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Wave 2 survivors! This transition is going to be a full cluster F!

I can already see how they have zero plan for transition. McKinsey pulled all the strings on what and how to cut and our feckless executives have zero plan on how work will continue. Why the F do we pay them over $200MM for this sh-t? Yes, over $200MM! Honestly, it’s a rinse a repeat from the last restructuring except much deeper. What a waste of money, time and our focus on bringing in revenue. Bell ends, tools and all that, etcetera, etcetera.


Third Wave of Microsoft layoffs in September

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/avalanche-confirms-layoffs-and-studio-closure-after-halting-contraband-development

Avalanche didn't mention Contraband or Microsoft when announcing its restructuring plan. The company simply stated it has been impacted by "challenges to our business and the industry."


And the beat goes on!

In case people haven't noticed; this has been standard operating procedure for Imperial Oil Ltd. over the last at least 10 years, and for sure since their restructuring at FAP. Do more with less and if you buy-in we may allow you into our cliché (as they smile) and stick around to do double the work until the next time the knives come out.

Sad.......... Imperial Oil do better! When will the notification come out that Exxon has purchased the remaining 30.4% share of IOL, and then sells off the last of Imperials unwanted assets! To be continued............


This isn’t all. Consider this

Imperial just spent a ton of money on relocations, moving planners, operations leads, managers, etc to Calgary. They even moved the mine dispatch and control room to Calgary.

It has long been suspected that they have been trying to reduce headcount enough to sell Kearl (only two possible companies).

Do you think they are going to spend money to relocate a big chunk of people twice?

Plus they built QP nit all that long ago but now they are building another building at Strathcona?

I would bet money that once initial headcount reductions are done they are in a position to close on a pending sale of Kearl. Everyone there will be grateful their new employer isn’t moving them to Edmonton. They carry on with the plan and the company is even smaller.

Another domino is falling here. Logically something is missing or this is one of the worst played downsizing events in history.


PerkinElmer to close Shelton manufacturing, 68 layoffs (Sept 2025 - cuts in 2025/2026)

PerkinElmer will permanently close manufacturing in Shelton on April 1, 2026, resulting in 68 layoffs, with the first phase impacting workers on Nov 24, 2025. Some non manufacturing roles will remain in Shelton, including R&D and support.

The company plans to relocate manufacturing. State and local officials have been notified per WARN requirements, and the Greater Valley Chamber confirmed the company is not leaving the city entirely.

  • URL: https://patch.com/connecticut/shelton/major-company-plans-close-shelton-facility-layoffs-planned-warn-notice

  • Companies and locations: PerkinElmer U.S. LLC - Shelton CT, Bridgeport Avenue facility, Connecticut Department of Labor


Nilfisk Layoffs 2025

Nilfisk to close Brooklyn Park facility, 105 jobs affected

Cleaning equipment maker Nilfisk will shut its Brooklyn Park site in phases starting December 2025, eliminating about 105 positions by June 30, 2026. Some workers are represented by IAMAW Local 77, and non union staff have bumping rights.

Roles affected range from engineering to warehouse and production. The WARN notice outlines staged notifications and separations as the company consolidates operations.

  • URL: https://patch.com/minnesota/maplegrove/twin-cities-manufacturer-closing-105-workers-lose-jobs

  • Companies and locations: Nilfisk Inc. - Brooklyn Park MN, IAMAW Local 77 - Minnesota


Connectivity and Platforms

Comcast plans job cuts in Connectivity and Platforms

Comcast is preparing layoffs across its broadband, mobile, and pay TV unit, removing a management layer between corporate and regional teams starting in January. Customer service and retail positions are reportedly exempt.

The shift follows broadband subscriber losses and prior reports of cuts at Sky in the United Kingdom. Analysts view the move as part of streamlining and standardizing pricing.

https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/report-comcast-says-layoffs-are-looming-its-connectivity-biz

  • Companies and locations: Comcast - Connectivity and Platforms segment, Sky - United Kingdom

CTO Out

Starbucks CTO exits as layoffs and tech shifts accelerate

Starbucks CTO Deb Hall Lefevre resigned without a permanent replacement as the Seattle based company proceeds with layoffs of around 900 nonretail workers and closures in the United States and Canada. Ningyu Chen, based in Atlanta, is interim CTO.

The company is retooling technology, including mobile ordering, POS, AI inventory, and store formats. Reuters reporting notes increased reliance on an outside IT contractor in India.

