#concern

How much more do you think the company will shut down with GTP coming online?

That's it that's my post. Somehow we lost this. I think all of us have a hunch why.

Not to add fuel to the fire on here - but while most people worry about if they will have a job, some higher-ups were listed on this page.

Business as usual for them. Guessing they didn't use AI for the transactions to delight the executives?

https://www.stocktitan.net/sec-filings/VZ/

Noticed several different leaders (mostly Directors) had their title in Outlook/Teams changed to “CW Optum Business Leader-Requisition.”

Does anyone know what this means and if it has anything to do with impending layoffs?

Some MD's have saved their bootlickers by moving them around to other people under Nawani but data team members n Markets and Banking and International has been hit. That's all I know.. Not sure who or how many or what titles

I was just informed that it’s being recommended that I be placed on a coaching plan. I wanted to better understand the expectations and implications of this process. Specifically, should I view this as developmental support, or does failure to meet the outlined metrics potentially put my employment at risk?

The problem isn’t just one bad decision. It’s weak direction, poor follow through, and leadership that doesn’t inspire much confidence. Does anybody actually still see a future here?

Have people already been notified?

Not the usual "every other Tuesday" thing, but anything more substantial all of us should worry about?

Do we have any idea how many are still left to be laid off?

Not for good, of course, but is there any chance we'll go back to having one major round a year and being done with it?

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/uss-big-bet-on-quantum-computing-may-not-be-entirely-legal/

It clearly falls outside the confines of the CHIP Act intent.

Article also points out how utterly ridiculous the idea of a "quantum chip foundry" is in 2026.

That’s what makes all of this so hard. I actually like what I do. Watching what’s been happening here, and seeing a place that used to be great get systematically torn down piece by piece, really breaks my heart.

Belleville High School students protested district budget cuts on Friday morning. Approximately 100 students staged a walkout and rally. The Board of Education decided to lay off 29 staffers. These cuts are intended to address a $3 million deficit. Students expressed concern over losing teachers and mental health services.

Belleville, New Jersey

https://newjersey.news12.com/2026/05/22/belleville-students-protest-budget-cuts-that-will-cost-teachers-jobs/5ShODqheJrQOhTk3VBbv6a

I remember having job security once upon a time. We switched to a constant threat of layoffs too easily. It bothers me how all of us just accept that this is normal, when it's anything but.

Heard from area VP that Q2 sales is looking bad and people are starting to pull in Q3 sales numbers. Looks like this is going to spiral down to year end with no actual growth. Second half of year will suffer due to pull in price increases.

Any insights on any new suspicious things happening at imperial?

Just the new division?

Not sure whether the Splunk acquisition has done much, if anything for Cisco's bottom line. Anyone know anything 'bout what will happen to the "Splunksters"?

It sounds like there was an email from higher ups admitting some kind of fault or issues? Any details for the laid off among us?

OpenAI failing is a mathematical certainty, what happens to Oracle as a result?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/J2M15bD2o4g

What program do you use frequently that has a terrible user interface design? Our time writing system is just terrible. So many clicks and pop up windows. Very unintuitive.

If Iran severs the internet cables in the deep water as they have threatened, what does that mean for companies in the US. Would India be cut off from US. I can't imagine the chaos that would create for companies. Most of our servers hosting GIT and other development applications are here in the US. That would pretty much cut them off, as well as others, from really being productive and who knows for how long that would last for. Is this our achilles heal. Are we foolishly offshoring work.

I never thought it would come to this - me hoping to be selected for layoffs after so many years.

Everything is urgent. Cost is all incompassioning. Technical engineering excellence is non existent and unimportant. Add more trackers and layers of weak yes men management.

New focus on expanded documentation they say. Do they think we are id--ts? Just ask us to directly train the AI that is meant to replace us, why don'tcha?

They have brought in three bigwigs from Microsoft and Google - come on. We know what they are here for, and it is disgusting.

I hope folks see what's coming and prepare.

When are packages being sent out?? What is taking so long?

Why at a location like Gemco ,does the company have 2 mobile trailers with Cameras 📷 posted up in the same area, having to spy on us?

One should be enough. What are the watching? Ballast? Shutdown power?

Or just pawns?

Thoughts on the incoming CPO? I’m reeling after our last one & I’m very nervous that it’s going to just continue to be a disaster.

Just found out that they drill up to location and grade level on survey results and HR sees even further. Do not take the survey as you just put the target on your back. Anonymous my a-s.

What is the point of the feedback? Im so over getting harrassed about that sh-t and half the people requesting it or it assigns to you i dont even know.

And it stinks

I can't accept it's over. I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I've heard some people were cut, does anybody have details on what happened? And most importantly, is it done?

For all meta users who need support! Know all your CS tickets are being routes to AI. We are not looking at them only tagging them.

Will we at least get a few months to recover from all the stress?

What's going on here? Is this just my group or a wider pattern?