#layoffs

I know at least one L3 who was impacted. I wonder which L4s got the ax.

And why the he!! do they call layoffs “surplus” here? George Carlin would have a field day with that sh!t.

yepp it’s true. had a meeting about it today that ruined my whole day. they hired these people as remote workers and are now firing them for being remote. how cruel. and they say it’s to promote “collaboration” but nobody in office collaborates on anything. and our team is split up between 5 offices so everything is done virtual anyways. it feels like BS just to fill up offices and keep their precious precious real estate value. what else would be the point of laying off fully trained employees just to replace them with in office workers? and we already can’t handle our workloads, the last thing we need right now is to lose a bunch of people. this is gonna hit the rest of us hard.

https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/costar-layoffs-richmond-feb-18-2026

Says it hit homes.com

Just after 6 months and barely being integrated, still balancing 2 phones, 2 computers, 2 emails. Without TF really knowing who is who and what we do, the layoffs have stated. They said it is strategic, that this will make us stronger blah blah blah..

Main Street Sports Group announced it will close multiple offices. This includes facilities in Southport, Minneapolis, and St. Louis. Over 44 jobs will be eliminated from the Southport location alone. The layoffs affect various roles, including management and engineers. These permanent job cuts are expected by mid-April.

https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/fairfield/fanduel-sports-network-shuttering-southport-office-44-layoffs-expected/

Anyone having any insight on this? As we heard big layoffs planned

It's officially happening, they are firing remote claims and disputes people, anybody who's not close to a hub location. Confirmed with emil from EFDC.
What su-ks is that they hired remote people to help during covid, and it's now they're just letting all those good people go.
Oh, but the plus side?! Their rolls are going to be open for hiring at a hub of course. Insert eyeroll.

Did the email move you at all? 🤔 It felt hollow to me. If they could have gotten rid of all of us at once they would have. I feel more like we are on a subway train...yeah, all of us are moving "forward", but we all have "stops" ahead where we must get off....Oh well, whatever.

78 laid off Statewide in New Jersey, with an effective dates of 4/21/26 to 9/2/26

https://www.nj.gov/labor/assets/PDFs/WARN/2026_WARN_Notice_Archive.pdf

Heads up it’s getting started

They exceeded the 50 employee layoff in NJ and failed to file the appropriate paperwork with the state.

As a result, they’ve advised employees who were scheduled to be laid off in 2 weeks, that they will be on payroll for another 3 months.

The best part is, the additional 3 months still does not satisfy the law. So why don’t they file with the state?

The company must now pay 1 week for every year of service in addition to 4 additional weeks pay.

“No, simply keeping employees on payroll for an additional 3 months (or any period) does not satisfy or cure a failure to file/provide the required NJ WARN notice.
Under New Jersey’s amended Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (NJ WARN) Act (effective since April 10, 2023, with key changes from 2020 legislation), employers must provide 90 days’ advance written notice of a covered mass layoff, termination of operations, or transfer of operations. This notice must go to affected employees, their collective bargaining representatives (if any), the chief elected official of the municipality, and the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (via specific forms and methods).
The law does not allow “pay in lieu of notice” as a substitute for providing the actual advance notice. Unlike some interpretations of federal WARN (which imposes back pay liability for the violation period but doesn’t explicitly prohibit pay-in-lieu alternatives in practice), NJ WARN is stricter in structure:
• The primary requirement is advance written notice (90 days) to allow employees time to prepare, seek new work, or access retraining.
• If an employer fails to provide the full 90 days’ notice (or any required notice), the penalty is not avoided by paying extra wages or keeping people on payroll longer. Instead, each affected employee is entitled to:
◦ Mandatory severance (one week of pay per full year of service, calculated at the higher of their average rate over the last three years or final regular rate) — this applies regardless of whether notice was given.
◦ An additional four weeks of severance pay as a specific penalty for the notice failure (this extra four weeks is not prorated for partial notice; it’s all-or-nothing if the full 90 days isn’t provided).
Keeping employees on payroll longer might reduce some practical harm (e.g., they continue earning wages and benefits), but it does not fulfill the statutory notice obligation or eliminate the employer’s liability for the additional four-week severance penalty. The law emphasizes actual advance notification, not just compensation.
Federal WARN (which NJ WARN builds on but exceeds) similarly requires 60 days’ notice with no explicit provision for pay-in-lieu as a complete substitute, and violations trigger back pay liability up to 60 days.
If a company is in this situation, the best course is usually to:
• Provide as much notice as possible immediately (even if short).
• Pay the mandatory severance plus the four-week penalty if notice was deficient.
• Consult employment counsel, as employees cannot waive these rights without state or court approval, and claims can be pursued individually or collectively.
For the official statute text and filing details, see the NJ Department of Labor site (nj.gov/labor) or the 2023 amendments PDF. This is not legal advice—specific cases depend on facts like employer size (100+ employees nationwide), number affected (50+ in NJ), and exact triggers.”