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/starbucks-cto-resigns-amid-layoffs-and-broader-tech-shakeup-at-seattle-coffee-giant/


20% (900ppl) reduction, rest to Edmonton by 2H28

20% headcount reduction (5000 to 4000) by YE27. Affects Upstream, Downstream, Corporate. Employees will found out by January 2026.

Sale of Calgary Quarry Park campus, tentative agreement in place

Relocate Calgary roles in 2028 to sites, predominantly Edmonton refinery.

Includes offshoring > 500 roles to Houston, and global business centers in India, Argentina, Bangkok


Wiping History

As much as the decline was evident in the past 10 years I never thought the once great Company would disappear altogether.

"Not on my watch" you know who you are.

Innovex completes sale of 6401 North Eldridge Pkwy facility in Houston, significantly reshaping operating footprint.

"We view this outcome as a powerful combination of financial strength and operational improvement, fully aligned with our strategy of maintaining a lean, flexible cost structure and a conservative balance sheet to capture opportunities across industry cycles.” Adam Anderson


Imperial Oil restructuring announcement : Calgary exit, Edmonton hub, JVs & logistics shift

XOM and Imperial Oil decide to divest Calgary-based non-core assets and restructure to stay competitive in a shifting regional and global energy market:

1- Calgary Quarry Park HQ: Sold to Brookfield, monetizing underutilized space. This mirrors Imperial’s real move to donate its former research centre and labs to SAIT, reinforcing a Calgary real estate pullback.

2- Corporate functions: Relocated to Edmonton, aligning headquarters with upstream operations.

3- Employee impact: Calgary staff offered relocation to operational or refinery sites, redeployment packages, or voluntary exits.

4- Cold Lake & Kearl: Continue to run as profitable oil sands assets, with upgrader units ensuring bitumen flows meet refinery specs. Over time, Imperial phases in project-level JVs with partners like Suncor and Cenovus on select expansions — sharing cost, technology, and risk without ceding full control.

5- Logistics & infrastructure (Midstream segment): Throughput and tariff agreements renegotiated with Enbridge and TC Energy, leveraging planned Mainline expansions and ~$2.5B Enbridge system upgrades. Rail partnerships with CN and CPKC improve flexibility to U.S. Gulf and Midwest markets.

6- Downstream operations:
Strathcona refinery (Edmonton) remains a central hub, now with renewable diesel capacity.
Sarnia refinery & chemical complex anchors the eastern market.
Nanticoke refinery complements Sarnia, strengthening Imperial’s Ontario downstream footprint.

Staff relocations tied into these downstream assets keep talent aligned with refining/chemical demand centers.


Imperial and Europe restructure next week

Check out the Imperial board this weekend. Those poor guys are worried. Looks like consolidation of employee in either Sarina or Edmonton. Calgary shutting down.

And next week huge layoffs in Europe except London where they released puff piece about doubling jobs there ahead of this.


Consolidating Leadership

There are rumors that DMOS5 and DFAB will become "one fab" but that's leaving a lot of us scratching our heads. Does this mean they will layoff at the fab manager, branch and section manager levels? What about supervisors and really - all of the org? How would it be possible to manage 3 factories combined (DMOS5 is 2 fabs already)? Sounds like a logistics nightmare.


Layoffs, acquisition pullbacks, slower growth: Accenture hints at grim picture for FY26

Workforce reductions and acquisition exits come as IT demand softens; TCS also cut staff amid industry-wide caution earlier.

"The business optimization program has two parts. One related to rapid talent rotation that Julie mentioned, which reflects severance associated with headcount reductions that we are making in a compressed timeline, and second, related to the divestiture of two acquisitions that are no longer aligned with our strategic priorities," CFO Angie Park added.

https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/information-technology/layoffs-acquisition-pullbacks-slower-growth-accenture-hints-at-grim-picture-for-fy26-13580710.html

Acquisition Pullbacks:

Messaging: "didn't align with our strategic priorities"

"Accenture also announced plans to exit certain non-core businesses and divest assets worth $865 million as part of its ongoing portfolio optimization strategy. The move is aimed at reallocating resources toward higher-growth areas, particularly AI, digital services, and cloud-driven initiatives, enabling the company to streamline operations while strengthening its focus on emerging technologies."


