And by that I mean the impending 10K layoffs. Do you think that people will get invitations one by one OR will they opt for mass exodus via grandiose hands on call?
I am scared shitless. I need $. No good.
Honestly though im worried.
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@OP notified in 1:1 today in US with July 2 exit. Went through normal not age based discussion while showing everyone's being RA'd was 50+. Severance was standard US - 3 months + any unused vacation paid out. Strangely happened during a shared success (bonus) call with my manager in which I was first told got a bonus... and then told that "oh, I have some bad news"
@1yr based on the reactions you’re getting, I’m guessing you are very accurate here.
@1yr ask many Kyndryl in the US. Absolutely nobody heard anything. How you get this news? Is it from your manager?
@1yr where are you getting that info
It is coming in mid June. There are ongoing investigations which will result in targets.
@1xw literally nothing happened yet. At this point im not even sure it is happening
@11k what happened
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/28/kyndryl-takes-employees-pulse-while-cutting-off-circulation-for-some/5247246
"Timing is everything. On the same day last week that Kyndryl told staff they were at risk of redundancy, a pulse survey landed on the desks of the entire workforce.
The short questionnaire is used by organizations to measure sentiment toward the business, typically comprising one to 20 questions and sent weekly, monthly, or quarterly. It's a process that is commonplace across the world of work.
Except on Wednesday, May 20, it happened to coincide with Kyndryl telling certain employees that their roles may get chopped. A source told us voluntary redundancy was offered in the first instance, including four months' salary. "
@174 never seen layoffs handled in such an amateur way
@y4 Don’t know if they can use the old AI as an excuse seeing as most of the work they are pushing is selling/installing AI
@179 NO news. No update
@174 Where is their location? Is the RA call included large numbers of people's? No news here in the US.
Just a very brief confirmation that an undisclosed number of "in-scope" people had been met with. Thanks to those people and their managers for making themselves available. Everone be respectful. No questions will be taken. Thank you.
@11k what happened at the Town Hall?
Layoffs will continue until morale and results improve!
@118
That Town Hall was grim.
@yc
Completely, here in the U.K. the communications team seem to have zero idea or zero empathy either way people are very angry
@y4 I would presume they huddle now and re-create the plan as the situation went quite viral compared to last year and previous layoffs, and they are loosing control over the narrative.
@OP Communication is frozen quite. Talk to many across the US and no one heard anything on layoffs. Don't know anyone got One on One into a meeting yet. Very unusual. Someone brought up a good point the mass layoffs could be delayed because Kyndryl got too much bad news recently. They may have to break up this mass layoffs into few smaller round and use AI as excuse. Also, they may not have cash for so many RA payout in once. We going to find out because June is a week away.
@xt Easy. The most useless have no value on the market thus stay until retirement. Jamie, Moesman, and you can go on down to VP and Dir level. The problem is, that the systems is broken at the very deep layer. Closed loop. It can't be healed if those are not out, but they back each other. Simple as such.
PS. Only Victor "the Cleaner" can make it right (aka PE investor).
Why is Jamie in his job? Missed his plan bigtime!! Fire leaders who don't grow as fast as the market!!
@st Yes, word for word. I had to go check myself after I saw someone write it on here. Otherwise I wouldn't have been bothered to even open the survey.
@r5 An ex employee here.
Did they really put that sentence in the Survey this year:
"Do you plan to stay in Kyndryl in next 2 years?"
Jeeez.
What is that other then demanding coerced respect! And filter - out.
WTF.
@s9 Hahaha, you bet. They're like a cult. They stick to their own version of the truth no matter what the consequences.
@rj And what if the VP hiring is just a trial balloon? A mock test of how much rubbish the organization can stand before people really push back? (If they even can)
@r5 Agreed. And if just speaking the economics — ignoring how this will pi-s off the already frustrated folks — hiring or installing new VPs and other deck shufflers is worse than sunk cost fallacy. It’s stupidity squared: doubling down on the very overhead that made the business (rate cards) uncompetitive in the first place. Another shot in a foot.
Or, shall that Survey question toghether with useless hiring be a lever to push people out without severance. Then it fits the purpose, indeed.
@pd Agreed. Kyndryl has become top heavy; with millions of VP’s engaged in thought leadership, roadmaps and journeys. When the deal gets signed, there’s no one to deliver. People are stretched thin, over worked and frustrated. One of the questions in the engagement survey this year is: “Do you plan to stay in Kyndryl in next 2 years?”. Even HR and leadership is realizing that the chickens are coming home to roost-only a couple of years before Li’l Marty and Grand Dame Elly pull a Houdini, takes his multi million severance package and leaves, shutting down Kyndryl.
@p9 Agreed in all bullets with you. But management made the climate so untrustworthy and toxic that even those goals are set, noone has motivation to participate, as it only helps Ma..y to get his bonuses via cooked books.
Moreover they re pressing us to Survey, which is becoming preselection engine for the layoff lists (be good or you go).
So yes, everybody wants to jump this ship, but the market is quite fu---d, so this this is becoming a rat maze with no escape.
@p4 there are many targets which managers and delivery partners are being asked to drive.
- Quarterly Advanced delivery freeups.
- Targets to fill most positions using EPH’s (early professional hires/ college grads). There are id--ts in leadership who think that an EPH can be made an SME in 6 months using ChatGPT.
- Revenue targets: RFS, Bridge, New signings.
Kyndryl had become a toxic clusterfu-k. When people find out this year theres no bonus, salary increases, there will e a wave of attrition. Everyone’s desperate to leave this company.
@nb What targets can be set actually other then removing couple of management tiers given the completely crippled climate and motivation below zero..?
The slow pace of things is distressing....2025 financials were lousy, we didn't grow and we said we would....nothing has changed, no leaders moved out due to lousy performance...we are 2 months into the new fiscal year....flying blind, no targets, etc....really need to change out most of top leadership
@n5 can you tell us your location or country?
@n5 Good Luck!
@f7 I have 121 tomorrow RIP
I wonder what the atmosphere was like yesterday at the "summer BBQ" in Dublin. And there's a sudden "Town Hall" for UKI tomorrow.
@km can you expand on that?
@OP
Nothing here in Ireland yet but
there are major commercial risks in the region right now, and the future of all local operations is not guaranteed.
If you work in Ireland, you should be asking leadership straight questions about long‑term viability and what happens if current plans don’t land.
Don’t wait for announcements. Don’t assume stability.
Protect yourself, and plan ahead.
Announcement came today in the U.K. I don’t know ANYONE that isn’t affected used the phrase “workforce rebalancing” the only thing they are trying to rebalance is the books after the share price crash and the fact we are beholden to Blackrock etc
HR his in their office while they sent all the managers out to do their dirty work
Townhall on Friday to announce the “secret” to everyone who wasn’t affected (basically the sales teams)
Consultation starts June 2nd but we know that’s just lip service going to be awkward pulling people out of projects and if they fail to win the deals they are bidding at the moment which is happening left right and centre that will be gone as well
https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/20/workforce-rebalancing-comes-for-kyndryl-and-delivery-teams-are-in-the-firing-line/5243327
This article got it spot on
@he Can you tell us your Pod or Country?
@he Where is your location?