#rumor

The reorg seems big, but there was no clarification whether there will be layoffs or not.

Can someone well-informed please comment?

Allegedly half, around 7,500 people, were notified yesterday. Are they aiming for 14,000 total in this round, or will it continue in January?

Halloween has traditionally been a time of amped-up attacks and other bad stuff from SoMo. Last year a coworker was sent a Halloween card and Snickers bar by interoffice. It was made to look like it came from one of our other teammates in Denver but we all know better now. She made a terrible scream like I never heard before and when I went over to her cube her mouth was bleeding profusely. There was a razor blade in her candy bar. She needed stitches in her tongue and her palate and under her tongue. It was bad.

Just in the last two days I've heard
A) 20% reduction in managers by end of year
B) all projects on hold due to disastrous quarter

Hearing mumbling that dozens of positions are set for layoffs between Health Solutions and Carelon case management this week. Does anyone have more concrete information on this?

Is this confirmed?

Will be happening in December. Email just sent out this afternoon for Performance Management self input opening on 11/3 and closing on 11/28. Manager feedback opens on 11/29
OP: @141+1k84xsa9e

I’ve seen a few posts from folks saying they’ve received them already. Isn’t it a bit early? Then again, management can always change tactics.

Given the big announcement by Amazon today with their layoffs, and our leadership change on the way.

Do you think we will see any layoffs in Q2?

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/cisco-layoffs-2025-after-microsoft-and-intel-in-its-bay-area-office-here-are-the-departments-affected/articleshow/123456681.cms?from=mdr

If so, that’s a real bummer. No end to the peak anxiety.

how are these areas not impacted?

Do we know what time the meeting is rumored to be? I have heard to check for an invite between 7-8am or it could come earlier. I have also heard you will get a different invite if you are safe… does anyone know if that’s true? Are you getting a meeting put on your cal regardless of the outcome? Or would that meeting be later in the day and be the “announcement” of the restructure?

Is tomorrow is the day?

My wife works in Amazon corporate real estate. The Arlington HQ hasn’t met expectations in population, productivity or contribution. Jassey is going to wind it down in the next 6 months.

Do we think there are going to be any layoffs at CBS???

Is there any truth to rumors of a 10/30 layoff? Optum site is reporting one.

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year.
Though sporadic layoff may still happen as HR is giving managers a chance to get rid of their eye sores.

We’d probably know more by now, or at least I hope so. I could use a little more time. I got an offer for another job. Nothing spectacular, but considering how things are going here, even a so-so alternative looks better right now. I hope you’re all looking at exit options too. The market’s rough, it takes time, effort, and a lot of luck. Don’t wait for these people to catch you with your pants down.

Since the “no” group will be laid off first, is it possible the severance pot could severely be depleted by them, because the group may be larger than originally anticipated by IOL? I feel like I'm playing Squid game.

Not in this economy, and not with the job market the way it is. So please, share credible information or at least somewhat reliable rumors. We’re all in this together. Most of us would rather have a heads-up, but nobody wants to get worked up week after week over layoffs that aren’t actually happening.

If we go by the media reports, that doesn’t seem to be the case. But then, who still trusts leadership at their word? We’ve been stressing for weeks over the coming big round, and now it sounds like it might turn into a drawn-out affair. No company, and no fu--ing job, is worth this much personal anxiety and collective pressure.

It seems to work like a magic just a few months because we cut or ki-led 35K family heads.

Any rumors about next week? Nov 6th is on the layoff calendar!

It was moved. Still on though.

Checking in to see if there were any 4 pm / EOD comms or meeting invites stateside. It was reported that TII received invites at 4 pm IST

I hate the lack of info from management.

According to Bloomberg. Wonder when round 2 will come.

We need that person or people who had the very solid info before The Email came out to come back and feed us more.

How is tomorrow going to unfold? This one isn't like the last one (2015). There was no notice ahead of time.

Can someone who knows please tell us if there will continue to be small rounds with a team here and there or if there'll be another big bang in January or February?

Heard that hgas is on the way out? Anyone else hearing things?

Lots of speculation lately. Haven’t heard sh-t

Has anyone seen or heard if there are areas that are likely seeing more hits now that we're getting more invites. Sorry, no info here .

With One Allstate looming are they getting absorbed? I heard rumors about them being brought over.

Any word on the Fallen Timbers JCP being on the store closing list? My mother works there and is a rumor going around that they will be closing soon. Just wanted to see if she should start looking for work. She really does not want to transfer to the Franklin Park store

Any rumors on buyers for PSS? Panasonic might make sense given their partnership earlier this year.

Rumor is that security guards are getting laid off at the end of October.

October 28th seems to be the day.

Anyone know how it'll go down?

I heard a rumor about owned brands and am wondering peoples thoughts. I know everything is rumor so who knows but I heard owned brands design may be very impacted. Has anyone else heard anything?

So hearing from multiple sources inside and outside of the company that our management is pushing hard for a sale to Thoma Bravo. They own multiple companies in complimentary spaces.

This is what the industry has to say about them:
Employees at the companies it acquires,experience can be negative, often involving layoffs and a focus on cost-cutting after the acquisition.

I was surprised (but kind of not) that nobody in my area of OB was active on Slack on Friday.
Are people just taking these next few days off until Tuesday? It feels really stupid to be wasting any breath working for deliverables if I might get the ax on Tuesday

There’s talk of more layoffs coming, although the last round didn’t address the real issues and was just a quick fix to cover overspending. Cutting experienced employees with deep knowledge of the systems has created gaps that are hard to fill. The company is losing people who understood how things worked, and new hires don’t have the same level of expertise. Until leaders make real changes, it’s unclear how things will improve.