Starbucks Announces Major Store Closures and Layoffs. I told you Starflunkies months ago to look for a news job

Starbucks is planning to eliminate 900 roles and close several underperforming stores by the end of the year, chairman and CEO Brian Niccol said on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Niccol, who became CEO of the coffee chain in September 2024, wrote in a note to employees that the two major changes are being made as part of its $1 billion “Back to Starbucks” restructuring plan.

Niccol said the company had reviewed its portfolio of stores and “identified coffeehouses where we’re unable to create the physical environment our customers and partners expect, or where we don’t see a path to financial performance, and these locations will be closed.”

Employees in the shops scheduled to close will be notified this week, and the company will work to offer transfers to nearby stores, and for those that can't be moved, severance packages will be offered, Niccol said.

He said the company will end the year with nearly 18,300 total Starbucks locations across the U.S. and Canada, and that there are plans to grow the number of coffeehouses in 2026.

More than 1,000 locations will also be renovated to “introduce greater texture, warmth, and layered design” over the next 12 months, Niccol added.

Starbucks did not provide the exact number of locations closing, but said the company’s overall company-operated count in North America will decline by about 1% in the fiscal year 2025 after accounting for both openings and closures.

In addition to the closures, Niccol said the company would be eliminating about 900 “non-retail” roles and closing “many open positions.” The affected employees will be notified on Friday, Sept. 26, and severance packages will be offered, he said.

This is the second round of layoffs under Niccol, after 1,100 corporate workers were let go in February.

“I know these decisions impact our partners and their families, and we did not make them lightly,” Niccol said. “I believe these steps are necessary to build a better, stronger, and more resilient Starbucks that deepens its impact on the world and creates more opportunities for our partners, suppliers, and the communities we serve.”

Starbucks Workers United, a union representing 12,000 baristas across 45 states, said in a news release it was sending a formal request for information to Starbucks about the closures.

“We expect to engage in effects bargaining for every impacted union store, as we have done elsewhere, so workers can be placed in another Starbucks store according to their preferences,” the statement reads. “Fixing what’s broken at Starbucks isn’t possible without centering the people who engage with the company’s customers day in and day out.”


Layoffs announcements thru SRT (Specialized Restructuring Team)

Layoffs(Restructuring) commencing on Friday 3rd October & This will be done for the next 7 Weeks (If you have no news before 1st Week of December - you are SAFE)

Layoff communication will be thru the "Specialized Restructuring Team (SRT) to the Employee thru outlook. (Earlier it was thru the CC)

Only 10 Business Days layover time (Not 15 days)


Starbucks closing hundreds of locations, cutting 900 jobs

Starbucks will close about 1% of its locations in the U.S. and North America and cut about 900 jobs as part of its Back to Starbucks transformation strategy, CEO Brian Niccol told employees Thursday, Sept. 25.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2025/09/25/starbucks-closing-stores-cutting-jobs/86341876007/


Accenture braces for slowdown and job cuts, says AI's returns ‘underwhelming’

The rise of AI is likely to lead to more job cuts, even as Accenture believes it will add more people on a net-net basis in the current fiscal year.

From the article: “This (H-1B) is really a non-issue because we only have about 5% of our people in the US on H-1B visas, and they are for really specialized experience and skills for our clients. So, you know, (this is) not something that is really a big impact on Accenture,” said Sweet."

  • Sweet forgot (intentionally) to say that she moved thousands of jobs to India.

From the article: "Accenture said it had trimmed the company's headcount by 11,000 during June-August to end the year with 779,000 employees. The rise of AI is likely to lead to more job cuts, even as the company believes it will add more people on a net-net basis in the current fiscal year.

“We’re trying to—in a very compressed timeline where we don't have a viable path for skilling—sort of exiting people, so we can get more of the skills we need,” Sweet said."

https://www.livemint.com/companies/gen-ai-accenture-revenue-headcount-job-cuts-it-technology-wipro-h-1b-visa-trump-infosys-11758810002655.html


ATTENTION: "Accenture to ‘exit’ staff that cannot be retrained for age of AI"

Accenture to ‘exit’ staff that cannot be retrained for age of AI

Group details $865mn restructuring programme and outlook reflecting sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects

Accenture has reduced its global workforce by more than 11,000 in the past three months and warned staff that more would be asked to leave if they cannot be retrained for the age of artificial intelligence.

The IT consulting group on Thursday detailed an $865mn restructuring programme and an outlook for the year ahead that reflects continuing sluggish corporate demand for consulting projects and a clampdown on spending within the US federal government.

