#wantout

I'm now rooting for a layoff. I've earned a decent package and I'd happily take it and run. How messed up is it that people with years of service would rather be shown the door than stick around? Says everything about where this place is at.

After decades in the workforce, I thought I’d seen it all, until my time at Citi. I stayed way longer than I should’ve, missing the signs while the culture kept getting worse. The amount of spin and dishonesty up the chain was unreal. Looking back, leaving sooner would’ve saved a lot of damage.

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My team is half the size it was last year but the output expected from us is exactly the same. I'm overwhelmed every single day trying to cover the gaps. Getting a package to leave is starting to seem like a better deal than this grind.

As long as I'm given decent severance, I'll happily leave this place behind. I don't see anything positive in Oracle's future, at least when it comes to employees, so getting out sooner rather than later would be a win in my book. Again, as long as I get paid to leave.

Anyone else just wants a package at this point? I rather take the money. Leave this place and search for a new job with a long paid break. I think they purposely don’t pay us enough to make enough to save and leave.

And I do mean everyone

I certainly don't wish for anyone to lose their job. I just want my severance so I can be on my way. This place has been toxic and utterly exhausting. There's only so much you can endure before it erodes your well-being. There's a whole life I've been missing out on for years. Don't ever let work monopolize your mind and time. The sacrifices never truly pay off in the end.

I'm stuck in the worst kind of limbo. Staying means more of this stress, but leaving without a plan is scary. The fact that I can't decide which is worse says everything about how bad things are here.

Witnessing layoffs at Verizon has been a masterclass in how to destroy morale. They decided to kick out the very people who bled for the company. Now, they have us all running for the exit. All I want is to get out and find a job where dedication might actually be rewarded, not used against you.

Is it wrong to secretly hope that my position is eliminated? The toxicity at this company is appalling, and the lack of communication and severe gatekeeping is making it impossible to accomplish anything.

Asking for a friend, of course.

Fire me. Please. Keep the yes-people who tell you what you want to hear. I'm tired of watching hard work be punished and sycophancy rewarded. Getting laid off would be a blessing at this point.

If there were any other options. But the way things are, most of us are stuck here until something else comes along. I'm absolutely furious at being cornered like this. I'm sure the corporate overlords everywhere are loving these circumstances.

I’m hating this CIFT team more than ever. I joined this team recently as a Quality Analyst, and people here have so much attitude and arrogance almost all of them are like this. I feel like I want to quit this team or even this role.

About this time on Sundays is when I start dreading going to work at dell. This will be my last year at dell one way or the other

I've never hated a job more. The toxicity is off the charts. If they announced layoffs, I'd volunteer. The severance would be the only good thing this place ever gave me. I need out, by any means necessary.

What's the point of staying when there's no reward for it? No promotion, no raise, just more work. I'd almost rather get the layoff call at this point and take the money to leave this thankless place behind.

I want to be on the list, is there a way to make sure of that? I don't want to be fired, though. I want to get severance.

Insider here.
If you're in wireless, GET OUT. NOW.
No joke.

For whatever reason, they don’t want to work anymore. Can they signify manager to have them in the laid off list. When is the latest to let them know (as layoff is normally planned ahead).

I'm not scared of layoffs anymore, I'm waiting for them. Show me the money and I'll happily leave and never look back.

After more than 13 years with the company, I can honestly say morale has never been lower. People are exhausted. The general feeling is just complete defeat and a desire to get out.

If I'm spending my weekend stressed about Monday, this job isn't worth it. I'm getting my resume ready and leaving as soon as I find the right opportunity.

Lots of people are heading for the exits and I get it. I'd leave too if I could find a similar paying job. Anyone know where they're landing? I need some leads.

I know I should be glad to have a job, but I'm so burnt out and miserable. The people who got the package might have gotten the better deal. It's rough staying here.

I'm kind of hoping my name is on the next list. Things have gotten so bad here that a severance seems like the light at the end of a very dark tunnel. I just want out.

It's sad, but I've gone from fearing layoffs to wanting one. The company has lost all the respect it once had for its workers. I don't recognize this place anymore and I want out.

I feel like everything is very specific but then others are saying every department is 20% -kind of hoping to get cut tbh.

I don't want it for others, but myself. I would volunteer if there was a way. I'm just so done with this place.

I'm only at this place because my wife has a really good job locally. Otherwise, I'd be long gone. I've worked at several of our competitors, and the issues here are something else entirely. It's like everybody who's here is either just starting out, actively looking to leave, or trapped like I am. It all boils down to management creating an impossible situation for everyone trying to do the work.

Let’s say you want to be surplused… is there a way to make it happen without waiting?

I've been here too long. I don't like my job, my latest team is meh, and compensation could be better. I know beggars can't be choosers, and the job market is tight. What I'm saying is that if I'm cut, I wouldn't be sad about it or consider it my personal failure. Regardless of how much corporations like seeing you devastated. I'm confident that if I'm laid off, things will sort themselves out, as they always do.

If they don’t cut me this year. I’m 100% leaving next year. I can’t be waiting for severance packages. This place feels like cancerous where I’m slowly dying….

2025 was meant to be my exit year from Wells Fargo. I applied, interviewed, networked, and pushed as hard as I could. Now 2026 is basically here and nothing changed. To say it’s demoralizing would be an understatement.

Left nike 18 months ago and I had a huge amount of Nike stocks. Sold everything today at a 12% loss. I held nike stocks only because it was part of ESPP. This is my first time losing money on the stock market but it is not the 12% that su-ks! It is the cost of losing out on 17%-20% in the broad index funds. Unless nike does 40%-50%, there is no reason to hold nike for the next few years. Had hopes on EH for a few months but the execution is terrible. Best case for NKE is 70 at the end of the year. Sp500 will do 10% meanwhile.

I am done with following nike - great brand, worst company to work for!

Lately I keep seeing coworkers walk out for jobs that pay noticeably less (I guess this job market only allows for that), and that says everything about where things stand. The nonstop tension around layoffs has pushed people to a point where any exit feels better than staying. No one even talks about matching their old salaries anymore. The environment has gotten so heavy that most of us just want out before the next wave hits.

Better start looking for another way out.

And I hope I get my walking papers. I went from loving my job to hating this place in a few years, and I'd be happy to leave it and never look back.

I want to quit so badly and I even have got interviews elsewhere but I’m held back by repaying my tuition. I have one more year for the two years so maybe I’ll just hang on til then. I hate this place so much.