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CarMax is moving forward with large-scale layoffs that will hit its corporate workforce, particularly in the Richmond region. The job cuts represent a notable downsizing of the company’s corporate operations. Workers based in CarMax’s corporate offices near Richmond are bearing the brunt of these reductions as the company restructures and looks to control costs.
https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/carmax-layoffs-jan-14-2026
https://www.westword.com/news/colorado-companies-most-employee-layoffs-2025-40827083/
It’s over
More layoffs
OPO employees having meeting with their manager seeming to gauge interest in leaving over the change. Are they making a list of who to let go due to “downsizing”?
Heard Highmark did some layoffs on Friday. Do not know the full extent of it but a few people from a team i work with were let go and I heard it was much more than that. Anyone have more information? Are further layoffs coming?
slowly fading away......
https://www.thelayoff.com/post/@OP+1ke9wcgvt
Anyone have info for the uhc side? Optum listed the dates
Yes there will be another round end of Q1. First round was timed perfectly before the end of the year. That being said, to balance the sheets, more cuts had to occur at the beginning of the year for faster turnaround times for revenue increasing strategies in place.
It is happening and will continue to trend the same patterns as the Q4 layoffs.
Lots of questions as to if it will be geo based like the first rounds were or if it will be more results based strategies for the target. The answer is both are being considered.
Agent companies have already been scouted for these locations. Some divestures will be March and then the rest in April.
One thing I did hear is if your location has black tile sales floors, that is is ideal for agent companies to transition (don’t ask why, I didn’t hear but it’s strategic placement)
In a meeting conducted yesterday, the following Optum 2026 Downsizing Notification Calendar was shared:
Notification Dates:
1/22/26
2/19/26
3/19/26
4/30/26
Term Dates:
2/5/26
3/5/26
4/2/26
5/14/16
It was not specified what areas of Optum would be impacted.
They can only close so many stores before there’s nothing left to cut. At the pace they’re going, having ten stores left in five years would feel like a miracle. This really looks like a slow death by a thousand cuts for Macy’s.
They did the humane thing and waited until after the break.
Good luck with your job searches in the new year. Take care all.
Model E will be hit the hardest. Too many people in that org. Lots of LL6 who have no reports. Their roles are scheduled to be axed.
Some parts of the government have been hit harder by mass firings and buyouts than others. The Partnership for Public Service found that just three agencies account for more than half of the total staff reductions in 2025: the Defense Department, which has lost more than 60,000 employees; the Treasury Department, which has lost more than 30,000; and the Department of Agriculture, which has lost more than 20,000.
https://time.com/7342386/trump-government-cuts-foreign-aid-health-climate-workers/
Yes, more layoffs are coming but not before new year... all signs point to January/February time frame. Its about time they do something about our decline! They should have leaned out a while back but didn't want to pay out people's packages so instead they tried to push people out or change people's job to create a scenario that would allow them to let people go without a cause.
Bumping this for info, the OP is @10d+1kbqefsjs.
It’s been a rough year for the Texas job market. Several industries have been hit hard by mass layoffs as corporate headquarters ditched the Lone Star State for greener pastures, sometimes leaving the United States all together.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/mass-layoffs-texas-21221197.php
The fusion of all positive energy were gone. It’s already in the mid downfall. Game over is nearing or is it just spawning? One thing I see, no diamond in Verizon. I ‘ll sit back and watch.
What are some of the signs you saw that you will be laid off soon.
Was told that sperry Rotors and casing is shutting down both at the ends of December . Terrible timing but I guess they want to start 2026 with cleaner books.
https://www.trains.com/pro/mechanical/merged-railroads-anticipate-no-locomotive-purchases-some-shop-to-be-idled/
Has anyone heard anything about Q1 layoffs?
https://www.wdrb.com/news/business/all-1-600-kentucky-battery-plant-employees-laid-off-as-ford-pivots-away-from-ev/article_32ef2a58-eb9d-4bf4-820d-c2417b6793ea.html
I have a sinking feeling that a big layoff is coming to Splunk.
From her start in 2016 to mid 2025, Oxy’s value dropped from around ~$54 billion to around ~$40 billion.
They're looking to downsize 19 full time employees serving healthcare workers. It's bad out here in Canada rn.
Every time they want a quick win on the balance sheet, the first thing they reach for is another round of cuts. There is no real strategy behind it, just the same tired playbook of downsizing teams and offloading pieces of the company. The people running the place have stopped trying to build anything and are just stripping it down piece by piece to make the numbers look good for a moment.
With the stock tumbling i don't see any way around than laying off more
The county approved its 2026 budget on Tuesday, but had to slash an extra $5 million first, mostly taken from staffing costs in multiple departments.
https://www.axios.com/local/boulder/2025/12/09/boulder-county-2026-budget-cuts-layoffs
Expect to see the recently reported forever layoff model. This is a persistent, all year method for layoffs where they happen in artisanal small batch format to prevent investors from getting alarmed.
Large companies do the showy layoff where they announce large layoffs then hire the same or greater number with h1b or offshore. Thus keeping the same headcount to keep from alarming investors.
Thanks Sprint. You are ki-ling another company.
Automotive supplier Avancez is cutting its second shift this month, resulting in the permanent layoffs of 143 workers at its Hazel Park facility. The move was detailed in a notice submitted Nov. 7 by Avancez in compliance with WARN.
https://www.candgnews.com/amp/news/layoffs-hit-automotive-supplier-avancez-9722
U.S. Xpress laid off employees across the company in response to lower demand for trucking, according to an internal email obtained by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2025/dec/05/us-xpress-enacts-broad-layoffs-amid-reduced-truck/
anyone know if dbs is closing? been hearing rumors from old coworkers there that its gone massively downhill? doing less than 350 bits a month now. we used to do 1200 on roller cone alone and that entire line is gone now!!
The WARN report shows several companies planning layoffs for late 2025 and early 2026, indicating that additional job cuts are likely in the coming weeks.
Thoughts?
Trapp Technology (parent company of ArmorPoint) in Phoenix, AZ has laid off 9% of its workforce as it continues downsizing in efforts to buoy the struggling ArmorPoint line of services. Due to the continued rolling layoffs the company has discontinued its overnight support. The company has shed around 29% of its total workforce since 2024 through smaller staffing reductions.
Several of my colleagues have been laid off in finance and customer management
I am hearing from leadership and many others that yet another round is coming Q2ish. Has anyone else heard this? We cut some of the most insanely needed departments, what else could we cut?