#layoff

I have been applying everywhere, but specifically avoiding places like Optum, UHG etc, where I’m pretty sure I would get hired. I want to keep saving my severance. Has anyone else taken this approach or am I remembering the severance package terms incorrectly?

IT staff were let go

Invista's Kingston plant is laying off over 100 workers. These job cuts are part of a company-wide restructuring effort. The company has not been profitable, with costs exceeding its value. Layoffs will occur between June 21 and August 2. Invista aims to become leaner and more cost-efficient for a profitable future.

https://www.thewhig.com/news/more-than-100-jobs-cut-at-invistas-kingston-facility

Noble Inc. announced layoffs affecting 80 employees. The terminations will occur at its Indianapolis facility through August 2. The nonprofit is discontinuing Community Living residential services. This is part of a strategic realignment and due to funding uncertainty. The change affects 38 individuals receiving residential services.

Indianapolis, Indiana

https://wibc.com/888986/80-employees-laid-off-at-indy-nonprofit-aimed-at-helping-people-with-disabilities/

Layoffs are planned for the Chelan-Douglas Health District. This follows the chief administrator's departure last month. The public health department serves two counties. It manages child nutrition programs and vaccinations. The district also handles disease outbreaks for the Wenatchee Valley.

Wenatchee, WA

https://www.ncwlife.com/news/videos/layoffs-follow-health-agency-chiefs-resignation/video_53e0476a-e59b-51ea-85dc-d2064519150c.html

EPISD declared a financial exigency. This decision followed a four-hour meeting and a 5-1 vote. The declaration allows for cutting 54 teaching positions. Forty contract positions are also being cut. These measures aim to address the district's financial deficit.

El Paso, Texas

https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/education/2026/06/05/what-the-episd-approved-financial-exigency-means-for-layoffs/90416474007/

Fulcrum Therapeutics announced a significant business restructure. The company is reducing its workforce by 85%. This leaves the company with nine employees. The decision follows the discontinuation of its lead dr-g candidate, pociredir. The FDA raised safety concerns regarding the sickle cell disease treatment.

https://www.biospace.com/business/fulcrum-tanks-as-cancer-concerns-stymie-sickle-cell-asset-trigger-business-reorg

Whirlpool Corporation will end second-shift production at its Amana plant. This change is effective July 5. A total of 288 employees will be affected by these layoffs. The company attributes these actions to a multi-year modernization plan. Whirlpool previously laid off 341 workers in March at the same facility.

Amana, Iowa

https://www.kcrg.com/2026/06/05/breaking-whirlpool-ending-second-shift-production-amana/

Former employee here. Been away for a while and haven't kept up on the latest with Wells.

Out of sheer (and I mean sheer desperation) I'm considering applying for an open role.

What is the RTO requirement these days? When I got laid off it was 3 days in office, with rumors of going to 4 or 5 days, combined with reporting to show if anyone isn't spending 8 hours everyday in the office.

But where did things actually wind up?

Q: How does it feel to be one of the ones who was LR harvested, whilst the Bread and Circuses of CiscoLive! commences?

A: It feels pretty sh£tty.

What a joke this all had been. To the old teammates who won't reply to texts, emails, or LinkedIn messaging...F-off, the lot of you.

About to have negative earnings for the next few years

Forcing employees into an office while our entire executive team and most of our upper management is remote has to be the most hypocritical thing this company has ever done. At least under Mike, he and others were actually in the office.

If RTO were really about collaboration and face to face time, our execs would relocate, open more offices, and ALL employees would be mandated to go to an office or risk being made redundant, just like FAANG did post-COVID. So what's the real reason here?

As others have said, most likely hoping for natural attrition, especially since they did this while gas is at an all time high and increases/equity are at an all time low. If they don't get the reduced headcount they hoped for by the October deadline, you can bet there will be another big lay off in Q4.

After accepting a job at Optum, be sure to have a solid exit plan within 12 months. This is about how long it will take them to decide to replace you.

Pattern: Hire, layoff, replace, repeat.

Other pattern: Hire, layoff, AI, ??!?

Restructuring is constant. It does not matter if you are a high performer. They hire a consulting firm to evaluate demographics of employees when conducting layoffs to prevent discrimination lawsuits. May the odds be ever in your favor.

I just returned to work on 5/28 after being out on short term disability for a heart condition. Apparently I missed the mass video firing? I came back to see my supervisor and others in my team chat as "user unknown" Confused, I reached out to get some understanding of what I missed, I was ignored. So I clocked in and began my day. Member choice center btw. About 2 hours in, I received a meeting invite and was informed that my job was eliminated and was to clock out after the meeting. Which actually is fine because this job was soul su-king and I found something better. I do have a question about severance though. How long does it take to get severance and the email with info on that?

St. Landry Parish Schools faces a deep financial deficit. The school board learned the system is millions in debt. The district operates "check to check" and loses cash. It expects a nearly $4 million debt by fiscal year-end. School closures, consolidations, and layoffs are possible solutions.

Opelousas, Louisiana

https://www.kadn.com/video/st-landry-parish-schools-facing-millions-in-debt-closures-layoffs-possible/video_33f27eb5-75af-5ba7-a28d-91c7f053acea.html

Bell Textron confirmed layoffs affecting hundreds of employees. Approximately 285 workers were impacted across three facilities. Locations included Amarillo, Fort Worth, and Wichita. The company also announced a three-week furlough for some staff. These actions aim to align the company with market realities.

