Thread regarding World Wide Technology layoffs

Layoffs on 2024-05-22

I have not learned the reasoning yet, but many good people are being shown the door today.

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Management leveraged the combination of two large segments - Global Finance and the East within the Global Enterprise Segment to cut underperforming individuals and duplicative roles (management) as a result of the segment consolidation. Also, long term - shifting into an industry vertical model that breaks the regional programs up. No clear direction on what the situation will be for pre-sales engineering, specialists, services, etc... and how those groups will align to the vertical focused sales org long term.

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Post ID: @1pml+1sEe87f0

Will these layoffs trickle into other non-sales departments? Ever since McKinsey was brought in it feels like the company is changing for the worse.

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Post ID: @1fee+1sEe87f0

"How did we make the decision? Traditional selling cycle is not what will be successful in the future. Need to sell more than just products."

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Post ID: @eng+1sEe87f0

In the Northeast, SE Managers, Regional Sales Manager, some SEs, some AMs

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Post ID: @eqm+1sEe87f0

Which departments and leaders have been impacted?

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Post ID: @oer+1sEe87f0

How many on st louis

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Post ID: @hcy+1sEe87f0

Sure was surprising to say the least…. Haven’t heard much around reasoning other than a scripted response.

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