#europe

I've noticed that a lot more people in Europe are being put on PIPs than in previous years. What's the reason for this, especially considering how difficult it is to fire employees in Europe?

This is my last week in Verizon (Europe). In some ways I am sad, as I will miss my colleagues that I have worked with for the last 25+ years. In other ways, I am happy, as I will not miss what has happened to Verizon and what it has become, especially with amount of staff who have already been let go and those that will be following soon. Good luck to those who have managed to survive the latest cull.

No info, just came here to write a prayer!
Wars in our neighbourhood, high inflation, high energy costs, $hittiest tech job market in the history of tech, mortgages refusing to cool down, and everything else we have been watching on the news lately that doesnt need a mention here. This memo was the only missing piece to complete the jigsaw of doom CA you b4stard.

There’s a lot of talk about PIPs and I was just wondering if anyone in Europe has successfully perused a claim against IBM in their labour court or similar?

I’d be surprised if not becuase there seems to be a lot of PIPs in Europe despite it being illegal.

In following months several legal entities (and offices) in many EU and non EU countries will be terminated, local workforce fired.
Starting with smallest ones ASAP (up to ~100 headcount).
Sales will be taken over by local partners.
Contracts (CSS, health, projects, office...) will also be terminated (with due penalties).

https://www.golem.de/news/stellenabbau-neue-entlassungswelle-bei-nokia-in-europa-2610-214163.html

Is anything coming?

Heard from someone close in Galway, that the office visit wasn't a normal check-in. Leadership flew in (higher ups haven't been to office in forever), held a handful of closed-door sessions with site heads, and apparently the word "consolidation" came up a lot. My source says there's a plan to cut operations roles across the EU offices, not just Ireland, and that it kicks off in January 2027. Supposedly the timing is meant to land after year-end peak and Q4 so it's "clean." No idea on numbers, but people are saying it's big. Take it with a grain of salt, but I'd start updating your CV.

Any news?

I know ... you are going to ask about a source but I rather do not want to provide it.

https://www.cio.com/article/4222500/european-cloud-watchdog-slams-broadcom-over-vmware-licensing-practices-issues-warnings-about-sap.html

Oracle’s Licensing Terms Draw the Same EU Scrutiny that Just Cost SAP Concessions
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/oracle-orcls-licensing-terms-draw-the-same-eu-scrutiny-that-just-cost-sap-concessions-1834238/

"Business as usual" is going to cost them! EU customers will get some relief.

Any cuts so far? I'm wide awake, hoping for any info.

Given that Deutsche Telekom is a majority owner of T-Mobile US and that it will reduce the satellite spectrum that US competition may want to purchase. Does the BT Group partnership keep Verizon at the table or are they trying to out maneuver Verizon?

Europe’s biggest mobile operators in talks for satellite-to-mobile venture

https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/europes-biggest-mobile-operators-talks-satellite-to-mobile-venture-bloomberg-2026-09-07/

Sept 7 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Vodafone Group (VOD.L), and Telefonica (TEF.MC), are in early talks to ​create a consortium to bid on European Union ‌satellite spectrum and offer direct-to-mobile services, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

The group would jointly bid ​for a share of 2 gigahertz airwaves that ​the EU has proposed reserving for a local ⁠operator, a plan aimed at increasing sovereign satellite capabilities, ​the report added.

No final decisions on the consortium or ​plans to bid have been made, Bloomberg said.

Vodafone, Orange, and Telefonica declined to comment, while Deutsche Telekom did not immediately respond ​to requests for comment.

In May, the European Union announced ​plans to allocate the bulk of valuable satellite spectrum for mobile ‌phone ⁠service to European companies while reducing the share that U.S. operators can acquire, in a push to promote domestic businesses and reduce reliance on Big Tech.

The ​European Commission designated ​two-thirds of ⁠the spectrum on the bloc's IRIS multi-orbit array of 290 satellites for commercial ​use, divided equally between EU and non-EU ​operators.

The ⁠consortium would bid on the EU operator portion.

IRIS is Europe's response to Starlink, and is led by the ⁠European ​Commission and a consortium made ​up of SES SA (SESFg.LU), Eutelsat (ETL.PA), and HispaSat.

So LP is on a Europe tour. Do these things really make a difference to the bottom line/ROI/customer decisions at all - or just useful for sycophants to post photos on LinkedIn?

I think for US employees it is 2 months on payroll + 10weeks of pay + 6 months of insurance. Is that correct?

I’ve been asked to interview for a role in Europe, anybody have insight?

There are rumours circulating about a huge RA across Europe this September due to the company's poor financial results. The RAs are expected to affect most business units. Does anyone have more information about this? Is it true?

Are managers in European countries making up excuses to put people on PIPs and then lay them off?

They suddenly deactivated my account without anyone warning me. I was working on an important project and have a delivery next month. I know there are various layoffs happening in Europe, but usually they warn you before canceling your account. Has this happened to anyone else here? I don't understand if it's a mistake or a layoff.

How about elsewhere?

I'm wondering how log do PIPs last in Europe? (1-3 months?) After the PIP what should I expect?

It feel like the European markets has become the last target. Managers, mid level engineers and data scientists are being laid off like leaves falling in autumn. The way it is being handled makes it seem like they want to abandon much of the remaining EU markets. All veterans almost let go.

If feels as if minions were simply told, "keep removing people until you hit the quarter target numbers" , layoff is Nielsen new innovation, regardless of the consequences. The irony is that they seemed sorting employees by compensation in Excel and working their way down. R.I.P

Digital asset prime broker FalconX has reduced its global workforce by approximately 10%. This action comes as the cryptocurrency market continues to experience a significant slump. The company is also withdrawing its license application in Singapore. FalconX plans to pivot its focus towards crypto derivatives trading. Additionally, the firm intends to expand its presence in Europe.

https://en.cryptonomist.ch/2026/08/04/falconx-crypto-layoffs/

Do we know anything yet?

I heard the UK lost a lot of staff in Q2 but have any other European countries been affected ? Some Euro colleagues I spoke with said things were on hold due to the BT merger.

Anyone know what that seems to imply? Europe cannot account for 45%??

Replacing Visa and MC with a local alternative could hurt us majorly. And we all know it's not those on top who'll pay the price, but the rest of us. I've been so nervous about this since the news first came out.

Does anyone from you, working in the DXC located in any EU country, has already demanded disclosing the salaries for job positions and gender wage gap? What were the results for DXC?

Any news on something similar happening here?

The emea HR director should be fired. They doing illegal hiring and firing practices.

Emea hr director don't have formal B school education. Zoology education they have must fit for managing zoo not corporate.

Romania
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Germany
France

Any managers in EU, please weigh in whether you know the dates when the notification goes out.

https://www.retaildetail.eu/news/fashion/strike-at-nikes-european-distribution-center-in-protest-against-the-restructuring-plan/

Is it true that they will lay
off less than 30 people? Is this the total number or the number for each legal entity? End of May is when people will need to leave or when they'll be notified?