#layoffs

This is capitalism on steroids. Thanks America!!! People are being laid off and CEO is being rewarded as if she found crypton!! What a world we live in. No CEO should make more than 30 times of average FTE salary!!

SAVE YOUR PTO unless you are in an absolute necessary role that will not be reduced or eliminated.

Based on previous layoffs while at VZ I made it a point to max out and save my vacation and personal time year after year.

I still Took all my vacations I planned throughout the years and just combined it with weekends to minimize pto usage early on in the year so I had enough time to work my way back up to the max. My manager constantly tried to push me to use more towards the end of the year and I knew not to do that.

Thanks to that I received an extra 2+ months worth of pay in addition to severance. I strongly believe that people maxing out on vacation time year after year and having to pay out on so much vacation time was a loss to them with layoffs was the reason why the reduced the amount of hours you could max out on.

Also take your VPL!! don’t let leadership guilt trip you into not taking it they do not care! You only get that time once in your child’s life. Use it or lose it . I knew people who only took 2 weeks of VPL because they were applying for a promotion and not only did they not get the role but their leader pressured them into not taking the rest of their VPL.

Me and a fellow Dir spoke to another Senior Dir who is pretty close to an AVP. The AVP (who is pals with senior tier management) reckons there won’t be any more layoffs. I put a lot of faith in what this AVP says because he/she knows people at the decision making levels.

Until Nike has product that isn’t ugly I think we should layoff a lot of the brand marketing function. Thoughts?

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. Good luck everyone.

if you have any knowledge about the layoffs and drink the cigna koolaide enough to lie to coworkers or withhold information - you are sc-m.

do your duty to mankind - give a coworker a text or call on the side. spread the information

you are not that important not to help your fellow woman/man.

Dear Team,

With Valentine's Day approaching, consider this my gift to you: clarity on what's really coming.

My first marriage ended the way most corporate reorganizations do: not with a conversation, but with a quiet change to the access list. On paper, everything looked perfect. Joint accounts, mortgage, vacation home, vacations booked a year out. A family calendar so packed it needed its own project manager. Six kids between us. I was coaching youth hockey on weekends, running drills in cold rinks, trying to teach kids about teamwork while my own home life was quietly skating in the opposite direction.

I hadn't slept in the house for two months. Kelley changed. More makeup. New clothes. A sudden, intense dedication to the gym that only started after 10 p.m. Three-hour workouts that ended well after midnight. Her phone was stuck to her more than the crumbs on Lofty's face after lunch. But the second I walked into a room, it flipped face-down like it was under Project Pine NDA. New password on the phone too, and not because we require her to change it every 12 weeks. Notifications cleared faster than a fat-fingered payment to a Revlon creditor.

One Tuesday I swung by the house to grab a few things. My key slid into the lock, turned halfway, and then stopped. Tried again. Nothing. That tiny metal click when the deadbolt rejected me was the most honest feedback I'd gotten in years. No conversation. No big family meeting. No carefully worded "it's not you, it's the environment" speech. Just: access revoked. No 143, but a 403. Decision made weeks earlier. Legally married, practically exited.

Which brings me to WARN.

There's a comforting myth drifting around that if you don't see a WARN notice online, nothing bad can happen next week. That's not how WARN works. WARN doesn't require them to keep inviting you to meetings or letting your badge tap you into the office. WARN requires notice. And notice can be quietly prepaid instead of openly delivered.

That prepayment is called severance. First, a 15-minute "quick connect" or "touch base" with a mysterious HR attendee appears on your calendar. Then you join, listen to the talking points script HR sends out (pw: JaneNeedsANewYacht2026), nod through phrases like "difficult decision," "not a reflection of your performance," and the always-classic "we're rooting for your future success," and somewhere near the end you hear the line: "Today is your last working day." Your email address suddenly gets an @iuo in it (if we haven't already had no trust in you like thousands in B&TE), your name disappears from the Global Directory, your SOE ID suddenly returning "No results found," like you were a typo instead of a person. You were merely an SOE ID and now you're less to us. Well perhaps, a tad more because your firing helps me and Jane get bigger bonuses. For a while, you are still technically employed, because they are satisfying the WARN obligation with money instead of honesty. Your end date as an employee is not necessarily the same day as your last day in the office.

For a few weeks, my name was still on the mailbox. In a strictly legal sense, I was still part of the household. In the practical sense, Kelley had already completed her reorganization and filled my position with an external consultant who happens to be her personal trainer.

Yes, additional layoffs are coming VERY soon, and they're going to be huger than Lofty's giant head. Yes, those who remain may be asked to spend more time in the office "to support continuity," which is Latin for "please absorb the work of the recently disappeared."

