Thread regarding Rockwell Automation Inc. layoffs

@8na the mid management and other “overhead” roles in NA are on the target list.

Another reorg was announced today for North America, and guess what, it's not benefiting the rank and file, surprise, surprise. But they did mange to find money to create 5-6 new VP positions.

@OP many many more jobs will be outsourced to India or backfilled in India….but this trend is no different from any other company…the salary paid to US senior manager (very soon to be retired) can pay up to 8-10 salaries in India. This is a fact! Sad yes. I cannot see too many jobs backfilling in Americas

@6f9 too many high cost managers only attending unproductive virtual meetings , manage the excel sheets, and navigate thr corporate politics and optics. Provide zero billable value. The org must focus on ruthless efficiency, intensity, and strategic clarity.

The companies have to eliminate the unnecessary layers of management and empower employees to make decisions at their level. Thr company mist leverage AI, mandate use if AI, and increase our intensity to have a remote chance of survival globally. Sounds dark but necessary

@OP The plan is clear: shift the remaining engineering/development/management knowledge footprint from Canada/US to low-cost centers and let the "legacy" expertise fade away. Very few roles will be backfilled in Canada especially.

@52t you give senior leadership too much credit. It is not by design. It is by incompetence. Blake is a sales wonk.

@51z the legacy knowledge base (especially from NA locations) will experience a controlled nosedive. The NA SME roles will not be backfilled if they can be outsourced. The knowledge workforce will shift from NA to India. Sadly, The beginning of the end of US Technological hegemony. All by design. All international.

Knowledge Drain by Design: Notice how positions of retirees aren't being backfilled? That’s not an accident. Management is happy to let decades of tribal knowledge walk out the door to save on the bottom line. The plan is clear: shift the remaining engineering footprint to low-cost centers and let the "legacy" expertise fade away.
The Buzzword Bingo: Expect a massive surge in "word salad" from leadership. We’ll hear about hyper-automation, AI-integrated agility, and generative synergy, but it’s all smoke and mirrors. Our managers have fallen into a trap where they prioritize beautiful terms over actual technical substance.

@43x you forgot that they MUST check every DEI box

@43v except the decision makers idea of a high potential employee is someone that can fog the glass and say 'yes' to any request even if it's impossible or beyond their skill level.

Apparently the knowledge transfer/succession planning is not one of thr the highest priority for the decision makers. The orgs should trim the dead weight and invest into high potential employees.

Is Blake heading to Davos again to think big thoughts and feel important. He certainly is an impotent leader at Rockwell.

A lot for retirements in by mid year at all locations.

@2x4 Does "managed out" mean management is creating a work environment that is so terrible that they leave the department and/or the company?

A few folks in tech support and development teams are quietly being managed out. Technically Not fired. Not laid off. Rather encouraged/managed out to leave on their own terms.

A few account managers and sales guys are no longer with company. They parted away on December 31, 2025.

@1m9 who are the Becky’s and Vicky’s. They sound smart. They must be. They are in important positions in the company thanks to Blake. He sure can pick ‘em.

@1kx there are too many layers of managers without authority, influence, or decision making capability. The blind pursuit of DEI iniatives resulted in flooding of every level with incompetent leaders. All this incompetent mastered the art of optics but they are so disconnected from the business, product, customer needs etc

The critical individual contributor roles are being oursourced whereas the US mothership facilities are flooded with Beckys, Vickys and alike.

The actual decision makers are so insulated from the feedback from the actual individual contributors (worker bees) surrounded by managers who prefer the status quo.

Or the copious amounts of absolutely useless middle management.

@1jx I think management has accepted quiet quitting because they aren't doing anything about it. Quiet quitting will continue to increase as the hard workers get fed up with getting the same pay and raises as the slacker next to them. Why should a worker making 10 widgets continue to try hard when the slacker making 1 widget faces no consequences? - hint, the company has a mindset of of 1 is better than none. How about getting rid of the slacker and spreading his pay among the performers who will likely be appreciative and make up the insignificant contribution of the slacker? Just think of the cost savings of not having to provide benefits for the slacker.

@1jv RA is no longer a place to have a career, it's a place to get trained and get some experience before leaving for greener pastures. Case in point, the Leadership Development Program has a low retention rate with pay, lack of opportunity and a toxic work environment cited as reasons for leaving.

@1jv the CEO makes several hundred times higher salary than the median salary. This is generally the case with the most of US corporatations. With this unfair wealth gap between thr C-suite and regular employees, the regular US employees increasingly check out.

@1gm I can't put my finger on it. But the whole corporate atmosphere at ROK has changed in the last few years. It seems like it is not a good place to work anymore. It feels like us vs. them with leadership.

@1fg 5 year performance.

1. 🥇 ABB Ltd (ABBNY) – ~+216 % total return
   1. 🥈 Siemens AG (SIEGY) – ~+122 % total return
   2. 🥉 Emerson Electric (EMR) – ~+88 % total return
   3. Rockwell Automation (ROK) – ~+75 % total return

Compared to others , Blake blows. Plus the worst is yet to come as he overspent on acquisitions that underperformed and he gutted the talent for id--tic yes men.

@1dy the Our CEO performed quite well. He almost doubled the shareholders wealth in the past 7 years. A great year for Rockwell.

@1eg unlikely that VPs are fired or laid off. Generally they transition into different roles elsewhere. The higher the comp the lower the chance of being fired.

@1dy nice editing of the article in The Onion from 2017, eerie how it is still relevant today.

@1eg You're not too bright are you?

@1dy any VPs fired?

CEO Unveils Bold New Plan To Undo Damage From Last Year’s Bold New Plan
Published:
December 29, 2925
MILWAUKEE—Saying it would mark a significant change in the company’s direction, Rockwell Automation CEO Blake Moret announced Monday a bold new plan that was evidently intended to undo the havoc caused by last year’s bold new plan. “It’s time to make some major shifts in how we do things [in reaction to the disastrous major shifts I implemented last year],” said Moret of the sweeping new initiative that amounted to a point-by-point retraction of his sweeping initiative from almost exactly one year ago. “We’re all going to have to accept some changes [to salvage the resources wasted due to my last disastrous strategic move], but I’m confident this is going to be an important step [backward] for the company. And, who knows, maybe we’ll even have [no] fun [whatsoever] in the process.” At press time, Moret was laying off several employees whose salaries amounted to the bonus he had received last year.