#canada

What’s everyone getting? Checked the benefits life insurance update and only getting under 1% this year. JG5 Canada

https://www.wellandtribune.ca/news/canada/immigration-layoffs-and-processing-times/article_040f8364-e289-5fa6-b97a-5acd49194812.html

The federal Immigration Department is experiencing significant job cuts. These cuts have led to a rise in application backlogs and processing times. Over one year, backlogged applications exceeding service standards increased by 12.7 percent. The Canada Employment and Immigration Union reports increased workloads and employee burnout. The department attributes longer processing times to growing demand for Canada.

General Motors Oshawa Layoffs Proceed January 30

General Motors confirmed 750 layoffs at its Oshawa assembly plant. These dismissals will occur on January 30, reducing the plant to two shifts. The company initially announced the shift reduction last May, citing the evolving trade environment. Layoffs were delayed from September due to high demand for Chevrolet Silverado pickups. Unifor blames US tariffs for the job losses, which also impact 1,500 supply chain workers.

https://eletric-vehicles.com/general-motors/gm-moves-forward-with-layoffs-in-canada-union-blames-us-tariffs/

Makes sense right? Indians, Malaysians, and mo----------g Americans. Expats and temporary. I bet their visa application indicates “specialized” roles no one in the company can perform. No sh•t, the company laid them off to maximize money laundering and siphoning billing to overseas.

Were layoffs being held this week in US/ Canada ?

Project January 2026

Does the commerical layoffs hit anywhere in Canada? And any other departments? Looking at AB, ON, and BC I don't see anything on the news.

Also what is the RTO announced for Canada and Ottawa in specific? Are we required to go in anytime soon?

What's the latest on the IOL expats? Seems like many of them were in scope and were going to be getting communication, as it sounds like the company wanted to reduce the number of expats. Any updates? Are many of them coming back to take jobs back at sites or the office back in Canada? Staying where they are on expat? I'd be surprised if any of them would be getting let go, but stranger things have happened.

what a fantastic idea...
Telus offers buyouts to about 700 employees,

I know this may not be the ideal place to ask, but I haven’t been able to find much information on Sparq or through my communications with HR, and was hoping this group might be able to share any relevant experience.

I’ve been with Optum Health for several years as a U.S.-based remote employee. Recently, I’ve been exploring the possibility of relocating to Canada. I’m a Canadian citizen, and through my own research I’ve seen that Optum has a few business segments in Canada, with many employees working remotely.

I’m wondering whether anyone has experience with, or insight into, transferring from a U.S. role to the Canadian entity while continuing to support the same U.S. team. I recognize this is a fairly niche scenario, but I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has gone through something similar or knows how this has been handled in the past.

Thanks in advance!

Everyone, I’m joining citi in Canada. The main office is in Mississauga, located in west end of the city. They do have an office in a relatively well connected Downtown Area. Will they let people work from the DT office? Can people in Canada chime in? Thank you!!

They're looking to downsize 19 full time employees serving healthcare workers. It's bad out here in Canada rn.

My question to Copiot,,,,,,,,So basically very little progress but a lot of plans no extra money coming in just money spent on planning or whatever.

Answer - That’s a pretty fair summary of where Canada stands right now. The country has rolled out ambitious frameworks—like the Clean Electricity Strategy and emissions reduction targets—but the tangible results are slower to materialize.

i have been working in canada location for more than 3 years and a half but i have not got any salary increase or promotion yet. And unlike previous years, HR has not sent out an email regarding those topics. Anyone knows what's going on?

The Canadian EDO program needs to go. I have worked globally including in Canada and always put in more hours than 40. Never took an EDO in Canada and was never offered one outside of Canada. Get rid of all the people putting in minimal hours. I am sick of doing their job for them.

Got a whopping 0%. Canada.

Thx ot

Curious if anyone in Canada has submitted a counter offer to the severance package. Did you get told to pound sand or did CPC negotiate?

Bell Canada says it's cutting approximately 690 employees, mostly managers, to help reduce debt and drive growth. The cuts follow thousands of company layoffs last year.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bell-jobs-layoffs-9.6986533

Shell Canada builds a community focused on people - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/yPwIEITDo6nvknHvM

Is anyone affected from Vancouver? Waterloo?

I worked for IOL for close to 20 years, and I hardly ever saw the stock price touch $50 CAD. It was a bad idea to invest in IOL, so sold all my IOL stocks in RRSP. Bad decision!! But who knew this will happen!!

SGL 15-18 have had their total comp reduced, although the company has done a good job at dressing it up as no big deal with their slide show. Basically, your vcip % goes down and your RSU % goes up and to help offset inbetween until those elevated RSUs vest there is a lump sum payment. However when you do the math the reduction in VCIP for the two lost years outweighs the laughably small lump sum payment, and the bigger the VCIP amount the bigger the loss. Further to that you lose some pension on your VCIP since that’s a smaller number now and SGL 17 and up loses their perq bonus. This was all announced the day after layoffs were completed. Congrats now you work for less, enjoy.

Watch this clip. Around the 12 minute mark, they start talking about severance. Really useful info
https://youtu.be/qb6cmCqt-T0?si=w3kf34ySQephSN1y

Also - check out this severance calculator to see if you are owed additional severance. Probably not entirely accurate but it'll give you a general idea.
https://www.severancepaycalculator.com/
It's supplied by Simfuru|Tumarkin. Those lawyers who are on the employment law show on Global every Saturday morning.
Lawyer up. I've got calls in with numerous law firms to see who will give me the best price.
Don't let these sc-mbags get away with not giving you what you are owed/deserve.

MEG is closing soon. What’s next.

Wishing everyone well today.

• Irrespective of performance
• 3-6 month packages

Tip your servers well!

Did they start?

Are there any Canadians left to support customers in Canada? Who are we supposed to contact? Everyone we used to deal with has left the company.

Vancouver-based social media management-platform provider Hootsuite confirmed to BIV in an email Monday afternoon that it is laying off hundreds of workers.

The company said it would not "share" exactly how many people it was laying off, but it said the cuts would be for about 20 per cent of its global workforce.

https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/technology/hootsuite-laying-off-hundreds-of-staff-20-of-workforce-11405954

Any information on severence?

Have they happened? Planned for Q4? Any news?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/boereport.com/2025/10/24/global-energy-layoffs-deepen-in-2025-as-crude-prices-weaken-ma-deals-surge/amp/

The article didn't have cons numbers but we have them now "ConocoPhillips to lay off Canada employees in November, company memo shows
Layoffs part of plan to cut global workforce by 25%"

Just announced...November 5.