Thank you for all that you do,

Happy Valentine's Day, lovers,
Trim

Starting today, by all accounts. Basically, anyone can be affected anytime, anywhere, for months to come. It's going to be insanely stressful. I intend to channel my extra energy into a deep job search. Nothing else comes to mind that would help me survive this period without going crazy from anxiety.

Big town hall on the merger today. What is everyone thinking? I've already seen some people have left/been let go. Has anyone seen their org charts yet? Layoffs expected?

So I was RA’d as a Band 10 because I was too expensive

https://www.indexbox.io/blog/ibm-to-triple-entry-level-hiring-in-2026-redefining-roles-around-ai/

Used to be great place to work...could get away with so much skiving. Then if they wanted rid of you would bench you followed by Payoff...or just a payoff.

But there's another way to get you to go....give you lower performance rating than deserve. And they'll get away with it under new framework. Appeal? ...sure but not to an independent panel, to the same people who give you your score. Great system.

Spoke to my manager today and he told me 40% of people were given lower score than should have had simply for reason 'we want to reduce headcount'.

Things are broken, time to think about Plan B

What’s wrong with Cigna? Against the trend?
Cigna laid off 2000 employees while other health care organizations added 82k jobs!

130,000 jobs added in January !
The January numbers came in stronger than the 75,000 economists had expected. Health care accounted for nearly 82,000, or more than 60%, of last month's new jobs.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/130000-jobs-added-in-january-while-labor-revisions-cut-hundreds-of-thousands-last-year#:~:text=thousands%2Dlast%2Dyear-,130%2C000%20jobs%20added%20in%20January%20while%20labor%20revisions%20cut%20hundreds,jobs%20cuts%20and%20new%20laws

... to see what's coming next. Hopefully trimming fat in US will bring stable growth in Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai. That's ironic - American company cutting Americans first. FAFO!

President and CFO get a big raise and 12% of employees get laid off. Do we call it Pulte-Hutchins Strategic Pivot Cul-de-Sac or Bill-Mike Speed Bump?

Are men at Nike treated equal to women? How does it affect layoff decisions?

With less men at Nike than women, should there be a Men of Nike group now?

Students and staff at The College of Wooster say they're worried about the trajectory of the institution following the announcement it was laying off 22 staff last week.

https://www.ideastream.org/education/2026-02-12/students-and-faculty-express-concern-about-layoffs-at-the-college-of-wooster

Layoffs in SBG have started

I don't know how we're supposed to manage that much stress.

Netflix‘s product division has pink-slipped workers across middle management and admin divisions, Deadline has learned.

Sources familiar with the layoffs note they amount to several dozen, or less than 1% of the 6,000-employee division. The cuts are part of a reorganization, and no senior executives in the product division were let go.

https://deadline.com/2026/02/netflix-layoffs-product-division-1236717660/

For what it’s worth, I’m glad it wasn’t today. I appreciate the extra time, even a day makes a big difference when you’re preparing for the worst.

Just saying. they are at it again.

Now that the January layoffs have taken place I’m curious to know what the directive or guidance was on those and how managers were asked to select who.
Also, what awaits downstream? I think we all know this isn’t over.

I heard upper mgmt had some layoffs today. Anyone know anything

Anyone else find it sus that merit got delayed to 2/16? That aligns with multiple reports of layoffs on 2/16. People on my team are hearing the managers are going to deliver severance papers instead of merit to those who are being let go. Normally I don’t listen to rumor but the dates are lining up and leaders are very quiet lately and I think they’re avoiding having to talk to us. Everything was so rush-rush before OE but they’re silent now. Then we get an email that a bunch of people got forcefully moved and were supposed to work hard and feel safe?

I feel like all the bs iris articles about making a difference and flu--er content about amazing impact is just nauseating. Read the room and chill tf out. Peoples lives have been turned upside down.

Anyone heard about the lay offs in Atl SF office?

Specifically the training department:)

Layoff, RTO, relocations, and rumors are what bring us here. I have a few minutes to share some of my insight moving from individual contributor to tech director and lastly AD. I hear chatter about who gets laid off and who doesn't. A lot of you think that layoffs purge the poor performers, and you're absolutely right. But, what makes a poor performer? Lets say I have 10 people on my team and all of them are great. I am told I have to reduce 2. If I happen to have an approved req for a backfill, I may be able to use that. If not, I have to go into the pool looking for poor performers. Here's a real example. Unfortunately, its one of many. You see, we go through this at least once a year, sometimes more.

10 people, 2 positions. Here were my poor performers.

