#layoff

Apparently, there were some layoffs yesterday. Will it continue today and throughout the week or is that it?

November 19th has been confirmed as a Wednesday blood bath. Then later in the week, or the next week for a 2nd RIF round. I was told not just US staff either.

Bumping this from @we+1k9zcd9zv for important info.

I continue to hear rumors about an upcoming future layoffs AND a merger. I'm hearing that the VSP and additional layoffs are being done to position us well for a merger (GuideWell???).

..cant pay them back.
Lays off 600+ so far to print artificial money.
Outsources IT to TCS with sub-par knowledge, skillsets, and abilities.
The organization eats the people that made it great, rewards and protects thr managerial, director, and vp branches. - hires a buzzword artist that has ties to Indian based TCS.. and guts the company just like he did at Shell.
The bowl is swirling.
Firesale is imminent.
Wouldn't doubt there being a SEC investigation or two in the future.

https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/18/Techrights_Assessment_of_Red_Hat_Layoffs_in_2025_Yes_They_Happe.shtml

EJ actually has a 6 page "layoff guide" available to help clients when their lives are turned upside down.

How nice...better refrain from further comment.

I’m trying to connect with other employees (former or current) who’ve noticed what seems like a pattern of POC being disproportionately impacted by recent layoffs.

Rather than rely on rumors or surface-level reporting, I want to collect real data from people who’ve experienced it directly.

The goal isn’t to name names... it’s to highlight a potential pattern that may otherwise go unseen. If enough people contribute, we could create something powerful and fact-based to bring visibility to what’s happening.

Please comment race/ s-x of the people who have laid off in your division this year.

Any one from Germany, how much need to negotiate for 6.5 years experience in synopsys. please help me to understand some thumb rule to negotiate with HR.

In German labor law, if you want to challenge a termination (Kündigungsschutzklage) in court, you must file the lawsuit within 3 weeks of receiving the termination letter.

I was laid off on October 28th from the Lafayette facility (ACM). Was anybody else laid off from that facility on that date?

No specific date yet, but most teams have started to submit names for the early Q1 cut. Very frustrating to see that workforce cuts are proceeding despite a “great” Q3 earnings performance.

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4336218015/?trk=eml-email_job_alert_digest_01-primary_job_list-0-jobcard_body_15410528500&refId=NPp%2B27WXsygWNPJyBEeg5Q%3D%3D&trackingId=4nLchv%2FF4FyNcFQXbWLQxw%3D%3D

I think they're doing this on purpose, since I'm this close to just quitting to avoid having to go through this mental anguish even for a day longer. I wouldn't be surprised if some people already broke and quit. This is all a part of their plan, I have zero doubts about that.

Want to know what’s coming (for those left after the RIF)..a little insight;
https://youtu.be/97kXYnL2PWc?si=6HeilcF-BTmQoHsm

Toledo is laying off today, first thing this morning it was happening.

Given the huge RIFs at Verizon does anyone know what the impacts will be for Frontier?

Verizon has shown such disrespect toward all of us that it feels like they can't stand their own employees, and I really no longer feel like doing anything above the bare minimum for this place. Fu-k this place. I'm getting laid off anyway, if not now then in the next round or the one after that. There's no reason to bother anymore.

get out of this company ASAP

Canon USA’s Crisis: Layoffs, Market Share Loss, and a Toxic Culture.
https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/canon-usas-crisis-layoffs-market-share-loss-and-a-toxic-culture-thelayoff-com-canon/

I am definitely not staying with VZ if I get RIFd and losing my employee discount. VZ is looking at 15000 disconnects soon?

Overpriced and terrible customer service.

Thats the only way to save the sinking stock. Just like the layoffs before last earnings.

Vice-owned Pulse Films, the storied transatlantic production company behind Gangs of London, American Honey and The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann, is exiting the high-end TV and film game after 20 years.

https://deadline.com/2025/11/vice-layoffs-london-pulse-films-shuts-tv-film-division-1236619967/

So many of us are sick to our stomachs dreading Thursday’s RIF Day! This wait is horrible!! How can you even think about the holidays with this kind of anticipation. This is horrible. Plus the reality is if we make it this round, we can expect it to happen prob almost every quarter over the new year. We are stuck! With the amount of people unemployed through all of the larger companies + government layoffs… how do people move forward? I expect the job market is horrible and unemployment gives a max of approx $400/wk.. how are people able to survive and support their families??

Even though employees get a company discount, I would expect to see more lines/service cancelled for those impacted with the upcoming layoffs..

Question to those from IT who took vsp or got layed off recently.

How long did it take you to find a new job? I know market is bad.

When/If Rif’d, does your severance include at risk commission? Or just standard two week check per year you’ve been with the company?

Hearing the first of many grenades is coming out tomorrow from corporate regarding this global consolidation operation..

One of the biggest things im hearing PDS is going away for non NPT along with all non NPT will become wage employees.

Somethings else FLS & SLS having a minimum amd maximum amount of direct reports as well.