“We are exiting on a compressed timeline people where reskilling, based on our experience, is not a viable path for the skills we need,” chief executive Julie Sweet told analysts on a conference call.

The company employed 779,000 people at the end of August, it said, down from 791,000 three months earlier, after beginning a round of lay-offs that will continue until the end of November. It did not say how many jobs had gone directly as a result of the restructuring, but said severance payments and other costs totalled $615mn in the quarter just ended and would be $250mn more in the current three-month period.

The cuts allowed Accenture to say it would continue to expand operating profit margins at its historic annual rate of at least 10 basis points in the next fiscal year, a target that some analysts had worried might have to be dropped given the tough industry conditions.

While demand for large-scale digital transformation work continues to be strong, for much of the past two years companies have been wary about hiring consultants such as Accenture for shorter-term projects.

The company said revenues grew 7 per cent to $69.7bn in the year to August, for a net income of $7.83bn, up 6 per cent.

It predicted revenue growth would slow to between 2 and 5 per cent in the fiscal year just started. The range would have been a percentage point higher but for the clampdown on spending by the US federal government, which has historically accounted for about 8 per cent of Accenture’s revenue.

A cost-saving effort under the auspices of the Department of Government Efficiency, initially spearheaded by Elon Musk, has cancelled existing IT contracts and challenged other spending on consultants, while lay-offs across government has slowed the procurement process.

Accenture said that generative AI projects accounted for $5.1bn of its new bookings in the year just ended, up from $3bn the year before. It said 77,000 of its workforce were now skilled AI or data professionals, up from 40,000 two years before.

Sweet said that Accenture’s headcount would grow again overall in the coming year. “We are investing in upskilling our reinventors, which is our primary strategy,” she said.

Accenture shares were down 3.2 per cent during Thursday lunchtime trading on Wall Street.

SOURCE: https://www.ft.com/content/a74f8564-ed5a-42e9-8fb3-d2bddb2b8675


Talk is cheap - Except at NCR

It has been a year since DW and George Sloan set in front of us and declared that we are getting out the HW business because it is the right thing to do. George went on to declare that we are turning over any HW development to a company called Ennoconn which he gleefully said is owned by Foxconn who makes cell phones and the transition would be completed by December of 2024.

What they did not say is that at that time Ennoconn had absolutely no presence here in the US when the announcement was made, not a single office except for some guy working out of his apartment in California. That is it…

So fast forward to today, Ennoconn supposedly now has leased a building here in the US and is working to get it set up to begin handling all of the HW business here in the US for NCR. According to sockless Jim, the work was supposed to be done by July, then August, then September, and now it looks more like sometime next year…so much for our wonderful leadership knowing what they are talking about. Of course, they have proven time and time again that they are clueless so this comes as no surprise.

This talk of moving out of hardware has cost NCR $$ Millions in lost revenue due to customers going elsewhere along with higher costs to design, buy, build, test, and sell the HW. It has also cost thousands of jobs too which is still happening.

Forget tariffs, the leadership of this company has redced the revenue and increased the costs of our products themselves which is a huge reason for that layoffs – just as our man Georgieee said it in the last all hands - we spend more than we make!!

Here is an example – the GHQ had a lab constructed in the basement of the building to test the HW we designed. The tests included emissions testing, and other environmental and safety tests. So, the bright idea by our leadership was to dismantle this testing lab and outsource the testing.

So, testing that would have cost thousands of dollars now costs HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars for the same testing. And what of the lab itself, it has been dismantled and is sitting somewhere and, along with the space where it used to be, is not being used at all....great job guys!!

Wonder why there is no money for raises or bonuses – well there is one reason for sure.

So, while we wait for Ennoconn to officially take over the HW role, we lose $$ Millions as our diminutive CFO puts it, because of HW revenue losses - but what he is not admitting is these losses are directly the result of poor decisions made by the past and current NCR leadership.

But hey, instead of $$ we got Pride so let us celebrate with a parade.

Pride - where the men are men and so are the women!!


