#employeeturnover

Was anyone else listening in on the Leadership Development call on Tuesday? Things were going as expected, until the final comments when the male leader suggested that the way to increase our revenue per employee is to encourage people to leave voluntarily. Did anyone else catch that? Seemed like they said the quiet part out loud

We're averaging an HRBP leaving almost every 2 months since the reorg in wave 2. Are we going to do away with this pool model? It's confusing and not working.

Is there any reliable statistic on how many employees choose PIL versus a PIP, how many eligible employees actually retire, what percentage of PIPs HR allows to pass, and how many employees leave the company even after "passing" a PIP?

I am hearing about many people let go.. How deep were the cuts?

Every single one brings layoffs. Somehow roles which have nothing to do with it are always classified as redundant (I've seen it happen again and again) and people are kicked out. Every single time it's used as an excuse to get rid of good, hardworking people.

I’ve noticed this trend: older, more tenured employees aren’t leaving on their own however young people seem to get out of here fast. Very few make it to 2 years. I realize the younger generations are prone to job hopping so some of this is expected but a lot of it is based on their desire to get away from the toxic environment. So why do tenured employees stay? Too close to retirement? Waiting for severance? Afraid of looking for a job elsewhere?

Will be a challenge to bring in all those projects and volumes with everyone resigning and being fired.

Truist Financial Corporation is selling its near-prime auto loan portfolio for $5.5 billion. This strategic shift involves exiting the auto loan business. As a result, its subsidiary Regional Acceptance Corporation is closing an Arlington office. Over 200 full-time employees will be laid off from this location. The affected workers will begin losing their jobs in late November.

Arlington, Texas

https://www.dallasnews.com/business/jobs/article/truist-auto-loan-exit-triggers-205-arlington-22434850.php

Getting rid of longtime employees might save money immediately, but there's a lot that doesn't show up on a balance sheet. Years of knowing how things actually work can't always be handed over to someone new. Once too many of such people are shown the door, Oracle may discover just how much they were carrying. Saving money today doesn't necessarily mean saving money later.

I've made it through at least six layoffs now, and all of them left me scratching my head. All the rounds didn't seem to follow any obvious pattern. There were people with years of experience who disappeared, while others I expected to be vulnerable stayed. But then again, some of the newbies were also gone. Different pays, different statuses, different ratings... No common ground whatsoever.

Stone Brewing is undergoing significant changes following its recent acquisition by Firestone Walker. While the new ownership is investing in and expanding some operations, the former production facility and restaurant in Escondido are slated for closure. This closure will result in the layoff of approximately 220 employees by January. These job cuts are a consequence of Sapporo, the previous owner, shutting down the Escondido site after failing to find a buyer. In contrast, Stone Brewing's Liberty Station location will receive upgrades and continue brewing operations.

San Diego, California

https://timesofsandiego.com/business/2026/09/15/stone-brewing-layoffs-new-owners-30th-anniversary/

Two major Vermont healthcare providers are implementing substantial layoffs due to financial pressures. Dartmouth Health is terminating 124 employees and canceling 303 open positions. The University of Vermont Health network is laying off 199 staff members and closing two patient care units. These cuts are intended to address increasing operational costs and shrinking patient revenue. Both organizations are facing nationwide financial challenges within the healthcare industry.

Lebanon, NH and Burlington, VT

https://vtdigger.org/2026/09/15/hundreds-of-layoffs-announced-at-the-two-largest-healthcare-networks/

You can replace us when we quit but our replacements will never have the knowledge of why decisions were made 5,10, 20 years ago. You will have to repeat mistakes and relearn what we already know. The cost of losing what we know will be immense. Good luck surviving the Exxodus. It has only just begun.

https://lnkd.in/p/gYki6pGh

A lot of prior ones were heavily weighted to early career employees with less than 10 years.

It seems like now a lot of mid career employees with 10-25 years are seeing opportunities shrink and are voting with their feet. Lots of very highly regarded employees and high performers don't see a future with EM. Most who leave do extremely well elsewhere.

Bumped from @bz+1m197mkb2.

I've been thinking about how the layof pool actually gets selected...my guess is it goes something like this, roughly in this order. Would you agree? Am I off on the sequence or missing a category? Reply with what you've actually seen so we can get closer to understanding the process...

