Strap in, team - I’m leaving the company. Given my track record with money, this probably means you’re all about to become millionaires.

Senior management is quitely talking about the new CEO, yes they know who he'll be already, that will help merger Five9 with their company. The announcement will be made public by the end of the first quarter of 2026.

I’m personal friends with some of the longstanding analyst community and today we are hosting our analyst briefings in Mexico. Ajay absolutely embarrassed himself from what they told me and now they question our long term product strategy. This guy... — read more 

Are we hiring backfills? These people work on AI. They work with customers. They manage people. People are pulling 10 hour work days. As we're constrained for CX Summit, we're simultaneously betraying our core contact center customers. We want to... — read more 

Seeing the note that we no longer get to expense our internet and the mobile phone stipend is lowered to $50 a month [for both in all]. What else will be lowered or cut?

https://www.marketbeat.com/instant-alerts/five9-target-of-unusually-large-options-trading-nasdaqfivn-2025-09-10/ Five9 experienced an - exceptional - increase in options trading, with 8,504 call options purchased, marking a 2,115% rise from the... — read more 

Nothing to say that has not been posted here already. spoke with him on multiple occasions. this guy is a joke. lot of blatant lies on his linkedin profile too. not much of a career trajectory either. mid level PM to getting kicked out of adobe to... — read more 

Not excited about the current products, don’t see a path back to a $300 per share stock price. If Five9 is serious they need a new set of leaders

Any guesses/rumors/gossips?

I know we have job postings for California but I don't think I've seen any actual Americans get said positions.

We cant handle a new CEO and all that comes with that.

I'd quit, but jobs are hard to come by and my savings are not that great. Getting a package would solve that issue for me.

I feel completely overwhelmed here. Management treats every task as critical, so nothing has a real priority. There’s no way to do good work under this kind of pressure, but it doesn’t seem to matter to them. I’m not sure how much longer I can keep... — read more 

Alixpartners has been very hard at work in the background. Be aware. If anyone has additional information feel free to please chime in.

I saw 2 posts (specific to Ajay being horrendous of course) earlier and seems they are gone. Just curious if there are specific entries that say something that would warrant being policed or not.

It's not family, so nepotism. But with the lawsuit...the board should be aware that Ajay has been hiring his own. This is not about race. He's hiring people that he knows has no experience in the industry, but only people he's known from past jobs... — read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/megli_a-verint-takeover-is-timely-but-would-have-activity-7361436860927102977-Bxt7?utm_medium=ios_app&rcm=ACoAAAsGv1gBDNwSrTRZOrBle2VM0hGe4KA3Pm4&utm_source=social_share_send&utm_campaign=copy_link

Why is the all hands happening? Does anyone have any thoughts on what they are doing? Probably more layoffs right?

https://info.siteselectiongroup.com/blog/the-keep-call-centers-in-america-act-a-turning-point#:~:text=The%202025%20Keep%20Call%20Centers,that%20offshore%20customer%20service%20operations. Keep Call Centers in America Act may have a huge impact on... — read more 

Where is the CPO? Haven’t seen him on any of our customer calls and we’ve been getting those customers.

https://www.marketbeat.com/stocks/NASDAQ/FIVN/insider-trades/

It patiently obvious that the board and or there surrogates read these posts and surveys. When people here decried layoffs for just the proletariat, they appeased the masses by throwing them a few senior execs, all be it the wrong ones and none from... — read more 

Sad state of affairs. And there is no end in sight.

I’ve made it to final rounds more than once only to be turned down over things that don’t even make sense. It’s wearing me down. I miss my job and I miss my coworkers. And I really miss having a steady paycheck. Being laid off can really mess up your... — read more 

Rumor has it Five9 started firing folks without severance. The new tactic is fake performance based reviews mentioned earlier?

Many leadership changes. Hopeful for the change it will bring. Indeed, Ajay is problem. BUT beyond that the top change of CEO could be good.

A lot has changed at Five9 leadership level since i was let go in April. What’s the ground reality? As long as AJ and Panos are around y’all are doomed. Get out while you can. I also see Matty T's friends got promoted. What a sh-tshow. Hehehehe

Because that's how many he has now...

Grossly incompetent EVP staff that is driving the business into the ground

Fewer layoffs?

They can read your personal files and when they let you go they'll lock down your computer and won't let you get anything off it. Happened to a co-worker last layoff

I’d bet most of these jobs are just being offshored to cheaper labor. Not that it makes much difference, we end up jobless either way, but it’d be nice to know the truth. There’s just too much gaslighting going on.

I'm sure all of you have noticed that the trend now is to lay people off and replace them with somebody in India or the Philippines. Do yourself a favor, get your resume up to snuff because chances are good, especially if you didn't get the best... — read more 

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/giovanni-tarone-569935240_wait-its-a-what-up-hey-five9-are-you-activity-7356672318179352576-QAo4

How in the world is this guy not at the top of the list of people who are not adding value that need to be removed? Putting aside the ridiculous new CRO title- as long as Ajay is around this place is going NOWHERE!

Five9, provider of the Intelligent CX Platform, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Mike Burkland, has decided to retire from his role as CEO. Burkland will remain in the CEO role until his successor is appointed and then will continue... — read more 

In a surprise move, Mike sent out an email to everyone in the company today saying that he is retiring. He indicated that the company is searching for a new CEO Here's hopung that we find one that the market loves and their stock surges again!

Can't say I'm surprised. Wonder if that means we really are gearing up for an acquisition

The nose diving Five9 stock could best be described by Gordon Gekko, a dog with fleas.

The so-called anonymous surveys are anything but that. They know who you are and will deal with you accordingly.