So many have been generous in sharing what is happening for them and on their teams in real time. It's gut wrenching to watch. Please take good care of yourselves. If still in the office, get contact info or create text chains for your workgroup to stay in touch. If laid off, don't sign anything until you have a chance to review it. Check your local laws regarding length of time to do so. If appropriate, have an attorney review it. Resist any pressure to sign without those options. If you are impacted, as mentioned elsewhere, it's not your fault, you did not fail. Everyone was failed, right from the top.
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FIS Launches 24/7 AI Assistant to Ease Risk Models Management
Let's call it what it is it's a chatbot over their documentation. In Feb 2026, that's basically the minimum viable AI feature any enterprise software company should have shipped a year ago.
The press release dresses it up with language about "generative AI" and "expert guidance in any language, 24/7" but strip away the marketing and it's: you can ask questions about our product docs instead of searching through PDFs. That's been a solved problem since mid-2023.
The fact that they're treating this as a major product launch announcement in 2026 honestly says more about how slow enterprise fintech moves than anything about AI innovation. Meanwhile Anthropic and others are shipping agents that can actually do work browse the web, write and execute code, operate software, handle multi-step workflows autonomously.
A doc-search chatbot vs. autonomous AI agents that can actually perform actuarial tasks end-to-end... it's not even the same conversation anymore. FIS is announcing training wheels while the industry is building self-driving cars.
https://www.fisglobal.com/about-us/media-room/press-release/2026/fis-launches-24-7-ai-assistant-to-ease-risk-models-management
Its approaching March, layoffs will happen!
Working through a list of items including making all healthcare appointments, also, having vehicle serviced, HVAC serviced, any other items that might need attention when laid off. All of the problem solving skills learned at work can be put into play now, so that whatever happens there has been preparation to handle during unemployment. It will help by providing a little peace of mind. Once you have done all that you can do, then that should suffice for now. If it makes you feel better, go full Doomsday Prepper and buy canned goods, etc..
@ax along with the accued vacation time Ive been using my sick days as well. I have 120 hrs acrued and I damn well going to be paid for not calling in sick when I really was sick.
@am another option is to begin scheduling those vacation days now. Start using them while you still can.
@OP agree, check your local laws, as some states require Companies to pay your accrued Vacation days. This is why many companies are moving to unlimited vacation, as then they don't have to pay out vacation when you leave.