#layoffs

With all the cuts and layoffs, I'm starting to worry I won't live to see the day.

This place is done. It's not a question of whether you'll get cut anymore, it's just a matter of when. Best advice: start looking now while you're still employed and can be picky.

The Los Angeles Unified School District has unveiled key elements of a $1.4 billion “fiscal stabilization plan” that also involves a reduction in force, which could mean job transfers or layoffs.

https://laist.com/brief/news/education/lausd-reduction-in-force-board-layoffs-plan-2026

It’s been a few weeks since I was laid off, and nothing promising has landed yet. I keep hearing stories about how this is supposed to turn into a fresh start, but right now it’s just applications and silence. Severance buys some time, not peace of mind. I’m trying to believe the positive turn comes later, even if it’s hard to see from here.

Thinking about layoffs 24/7 is no way to live. Especially since I can change nothing. So I'm going to act as if layoffs are done, and save myself some stressing.

John Deere has recalled 245 workers in Iowa after mass layoffs. They'll be back on the job this month and next.

Prompted by weaker demand, a lagging agricultural economy and Trump administration tariffs on equipment, John Deere laid off workers across the Midwest last fall, including in Iowa.

https://www.kmaland.com/ag/iowa-john-deere-workers-recalled-after-layoffs/article_0a11dabc-90af-459a-9df9-5ff88dedacf2.html

I'm now rooting for a layoff. I've earned a decent package and I'd happily take it and run. How messed up is it that people with years of service would rather be shown the door than stick around? Says everything about where this place is at.

• The Jefferson County Board of Education approved central office restructuring in a 5-2 vote Feb. 13
• Superintendent Brian Yearwood’s plan aims to address a $188 million deficit and cut about $43 million from the central office
• The vote eliminates 648 positions, creates 254 positions and reclassifies 19 positions, with some roles centralized across the district
• The board expects further budget actions in March and plans to adopt a tentative budget in May

https://spectrumnews1.com/ky/lexington/news/2026/02/14/jcps--board-approves-classroom-cuts--central-office-restructuring

I'm wondering if there's a way to predict if you're on the list or not. Such as less work, avoidant manager, things like that.

I'm terrified of losing my job. I've been trying to find something else, anything, just in case, but the market is dead. Every email notification makes my heart stop. This is going to be a brutal month.

This is the first weekend in god knows how long that I've spent completely carefree and relaxed. I know it might come back to bite me if I end up jobless for months, but I intend to enjoy this brief moment of freedom to the fullest. Yes, I felt like cr-p when I was told. But the feeling didn't last long. I realized quickly how much I'd lost perspective while being su-ked into TD. I deeply appreciated some of the great teammates I had, and definitely did not appreciate my most recent manager, the bad leadership that set the toxic culture, or the badly designed job. Anyway, I wish all the best to my now-jobless fellows and to my former colleagues.

I'm thinking it's a certainty by now, but if I'm wrong, please let me know.

The leadership will wait to see how many people walk out due to RTO and other issues before they pull the trigger again. It's cheaper to find a way to get folks to leave than have to pay them to get them out.

Trying to get a sense of what to expect next week. Are we looking at more layoffs, or is it supposed to be quiet? If anyone has inside info, please share. The guessing game is exhausting.

I'm already so tired of this job, and even more exhausted by these seemingly endless layoffs.

Layoff notices will go to more than eight teachers and 24 other employees — including 12 instructional aides and eight counseling department staff members — in the Riverside school district.

https://www.pressenterprise.com/2026/02/13/riverside-schools-ok-more-than-30-layoffs-notices-for-next-school-year/

I haven't heard or noticed anything unusual. Which doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things. Not that I'd be surprised if it's real.

I was laid off after Q1 results were announced, even though there was no formal announcement of any cuts by the company. Came as quite a surprise.
They are doing stealth cuts every quarter, may not be a high number that they need to announce, but its happening every quarter.

It’s wild to think how many jobs could be saved if his pay matched his actual value. We’re talking tens of millions that could’ve kept real people employed.

Way too much uncontrolled uncertain chaos. Tons of lame misguided of both decision and indecision. Coulda woulda shoulda not sure so layoff. Hire from other banks……oooppss…they went somewhere else now. Umm stick with the layoff plan I guess.