A new meeting is on my calendar for an SMB town hall on Friday.

Is this going to be a meeting for layoffs?

Any news of layoffs within ECS tomorrow?

I was notified that my position was being eliminated around 6am, before I even took a sip of coffee. SMH.

Irving was heavily impacted by yesterday’s layoffs. Each team lost at least two team members.

The network side was particularly affected — including NSS, ECC, Load Balancing, DNS, Tools Team. These are core operational functions!

Each Data Center team (RUTH, GTDC, MWDC, SWDC, and 390G) also lost two team members. These teams were already lean. With this level of reduction, the remaining staff will be operating under sustained pressure, and workload sustainability is a legitimate concern.

#FTP

Carnage across Tech and Controls teams this week. It’s like a turkey shoot. Sites hit hard New York, Jersey, Tampa and telecommuters. Folk are getting an hour’s notice of the call and their system access is cut at the end. No ifs and no buts just a quick 15 minutes goodbye and good luck.

Several account reps let go today, official last day is tomorrow but already offline and gone. US Data Platform Team.

Has anyone in the O'Fallon location been impacted? If so, what business areas?

Hearing some MKE campus layoffs today - Ill try to get more info soon. Know of 5 confirmed. Not sure who is even left anymore in that place

So, 61 employees in Poland. How about other sites?

WOW! Stores are literal ghost towns- There is NOBODY in the stores- empty aisles, unsold freight, zero employees. This company has been swirling the bowl for the last 2 years. People- get out now. The company is tanking.

I just heared they let go of two more Engineers and one of the leaders. After having a good year last year...

A call yesterday with client services org said a handful in departments throughout the org were let go today. They said implementation and proposals were not affected, but does that mean they won't be affected at all? Or just not affected today?

Humana has no leadership - they do have lots and lots of layers of useful management, just no leadership! They have no vision or plan at all - hence, can't put together a strategy. It cracks me up that they keep hiring upper management but continue to let go of the people who actually do work.

I could never recommend anyone take a job at Humana, nor would I recommend anyone be a customer. They have very few execs / managers that can deliver! Those that cared about the company and its customers are being let go. They are told they complain but in reality they are bringing up real problems and issues that if not addressed will have huge negative impact. The execs / managers don't complain because someone will then say "what are you going to do about that" and they will have no response since they let go of anyone with ideas or that cared!

So I and many other got laid off recently due to the company strategy to automate and replace with AI and failing that, outsource to India.

Considering so many large companies who regret their decision to lay off and replace with AI, you'd think this was thought out.

Nope. Got told outright that the company is willing to accept financial penalties for failure to meet contractual requirements, reputation damage and other losses. All because this is the strategy that Omar is steering the ship towards.

Fine ok. But zero communication or consultation with those affected. I'm not even talking about those who were let go, but those who remain and are expected to pick up the pieces.

No-one we work with knew, had any communication, etc.
Any pushback was met with silence and passing the buck to someone who is new (senior management Accenture replacement) and has no clue on the business. Which were met with corporate fluff, deception and being ignored.

Those of us let go were an average of 20 years each.
Some less. Some more.

When we tried over the last year to use AI as a tool, we would spend more time arguing with the hallucination it produced, than getting anything productive out of it.

But since we're now gone, there's nothing in place to replace us. Just that replacing with AI is the plan...

Absolute insanity!

Who else was impacted today?

Are we returning monitors and docking stations?

I asked HR answers and they only itemized laptop and concession device. I specifically asked about desk equipment and they did not reply to that part.
Also in the severance agreement it mentions laptops/other computers and devices. Nothing about Monitors/docking station.

What do we all suggest? Anyone from the previous rounds have any input?

Sounds like the board and SB are expecting some sort of financial difficulties from now to 6 to 8 months from now. Just what I got from those announcements/buttering us up.

Is tomorrow really happening? Anyone know what depts may be on the chopping block? I know it might be inevitable, but w/ my wife's cancer treatment it's even more stressful.

22% raise while the masses get ran off to pay for it. Every single employee is a pawn, a commodity to be used traded and discarded at will. You are no more to her than stapler.

