#layoffs

HPOM was started to standardize the product organizations and make them more lean. There are constant talks about “too many product managers” in most areas. Does anyone know when the next phase of HPOM to lay off most product managers will start?

Finance already runs super lean and has many lower level analyst spots open. Will it be spread even thinner in the lower positions? Will Sr Managers be mostly affected? I would assume that it isn’t the first to be cut..

Merry Thanksgiving and happy f*** you to all the aero employees about to get laid off.
Its going to be a sad holiday season for 20% of aero this year

Stock at the lowest levels at management continues to abuse employees with rampant racism in abundance

This last leadership in action call with JF was pretty comical. They had the usually "woke" testimonials from the usual suspects. Talked about wanting to build a "culture" at State Farm but were also basically bragging about all the people they have run off or in their words this was "not for them". Happy for them that they moved on. LOL! You can tell these are clueless re--rds living in Bloomington that don't fight the traffic, crime, and ghetto workforce that we all have to tolerate. That is the "culture" we have now. JF and his cronies are putzsss! The day this company shuts the doors the better of we the world will be.

Adding insult to injury, got the benefits open enrollment flyer today on the mail.

At what level knew or contributed to the layoff list beforehand? L8? VP? SVP? President?

what is going on? is there a big layoff coming?

According to HR sources, we expect another wave coming week in Europe. I don't have details on countries.

Lyondellbasell has terminated roughly 85% of its IT (or Digital buzzword) staff (originally announced as 100 employees but real numbers are around 300+) that had 8+ years..with the company in an effort by an ex-Shell fool named Kayoor to outsource American jobs to TCS outsourcing Indian shared services, keeping only Senior leadership and dozens of 'directors' that are solely responsible for saving their own jobs ' and not the ones performing the actual work for the company.
Claiming they want to industrialize utilizing AI , these individuals have adopted an old model of cheaper, less experienced and less knowledgeable workers hoping they can recoup money lost due to a CEO thats agenda was to make a plastics ccompany not develop plastic.
Lyondellbasell is circling the toilet bowl.

Yesterday’s announcement is a devastating, cold reminder: it doesn't matter how hard you work, how much you contribute, or how long you've been here. At the end of the day, we are just lines on a spreadsheet. The only way to change the power dynamic is to have a real, collective, and legally recognized voice at the table.

That's what a union is.

It’s not about "us vs. them." It's about having a binding contract that guarantees:

• Clear, fair, and seniority-based layoff procedures.
• The right to bargain over severance packages.
• A real say in the working conditions that impact our lives.
• Protection against the "at-will" system that leaves us completely vulnerable.

If we don't have a seat at the table, we will always be on the menu. This is the moment. This is the wake-up call.

This isn't about hope anymore. It's about leverage. If not now, when?

Just wondering if Roundel will be impacted during this layoff. None of our leaders have said a word and it’s complete radio silence.

Hey you nice man, are you still there to count disappearing employees?

Anyone knows if we have any docs that govern layoffs? A policy or procedure doc? Guideliness? Somewhere? Something that outlines the rules (e.g., severance policy, cobra, placement help, resume building help, etc.) Do you maybe know where I can find the darn thing as internal searches are not returning anything. Copilot crashed when I asked even though I know I should not search for it as they are probably monitoring it.

Any tips would help.

There has been some chatter that layoffs might be Mon/Tues/Wed next week given the sheer size of the layoffs so just remember this does not define you nor is this your fault. Sending positive vibes and thoughts to everyone.

It surely feels like one. Good luck all!

Just want to see what the guideliness are rules are. I am not asking for this to be leaked but if you can point me where to look at internally I'll find it myself. I dont want to ask HR or my mgr.

When does health insurance end for those let go on 11/6

Heard some concerns in a short meeting today. I’ll just say EVERYONE 🔝⬆️ was caught off guard smh

Anyone else find it funny that they are using the excuse of making faster decisions to justify the layoffs? To the people at the top, the time it takes to make decisions isn’t the problem, ITS THE DECISIONS THAT YOU ARE MAKING THAT IS THE PROBLEM!! Dei, pride, every decision they make has been wrong! But they get to stay and we get to suffer lol.

Change of plan. Ford is pulling out of trying to make the F150 EV that they can't sell. Wall Street liked the announcement and Ford stock is up today. This is good for Ford.

Layoffs will start soon. Great cost reduction plan. Ford already lost $1.4 billions in Q3 for Model E.

Overheard two managers talking about upcoming layoffs the first Monday of November. Didn’t hear the whole conversation but heard WFH staff in Oriskany and Dallas. The list has been finalized and positions are being filled in Pittsburgh and Houston. Good luck everyone.

Hello
Are severance packages paid in one lump sum or bi weekly like a pay check?