• HR offenders/issues AKA "problems"
• Low performers
• Duplicate/redundant positions
• Remote employees
• High-cost employees
• Teams/functions being consolidated
• Employees on canceled/deprioritized projects
• Overlapping management positions
• Low direct report count management
• Recent hires in areas that over-hired
• Random employees to meet the headcount quota

Ziff Davis, the parent company of IGN, has implemented layoffs across multiple departments of the video game website. This action comes just two months before the highly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto VI. Prominent figures like presenters Seth Macy and Brian Altano, along with tech writer Bo Moore, were among those affected. The total number of employees laid off remains undisclosed. This is not the first instance of Ziff Davis conducting staff reductions at IGN.

New York, New York

https://aftermath.site/ign-layoffs-altano-macy/

A lot of experienced employees were pushed out, and now the company is relying on people who don't know the customers or the business nearly as well. How long is it going to take them to realize that saving money on payroll always results in the quality of the work suffering?

People keep leaving with knowledge that took them years to build. A new hire can learn the basics, but they can't suddenly know all the little things an experienced employee picked up over decades. Management seems to think everything can be documented and handed over. I'd like to be a fly on that wall when they realize how untrue that is.

Did you know that 250 HCSC employees retired last year? Did you know that the number is 300 and counting this year? HR er um the "People" division knows. But they're talking about it as a trend, not another indication that the culture is in the toilet. If these were just "front line" employees but executives are heading for the exits because they can't deal with the craziness anymore.

Did you also know that beginning in January, employees in Richardson and Chicago are going to have to swipe their badges to leave the building at the end of the day? This is not a rumor. This is going to happen. It's been in the works. They wanted to do this earlier this year but came to their senses when they realized that along with making 75% of the workforce remote that would be too much.

Today is the first day of the Pulse survey. You're kidding yourself if you think it's anonymous. Even HR stopped telling that lie. They're very sensitive to negative comments and identify who says what. But you probably knew that. If not, you do now. Comment at your own risk.

One more did you know. HR is getting ready for another one of their "operations" (layoffs) in 2027. This won't be because the company isn't making money. It's going to be positioned as "eliminating redundancies." This is not a rumor either. This is going to happen.

Who would leave without a second thought if they were able to land an offer, even if the pay was slightly lower?

I think at least half of employees would be gone by now. The lack of jobs is the only thing that's keeping so many of us here.

So it seems Schwab has an issue with new hires and CS&S where other firms are coming in and offering $10-$20,000 signing bonus and scooping these individuals up right after they finish their training, and it’s causing a massive exodus.

US Layoffs Roundup (9/11/2026)

• Conifer / Tenet - laying off 1,000+ employees as a major CommonSpirit business relationship ends; cuts are expected to begin Nov. 2.
• Essendant - expects to shut down operations, putting more than 600 jobs in Illinois at risk; layoffs had already begun.
• University of Utah - considering a workforce reduction of 250 to 855 positions, or up to 15% of staff, through a mix of layoffs, attrition and retirements.
• Ruiz Foods - cutting about 175 employees at its Dinuba, California plant, effective Nov. 4. One report lists the total as 176.
• MultiCare Health System - laying off 138 employees across Washington and closing six locations, citing costs and Medicaid funding cuts.
• McClatchy - cutting more than 90 employees across newspapers nationwide in one of its largest layoff rounds in years.
• Miami Herald - more than 30 newsroom positions reportedly eliminated as part of the broader McClatchy layoffs.
• Idaho Statesman - 10 journalists were reported affected, with additional reporting indicating major cuts among editors as well.
• Lexington Herald-Leader - 12 layoffs reported as part of the McClatchy reduction.
• Charlotte Observer - 8 newsroom employees laid off in the McClatchy cuts.
• Fresno Bee - 7 reporters and 1 editor eliminated, amounting to almost 40% of the newsroom.
• Sacramento Bee - entire sports department eliminated as part of McClatchy's nationwide cuts.
• Belleville News-Democrat - reportedly lost most of its newsroom staff in the McClatchy layoffs.
• Arkansas Department of Health - eliminating 71 positions effective Nov. 1 as the agency realigns spending with budget priorities.
• Sparhawk Trucking - closing its Wisconsin Rapids operation and laying off 74 employees.
• Clynk - filed a WARN notice covering 54 workers at its Biddeford, Maine facility.
• News 4 San Antonio / WOAI and KABB Fox 29 - layoffs reported at the Sinclair-owned sister stations; employee count was not provided.
• GW Law - confirmed personnel layoffs amid financial challenges; number of employees affected was not disclosed.
• KO_OP - indie game studio reported to have conducted a round of layoffs; employee count was not provided.
• IDEX Health - final layoffs tied to its Bristol, Connecticut facility closure have been delayed until Dec. 31; up to 15 remaining employees are affected.
• North Texas employers - nearly 1,500 layoffs were reported across three healthcare, foster-care and logistics companies, but the individual employers and job counts were not identified in the alert summary.
• Boston Museum of African American History - featured in follow-up reporting about earlier layoffs amid financial and federal-funding pressures.
• Uber - CEO discussed savings resulting from earlier layoffs; no new layoff round was identified in the report.
• Meta - mentioned in connection with previous layoffs while reorganizing parts of its workforce; no new layoff round was identified.
• ESPN - Suzy Kolber discussed her previous layoff after 27 years at the network; not a new layoff announcement.