AI promises were made and it did not work out. It will eventually but AI did not bear the fruit (money) that was promised. We’ll have AI in place and it’ll replace “x” number of employees this year. It did not work but even still gotta run off the people to save at least some of the money that was promised. So…YOU are on the chopping block.

Meanwhile, Jane raise\bonus is locked in at the cost of your job. She’s laughing at the fact that you are paying the price and not her.
Those that are left behind the carnage will be worked to death to pick up the slack and again she will chuckle. You guys need to get past the point that she does not care what you do, say, think, suffer through or feel. You are such a non-concern to her much like a discarded bottle cap that you and your well being does not even register as a thought to her. She came from McKinsey for which their sole purpose in life was to help CEO’s determine the best way to sell laying people off for optics.

My advice to tech….leave on your own terms as soon as you can. Be willing to move elsewhere for the same pay and maybe even settle for less but at least you won’t be blindsided. Yes, I am aware it takes a very long time to find something so start searching now rather than after the axe falls. Skill up and go. Either Citi sees the value you bring to the table or they don’t and some other company will. Try branching out to other sectors. As said before a tech person at Citi is not exclusively locked in only to the banking sector. There are other sectors that also use PowerBi, SQL, Exchange, various vendor firewalls, routers, switches, cluster, AD, etc….. crazy, I know, but Citi is not the only ones that uses various technologies. Give other sectors more than a passing glance.

Over 800 New Jersey employees are impacted by recent workforce changes. Retail and banking sectors saw substantial job reductions. JPMorganChase plans to terminate 120 workers in Jersey City. Target expects 107 layoffs across Central and South Jersey. Walmart will relocate 100 Hoboken employees or face terminations.

https://www.roi-nj.com/2026/02/17/economy/warn-update-early-february-workforce-changes-affect-hundreds-across-new-jersey/

Cutting nearly 350 jobs at its Amana manufacturing plant, impacting more than a quarter of the roughly 1,500 people who work there. The company says the move is tied to a multi-year modernization effort aimed at reshaping and diversifying operations at the facility.

https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2026/02/17/whirlpool-amana-layoffs-iowa/88722796007/

Ever since RC got let go, the morale has been at an all time low, AM who is the DM now has made everyone miserable

Whirlpool Corp. announced layoffs at its Amana manufacturing plant. Nearly 350 workers will be affected by these job cuts. This represents over a quarter of the facility's approximately 1,500 employees. The company stated this is part of a multi-year modernization plan. This plan aims to transform and diversify the plant's operations.

https://cbs2iowa.com/news/local/whirlpool-to-cut-nearly-400-jobs-at-amana-affecting-more-than-a-quarter-of-plant-staff

Lowe’s Co. Inc. detailed plans for a mass layoff. The company disclosed these plans to local and state officials. The affected operations include a technology hub. The company's headquarters is also impacted. Further details were not provided in the available text.

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/02/17/lowes-layoffs-employees-including-mass-workers.htm

Rob Del Bene finance guy got a big increase to $6million package. See below His base salary got raised to $800k, he got 401k payments, bonuses, and a load of other....

Just think a bonuses of 135% of base salary thats around $1.1 bonus for shrinking the company, good work if you can get it.

From his contract

2.Effective as of April 1, 2025, your base salary will be increased to $800,000 per year, and shall be payable in accordance with the Company’s normal U.S. payroll practices.

3.Effective as of April 1, 2025, your target annual bonus under the Company’s annual incentive plan will be increased to 135% of your base salary.

Amazon eliminated 1,545 positions in Illinois this January. These layoffs resulted from the closure of multiple Amazon Fresh and Go stores. These job cuts represented the majority of over 2,000 total state layoffs. The affected areas were primarily Chicago's suburban counties. Illinois law mandates employer notification for such significant layoffs.

https://www.illinoispolicy.org/amazon-fresh-cuts-1545-illinois-jobs-in-january/

Bergdorf Goodman employees are fleeing to Bloomingdales on 59th and also luxury boutiques on Madison Avenue. Some employees are saying their paychecks are being manipulated and they are being cheated out of hundreds of dollars per week.

Main Street Sports Group announced the closure of its Minneapolis operations. This action will result in approximately 20 employee layoffs. The layoffs are scheduled to take effect starting April 14. FanDuel Sports Network North broadcasts Timberwolves, Lynx, and Wild games. The CEO stated that NBA and NHL broadcasts will continue as planned.

https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/owner-of-fanduel-sports-network-announces-layoffs-in-minnesota/