#layoffs

Business Retail and TfB layoffs have been rumored since the IT layoffs in August. If it is going to happen, timing wise it makes sense to wait until after the holidays.

Everyone sounds surprised when this happens! It is the new world order. Expect it to happen and be prepared by saving as much money as possible. Keep your expenses down. No credit card debt, no car loans. Live modestly. Keep your resume updated. Keep your professional network current/ relevant.

I started investing a piece of my salary each paycheck into an index fund for emergencies like losing my job. It has grown into a years salary overtime. If I never need it will be for retirement.

It will happen. You will lose your job. We all will eventually. Don’t stress or lose sleep, be prepared!! No one is coming to save you!! Have a plan, especially if you have a family.

This is not a TMO thing, or an IT thing, it happens everywhere and will eventually hit everyone.

Good advice by @ax+1k721721k.

Any news for today in florida? Seems like once a year.

Big layoffs across the board. The DEI hires from FCC OBAMA are coming. They are still employed at FYBR!

Just wondering if anyone has received the dreaded 6am email today?

Goodbye Kentucky... not showing a very healthy company to remain with. Over the past few years watched them close all 3. Erlanger, Hebron, Florence.

I've heard November and February. Anyone else?

I heard there will be layoffs at Lincoln. What have you heard ?

This week a big group heads to India including Penny, a few ELT and OC, Operations, and Digital. 30 GPs and directors will be touring cities in India to make a decision on where the Edward Jones Flag will be placed in India. This is the next round of Enterprise Reimagined they told us about called Sourcing and Shoring which means outsourcing more US jobs to India. Get ready all, you are not safe and this next phase of ER will be way bigger in job lose then anything we just went through. Another few hundred jobs will be eliminted and moved to India in 2026 and will be higher in 2027.

Who is coming with me?

So I heard TD Mike and AMEX Sathish are at it again discussing layoffs. Imagine enjoying your holidays with family and then walking into work on January 6th, 2026 and being told "the bank didn't meet our goals so we have to let you go." That's literally what's going to happen to most of you. No notice. No warning. They're going to read right off a script to you with HR present and act like they care. What you need to do (right now) is find another role between now and December, grab a late January / Early February 2026 start date, and have it lined up for when they do these layoffs on Tuesday January 6th, 2026.
They'll say you can't get paid by them and work somewhere else but there's nothing they can do about that when you do. Take their money and make money in your new role. Double dip on this losing bank. Make them lose harder than they did last year when Russ tanked their stock price and made headlines. Make them lose harder than the board running JB off to bring in an absolute failure that didn't make it a year at Discover. Get the cards rolling now - nothing happens during the holidays (hiring wise) - people like Sathish are too busy taking selfies at Southpark Footlocker next to the Size 5 SB Dunks. Use Jobscan to beat the AI screening systems these companies use. Get your resume looked at. Prevail.

I know one person was let go. That person told me entire team of three people were let go.
Spending on AI so Visa has to save money somewhere.

October 3rd sears let go of some Management employees in their call centers and the entire Spanish speaking agents who take incoming calls. On Dec. 1st more employees will be laid off.

Getting laid off is probably the best thing to happen to someone. You get a paid vacation for whatever your severance covers. You don’t have to work. All of your work is just dumped on some poor soul who was chosen to stay. You can do whatever you want. If I stay, I’ll be jealous of everyone who goes.

Rifs announced today...not sure how many were affected.

is it by performance or bcuz of location, or just pure hatred?

Anyone else? Or is it just rumors? Or is everyone locked in to a NDA?

Accenture has reduced its workforce by more than 11,000 employees in the past quarter, spending over $2 billion on severance in recent years as the company undertakes a major restructuring driven by automation and changing industry demands.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/money/topstories/accenture-has-laid-off-over-11000-employees-it-has-spent-over-2-billion-in-severance-cost/ar-AA1NZs2v?ocid=finance-verthp-feeds

https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/accenture-layoffs-11000-jobs-cut-2-billion-severance-ai-shift-2798987-2025-10-07

Accenture layoffs: How much did IT consulting firm spend to reduce its workforce?

In fiscal 2024 and 2023, Accenture recorded business optimisation costs of $438 million and $1,063 million, respectively, primarily for employee severance, according to the company's annual report.

https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/it-layoffs-how-much-did-accenture-spend-to-reduce-its-workforce-11759850757340.html

How are y'all doing?

