#rif

I get it. This is hard. Nobody wants to see their team shrink, nobody wants uncertainty, and nobody signs up for a job hoping to navigate a VSP or a RIF (This is not a layoff folks).

But I've been watching this forum and I want to offer a different perspective, one I don't see getting much airtime.

Companies don't offer voluntary separation packages because they hate their employees. They do it because the alternative is involuntary. A VSP with real severance, extended benefits, and time to plan your next move is genuinely a sign of a company trying to do right by people, even when the business decision behind it is painful. They could have just surprised 20% of us with RIF notices on August 1st. You can disagree with the strategy and still recognize the humanity in how it's being executed.

The personal attacks on leaders here are something else entirely. These are human beings making decisions in a brutally difficult macro environment. One that no one fully controls. Venting is understandable. But some of what I'm seeing crosses a line that doesn't reflect well on us, not on them.

Some of what I have seen has honestly made me realize there are areas where this company can RIF, with some of the narrow sighted and uninformed nonsense I have seen these past couple of weeks.

We're professionals. We can be honest about how hard this is without burning the place down on the way out.

So I was part of the group on March 22 that was RIF’d but then forced to stay working until end of June and then quickly extended until end of August. It seems like the people RIF’d today are done as of today. I want that deal! Trying to stay working on the titanic is brutal and not good for mental health. Who the he-l is making these decisions?

Biggest impact will be in the Northeast by my understanding.

The company will conduct reductions in force (RIFs) each month. There is a targeted headcount reduction that must be achieved based on forecasts designed to demonstrate that operating expenses are being managed and financial controls are in place.

For this round, approximately 90% of impacted employees will be notified by Thursday of this week, with a small number of notifications extending into next week due to colleagues being out on PTO.

Going forward, colleagues should expect RIFs around the same time each month. However, this month’s reduction is expected to be larger than usual, with a higher number of colleagues being affected.

Bumping this from @b6+1kvr3808t for info.

With the shifts happening in R2B there will be far less impacts from B2B in the mid market space. Lots of the B2B accounts fall in the 10-35 space that the new R2B teams will own, and lots of cold calling from that team into the same space. Seems there is a lot of overlap in the territories, and lots of new folks with much lower comp than the holdouts with high seniority. They have been trying to weed out many in the B2B team via quotas, new PIP process, and just plain making their lives he-l at work until they quit. Seems like there will be some consolidation, especially in the outer markets and with the folks with higher seniority that have been too stubborn to leave. Anyone hearing anything?

I’m in IBS Core. TPM (tech product management)… one of the product owners.

Are we getting RIF’d or laid off? Everyone under my manager has the same meeting tomorrow, including my manager.

just read a comment where someone shared 3/4 of their team got RIF’d, they could not discuss it and had to continue working until their last day.

TF?? meaning they couldn’t flat out tell anyone they were being RIF’d? or just couldn’t go into the details of severance, etc.? can anyone who’s been RIF’d provide insight?

‘cause not being able to tell your colleagues you’re getting cut is wild AF.

I know one thing, Leadership better let us know who’s getting cut asap. I don’t need to know who got the VSP approved or who got RIF’d. I honestly do not care.

I need to know who’s staying and if I’m staying, how much work am I going to have to determine if I’m going to bounce…

I willl be interested to see if the 13% and the RIFs are the work of the troll.

Is this correct?

I believe tomorrow (6/23) is the notification day. Meetings usually get scheduled later in the evening for tomorrow morning
@a5+1kvr3808t

More rifs happened today

Anyone know how July 16 will impact Value?

IBM and Deloitte have closed the deal on Juneteenth day to takeover VZ IT. It would be a Centralized IT org to deliver the business requirements using Claude Code; hence you would see that your Gitlab repo has 1000+ developer access now(Go and check it out). VZ will do one more wave of RIF to reach the number of agreed workforce for rebadging and retain a small % in the IT.

If you think you're safe, I've got oceanfront property in Arizona to sell you. Nobody except the top brass is safe.

I've been hearing a lot of talk about more layoffs coming next month. At first I dismissed it, but the rumors keep getting louder. Does anyone have any actual information? Are these just rumors or is something really happening?

What will happen to ESG ?

Everyone with actual leadership ability has already left FIDO. The people running things now are only looking out for themselves. They don't care about the company or us. I'd leave today if not for the severance. With my salary and age, I'm almost positive I'll be cut within the next year.