Title is the question

Yesterday’s memo saying “effective Tuesday, 1,800 people will be laid off” hit me hard because of the timing and the lack of clarity.

Why announce something like that on a Thursday and then expect everyone to carry on as usual until Tuesday? The uncertainty is exhausting. It affects morale, focus, and the trust we have in leadership. And to do this right before the holidays feels especially disheartening. We work here. We contribute. We care. We deserve to be treated with respect and compassion.

I truly believe this could have been handled differently. Private conversations with impacted team members, or at least a clearer timeline, would have shown care and transparency. Providing support for those waiting and acknowledging what this means for real people and their families would have gone a long way.

To everyone still showing up and doing their best right now: you matter. Your work matters. This moment is difficult, but you are showing strength and professionalism that leadership should be proud of.

There is a lot of uncertainty about which departments will be impacted, and I honestly do not know what will happen. Many are wondering if the Service Delivery Enablement umbrella, including TES Operations, Resource and Ops Enablement, Workforce Management, Project Management, Global Business Integrations, and Quality, are safe. Much of this work is being shifted to TII, but there are already challenges with execution that are not being discussed openly. TII is being given a pass because they are more cost-effective on paper, yet the true cost is being felt by the people who built the systems, processes, and culture that keep this company running. It is painful to watch valuable knowledge and commitment being replaced by cost-saving metrics.

We deserve better communication, empathy, and honesty. And for now, all we can do is continue to support each other and take pride in how we show up in the middle of so much uncertainty.

Naturally tons of rumors going around. Listing below things I have heard that I feel relatively confident in based on my sources.

• IM & Planning combining. Potentially leading to middle management cuts?
• A&A combing with another pyramid, likely home?
• F&B and E&B combining.
• L8+ have been told to relocate to Minneapolis. Already hearing some will not be returning to company.

General Numbers (from WSJ & internal)

• 1,000 layoffs, 800 job posting eliminations
• 80% of layoffs will come from US HQ
• Leaders will have 3x impact vs individual contributors.
• Would lead to estimated 600 leader layoffs, 200 ICs.

Hearing layoffs all the way from EVP down to L5. Top of pay range relative to level likely highest risk.

Assumptions are merch will be hit hardest, with likely impacts to planning as well as support roles for all functions.

Curious on the validity of all of these rumors. Like I said, I feel pretty confident in them but curious to what everyone else is hearing.

Been told that many employees 4-5 years from retirement was shown the doors this week. Some employees recently returned from any kind of leave also told they no longer have a job.
CLU, CLR, and the glass tower.

Greedy Calgary big wigs. What a joke!

"What does the following article have to do with layoffs?" You might ask. It shows we have lots of room for improvement. Plenty of trash to take out...

If a visitor parked in a way that blocked all of your reserved parking spots instead of parking in one visitor parking spot, what would you do?

Would you let them park there and park in a visitor spot, or would you find a way to make them pay for breaking the rules?

In this story, one homeowner is furious when a fiber company parks their digger in a way that blocks all of their home’s private parking spots.

Keep reading to see how they handle the situation.

Sort the parking out? Ok, let me know if this works for you company with V in their name.
Back in the heyday of a fiber company with the letter V in their name, they were jamming fiber into the ground as fast as they could, they came to our townhouse village.

We got notice that they would be starting the next Monday and that they would be going along the inside edge of the sidewalks to set primary fibers and if we wanted it to come to the house to paste this orange sign on our front doors.

Ok, I was happy with the current provider, so no orange for me.

The digger guy didn’t care about making sense.

Parking is tight, with spaces for residents (marked) and some for visitors (marked).

I was surprised to come home on Friday to see a DitchWitch (cable digging / insertion machine) across the three spaces my family normally used.

I said to the workman that they were in my spaces, and they were across them.

Why not move to the visitor spot next spot over and rather than being across them, just put the machine in the spot like it was a car.

That way it would take one spot not three.

Digger guy goes “I already set it there, I have other work, you can sort out the parking” and drove off.

Ok fine.

They’re going to make it the digger guy’s problem.

So I park my car as close as I can get to the machine (using the visitors spot).

When next car arrives, we place it as close to the machine in the space on the other side.

Next car goes across the three spaces parallel to the machine. This blocks it in on three sides, can’t get out the 4th since there are the concrete bumpers.

Plus lack of wiggle room.

Others make alternate plans to get to work, I stay home to watch the action.

Digger guy shows up. Sees that he’s blocked in and is very sad. Stomps around the digger, around the cars, around the digger, another pass around the cars.

They go to the first town house. No answer. Second, third, fourth all at work. Gets to me.

The digger guy seemed to think they’d just move the cars if asked.

“Those your cars?”

“Yep, parked in my spot”

“You need to move them.”

“Nope, busy with other work” and I close the door.

Bang, bang, bang. “You can’t block me in, you can’t park there.”