Do you think any employees will be asked to stay through the end of the year or do you think all those impacted are out on 10/31?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/artificial-intelligence/bernie-sanders-warns-ai-could-eliminate-more-than-100m-jobs/ar-AA1NX64D

The new CEO, that's not change. It is the continuation of a plan. If l have seen this and lived it.

Meatball did the job that Blackrock commanded. He hollowed out the company, and outsourced much of it. The only thing not yet completed it the conversion of direct store to the Big 6 indirects. But that is coming.

The Checkmark has lost a lot of ground, and that was intentional. Next will be a massacre of senior managers and higher. Also.maybe a sell off of prepaid.

And then they will sell the cold, dead empty husk of the company to the highest bidders for scrap. We will be the AOL of telecommunications and we will be left to ponder "the good old days" as if we ever had them.

I just spoke to my PGL and she said layoffs are about to start at JRC. Many people let go. A few areas will close. She couldn't say who in my area but there will be alot. She left and went to a finalization meeting.

So everyone one who is still at JRC, get ready.

In today’s SETH opening remarks, MW’s finished talking about all the great work underway by saying that “what underpins all of this is our culture and workforce, the very best in our industry, and I wouldn’t trade them for anybody else’s.”

When he said that I immediately thought of all the US employees (the workforce he wouldn’t trade for anybody else) he fired so that he could hire someone into the same job in a different country (so basically traded for someone else)…. Did anyone else hear it that way?

• Title: SAP restructures Palo Alto office, cuts 82 roles - Silicon Valley Business Journal
  • Description: SAP is laying off 82 employees at its Palo Alto office as part of a global restructuring. The company is reallocating resources towards new technologies like AI and cloud computing. This layoff is part of a plan to continuously optimize its workforce, affecting 1% to 2% of employees worldwide.
  • Source: Silicon Valley Business Journal
  • URL: https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2025/10/07/sap-layoff-palo-alto.html

• Title: SAP America lays off dozens at Palo Alto research center
  • Description: SAP America, the U.S. branch of the German software company, is permanently cutting 82 jobs at its research facility in Palo Alto. This was officially reported in a state-required Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filing. The layoffs will take effect on November 21.
  • Source: KRON4
  • URL: https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/sap-america-lays-off-dozens-at-palo-alto-research-center/

• Title: SAP cuts dozens of Bay Area jobs as part of new layoff strategy
  • Description: SAP is laying off 82 employees in Palo Alto as part of a broader, multiyear restructuring effort. The company is shifting away from large-scale reductions in favor of a "continuous optimization" strategy, which involves smaller, annual job cuts. This approach is likened by a CFO to "brushing your teeth," and is intended to streamline operations and focus on emerging technologies.
  • Source: San Francisco Chronicle (hosted on MSN.com)
  • URL: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/human-resources/sap-cuts-dozens-of-bay-area-jobs-as-part-of-new-layoff-strategy/ar-AA1O2vhJ?ocid=BingNewsVerp

• Title: SAP America lays off dozens at Palo Alto research center
  • Description: An international software and IT company, SAP, is reducing its workforce at its Bay Area facility. Eighty-two workers at the Palo Alto research lab will be permanently laid off. This is a strategic move to focus on new areas, including AI and cloud computing, which are key to the company's future.
  • Source: KRON4
  • URL: https://www.kron4.com/news/technology-ai/sap-america-lays-off-dozens-at-palo-alto-research-center/

• Title: Tech companies plan hundreds of Bay Area job cuts in fresh layoffs
  • Description: Several tech companies are planning hundreds of job cuts across the Bay Area, adding to the region's employment uncertainty. The article mentions the SAP layoffs and other reductions at companies like Google. These cuts are attributed to various factors including tariff issues, China's economic woes, and high business costs in California.
  • Source: The Mercury News
  • URL: https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/10/08/economy-jobs-tech-bay-area-google-layoff-work-chips-oracle-web-internet/

• Title: SAP cuts dozens of Bay Area jobs as part of new layoff strategy
  • Description: SAP has laid off 82 employees in Palo Alto as part of a global strategic shift. The company is moving toward a model of consistent, smaller annual workforce reductions to keep pace with industry changes driven by AI and cloud technology. This new approach has drawn criticism from employee representatives, who worry about its long-term impact.
  • Source: San Francisco Chronicle
  • URL: https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/sap-layoffs-palo-alto-21089194.php

Good luck everyone.