Working extra hours and getting good reviews won't save you. If they want you out, you'll be gone.

I joined Citi in July last year, and since then it's been nothing but cuts, stress, increases in workload, and a plethora of other issues. Every time I thought it was over, something else happened. Is it always going to be like this? What are the chances of things improving at some point in the future?

They're moving away from layoffs and toward firings. I know several people let go for ridiculous reasons. It's getting worse.

Several people on our sales team were surplussed on Wednesday-all had good numbers compared to those of use that weren't impacted, our sales manager said that the selection process was above his pay grade and that she had no say what-so-ever in the selection, one of the sellers let go was the oldest person on the team, a white guy who was crushing it this year and had the highest production on the team, the other two who were let go were also older members of the team , on e them was third on the team in production. Those of us left are newer to the team and are glad we were spared but are trying to understand how this selection process works

I'm sorry to all the people who were RIFed on 6/16. What date did the company give as your last day?

I know several people who were riffed in June, and there are still rumors of larger global RIFs coming in July and August.

For those who make it through these rounds, whats the outlook for the rest of 2026? Do these cycles eventually come to an end, or is this just the new normal?

At this point, I’d rather be included in a RIF now while severance packages are still relatively generous.

So tired of this, let me work or let me go

Has anyone had any dealings with the senior head of HR? My understanding is he is the one pushing RIFS, and a reason behind this increasingly toxic place. He wants RIFS everywhere but has the most toxic people leading HR teams.

While I have survived tons of RIFs, I have never seen this company or the company I came from when we merged, offer a VSP. I’m tired. I’m sick. I am ready to leave so I applied.

Anyone else did? Yes? No? Considering? Thoughts or theories about this? Share it!!

Does anyone know, if you take all your vacation for the year and then get laid off, do you have to pay back the part you haven't accrued yet?

Pete L talking about IA employees are the most valuable part.. mkay how many will be RIFfed soon?

Rivian announced staff cuts this week. Under two percent of its staff will be affected. Production workers are not impacted by these cuts. The announcement follows the start of R2 vehicle deliveries. First-quarter 2026 net profit for Rivian decreased by $87 million.

https://www.worktruckonline.com/news/rivian-layoffs-will-not-impact-production-workers-r2-has-launched

It's over for all of us here anyway.

Happening this week. Any info on how’s many

Anyone heard the investment community is predicting at least 50% RIF in order to restore profitability and stock price…

Seems at least one person got the axe on March 31

My SVP has said next week on Tuesday is expected to be the largest rif action

Can anybody confirm this?

Anyone heard anything? It seems every month there’s a RIF. Or maybe they met this month’s numbers with the VRIF.

If the rumors are true why are we need seeing more posts and activity around this? We usually start hearing “insider” information about meetings, lists, numbers, etc. Is it really happening? Spill the tea

Frontier employees will not be impacted in upcoming RIF’s for their first 12 months as a VZ employee.

121 people, NJDOL WARN Notice as of last month: https://www.nj.gov/labor/assets/PDFs/WARN/2026_WARN_Notice_Archive.pdf

How should I approach my manager about volunteering for the next RIF? I won't go into too much detail here, but I have been incredibly miserable since they moved me to a new role after the first wave of VSP in 2024. It's a role I never would have applied for on my own. Originally I had hoped to stay in this role for a short period of time and then eventually move to another role internally. However, given the current state of the company, that is no longer a viable option. I was thinking of giving my notice soon (no I don't have another job lined up, but I have enough savings to get me by for quite a while). Should I approach my manager about volunteering for the next RIF so I can at least get severance? If so, how should I approach the conversation? Or should I just give notice and be done with this place?

Our VP stated that RIFs are "rare" during our town hall. We have had 9 (!!!) employees on our team RIFed in the past 24 months plus a Sr. Director disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

They fired two US employees this May and then immediately posted the roles in Colombia. A key talking point from one of the Sr Directors was about how amazing it was that we were hiring! Be sure to recommend your friends!

Not sure how the VP thinks RIFs are rare at Medtronic given that I have never worked anywhere in my career that has had this rate of RIFs. The level of lying and gaslighting from execs is unbelievable.

Also we were told that we are now expected to demonstrate "Joy" going forward.

Wayfair Layoff for Global Partner Retail Enablement was made today. Unsure how many were impacted, but roles across Cross Journey Operations and Analytics were impacted today. Apparently not considered a "RIF" since it was a smaller headcount.