First was an L2 single mom who was frequently swiping in closer to 9 most days. Great PO but, late. She was a solid performer and had an excellent rapport with her team and stakeholders. Next was an L1 QA analyst. He was a little hard of hearing so sometimes he played his music a little loud through his beats. People complained that they didn't like John's music tastes and that even when he wasn't listening to music, he still ignored them. Poor John's hearing loss and loud music didn't change the fact that he was outstanding at his job, worked 9+ every day and cared about his performance. Last person was an employee whose family lived offshore. He would take long vacations once or twice a year to go back to his homeland. One year, his vacation coincided with an outage that happened a couple weeks after a release. "John #2" was in India and was sleeping when we identified the problem. He did not respond to emails and didn't have cell service. We fixed the problem. No one blamed John 2, much. i was called to the mat and asked why I let him go so soon after the release. I said, A. we release every 2 weeks, and B. I can't control the timing of his religious holidays. He was a good developer though a little full of himself... and he smoked like a fiend. I hated it. Always smelled like cigs. Good performer though. Respected and worked constantly. Except when he was on vacay, that is.

Quiz time! Which one got the pink slip? It was only 1. I had one get out of jail free card to play. I had me a scapegoat that i pulled from another team to fill a backfill. We 'met' at a HH. He was an L2 who had been elevated. Lower salary. UOP bizzness degree. Nice enough but a bit too conversational after a couple beers. Very active social life. Work was a clear second, maybe third priority. He met all the criteria for a good worker who'd be easy to boot in a 10% rif. There's a poor performer. That was 1. Who do you suppose number 2 was? Answer. None of them. I didn't want to have HR probing my selections. Instead, I said that "Tom" was a great developer but he was abrasive at times and didn't like the Agile game. Tom was smart, experienced, and expensive. He exceeded expectations at every turn despite hating to have to attend the agile ceremonies.

Now, we are in 2026. RTO has happened. You can't use that any more. Countless layoffs have whittled down the poor performers. So, look around at your teams tomorrow. You are the pool. One or 2 of you are poor performers and you don't even know it. Its not the person you want it to be. It rarely is. Its the person who believes in AT&T or at least believes in the product. Its the person who wants to hang out or who enjoys HHs with coworkers. Its the guy who busted his hump to get a degree while supporting a family and its the new grad with a CS degree but no actual development experience. Its the PM who sits in the conference room capturing notes for a few minutes too long after the meeting ends. Yes, every one of you could get your walking papers due to the very things that you think make you indispensable. Sorry to be the one to inform you.

As for me, I out in my notice 1 month and a few days after the August "Memo". I refused to have to label an exceptional employee a poor performer. If you are concerned, just remember that your value is not reflected by the salary you earn but how you treat the people you work with.

Are there layoffs today??

and no layoffs at the top. they should start there though.

mgmt will decide who to lay off based on complex factors such as personal disputes, retaliation, preserving dominance and status, rivalries, and internal power struggles, often arising from cycles of poor judgment, limited opportunity, trauma, and loyalty, with layoffs frequently intensifying through social contagion and misidentification within social networks.

#rant #gold #layoffs #layoffselectioncriteria #oracle

Already started

So, Penn 2 is off the table. Instead gonna consolidate offices in existing space at 1095 Ave of the Americas. Here come the cuts…

Palo Alto Networks completed its $25 billion merger. The deal combined two major cybersecurity firms. The merger with CyberArk closed on Wednesday. Layoffs are planned following the acquisition. CyberArk employed about 300 people in Massachusetts.

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/02/11/cyberark-closes-merger.html

Anyone out there with actual insight on what will happen AFTER the Lift and Shift? My speculation is that the L&S was expedited to March so that the receiving business units will have a chance to see what's under the hood before the OP/BP26 cycles start.

Transition 2009 was a slow and dreadful mess. Reshape did not improve anything. The quietly executed re-orgs of every division over the last 2 years has been really draining: all jobs that can move east have done so, with a lot of great people leaving the company.

I have major re-org fatigue and would like to plan accordingly. However, I'm at a loss for what happens next (besides share buybacks specifically and OPEX reduction generally).

Where's the bottom. All was fine yesterday, but today begs to differ. What a bunch of clowns at the helm.

Leach Botanical Garden announced layoffs and reduced operating hours. Eleven staff members, half its workforce, will be laid off on February 22. Starting February 26, the garden will open Thursday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm. The garden needs to raise $50,000 monthly through June to remain open. This funding gap follows the end of time-limited city operational support.

https://www.wweek.com/outdoors/2026/02/11/leach-botanical-garden-faces-layoffs-reduced-hours/

Layoffs will happen 2/26. The dates are 1/29 & 2/26 for the whole enterprise. Not sure who all will be impacted but fingers are crossed .. good luck everyone.

I just need them to get it over with. If I’m laid off, so be it. But the constant waiting and stress are wrecking my mental health and starting to affect my physical health too. I need this to be over.

biweekly layoffs.