“I can park there and look at them I already did. You said for me to sort my parking out on Friday and I did”.

“I’m going to call the police.”

“Go for it” and I closed the door.

This time, the site engineer thinks he can get the cars moved.

About an hour passed, knock at the door. “I’m the site engineer for a company with V in their name, are those cars yours?”

“Yep”

“You need to move them”.

“No, when your work drone dropped the machine off, I suggested rather than take up three spaces, they take up one. They said I should sort my own parking out. I did and I have other work to do.”

Closed the door. More knocking that I ignored.

By now there is a crowd of workpeople milling around.

We’re going even higher up the food chain.

Another hour passes, new knocking. “I’m the Senior project engineer for a company with V in their name, are those cars yours?”

“Yep”

“You need to move them”.

“No, when your work drone dropped the machine off, I suggested rather than take up three spaces, they take up one. They said I should sort my own parking out. I did and I have other work to do.”

“We’ll call the police”

“You do that” close the door.

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Finally, the police arrive.

While finishing lunch, knock at the door. “This is the police”.

Open up, and ask how I can help. Get told by Office Obie to move my car or they would be towed.

I pointed to the “Private Property” sign and said “This is a private parking lot, you don’t have jurisdiction, in fact when we have complained about issues, your Chief has said you don’t have jurisdiction. So you can’t call the tow, you need to deal with the homeowners association.”

Some splutter by Officer Obie but acknowledged they don’t have jurisdiction to call a tow and left.

Now, the HOA gets involved.

Late afternoon knock at the door. “Hey Kilted, this is member of the HOA.”

I open up, we go out, I explain the situation (sorry no 8×10 color glossies with circles and paragraphs on the back) to them.

HOA yells at people from Company that has V in their name.

Company people looks sad.

They reach an agreeement.

HOA member asks how can we solve this?

I go, “Well illegal parking is a $100 fine, they are across three spaces, so that would be $300 fine, they pay that we can call it a day (winking at HOA member.)

“That works, I fine you $300 per day company with V in their name”

Senior engineer with a company with V in their name goes “Ok, we will pay it, move the cars. “

Not so fast.

I go “They look like they will pull a runner on you, I’d get payment first.”

“Good idea, you can pay me the fine since I’m the HOA.”

“I can’t get you a check today.”

“When you get the check, you can start. Otherwise, there is a bank down the street, cash will work.”

Senior engineer slinks away.

Now they understand what the visitor spot is for.

HOA member and I chat outside while worker drones mill around. Senior engineer returns, hands cash to the HOA member and goes “OK, now move your cars”.

I comply putting cars in other slots. When I come back from moving the last car, I see the digger parked in the visitor spot, correctly like a car. “What’s with that HOA member?”

“Well they decided that they had wasted the entire day and would start again tomorrow.”

They came and did the wires the next three days, each day the digger was returned to it’s spot. Oddly, I never saw the guy that wanted me to “sort my own parking out” again.

I wonder if the digger guy got fired. Regardless, this is a rare story where the HOA is the good guy.

Will BoD replace Stankey? We all see huge decline in the stock value, stagnant innovations and network rollouts, stagnant cNPS, artificially driven Q results driven by soft layoffs, no obvious acquisition ahead and all time low employee morale after forced 5 days RTO....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/boereport.com/2025/10/24/global-energy-layoffs-deepen-in-2025-as-crude-prices-weaken-ma-deals-surge/amp/

The article didn't have cons numbers but we have them now "ConocoPhillips to lay off Canada employees in November, company memo shows
Layoffs part of plan to cut global workforce by 25%"

How much is severance exactly? I have only worked here 2 years. I heard it’s 1 - 2 weeks per year of service. Thats peanuts for me and I am a bit worried. I feel like it should be at least 1 month for every year of service

If you value any anonymity, you should not be browsing or posting here from your work computer.

HR and security teams are monitoring Slack, scanning channels and messages for content related to layoffs, and forcing people to delete messages that they deem unacceptable, citing vague security reasons (there is already one thread where messages were forced to be edited/removed). The same is being done for emails.

The job cuts affect 70 employees. The decision, announced by Interim President Jaimie Hebert, aims to address a $25 million budget gap.

Hebert sent an email to faculty and staff about the layoffs, stating that the cuts will affect all divisions of the university.

https://www.kadn.com/news/local/ul-announces-70-layoffs-to-address-budget-crisis/article_1f601c0f-4944-42ad-bbe7-d5336290db96.html

Benefits took a major beat down! Glad I filed retirement two months ago. Sorry to those who have been giving it all and can’t .

If there’s no real strategy or bigger plan and, more importantly, if leadership can’t adapt effectively to fast-changing circumstances, none of these layoffs or reorganizations will mean anything. My confidence in their ability to steer through the turbulence is very low.