#holidays

Friends at Fannie said they got new company holidays - December 24 and 26.

The last few years in the Vz meatgrinder has taken a toll on my mental and physical health so I’ve decided to spend the remaining days of December eating, drinking, recharging and enjoying time with family and friends. I’ll start the job search in 2026. 🎅 ☃️ 🎁

Just in time for the holidays!

Do you think PP has ever seen Christmas Vacation? I say no….

Had to lay off the turkey this year, but hot dogs are pleasing in their own way. Add some beans, maybe some bacon drippings, and life is still pretty good in America!

On behalf of the employees in the US that are about to celebrate the holidays among the stress of layoffs and restructuring, shame on bp. A company already struggling with a leadership and expertise vacuum gets weaker and more inefficient everyday due to its half-hearted offshoring efforts. It’s amusing to see roles being filled by people who have no idea what they are doing with little to no leadership oversight. Even basic technical functions have ground to a halt. The domestic staff that are retained have zero motivation to work hard because they know they’re likely to be a victim of the next transformation.

If you’re a shareholder, you should be concerned. What ever stock gains you see from “cutting costs” and inflated “profit” due to inflation will be undone in just a few months by the incompetency of a workforce that has little to no understanding of the domestic market. This is the nail in the coffin for bp. Bookmark this.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone on board. Over the past six months, being here has truly felt like being welcomed into a real community and a second family. I am grateful for the support, kindness, and everyday moments we have shared together.

Wishing you and your families a wonderful holiday filled with good food, warmth, laughter, and time to relax with the people you love. All the very best to each of you today and throughout the season ahead.

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you on board. Being here last 2 months felt like I was part of the community and a family. All the best to all of you and your families.

It's not the best, but it's better than many other companies. With the job market in the state it is, just having a job is a big deal. So Happy Thanksgiving, everybody!

Try to relax, if you can. I can’t. I still have a job, but the last month really took a toll. I feel deeply for the people who were let go, and I wish them the best of luck. I can still pay the bills, but surviving this round doesn’t feel like a win at all.

This is my last thanksgiving as an employee. Effectively retiring in January. There’s been many ups and downs throughout the years and friends that have come and gone. Though it’s not the place and environment I started with I’d do it all over again. Good luck to those that are left with the upcoming changes, I hope it works out for the best when it’s all said and done.
If I have any advice..:.don’t dwell on what you think could happen down the road. Work and live in the now and someday you wake up 37 years later and it’s all behind you.

Hope you still have a job by end of year

Hey, all flex people! Don't forget that Maurice expects you to be in the office Monday through Wednesday this week, since Thursday and Friday take the place of your 2 WFH days!

Employee Relations and Conduct Management are getting laid off, not a Tuesday and just before the holidays. Multiple on each team are being pre selected for displacement in December. Thanks HellsFargo

We have families and kids that depend on us. Everyone’s all worried and it’s impossible to find a decent job in this economy.

Damn it. They have no empathy. And all the available jobs su-k and are pay cuts.

I just got word this suppose Thursday deadline is just rumor. This is postponed our another month as more high level discussions occur. So just relax enjoy thanksgiving.

How many layoffs are coming early December … what teams are being hit hardest! Poor Meg employees are dealing with all this before Christmas

Good luck and best wishes to all of us!
The worst thing at the worst time of the year!
Shame on you Board and Dan! Had the board been stronger and not rubber stamping all of Hans’ hires and ideas - we may not be in this mess.

Hoping we’re done for the holidays, but not feeling very confident.

“You don’t have to come in, you can work remote through thanksgiving”

What about the 5 dollar burger special on Thursday??

Great timing for the HOLIDAYS!

Following up to Melvin’s email about SNAP benefits being held and people not being able to put food on the table. He has decided to give each employee a Turkey for Thanksgiving. He thought, what would Jesus do? And it was clear this was the answer. God bless us all and God bless Melvin’s generosity.

Just curious if anyone other flex employees are being told they must work a minimum of 15hr a week for the Holidays?

I was hoping we'd get a chance to properly enjoy the holidays but now it's clear that's not happening.

Are we done with RIFs for 2025? I get that we will always have smaller RIFs but is the major one done with? Do we historically have RIFs during the holidays? Are there going to be changes to organizations because of the massive amount of RIFs in October?

Will we be getting a holiday schedule for the whole season?

Any news on what’s coming up on layoffs or company split? Not sure why they always have to announce during holidays.

Any news on whether this will be a part of the 2025 Houston holiday line up? This tradition has been in place for 56 years, would the company dare to stop doing this due to current environmental? Or are they just waiting until after the layoffs to save some space at Jones Hall?

Asking for a friend

Are they going to be cruel enough to stretch this out into the holidays? I haven't been here long enough to know, but has Target ever had layoffs close to Thanksgiving or Christmas?

Are we off tomorrow?

So I heard TD Mike and AMEX Sathish are at it again discussing layoffs. Imagine enjoying your holidays with family and then walking into work on January 6th, 2026 and being told "the bank didn't meet our goals so we have to let you go." That's literally what's going to happen to most of you. No notice. No warning. They're going to read right off a script to you with HR present and act like they care. What you need to do (right now) is find another role between now and December, grab a late January / Early February 2026 start date, and have it lined up for when they do these layoffs on Tuesday January 6th, 2026.
They'll say you can't get paid by them and work somewhere else but there's nothing they can do about that when you do. Take their money and make money in your new role. Double dip on this losing bank. Make them lose harder than they did last year when Russ tanked their stock price and made headlines. Make them lose harder than the board running JB off to bring in an absolute failure that didn't make it a year at Discover. Get the cards rolling now - nothing happens during the holidays (hiring wise) - people like Sathish are too busy taking selfies at Southpark Footlocker next to the Size 5 SB Dunks. Use Jobscan to beat the AI screening systems these companies use. Get your resume looked at. Prevail.

Worst set of cuts I've seen in years, not looking good

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Now that we know we are getting Friday, January 2nd as a holiday, this might be a sign that we will be expected to come to the office 4 or all 5 days a week in 2026.

Then again, they might be doing it to take away another WFH day. It was either between January 2nd, Christmas Eve 2026 (Thursday), or giving us two floating holidays.

If they are making us come into the office more in 2026, then I could see why they would want to give off on Friday the 2nd.

I think the CEO will use the company’s poor performance as punishment to make us come in more.

Stay tuned….

This is the favorite time of the year for Staples “holiday greetings” through November layoffs.

Get ready to be ready, it will be about cutting the staff, cost, manager preference, or last hard first fired.

Update your résumé, pay for it if you can NOW and circulate!

Connect with recruiters and send the hiring managers your resume directly through Linkedin or company email.

Pick out the top 10 companies (maybe 20-40), and start networking now.

I have a great track record over the last decade plus. I have gotten a raise for exceeding or meeting expectation every year . Several of those years have been exceeding, but I’m not going to wait. I have never seen it this bad.

When the layoffs happen, I noticed that my workload increases, but it doesn’t equal out to financial compensation if they were to hire a person to do it full-time! I refuse to be cheap labor for more time than I have to.

Most who leave Staples are compensated MORE and are less stressed.

Good luck, stay strong, be proactive!

Is anyone able to enter availability for the weeks of thanksgiving and Christmas? I keep checking daily and for those two specific weeks, theres an “error”. All other weeks are fine.

Curious if anyone has heard how our benefits could be changing - I.e holidays, PTO, health benefits, etc.