A Marc's store in Parma will close permanently in November. This closure will result in 55 employees being laid off. The company filed a WARN Act notice with the state. The layoffs are expected to begin around November 10th. The notice did not state the reason for the closure.

Parma, Ohio

https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/marcs-parma-distribution-center-closing-55-layoffs-corporate-drive/95-c8b81afe-def7-4fd2-ad24-3cedadc3b3a0

No ideas as I saw people who delivered few things are let go?

There are almost no upstream technical employees left. All being replaced by downstream. If you are heritage upstream technical your days are numbered. They are coming for you.

Ruiz Foods has announced another round of layoffs affecting 176 employees at its Dinuba, California facility. This marks the second such reduction in California since the company relocated its headquarters to Texas two years ago. The company cited a need to align production capacity with anticipated customer demand as the reason for the decision. Despite these layoffs, the Dinuba plant will remain operational and is considered a critical part of Ruiz Foods' manufacturing network. This follows a previous layoff of 215 employees at a Tulare facility.

Dinuba, California

https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/ruiz-foods-dinuba-layoffs-22426436.php

Allegiance is a TPA thats been owned by Cigna for some time now and up until last year handled its own hiring/ firing process, benefits for employees and totally independent CEO. We were fully integrated with Cigna’s HR structure 1/1/2026. Our entire hr department was let go during this change. We were promised nothing would change except our benefits and we’d have access to apply to cigna internal positions. This hasnt been the case. Our entire reimbursement account department was just let go. This used to be such a nice small company to work for and now we are being run into the ground

Was talking to a HR consultant yesterday. Was absolutely blown away when she told me every 2nd CV she is seeing is either current or ex PayPal employee. And they are coming from junior, middle and senior level employees. What in the world is happening. It seems except Enrique and his cronies, everyone is jumping the ship.

does anyone know if that site closed? The entire medium business division was axed which was around 50 employees

Leadership lies to protect themselves, blames anyone nearby when things go wrong, and then does layoffs with zero communication. I'm waiting for the day when the job market improves, because I think we'll see a major exodus of the best people.

How often do people like me get cut? I've already seen some newer faces disappear. Is it just bad luck, or are we in more danger?

I wish I had the real numbers, but it feels there's at least two new ones every week.

What’s the latest on the US? We are literally going to drown with all the people already cut.

I've lost count of how many people walked out or were pushed out in the past 12 months.

It's been round after round of layoffs, and I keep asking myself the same question: has any of this actually worked? The numbers might look good on paper, but morale is in the gutter and the best people are walking. The cuts aren't solving anything, they're just making the problem worse.

Tracking participants count #general Slack channel in Oracle One workspace, as the fastest available proxy indication of ongoing layoffs.

• aug01-sep01: 1899 reductions, 995 additions, 150197 (-904) end count
• jul01-jul31: 2975 reductions, 1736 additions, 151101 (-1239) end count
• jun01-jun30: 1723 reductions, 1299 additions, 152340 (-424) end count
• may01-may31: 2271 reductions, 942 additions, 152764 (-1329) end count
• apr01-apr30: 2286 reductions, 1583 additions, 154093 (-703) end count
• mar01-mar31: 12446 reductions, 844 additions, 154796 (-11602) end count
• feb01-feb28: 943 reductions, 1143 additions, 166398 (+200) end count
• jan01-jan31: 1604 reductions, 1834 additions, 166198 (+230) end count
• dec01-dec31: 1119 reductions, 844 additions, 165968 (-275) end count
• nov01-nov30: 1614 reductions, 1310 additions, 166243 (-304) end count
• oct01-oct31: 2498 reductions, 1768 additions, 166547 (-730) end count
• sep02-sep30: 6380 reductions, 861 additions, 167277 (-5519) end count
• aug14-sep01: 733 reductions (based on Slack very few data points), 172796 (-733) end count
• aug01-aug14: ?2900 reductions in IDC (based on media reports), 173529 (-2900) end count

Limitations of these stats are covered in detail in comments.
I will post daily in comments on the count change and running current month total.

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