Any rumors on up
coming round of layoffs?
Possibly In Sept?
Q3 earnings call was not too promising
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@4pb why are budgets being reduced? I thought we had a good year? I honestly don't remember when my last raise was.
The budgets for most of the departments will be reduced starting October. The RIFs will run under the radar and not be publicized. My team my be unaffected because I am retiring in Novemeber and couple other members left.
@4bc what are her real monuments to success. Other than starting lots of things but failing to finish. Presentation skills are important, but don’t drive real growth. Just wondering.
Tessa should be the new CEO after Blake retires.
She is quite knowledgeable about various markets, businesses. Also, she has superior presentation skills. She has Great personality.
She is also a symbol of women empowerment!
Confirmed. The new year AOPs for most of the departments are reduced.
There will be a reduction in workforce but no “mass layoffs”. These RIFs will run under the radar and not be publicized too much.
@ay layoffs have been constant for years, some are just more publicized than others. It's ridiculous to think that a high stock price has anything to do with how well the buisiness in running internally. You're either not an employee or oblivous
I'm hearing about pockets of people who have been notified of layoffs globally in the comming weeks. Blake made a huge deal of saying we wouldn't have any more "mass layoffs" in a somewhat recent quarterly employee announcement - so now it's just low key small batches everywhere over time.
Seems like the new CFO has sights on being next CEO. With such weak internal roster, seems possible. Great news for shareholders. Get an even less knowledgeable leader than Blake to run Rockwell. The next Allis-Chalmers???
Blake delivers on market and shareholders expectations! Blake does what a good CEO does!
Tessa is extremely charismatic and knowledgeable.
@442 you must be an individual contributor Or a first line manager. No one cares about your opinion. Blake needs another gold plated
Ivory back scratcher so Becky can scratch his itch.
I am not sure if there will be layoffs or just continuation of outsourcing jobs.
In a few US locations
- Employees Who Leave are not replaced
- There Is a Hiring Freeze
- FY26 AOPs for many teams are greatly reduced as compared to 25
RA needs re-structuring/re-shuffle of resources rather than layoffs.
Some departments are operating at less than skeleton crews, whereas others have too many folks with low utilization.
Too many team leads operating without any direction and no value delivery.
Just too many layers of management and each layer has no authority or willingness to make any decisions.
I am not sure if RA is ready to flatten the hierarchy yet.
Any rumours on upcoming layoffs?
Just heard that many AOPs for various for FY26 are slashed relative to FY25.
@3yh he flys it to Davos every year to think big thoughts with other big dealers. Some should tell him he is really not that smart and is just a lame sales wonk. He can barely spell PLC if you spot him two letters. And he has surrounded himself with mostly sycophants while the best leaders all left early.
So this sight is moderated apparently. Who removed the post with the tail number of the jet and linking it? If someone's moderating this site, I want to know who and by what standards are we being held to? Is it a layoff.com employee? Is this sight even anonymous?!
Any rumours on the layoffs?
Apparently a few contract employees were let go last night at the Canadian plant
@3bz bot.
Generally speaking over time AI will replace the roles in marketing, HR, tech support, customer care, PM, and many entry level roles.
@344 What facility are they taking the company jet to?
I have just found that Sr leadership team will be visiting out facility on Monday.
Given the emergence of AI, roles in marketing, HR, tech support, junior PM, and many other entry level jobs will be targeted. Given the state of our economy Layoffs are almost guaranteed.
The company sees layoffs as the last resort for cost cutting. I can see Rockwell go though a minor restructuring excercise though.
The true impact to sales due to tariffs is not fully realized yet. Work hard focus on your daily tasks. Establish a good rapport with your immediate manager and stop panicking.
The layoffs are unlikely.
@2n8 which specific "key roles" announced retirement?
The Cambridge plant is informally hiring freeze for office staff. Several key positions are not backfilled. Attrition in progress. Several key roles announced retirements. Not aware of any layoffs as of yet.
Would love to know what RA's plan is for Dalian once the Taiwan war kicks off.
I highly doubt that any NA roles will be backfilled! The only NA roles that may be backfiled will be the “client facing” roles. The mantra is eliminate, automate, replace by AI, outsource to India and Poland. The shift of worforce to lower cost countries will take place slowly to avoid strikes. The covid era served as opportunity to pilot the remote work and determine which roles can be done well remotely! The roles that can be performed well are outsourced to other lower cost countries!
All above is not specific only to Rockwell.
High-level managers have one idea: hire other managers to do the work for them, and all, but all, positions that can be moved to lower-wage countries are being moved slowly and successively to avoid a strike. The slow and successive replacement of employees from the States who are retiring or changing jobs. The introduction of Jira is intended to hire an army of low-level managers to operate and report from this tool. There are fewer and fewer engineers, and the competent ones are leaving. The only salvation is in "Screeching," as well as in dances and songs that are supposed to ensure prosperity.
@11y who are the bad managers. I see only wonderful intelligent managers. My manager gently reminds me to fill my time card daily and makes sure I turn in my expense reports promptly and take all the great online training.
Most leaders today are focused on offshoring jobs and replacing people with AI. RA is no different than most companies in this aspect.
The corporate leaders should take accountability and not lean on layoffs and offshoring as a crutch.
The layoffs/restructuring are perfectly normal events and are required in all organization to improve the productivity, increase profitability, and enhance engagement.
My first observation after I joined the company last year was it reporting structure. Way too many team leads and managers with unclear responsibilities, almost they appear as redundant roles.
The company can easily eliminate/re assign one layer of managers/ leads and hence improve the communication, accountability, productivity and bottom line.
There is simply too much “dead weight” that does not contribute to revenue, innovation, efficiency, or delivery.
I cant see any RIFs, or layoffs for September or Q1.
Many empty roles perhaps may not be backfilled. Bonus and raises in December are coming for sure.
@OP Blake let all the good leadership leave over the course of the last 5 years. Ow we either have tier 2 or outsiders with no clue of what to do. He just saw they are hiring a manager of leadership storytelling. That says it all. Frank should have been the CEO. He at least knew how to spell PLC.
Powerpoint gurus, buzzword masters, powered by AI Tools (MS copilot etc) are steering the boat. No innovators, no founders, only value extractors, and optics managers with fake empathy… not much different than most other big corporations …i am so glad to be only a few months away from retirement!
@vj the amount of marketing hires with vague titles, managers reporting to directors, everyone is a Sr Manager, with musical chairs every few years is mind boggling. The SVPs who have been here for 2 years (remote covid hires, of course) don't have any idea what the company is about our what we should do. It's sincerely concerning.
they are hiring.. its just VP level filler mouth pieces and HR VP's... just more powerpoint butt kissers
This is a Scott Genereux thinking process that this ‘ Rockwell’s “AI-first” $2B initiative ’ will reduce head count. AI replacing humans is all they are trying todo.
This 2B will be another bust just like ptc. How about fix the internal processes that are failing with that 2B in cash? This is about using key words to impress the shareholders. Just like RA now has a robotics division. RA is about 15-20 years behind in anything Robotics.
Hiring freeze in effect. I cant see any layoffs happening.
Rockwell’s “AI-first” $2B initiative feels less like a bold transformation and more like an expensive insurance policy to stay relevant. For investors, the question isn’t whether Rockwell can spend the money—it’s whether this spend will ever translate into meaningful EPS growth, or if it’s just another Plex-sized bet with a press release halo.
Layoffs are quite unlikely.
The stocks are almost at all time high!
Not sure what kind of impact will tariffs have on non US plants.
What about the earnings call wasn’t promising?