This is all getting so old. Good luck everyone.

Somebody told me they were laid off four times throughout their entire career, and I can't wrap my head around it. How do you survive something like that? I'm worried about how I'd take being laid off once, but to have it happen to me more times? No. Just, no. Does it get easer or harder? I literally can't even imagine what that'd feel like.

What's the latest info?

I see so many posts from people wanting to leave for somewhere "safe." Hate to break it to you, but that place doesn't exist anymore. Everyone's laying off. If you hate it here for other reasons, yeah, go find something better. But if it's just about layoff fears, you're probably gonna be disappointed wherever you end up.

Is there truth to rumors of March or April RIFs?

Any chance they'll be offering those again sometime soon?

Can anyone share a practical checklist for right after getting cut? What documents do you need? What should you sign or not sign? I want to be prepared.

On February 9, 2026, interim CEO Than Powell resigned from his temporary role at Longeveron but remained with the company in business development, as the board appointed veteran biotech executive Stephen H. Willard as permanent CEO effective February 11, 2026. Longeveron tied Willard’s compensation to a mix of cash and equity, including substantial stock and option grants, while simultaneously imposing a temporary 50% pay cut on its CEO and executive chairman and rolling out broader cost-cutting measures such as employee furloughs and reduced board fees to conserve cash ahead of pivotal clinical trial milestones.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/stocks/LGVN-Q/pressreleases/227165/longeveron-appoints-new-ceo-amid-cost-cutting-initiatives/

Do they not care that morale has hit rock bottom? That nobody can focus on their work for fear of they might lose their job at any moment? How is this considered a good business strategy?

Is it just me or does it fell they're quietly pushing out long-tenured employees? Not laying off specifically, but finding ways to make them quit?

Bankruptcy is almost inevitable at this point. I can’t believe how quickly things turned so sour. I hate to say it, but QVC and, by extension, HSN, seem headed down the same path as Blockbuster and other companies that served their purpose but became outdated and faded out. It’s probably time to start looking for a new job.

This month? In March?

I had been with Comcast for over 15 years and had a lot of stock options, hoping each year for a big payday. Even though I wasn't happy with the direction the company was going, I stayed because I kept thinking there might be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

Nine months ago, I decided enough was enough and took the plunge to find a new job. I only wish I had done it sooner. Financially, I make just as much as I did at Comcast, but the difference in the work environment is night and day. It's incredible to be part of a growing company that has a forward-looking vision!

Looking back at my time at Comcast, we spent so much energy trying to prevent customer losses and minimize layoffs every quarter. There was no real hope for the future. Everyone knew that video was a dying service, phone services were on the decline, broadband had limited growth potential (moving from a monopoly to a shrinking market share), and wireless was a low-margin business that couldn’t save the company.

I truly loved working at Comcast for many years. It was a great company, and I'm incredibly proud of the work we did. We had a fantastic team with some amazing employees, and I had great relationships with my boss and his manager. But the reality is, Comcast is in a steep decline and won’t turn things around anytime soon—not next quarter, not next year. Video is dying. Voice services are disappearing. Broadband, which had a 53% market share just three years ago, is now down to 48%, and could fall to 30-35% in the coming years, meaning millions more customers will leave. The company can't fix these problems by just raising prices anymore.

Bumping from @a9+1keab2k30, well said.

Just to check once again, no more layoffs?

https://theweek.com/cartoons/5-calamitous-cartoons-about-washington-post-layoffs

Most of the big players that are actually doing well don't seem to be hiring.

I know this place gets a lot of hate, but I actually like my job. Decent pay, interesting work, great coworkers. Yeah, the layoff stress su-ks, but my experience here has been better than anywhere else I've worked. Can't be the only one, right?

Rumors are heating up about March layoffs, does anybody here know more about it?

The city of Lowell is preparing for a worst-case scenario for its upcoming budget season, advising its department heads to be “conservative” with their fiscal 2027 budget requests and warning of hiring freezes and personnel reductions.

https://www.lowellsun.com/2026/02/15/hiring-freeze-layoffs-possible-in-lowell-fiscal-2027-budget/