Procter & Gamble restructuring plans: Buyouts, brand sales and a CEO shakeup

  • The last time P&G did a major restructuring, most of the jobs reductions were buyouts. Likely targets: Generation X, those born between 1965 and 1980.
  • So far, P&G has indicated it wants to make trims. Its last round of cuts started small but then got deeper after earlier rounds failed to achieve a turnaround.
  • Further change will likely occur at the top with a new incoming CEO and other management shifts.
  • The company said some brands might go, but it's not clear how many or which ones.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/procter-gamble-restructuring-plans-buyouts-161338050.html


I wish there was a better place as an alternative

What really gets me is that the entire f*g industry is in shambles. Everyone is laying off, restructuring, and slashing costs. In times like this, taking the voluntary option feels risky, and getting cut is even worse, because where are you supposed to find a new job?


PROJECT HAIL MARY - Independent resellers

Another poorly named internal Xerox project.
The time is near. One last attempt to maintain relevance and it’ll come at the expense of what’s left of the sales team.
Customers will shift to inside sales (remember the Texas facility that just opened) , or be sold off to resellers. IT will be packaged and sold off.
If you’ve been hanging on, your time is almost up. Get out now.


Is the acquisition back on? October 28

I’ve heard that an acquisition may be back or at least for part of DXC. The reporting date of October 28 has been mentioned around the halls as a big announcement day so either mass workforce reductions, yet another restructure or acquisition - there is definitely something brewing - it’s all too quiet!


It’s time for Intel to go private

Written by former board members Charlene Barshefsky, Reed Hundt, James Plummer, David B. Yoffie.

Despite years of troubled performance and failed strategies, the great icon of the semiconductor industry, Intel, has two new major shareholders that can give it new hope for recovery: the United States government, with a bit less than a 10% stake, and the most important design firm in the world, Nvidia, with about 5% ownership.

The next step is for the government to arrange for Intel to go private.

Without the pressure of delivering quarterly earnings for the stockholders of today, a private Intel could divide itself into parts that no longer make sense to be conjoined. One new company should focus on manufacturing chips for all global firms with the goal of matching or exceeding performance levels that only TSMC can provide today. The other should commit to designing chips. These are two separate objective functions, markets, and missions. Ultimately, Intel should also sell its controlling stake in the autonomous driving firm, Mobileye, as well as the company’s venture capital arm. The strategic goal is to disaggregate the conglomerate that may have served Intel well in the past but no longer meets the country’s need for an American foundry nor delivers the most value for shareholders.

It is well understood that most conglomerates suffer from the so-called conglomerate discount. General Electric, once an icon of American industry, recognized that breaking itself up would make its constituent pieces more valuable and competitive in one of the most salient recent examples that demonstrates the sum of the parts can be greater than the whole.

Intel’s business model of vertical integration between design and manufacturing gave Intel tremendous market power when it was the world leader in both markets. That’s the past. Trying to recreate it, as some of Intel’s recent CEOs have done, is doomed.

Here’s the plan that seems right to us, admittedly from the perspective of outsiders who left Intel’s board some time ago.

First, the government, with support from a consortium of America’s world-leading design firms, should buy all of Intel’s public stock. Nvidia’s $5 billion investment and the subsequent surge in Intel’s stock price suggest that the capital markets would welcome such a move. Some combination of Nvidia, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Qualcomm, Broadcom, and Google — the best and biggest product design firms on the planet — could easily afford it.

The creation of a successful foundry, drawn from Intel’s manufacturing assets and separated from the design businesses, would be a big win for the Trump administration. It would be even bigger win for the big semiconductor design firms that are otherwise totally dependent on TSMC.

Second, the government and that consortium should find new owners for Intel’s design businesses, including servers and personal computers. Our back-of-the-envelope calculations suggest that Intel has left a lot of value locked behind its conglomerate structure. The foundry, for example, has a book value of about $70 billion, but is currently a huge money loser. It needs up to $100 billion in new capital over the next decade to compete with TSMC. The other businesses that could thrive on their own include (1) a microprocessor design business for personal computers, worth somewhere around $100 billion; (2) the design efforts for servers and data centers, also worth potentially $100 billion; (3) the autonomous driving firm, Mobileye, valued at roughly $15. billion; and (4) the extensive venture portfolio, invested in private firms around the world.

Unlocking this value is extraordinarily difficult for a public firm filing quarterly reports. Even in private, the surgery is operationally complicated. Presumably, the board and management cannot see a way forward. Alone, the company cannot raise the money to take the firm private. By itself, it would struggle to obtain the financial, technical and commercial assistance needed to match TSMC. Only the U.S. government would be able to orchestrate the complex, critically important disaggregation of Intel with the necessary participation of the major American design firms.