Anyone else got any more information?

Anyone else have details on this?

I just got my early notification only cause my superior is good with me wanted to not hold me out to dry .Im in a department that has been dead a while .I knew it was coming good luck to all .

I find the rumblings just (which will happen Thursday… where there is smoke, there is fire) rolling off my back, like water off a ducks.

In Jan/Feb 2021, I was part of the RIF and was able to find a new role. After living through that experience and being a people leader then, I told myself that next time major rumblings came around, that I would embrace the RIF. So here I am embracing Thursday’s news.

Sure there is anxiety about am I impacted or am I not, but I don’t really want to start this post-Verizon change pre holidays leading into 2026 that the macro US economy is going to be dreadful. With that said, there is life outside of Verizon. There are a lot of good things happening in industry outside of Verizon.

We are just a cog in the wheel for shareholder value and the stock price. Our CEO has made that crystal clear. It’s best to treat your role as a cog in the machine for you to enjoy life. Think about work in the hours of work, after work forget about it. Come back to it the next day. It’s ok to ignore a slack or an email.

RIF Package expectation based off previous years.

2 weeks pay for each year of service.

Vacation payoff (hope you didn’t drop below 150% before the year ended. *this was the first hint of it happening this year btw.

Stock together- we can dissect this wonderful move. Hans introduced it and ever since we have experienced the stock price lagging against the industry. Not the cause of it obviously, just ironic.

STI- probably *from what I’ve heard gets paid out but that’s coming from a friend of a friend

I'm talking about laptops, cell phones, etc.

Are laid off people's devices locked up and wiped out the day of? Or are laid off employees still considered employees until the end of the year with limited access to their devices?

I was laid off this time last year. I was with Dell in various sales roles for 20 years right out of college. I became an adult and professional with Dell. What I’m learning is my Dell skill set isn’t seen as that well trained or valuable to many other companies. Maybe it’s a bit of age discrimination as well, but surely being early 40s doesn’t mean I’m already retired from any tech job does it? I don’t know. I’ve been doing gig work to survive, but I used to have a real career, decent pay, benefits, savings, retirement, travel, dignity… feels like I’m worse than back to square one now. I feel like I’m going to lose everything I’ve spent two decades building in my life because I can’t find another job like what I had at the only job I’ve ever really known. I used to be the guy that had enough to help friends when they were hitting rough patches, now I’m the one always asking for favors. Sorry, just having a panic attack in the middle of the night because of all of this. I’ve applied to hundreds of places, even outside of tech in other sales fields, and I feel like I do great in the multiple rounds of interviews, just to get rejected or even worse, absolute crickets. I can’t go entry level in another totally different field because I’m either seen as too old to be an apprentice, or too over qualified (they feel) for an entry level thing. So how do I start over then?! I also have other friends and former coworkers that have been recently laid off, so now I feel like I’m competing with them for a role. It’s all so frustrating and frankly scary. Make it make sense. I just want to work again.

The situation in the Nordics is not ideal...denmark for instance is not in the best shape with Novo firing 5000 employees already and this is not the only company with high numbers of fired people. Any news on the Nordics?

Fiserv will come back from this. I believe Fiserv will declare bankruptcy and will be broken apart and sold off.

How is it possible thar our organization added 4~5 headcount less than 12 months ago and we are now being told that layoffs are imminent. Makes no sense to me. You hire people to lay them off couple of months later.

There are always the Layoffs that are Guaranteed to come after the Frontier merger— we are nowhere near done with the layoff musical chairs 🪑.

Any word on layoffs?

Hearing 1st week in December and up to. 20% reduction?

Not sure if this still works as I left the firm around a year ago to work for a fully remote brokerage (best decision in my career)… After someone gets laid off, their department changes in their profile to LABOR DECISIONS for 60 days before it deactivates. In outlook you can just search the keyword “LABOR” under department in the global contact list and leave everything else blank, and the list of all recently laid off employees will populate. Sometimes it takes a couple days after the layoff for it to update. Have fun!

Losing my job has hit me harder than I expected. The market is brutal right now, and thinking about starting fresh somewhere else feels overwhelming. Even landing anything at all feels like a long shot. This was the worst possible moment to lose my job.

Now I actually feel relieved. I’m not even all that scared about what’s next. There was so much pressure and focus on just keeping the job that I forgot how unhappy I really was at Target. I know the grass may not be greener, and finding another job won’t be easy, like it isn’t for anyone right now, but I still feel better for it. Sometimes change is necessary for your own clarity and sanity. In any case, wishing the best to everyone, both those who were let go and those who stayed.

I am fighting off the bitterness because part of me keeps replaying all the signs I ignored. I should have trusted my own instincts when the job stopped feeling right, and I regret not taking that seriously and not leaving on my own terms. It hits hard when you put in the effort, stay loyal, and still end up pushed out the door.

I’m in customer care and eligible for retirement with tenure and age. I’m wondering if HR would allow me to retire with severance instead of going through the layoff?