeting with managers a few rungs up the ladder than me when one of them fielded a question about "Reimagining". They mentioned that there's always been a "Cascade 3" and that it's happening in the next 3 months. They said more jobs will be offshored as a part of it but they don't know how much.

Has anyone else heard anything about this?

I am leaving for another position soon. Saw my current role posted for internal applicants listed one grade level lower than my current grade level.
Has anyone else seen this happen before?

Campbell's plans layoffs at its Paris, Texas factory. The company will cut 205 of 568 employees. Soup production will cease on May 1. The facility will now make Prego Italian Sauces and Pace salsa. This transition requires a smaller workforce.

Paris, Texas

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/campbells-soup-factory-layoffs-paris-texas/287-ed71fa56-6a39-49f6-8921-db61b9d06f16

Capital One announced layoffs affecting over 1,100 workers. These cuts are part of integrating Discover with Capital One. The affected roles include 532 at the Riverwoods facility. Another 69 Illinois residents and 538 remote workers are also impacted. This marks the second wave of layoffs since the acquisition last year.

Riverwoods, Illinois

https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/capital-one-layoffs-riverwoods-illinois-discover-headquarters/

I sure don't. It's just a paycheck, with no hope that raises would even keep up with inflation. Between offshoring, AI hype, zero growth paths, and the constant threat of being cut for no reason other than bottom line, why even try? Working hard, doing overtime, delivering quality - it's all just investing in future regret.

Been working for years at T and not able to crack interviews in other companies due to technological shifts and not enough preparation. So the only choice left is to RTO and keep the job to put food on the table. The sooner the better.

major multi thousand job cuts at morgan stanley and CITI... the job market just got exponentially worse for all of us in banking...

Morgan Stanley - March 2025 Layoffs Summary (some selected post)
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjyfj53s
@OP+1kjyfj53s

CITI Layoffs
https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kjyf4pkj
@OP+1kjyf4pkj

The company's entire focus is reducing costs. That means nobody is secure, no matter what you might think or what your manager might have told you.. If you're thinking of relocating or making long-term plans, think again. This isn't a place with a future.

Can't stand this place or my job. I hope to make the list.

Everyone from my group who got laid off has already landed somewhere new. Pretty quick turnaround. Maybe there's hope out there after all.

Meteor Creative will close its manufacturing facility. This plant is located in Tipp City. The closure will result in 66 employee layoffs. The facility has operated for nearly five decades. This ends its long presence in the community.

https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2026/03/03/meteor-creative-layoffs-tipp-city-facility-closure.html

Just TUPE-ed to a different contact provider who actually gave us a 1.5% increase on transfer because the timing means we miss their annual review and DXC's (ha ha) March review.
It remains to be seen what they're actually like as an employer - but they'd have to try really hard to be worse that DXC.
Hope things work out for the rest of you.

Arizona employers announced job reductions for February 2026. At least 80 positions were affected statewide. Most of these cuts occurred in Phoenix retail. Saks & Company submitted the largest filing. This luxury retailer cut 67 jobs at its Camelback Road store.

Phoenix, Arizona

https://www.azcentral.com/story/money/business/jobs/2026/03/03/february-2026-job-layoffs-arizona/88866761007/

Been through multiple rounds myself over the past few years for various reasons. Even though I'm employed now, I can't shake this feeling that it's about to happen again any day. Which, working here, a lot of times makes sense, but it's happening even when we're in an in-between period. Every little rumor, every quiet meeting, my brain immediately goes there. It's like a reflex now. I feel like it's now my default setting.

Unless you are ready to retire or have other financial means, calling BS on a golden ticket. It take an average of two weeks for every year of experience to find a new job. The severance here for most people will be just enough to find another role. If your skills were that valuable you would have found a new higher paying job instead of waiting for a “golden ticket”

Because I don’t think I ever will. But even if I do get the axe I’ve already made hundreds of thousands of dollars working here.

Can anyone who's been let go recently ACTUALLY CONFIRM the severance package given and your job designation? A3 A4 D2 D4 ETC?

I'm not asking what you think, what you've heard or what the documents in SharePoint say, is there someone with a real world experience that can definitively say what their experience was and if its a lump sum or ongoing payments until it runs out

1.  Do you feel like there aren’t better opportunities out there for you?
2.  Are you actively looking but still job hunting?
3.  Are you just going with the flow and not really thinking about it?
4.  Or do you have hope that the company will turn around?