Third, by going private, Intel can attract the best and brightest talent. With Intel’s competitors flying high on the promise of AI, Intel is suffering from a massive brain drain. As it lays off thousands of employees, the best ones inevitably bail out. The existing public company cannot effectively compete for talent and without talent it is unlikely to succeed in matching TSMC in manufacturing nor make its other units more competitive. Private companies can offer very attractive compensation packages with the promise of a big day when the companies go public again.

The result is that the entire restructuring could be accomplished in roughly a year. That is about as long as the break-up of AT&T took in the 1980s. By 2028, the segments could be sold at handsome prices or taken public with significant returns to private shareholders. Taxpayers could make hundreds of billions of dollars. Not only that, in terms of job creation and national security, the value would be immeasurable.

Naysayers will argue that this strategy is unnecessary. Intel could do it all before, and it can do it all again. But hope is not a strategy, and the world around Intel is not standing still. Naysayers may also argue that Intel should be bought by one of its competitors. Allow Broadcom, for example, to buy Intel and fix it, like it has done with numerous other semiconductor firms. But in today’s environment, an acquisition like this would not fly: China, where Intel sells more than 25% of its products, would never approve it.

Right now, the United States government and Nvidia own a problem. By taking charge of the situation, they can create a tremendous opportunity to do good for the taxpayer. Even more importantly, the break-up of Intel will go a long way to giving the United States the semiconductor ecosystem that underpins every happy scenario for software breakthroughs that benefit the American people and the world.


Spirit to Slash Capacity By 25%

Spirit plans to slash capacity by about 25% this fall as part of its bankruptcy restructuring, a move that will likely trigger more layoffs at the struggling ultra-low-cost carrier.

In a memo to employees, President and CEO Dave Davis said the change will make Spirit’s operations more resilient and efficient.

“A key pillar of our restructuring is redesigning and strengthening our network,” Davis wrote. “With that in mind, later this afternoon, our operational leaders will receive our preliminary November schedule. As planning begins, you will see a reduction of about 25% in capacity, year over year, as we optimize our network to focus on our strongest markets.”

https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/09/18/spirit-to-cut-capacity-by-25/


How to stay sane until restructuring is over?

It’ll be months before this is resolved, and by all accounts the cuts will be massive. That means a long stretch of stress and anxiety, right when keeping your job feels existential. The job market is already a horror show and only getting worse. We’ll all lose it before this is done and over with.


2025 Annual Layoff Games (a.k.a. Purges Will Continue Until Subscriber Losses Stop)

It’s official: Effective January 2026, the Divisions will be eliminated, and it will now just be the Regions/Field offices rolling into HQ under Amy Lynch.

Comcast operated under a similar model until 2018, when the divisional structure first took effect.

More details will be given over the next 30 days, but there are massive cuts expected due to now-obvious redundancies.

The reason for the switch from divisional back to HQ roll-up is declining revenues across Comcast’s different product/service offerings, which are in large part due to quarterly subscriber losses exceeding ~200k.

Of course, the executive teams are euphemistically (delusionally?) labeling this as “great opportunities arising,” but everyone can smell this for the bull manure it actually is in reality.

Effectively, leadership thinks the only way to stop the fiscal bleeding is to bleed the organization dry of the talent which has long sustained it.

So, best of luck to all in the purges to come, and may the odds be ever in your favor!

Happy Layoff Games!!


Massive division layoffs coming

Dave Watson announced elimination of division structure starting in January. Frontline divisional teammates will stick around, everything else is moving to HQ. Unsure if just residential or resi and CB. Regional roles will still exist. Crazy that they've gotten away without filing a warn notice since 2020.


15% in Middle-East to cut

My HR said that it will be huge - despite running well - they have to find money for CAPEX, and all people who are not into sales, will be reduced. All BDMs, pre-sales left. Everything has to be centralised in Centre of Excellence in Egypt. So if you're tech or apps presales you can move to Cairo, or bye.. well.


Ford Layoffs a Sign of Its Crippled EV Business - 1000 Employees

https://247wallst.com/investing/2025/09/17/ford-layoffs-a-sign-of-its-crippled-ev-business/

It's about time Ford realize that it cannot compete in the EV business. Loosing $5billon per year with no end in sight is not a good business strategy.

Ford will need to lay off more of Model E and retreat. Join venture with another Chinese EV manufacturing company, build them in China, and ship them to the US just like what GM is doing.