Wichita, Kansas

https://www.ksn.com/news/business/wichita-workers-included-in-bell-textron-layoffs/

Palo Alto Unified School District forecasts financial hardship and potential layoffs. This follows the failure of Measure B, a parcel tax that would have generated $15 million annually. The district also reached an impasse in contract negotiations with its teachers' union. Chief Business Officer Charen Yu stated staff positions and expenditures may be cut. Educators dispute the district's conservative budget projections, citing historically higher year-end balances.

Palo Alto, California

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/palo-alto-schools/2026/06/04/school-district-forecasts-financial-uncertainty-layoffs-after-parcel-tax-fails/

I do not think lay offs are going to happen any time soon. They can’t afford the bad press. Every meeting isn’t “the big one”

optum is getting rid of all its california pediatrics staff as of 7/31. doctors fired staff, sent to the wind

You heard if first, ask your leaders, everyone should be having some type of call month “towards end of the day”, check your google calender its there! This company is truly a sinking ship since starlink and the other one taking over! Verizon cannot compete anymore basically telecom is dead unless they figure out a way to get something orbiting in space fast! Everyone under pressure at work, SR managers running around WILD with no direction, work is no longer coming in, major budget cuts, everything is being handled mirco, Basking Ridge in CHAOS, tmobile exec came over as a last ditch attempt to save the company with “AI” but yet again tmobile about to outsource to india, spring rifts, summer rifts, fall rifts, holiday rifts get use to it!!..TAKE THOSE AI trainings FYI, it will be on your midyear and end of year you dont complete them trust me you will be GONE!!!

Rumor is the entire technology training team was laid off. What a coincidence AI makes documentation super easily. Don't believe a word from leadership. Collect the paycheck and get out as soon as you have another offer.

so was told by management that charlie severance has run out and if you get laid off your LOB has to pay it… I suspect more firings in store with no package

What has been the recent severance packages for those getting laid off? I’m curious about the severance base pay (for below job grade 12’s) and additional pay from number of service years.

Was informed that another e-mail will be sent to sign it thru docusign today ( Termination Date ) and I still have not gotten it. Checked the Junk e-mail also and it is not there too.
Cannot call HR as it is past 5:00 PM .
Got the previous e-mail at 6:19 AM on Thu 05/21 to review the docs
Has any one got it ? Is every one just like me

Does anyone know if FIS pays severance in lump sum or as paychecks? If the latter, do they have a clawback clause if I’m employed during severance pay period? Im anticipating to be on the next round, trying to plan ahead.

So just a little update from our oh-so-generous employer: we still have jobs, how lucky we are, but of course it comes with a lovely caveat. We either uproot our entire lives and relocate, or for some of us, we’re stuck here with no options due to legal or personal reasons. And they gave us the super generous advice that we can apply to new positions here, except surprise, there aren’t any that most of us qualify for. So we just get to work for two more months, no big deal, and then we get a whopping two months of garden leave, which by the way is a huge downgrade from the four months they gave people last time. And we only have 10 days to decide: apply, relocate, or do nothing. If I don’t find something in these four months, well, I have no choice but to take the severance and say goodbye. What a dream, right?

And even if I do relocate, what makes me trust that I won’t just get laid off again two months after I completely uproot my life?

Oh, and on top of that, they still expect us to perform as usual over the next two months, making sure we hit all our targets and keep up our usual standards. What makes them think that’s even realistic after all this?

By 'final paycheck', I mean the check that comes a few weeks after your termination date and includes reimbursement for accrued unused vacation time (or, in the case of over 65s, all unused vacation days til the end of the year). Were any medical or 401k deductions taken out of the vacation pay?

Who is next to get ousted?

I have a proposal for the BOD’s I think they will enjoy. Instead of laying off staff we should layoff the entire SLT with AI in order to drive company growth, innovation, and profitability. By now, the Board can already sense they dropped the ball hiring Enrique because he does nothing except lose market cap value. So why not save the company hundreds of millions by laying off the executives? Do you actually think AI would do worse? This company’s currently at its lowest point in history. Some people will read this as a joke but the more you think they more it actually makes sense. Also, think of all the stock comp that will be saved!! Buybacks will actually mean something now.

You hit 40, they'll retire you.

CHK them Linkedin posts folks!

For whatever reason, they tried to sneak me into COBRA after my layoff. If I hadn't called to fight it I'd have had to may 800 something dollars. But for some messed up reason, they want to still make sure I pay something so I have a 300 something dollar bill (thank you useless offshore rep) that I have to once again fight.

Oh and the reps were all offshored. Man fu-k this place and its current leaders to he-l.

The head of the Writers Guild of America East union blasted Paramount-owned CBS News for recent “cruel and needless layoffs,” its firing of “60 Minutes” correspondent Scott Pelley and the shutdown of CBS News Radio.

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/wga-slams-scott-pelley-firing-cbs-news-cruel-needless-layoffs-1236766676/

No announcements, no WARN, just a few people here and there?

I'm not asking for any details, it's just that my anxiety is hitting new levels with not knowing whether any cuts are taking place today or not. Just a simple yes or no. Please.

Any news on the June 18th announcement? Does anyone have any more info on how big the layoffs are or how long they expect people to stick around and "transition"?