#emea

most countries in EMEA need a month AT THE VERY LEAST before any sort of decisions on headcount can be made. considering that we got informed of consultations with works councils starting just LAST WEEK that doesn't complete the timeframe. stop spreading lies and misinformation and clearly LABEL YOUR POSTS (US / EMEA).

At this point I've heard fifty different versions about what's coming.

Things were kept under wraps for a while but now your Band 5 leader now knows what’s going down…they have to choose who is going to be riffed…who will sink or swim. Don’t trust a single thing they say…

So I was officially RIF ( in EMEA) about 2 weeks ago.
My direct manager; who I used to speak to maybe Three times a week has not even called or messaged. I did speak to him the day before I was RIF, he talked about plans and work related travel 3 months out.. wtf…

Is anyone able to clarify what to expect on the 26th. Is this just Europe, Middle East, Asia (EMEA) or is this also in the states? Is it an offer of a VSP or a RIF? The posts have been vague.

Feels like the weeks before the layoffs in early 2024.

Guys, look there is a plan.. plan is signed off (hence all hands today)
The plan is to close, exist or sell most
Of EMEA

Sanjiv just hosted an EMEA Town Hall and announced significant reduction in EMEA workforce. Looks like GNT and Security will be hit hard, possibly including divestiture & partnering with other companies, but no doubt all functions and countries within region will be hit. Hearing rumours of 20-30%.
Now we have to wait in torturous silence until the EWC Works Council consultation process begins and ends. No doubt UK will be hit the hardest due to the significant hurdles in European law making it more expensive to get rid of people there...

For those of us who stayed on to the end of the call whilst the Leadership team didnt realise they were still live, the cat is out of the bag, as they put it!

Guys… those rumors everyone’s been whispering about? They’re actually happening. Tomorrow there’s an emergency all-hands at 10 UK time where they’re dropping the news on how the reorg is smashing EMEA. Brace yourselves.

The rumor on the street is that Germany will be hit with a 30% reduction in force. Can someone local or from EMEA confirm?

Another manager has left the emea space. what’s happening over there

Will be communicated through unions and worker councils depending on local laws. That's what I heard but do not know how the numbers break down.

I sure hope it isn't true, because the job market where I am is shrinking rapidly.

400+ group call today beginning consultancy process in UK. Psychopathic exec on the call getting giddy about the future and innovations etc.

So we were told in January there would be salary indexation in February, however still no sign of it, anyone got any info?

Glasgow and Limerick

Scheduled to close in 2027

No cap

CS really wanted the Head of EMEA job instead of China? Do you think she asked EH when the had the conversation about this? I'd imagine she'd rather move back to the Netherlands verses Shanghai but hey maybe there is a hidden reason that I am not privy to. Let's see. I do wish her the best.

"The direction is global, but implementation may vary by country to account for local laws and regulations..."

So EMEA is next once they get Work Councils sign off

Why has there been so much hiring and new roles this month especially in sales and commercial roles ??

Also why have we hired soo many SAP skills cant remember the last decent SAP win in the uk?

It was approved by EU, yet other locations like UAE, Saudi, Qatar, Swiss, GB without law rights as in EU can be affected more. Most mid Dec.

Today they agreed with EU for that. Can’t tell more as still don’t know details, the plan is signed as I have been told.

Received email from Sanjiv, EMEA part of orgs above are safe.

Any teams from EDA affected? Anybody from Germany?

Any news about layoffs in EMEA? Any other countries impacted or they are safe now?

Some in APAC were let go this morning (APAC time) and some are being invited to a meeting in EMEA and US now while I am writing.

Couple of individuals were made redundant in the Czech Republic - most probably new rounds will start next week. Somebody was saying that there is an aim to reduce up to 10% of the workforce till the end of the year

EMEA CSG layoff started this week. Already heard from 3 different coworkers. They're also saying VSP is beginning in countries where people can't be easily laid off.

Any other region impacted?

I knew they were doing the Global Tech layoffs in EMEA last week, but a friend of mine just got let go here on campus- Legal Privacy office. Any other groups impacted last week?

Any hint on when this latest layoff round would hit EMEA? Besides ANS who i think got hit globally, would be good to know what's happening with the VCF division.

From Jan 3 days in the office will be put in place. BUT also hearing some changes coming w/c 8th Dec not sure what changes but rumours are consultation for Europe team members who will be impacted.

3rd of November will start Layoffs in EHQ and PTC and week after in ELC. In the meantime, ITC grow rapidly - hundreds of new positions. I have the impression that the company is moving to India. I wonder if it's because Sr LT in GT come from India…

They keep laying off people. They are also moving as many jobs as possible to EMEA + APAC but it's not going as fast as they would like as some roles are hard to move. I do not doubt for a second that they will continue with this and that, eventually, everything meaningful and with scale, will be moved out.

I heard that everybody but GT (why not???) is having layoffs today in EMEA. Is that right? How many have been impacted?

The previous thread is getting buried by new ones.
When will the layoffs be communicated? There's some conflicting info: next week, November, February. Collective layoff (ERE) or individual dismissals? Will there be differences based on the fiscal entitity?

Hail your ascendant sovereigns—long may they reign.

This is not normal and it's so messed up. Dell EMEA is just CRAZY!

Large scale RIF's coming this month! There is a memo currently doing the rounds with management, looking for additional departmental cuts. They initally are looking to trim the fat. Like before Attendance, time keeping, performance, etc.
Elliott Investment Management are undertaking large scale cost-cutting imitative along with other cost saving and restructuring initiatives. The RIF's will begin this month and continue through to 2026.
Elliott are planning to undertake a number of acquisitions of specific medical device companies, with the end goal being to transfer products to more competitive countries. Keep watching this space, for the types of companies bought and country they are situated in. This will give a good indication as to which facilities are for the block.

I see some posts with people saying Cisco is making people to work from the office/hybrid now. Is that a mandatory for everyone? I know that big % of company is still 100% remote, so I'm interested how things can change in the coming monts for EMEA

Cairo site will be doing layoffs this monday and for the next 2 weeks. The team scand engineers have been offered positions with partners but not many have accepted... going to be interesting to see how coverage in isg and dpd will be in emea do to the loss of this center...

Regardless of how you think about whether we should have the GT EMEA group or they’re helpful, productive, etc, etc. this isn’t about it.

Yesterday I was taking to a teammate in there, and they told me the GM sent a video where he says they’re targeting to execute the layoffs around early to mid NOVEMBER. That’s almost 8 months after everything started and ~4 months after we had ours.

Can you imagine working that long knowing there’s something coming from across the globe to hit you? How on earth you get motivated to do your job? Your counterparts already moved on, got promoted, fired, lateral moves whatever. And you’re there reading that “EMEA is in a different timeline” sentence in every comms from the company (they told me this line is basically an internal joke over there).

Some people are guessing what’s gonna happen but others already know because they lost their counterparts on other goes, so the writing is in the wall.

I do have a lot of reservations about the EMEA team, but damn, Nike isn’t helping the cause here. Dragging for that long? Unfair is the nicest word I can think of.