Who is trying to see if their manager will let it slip who is on the list? Me!

It’s been quiet. Probably another slow Peak? Then lay offs after the first of the year?

• Stemilt Ag Services LLC is laying off 1,561 workers, impacting its fruit packaging and shipment operations.
• The Wenatchee-based company is known for its high-elevation orchards producing apples, pears, and cherries.
• The reason for the layoffs is not specified, with separations starting November 21.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/wa-fruit-company-1500-layoffs

Judging from what people have been reporting, the better you were at your job, the more essential you were to a project, the more experienced and skilled, the higher your chances of being laid off. I guess quality is expensive. I just wonder where the breaking point is, when everything will finally fall apart, seemingly all at once.

does that mean we can officially do less than the bare minimum? I mean, hard to stay “deeply engaged” when there’s a decent chance I’ll be shown the door very soon.

After each round of cuts I stopped doing something, whether it's the overtime or the extra polishing that used to matter to me. At first I fought to keep standards up, then I realized it was nothing but self punishment. Now I guard my time and try not to let the job eat me, and I make sure to do just a bit less after every round.

An employment backbone in Momence since July 1962 is permanently closing its doors, and 318 workers will be out of work.

Baker & Taylor, a book publishing company on the city’s southwest side, made the announcement to its workers on Monday.

https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/2025/10/07/momences-baker-taylor-to-close/

How sc--wed is everybody? I know every single acquisition comes with layoffs, I'm just wondering how bad it's going to get. I'm no fan of ABB but I've been reading up on SoftBank and to be frank, I haven't exactly been happy with what I've read so far.

At the end of this week? This month? I just want to be able to work without always thinking whether more layoffs were threatening my livelihood every single day.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/t-mobile-layoffs-western-washington

T-Mobile is set to lay off 121 employees in western Washington, starting October 13, 2025. This decision follows T-Mobile's acquisition of UScellular for $4.4 billion, which expanded its customer base and infrastructure.

Reasons for Layoffs
The layoffs are part of a broader restructuring strategy after the acquisition.
T-Mobile is transitioning towards a more digital-focused model, potentially reducing the need for in-store representatives.
Impact on Employees
Affected employees will receive assistance from the Washington State Employment Security Department.
WARN (Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification) notices have been filed, which require companies to inform employees and state agencies about significant layoffs.
Future Outlook
There are rumors of further layoffs and restructuring, particularly in retail and IT sectors.
T-Mobile aims to maintain a positive relationship with regulatory agencies while adapting to market changes.
This restructuring reflects T-Mobile's ongoing efforts to streamline operations and enhance profitability in a competitive telecom landscape.

https://sanfordheisler.com/investigations/lenovo-layoff-lawsuit-investigation/

Might be helpful.

This time my manager was laid off. That useless, d-mb weasel of a man managed to avoid every layoff so far and was even close to a promotion when this happened. I admit, I did a happy dance. That man made the lives of his entire team miserable on a daily basis, and for once, literally for once, they actually got rid of the right person. So yes, I hate layoffs, but this one I kind of enjoyed.

The SLT and legal team are experts ant appearing to follow the law while behind the scenes, discriminating on age and other attributes; anything to make the stock price go up. Real business leaders don’t layoff good loyal people during good times. Wake up world to what the Cisco SLT has been doing the drive the stock price up! We need a good class action lawsuit to make things right. Nobody in the world has the resources to stand up to the Cisco machine, but there are plenty of voices out there that want to be heard. While I doubtful that all the people impacted can coordinate a class action lawsuit, one thing I know for sure, is these SLT folks can look at their big bank accounts, but they have to live what they’ve knowingly doing to us!

Well said, @b1+1k6zc141p.

Maybe before the end of the year?

Poor MEG. I feel bad for their people. They will surely be taken over by CVE now. $8.6B really?? $17.6B to get out of FCCL. Phillips paying them $1.9B for their share of the refineries. The only thing this company is consistent at is overpaying, getting ripped off and then laying off. No wonder their stock is always in the toilet. Employees should get out now!!!! Go across the street. Go anywhere. What a dumpster fire.