#slack

I am waiting for the count to be < 5 soon

In a very small team somebody always ends up carrying the dead weight because the release dates do not move. I carried a complete slacker for a long time... everybody knew he was a slacker too mgmt t knew entire team knew and othing changed.

the problem is that in small teams, one person not pulling their weight does not just stay their problem it spills into everyone else’s life. Alaways longer hours and more stress. Missed time with family because of this retart. Burnout + resentment. And because the deadlines are real the relible people end up absorbing the damage while the slacker just keeps floating along. What made things worse was all the 2ndary drama and problems that came with this bozo . It stopped being just a work issue and started causing actual life stress outside work - so you know how that goes.... And after enough time u stop feeling angry and just start feeling exhausted that everyone can clearly see the problem but nobody with authority is willing to deal with it.

I got lucky as he left just about three years into this.

Eh.

It seems no one has mentioned layoffs in the First Friday Slack channel. People usually say or inquire about it. Only the sycophants were sending messages, it seems.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• apr01-apr30: 2286 reductions, and 1583 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• mar01-mar31: 12446 reductions, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• feb01-feb28: 943 reductions, and 1143 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• jan01-jan31: 1604 reductions, and 1834 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• dec01-dec31: 1031 reductions, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 reductions, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 reductions, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 reductions, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 reductions (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 reductions in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

What is called "layoff estimates" are partially part of normal attrition, limitations are covered in details in comments.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

I have just checked Slack, and the current number is 154,780 people. I will review it again once I begin my workday.

Truly fascinating how some people are able to identify every problem in the company with surgical precision, yet somehow remain here…contributing to all of them.

If we ever bottled the energy spent on complaining, predicting layoffs, and re-litigating leadership decisions from behind a keyboard, we’d probably solve margin pressure overnight.

It’s impressive really, how “culture” is always something management breaks, never something we all participate in.

And the confidence required to critique leadership while never having led anything beyond a Slack thread debate is honestly elite-level consistency.

At some point, you have to wonder if the issue isn’t the company…but the subscription.

Anyway, if all that energy got rotated into literally anything productive, $NKE would be at ATHs just off vibes alone

I saw a linkedin post about a NetSuite SC getting laid off. The slack numbers haven't really dropped below 154K

What's going on with mangers suddenly no longer providing any recognition even when you do extra work that's not even yours? My boss sent a "thumbs up" emoji on a Slack message last Thursday, and that's the closest I've gotten to a thank you since last year.

Curious where it's at...

The personalities of slack at Nike:

1. JR - responds to every and each question in COP and AI channels

2. DM - pretty much has her own store in Alt Class

3. JM - posts every shoe drop in sneaker channels, the good and the bad

4. Van - everyone getting heart broken over drops that have a lower win rate than SNKRs

5. EV - daily complaining that people aren’t charging their cars or stayed over time limit acting like it will make a difference

Can’t imagine the amount of time wasted in some of these channels.

What else?

Aria
MS - 82722
CM - 25132
LE - 59554

Total - 167408

Slack - 154590

In a month or so, Aria should reconcile with Slack numbers. From what I have noticed, largely the recent retrenchment was from LE's org which adds credibility to my previous suspicion that the entire org under LE including Db and Fusion is being readied to be spun off into a separate entity or sold to a private equity firm by FY26.

again during the night another 1k dropped on slack , maybe its late accounts disabling , about 13k + since the last week .

157,193

I will not go into details but several slack accounts have been deactivated on dev teams in the past hour

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

This round of mass layoff started on Mar24-25 according to Slack totals and it's sustained. I have to start a new thread, because our resident troll started counterfeiting Slack totals and trends again on the first page.

• mar01-mar28: 1618 layoffs, and 746 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• feb01-feb28: 943 layoffs, and 1143 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• jan01-jan31: 1604 layoffs, and 1834 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• dec01-dec31: 1031 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 layoffs, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

Layoff estimates are partially part of normal attrition, but the other part of normal attrition is already hidden due to additions and removals compensate each other when they happen at the same period of time. Strictly speaking what is called "layoffs" here are just "reductions" in totals.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

layoffs are happening , the general channel numbers are dropping very fast today didnt count but its about 250-300+

If you have not heard, webex is going away! No we are using Google meets and management said, "you must have your camera on, no exceptions". One person was driving in and dialed into the meeting and the director demanded the person pull over and turn his phone camera on. Another person did not respond to a slack message within 15 min.. (they were on a break) and the manger and and director said it was not acceptable because they had slack on their phone and should have responded, ON THEIR BREAK.... but yet customers are ignored! This is getting out of hand! Dan, OH DAN... where are you DAN...? Where is your delight the customer focus DAN? We don't see it, all we see is show your face on Google Meets and slack is your life!

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• mar01-mar07: 351 layoffs, and 43 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• feb01-feb28: 943 layoffs, and 1143 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• jan01-jan31: 1604 layoffs, and 1834 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• dec01-dec31: 1031 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 layoffs, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

Layoff estimates are partially part of normal attrition, but the other part of normal attrition is already hidden due to additions and removals compensate each other when they happen at the same period of time.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

From 168,783 10am est to 166,465 as of 5pm est time

Here are Verizon Wireless's senior management PRIORITIES and nowhere will you find the customer!

