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Rising living costs, layoffs at VZI, increasing medical expenses, and growing family responsibilities are making life increasingly challenging , especially in metro cities. Cost-cutting by VZI only adds to the pressure.

There are so many trolls trying to distract from the really important discussions around (potential or real) layoffs and how to cope. Please stop this. The important discussions are drowned out. Two kinds of distractions are especially not needed:... — read more 

I'm the richest woman in America. I have a firm that despises me due to my faults. I have 10 ELT members. Two love only themselves. Each of them loves no one but one is very loyal. I have a wardrobe that transports me to the “big tent” that I... — read more 

Everyone in our offices knows about the obvious stuff. We see the VPs hiring their own kids, nieces, and nephews for cushy internships. We see HR funneling entry-level hires almost exclusively through pay-to-play training institutes like Vector... — read more 

I've talked her in to upgrading our hug greetings at work to hug+kiss when no one is around. Baby steps...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer/vi-AA295NFl He is all over the place. AK is so weird.

Gold luck - I may not be American but my family is well connected, we fu-k bad people, grandpa was a merc,not a na-i!

A whole bunch of people in Integrated Services are being asked to interview for jobs. The implication being, if you don't find a job you are no longer employed. You can argue about the value of Integrated Services, but this is a cr-ppy way to treat... — read more 

I work on the Medicaid side of Texas . Anyone know how bad the plan will get hit ?

Anyone else getting the sense that Sports Marketing is still a dumpster fire on multiple fronts? Leadership turnover and ethics issues never really got resolved after the C.G. situation and J.S. exit. A.M. was supposed to fix the culture, but a lot... — read more 

Why did the stock tank after earnings? Is this the Kubasik effect or the new CFO or both?

I've not seen anyone mention Kansas. Anyone have any ideas on upcoming changes or RIF's? From the PL's, everything is fine, nothing is wrong and everything is as normal! Nothing to see here!

Nothing like delivering a 900m quota for PS and laying off project management, consultants and all of ps sales. Hate tac well hope you love them now because partners always misconfigure

If you have PowerPoint skills and thrive under the pressure of being laid off, please apply.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs. jul01-jul31: 2975 reductions, 1736 additions, 151101 (-1239) end count jun01-jun30: 1723 reductions, 1299... — read more 

Another departure from the CSBB audit team. This time a director only there for a year and a half. You have a managing director that is pregnant and will be out on leave. A recently promoted director out on leave. What is going on with management in... — read more 

Anyone else experience this? https://www.hcamag.com/us/specialization/employment-law/employee-sues-us-bank-for-firing-her-months-after-hr-complaint/567107

Anyone have any insight into if Product will be required for RTO? Me and a few team members are remote and I’m wondering if I should be worried.

...can keep firing people but it's not going to fill the hole that he's dug for himself.

Get rid of all the tenured Store Managers and have someone replace them with half the pay. Below is what GMs do, they dont bring any revenue. Reviewed sales dashboards that an AI could summarize in five seconds. Answered repetitive customer... — read more 

Here comes more bloat and more LRs at CISCO

Well, what are people hearing how the year ended?

This doesn’t apply to any other BUs but confirmed no LRs in August for Wireless. Holding on to Wi-Fi 8 and MCG for dear life. The AI stuff is just window dressing but it opens doors so they will keep at it. Lotsa openings in India, but hiring there... — read more 

Tick tok... amazing how Congress is zeroing in publicly on Verizon/Jack Smith artic frost. Amazing Hans fired when first surfaced.... other Execs named who ate no longer here either. Finally, the Vz Board gets exposed on Hans failure.

Anyone else no longer able to see the Fannie Mae “bowls” on Fishbowl and Glassdoor? It now says they don’t exist. They were active prior to 10 am yesterday.

Current RTM’s, how was your Q2 bonus versus when you were an SR?

Fraudster Kelly King’s disciples are running Huntington. Expect a sermon and the same lies and deception at Huntington.

I know people don't want to hear that but it's true. Hear it out. BAIN is running the company now. That's why there is such a stark deviation from the way Dell has always operated in the past. Bain & Company is one of the top global Management... — read more 

They stage the whole cycle so they can manufacture nonsense feedback. The entire year I kept asking my manager for a real project because I was under‑utilized and stuck doing basic data analysis. I even reached out to others for work, but he blocked... — read more 

As in, those who do not get WFRed and freed from this shithole, what fresh he-l awaits us next week?

What was your severance and notice in the latest layoffs in California? I'm wondering if they keep on the payroll through the WARN period, with healthcare, then give you a lump sum severance after the WARN period expires? Did you get an email, a... — read more 

Lots of agents have been made, none of them good. Any1 know of any agents that are actually useful and have any benefit over what workbench does?

I heard there is some mass layoff happening in October? Can someone confirm it?

Are promotions cancelled in consulting?