1- SLACK! You will be ON SLACK at all times, it's the number one priority of directors and senior directors. 2 - You WILL show your FACE on WebEx. No more hiding... turn your camera on or else the wrath of directors and senior directors will come down on you with a screaming hissy fit. 3 - Wash and repeat 1 and 2, don't mind the customer!.. Just tell them you are sorry you are busy on SLACK and showing your face on WebEx... you will have to get back to them later when you can pull yourself away from Slack and showing your face on WebEx.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• dec01-dec31: 1031 layoffs, and 844 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, and 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct31: 2504 layoffs, 1762 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

P.S. Happy New Year!

Dan said he won't use Slack. If my little green light isn't on I get an inquiry as to why not. Now I will just tell the bosses to go Slack themselves.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• nov01-nov30: 1614 layoffs, 1327 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct29: 1950 layoffs, 1689 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports, no public info about other locations available)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• nov01-nov17: 682 layoffs, 791 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• oct01-oct29: 1950 layoffs, 1689 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• sep02-sep30: 6275 layoffs, 861 additions (based on Slack regular tracking)
• aug14-sep01: 733 layoffs (based on Slack very few data points)
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 layoffs in IDC (based on media reports)

Regions outside IDC and NA usually have a significant delay when laid off people are disconnected from Slack (e.g. 1 month in Pacific regions, perhaps longer in some EU countries), so this is a floor estimate with additions reflected immediately, but reductions lagging behind on average.

I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total while this post is still on the first page.

Seriously, ever heard of an all hands ‘ live via slack? this is VBG and a massive organisation in VBG; that is everything under the CRO besides direct sales…
All hands via a slack channel ‘ask leadership and business partners anything slack channel…
Also hearing via a via that a merger with BT global ( international) isn’t off the cards yet. … who have been for sale for 2 years or so.
Anyways also heard it’s 20 to 30 percent reduction.

Reminds me of 2003 when Mci world com fired people via sms…

I just saw some discord link and public slack link thread got deleted.

Did anyone else lose access to Slack tonight? I was logged out and can’t log back in

First of all, I agree that slack org chart is buggy. But usually it’s randomly affecting anyone, not showing patterns like what we observed recently

If the slack org chart sudden change means anything, i don’t think it’s comprehensive. Not everybody who will be laid off were shown as orphaned. But people who were orphaned may have some changes coming to them as something changed in AD that triggered some changes in okta that somehow, maybe unintentionally, got reflected in slack org. This change may mean the person is changing manager/group or potentially will get laid off.

I suspect that whatever changes that they were doing in Slack were interrupted by the commotion in the rumor site, and the activities stop. That maybe a reason that these changes were not comprehensive.

We don’t need extra stress on top of looming layoffs. Some might find it amusing that people are reading too much into that org chart, but they should also realize many are genuinely terrified about their jobs. For some, losing it would have serious, life-changing consequences. I understand people panicking. What I don’t understand is how those paid to run this place can’t handle something as critical as layoffs more competently.

Not asking for a rumor, or a guess, or a speculation. Can anyone in HR or anyone in a related part of the company that manages things like slack, or anyone who 'recently had dinner' with either of those people can confirm whether this is a bug or not?

We all know that layoffs are coming basically a week from now. Can anyone confirm or deny what's happening? So far the only 'official' word has been in the #slack-tips channel where they called it a bug that they're working on, but I am inclined to call bullsh-t. Murray and Success factor have been unaffected, though.

Go to Slack and check your org chart .. there are many changes and some of us are left with no one to report to ... like an orphan ...

i don't know what it mean .. are the opt ins stil there ? it almost seems live like numbers changing and so far
MTV - seems to be untouched generally in marketing
anyway look before they figure it out ...

In slack! (ALSO LOL GUYS... What a rookie oversight.)

Not all org charts have been edited, but a few of the Nick teams have been significantly rearranged.

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If you were wondering why the CES seems diluted, it is because they already have the data they need

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/02/09/ai-might-be-reading-your-slack-teams-messages-using-tech-from-aware.html

Oct01 4am UTC - Oct02 4am UTC totals: 241 layoffs, 44 additions.
Methodology and day-by-day breakdown is in comments.
Few next days will be added in comments as they pass, to avoid starting new threads.

Sep30 1pm UTC - Oct 4am UTC totals: 468 layoffs.
September totals (except Sep01): 6275 layoffs, and 861 additions.
Methodology and day-by-day breakdown is in comments.
This is a floor estimate, as many non-NA regions have layoffs with people still present in Slack and their access is fully cut with large delay.

Sep24 6am UTC - Sep25 6am UTC totals: 80 layoffs, 9 additions.
September totals (except Sep01): 5635 layoffs, and 825 additions.
Methodology and day-by-day breakdown is in comments.

I know a dev team in Pacific, which had the last day yesterday, but they are still in Slack and it is unclear why O stopped cutting access to some people. Maybe it was too easy to track layoffs. Therefore, these totals are the floor estimate.