Can someone please help me understand how in Q1 we advertised $8 million X identified items with $4 million of trading impact that will be realized at a later date and then we get to Q2 earnings and no one addresses it

USE ALL OF YOUR PTO AND SICK TIME WHILE YOU CAN! Unfortunately, I live in a "use it or lose it" state. I have 120 hours of sick time and 66 hours of PTO that I need to use within the next two weeks. To make matters worse, my PL said we're not... — read more 

I have a job offer from Enbridge and it has a Termination clause for severance. I don’t have that in my previous offer and none of my friends have it. I asked HR and they said it is standard in offers. Do I need to accept these conditions? Has... — read more 

Fidelity has ended hybrid work. 75,000 employees now expected to be in the office 5 days per week JPM, Goldman, BofA, Morgan Stanley, PNC and Trust have all moved to 5 day mandates in the past year. Maybe this can put a 4-1 mandate into...

Share price collapsing. The earnings call was all about cost cutting, move to AI. Expect major job cuts.

Any word if there will be a 2nd round sent out for voluntary leave? I am SO regretting not accepting that offer!

What is going on with Small Business Banking? The company has laid off a number of branch based Small Business Specialists and have begun hiring phone based Small Business Specialists along with more branch branch Small Business Specialists?

These guys tricked all of us investors for years, and now it is time for them to go and to bring Hock Tan in. He is the only one who can save this sinking ship.

Is the plan to actually integrate/onboard them or replace them with H1-B hires in India, once their systems have been brought over? There doesn’t seem to be any plan, from what I can tell. Seems like they are trying to figure out what to do with the... — read more 

Curious to see what restructuring has occurred. Please share and let us know market.

The constant stream of security patches was bad enough a few years back but how is it going today, in light of all of the vulnerabilities being found by AI ? From https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@bk+1kyscy9ar, it looks like the frequency has... — read more 

Are the business update meetings going out yet? Someone in this forum previously said first week of Aug would see some layoffs. That's next week. Any updates?

The lifting of consent order on Citibank by the OCC and the Federal Reserve this year is not quite a sure thing. That "90%" complete line from the C suite is more about checking the boxes and implementing controls, not actually achieving clean data.

https://www.semafor.com/article/07/31/2026/t-mobile-deutsche-telekom-merger-stalls

Over the last decade, this company shifted more and more toward hiring and promoting people who are friendly and easy to manage, instead of those who are smart and willing to challenge the status quo. Anyone who asks tough questions or push for... — read more 

Employees deserved better. Shareholders will be next to take the brunt. Dell is dying

Hearing IBM canceling all travel and pulling out of conferences. How can we sell if we can’t meet the clients? Setting up disaster for q4 and beyond. Guaranteed brutal actions are next.

Source: Justin Bateh, PhD Tactical advice for managers running teams, projects, & operations in the AI era | CEO @ AI Operators Lab | Led 40 AI Rollouts | PhD & PMP | Top 100 Maven Educator | Leadership • AI • Project Management • Career... — read more 

Morgan Stanley has merged its Field Risk and Service units within its wealth management division. This consolidation aims to streamline operations and improve collaboration among staff supporting financial advisors. While the total number of affected... — read more 

Why is the stock price down $8 today? Earnings call? Please explain.

AI entire executive board leadership save millions, VZ stock price might increase

On December 1, 2025, IBM questioned the economics of hyperscalers’ AI infrastructure plans. Using a hypothetical 100-gigawatt global buildout costing $8 trillion, he concluded: “There’s no way you’re going to get a return on that.” The warning was... — read more 

doesn't know how to run an org

Nepotism is alive on the east coast!

Can someone please tell me if we didn't receive VSP offer, what does it mean? Wasn't targets met? Didn't 1200 employees already leave Centene. I didn't receive 08/12 meeting invite. What does that mean for the SC team?

Lincoln Nautilus and Lincoln Corsair coming from China only. Who is the genius that chose this over US manufacturing?

Every year the "top" contributors get to go (with a plus one) to the Diamond Club event. Waste of $$$$. Always, a 5 star place. Top entertainment. Stop the Waste. They have to have 1 person from each group nominated.

Entire empty buildings, with equipment on a single floor, are kept at refrigerator-like temperatures. Why?

Has anyon else who retired from Mobility Management get a letter sating that Life Insurance was canceled and not eliegible for even the $15K of insurance? Just more of AT&T cutting promised benefits then daring you to challenge them when... — read more 

This waiting for Godot sh-t is for the birds!

Sale of Folsom campus cancelled.

How come?

A way to sc--w their employees more, WF Risk is going to start mandating core hours 6am - 5 pm. This place is turning into an adult day care for salaried employees.

Got the email about survey results for Ops. None of the areas for improvement cited garbage pay. None of you wrote about that? Wild. Unless they ignored that complaint. And they would never do that.