#jobsecurity

I’ve noticed on my team under the umbrella of National Buying, every now and then, we hear that XYZ is no longer with the company, effective immediately, no further explanation. And then their role doesn’t get reposted. I don’t know if these people are being let go or if they are quitting and it’s effective immediately. But it is ominous. Thoughts? Insight?

How long you all been with the company? Does layoffs usually affect claims too? I see they still have many openings and currently doing layoffs?

Reliable sources say that Friday the 13th is shaping up to be a day of major layoffs. Lists have reportedly been finalized across several LOBs, with a 10% reduction expected this year and potentially more next year. Wishing everyone the best.

I’m in ANI and haven’t heard of any impacts - can anyone confirm if they have heard anything?

All my team (5) and myself were RAed this week. Something fishy is going on in IBM...

Receive notice today about my layoff. Claiming there were a lot more layoffs today reason given is elimination of position.
Same reason they give every quarter
This has been going on for at least the last five years.
This is not a good company to work for if you got a family and kids and depend on a consistent income and long-term.

Billions invested in infrastructure, but fewer people to maintain it. Apparently, the strategy is to build a bigger, more advanced network with a smaller workforce responsible for keeping it running. A network is only as reliable as the people behind it. You can cut headcount on a spreadsheet, but you can't spreadsheet your way through a network failure when the experience and manpower aren't there, We operate a 24x7x 365 bizz.

I know companies have strategies to reduce workforce and adjust to the business. But layoff at every few months is not good for workers to concentrate. When is a good time to be stable and stop laying off? I have not seen this in the past 20+ years of my career in the company.

Hearing through muiltiple HR associates and IT that a lot of layoffs coming this week.

A lot of additional packing supplies have been ordered for equipment returns according to IT

Did clinical review therapist positions get laid off?

Anyone have any insight as to what is going on with Home & Community? Things feel off in general since layoffs happened the week before last. Multiple meetings have been cancelled. It’s a very stressful and tense environment right now, feels like we’re all at risk as care coordinators.

What are the odds?

So let’s review recent rifs in our area:

People who were rating 1 or 2 were impacted.
AND
People who were highest earners got impacted

So this tells me you don’t want to be asking for more and more $ (and shooting for 4 and 5 ratings) because that will put you on top of the cut list for being too expensive. And then you don’t want a 1 or 2 rating because that is easy low hanging fruit for them to cut you.

The sweet spot is to be a rating 3, keep your head down, and just do your bare minimum work until the job market improves.

Just my 2 cents

I sent a letter to corporate asking them if they would lay me off. I put that i was having serious mental health issues caused by working for this company. I don't know if i should have and please be respectful with your replies. My supervisor keeps critiquing my work and its driving me crazy. she doesn't do it with anyone else.

Why is it so quiet in S&T? No news of changes or re orgs. Is it calm before the storm whilst other functions sort their teams out? Should I be worried or are we saved?

It’s happening. Huge cuts in Lake Mary. Mostly band 7. It’s going to be worse than last time from what my SD told me.

Good luck to all.

I used to get nervous about being laid off. Constant chaos, weekly fire drills, then my manager left and things got 10x worse!!! Now I no longer care. hate this place, and my boss acts like an mean chick, angry hick, and lunatic

Jamie held a meeting today to inform us that our positions would be affected. With so many Cm's & Pa's what would be the criteria to be the first to be laid off?

My manager/sr director still did not give clarity on if it’s over or not :/

To anyone here that was made redundant (especially those in NI) were there any signs leading up to your redundancy? Less communication from leadership etc. or did it come completely out of the blue? Was a meeting scheduled to tell you the news last minute?

Does anyone else have a townhall scheduled tomorrow?
Wondered if that means I'll get cut and some severance.

There is a significant amount of uncertainty and anxiety surrounding the possibility of layoffs, and employees deserve more transparency about what may be ahead. For many, the concern is no longer simply whether organizational changes are coming, but whether they will be personally impacted and how those decisions are being made. That level of uncertainty inevitably affects morale, productivity, and employees’ ability to feel secure in their roles. You can see it in the posts on this forum.

It is difficult to believe that there is no one outside of the ELT or higher bands who has meaningful insight into what is happening or who is being considered. Even if every detail cannot be shared, there must be individuals with some degree of visibility into the timeframe or departments.

At this point, I need someone to acknowledge the situation and communicate what they can. A lack of information only creates more room for speculation, rumors, and unnecessary anxiety. I’m aware of the odd technique of squeezing people out, but WOW.

Transparency does not necessarily mean having all the answers. It means acknowledging our questions, addressing our concerns, and providing whatever information is available rather than allowing employees to have such high levels of anxiety. People deserve to know where things stand, even when the answers are difficult. This isn’t going to be a “good” 1/1.

They want a larger reduction in US based head counts.
This is all about going global and call centers outsourced and for the average customer dealing with Mumbai or Philippines or Brazil regarding their 401k
High net worth might get a US based professional after leveling up a couple in the call center ladder.
Either way it says they know they’ve reached their zenith it’s all about hanging on in a hostile global economy.
The US citizen employees obsoleted and left out to dry.
The new normal.
These are the good old days.
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Heard that IBM is laying off all the VISA holders by June 2027 .

Is Comcast in same path ?

Restarting a thread where we strictly focus on sharing info. Please be kind to your colleagues during this stressful time and let’s stay focused unlike in the other thread.

I can confirm that SVPs were asked to make lists last Monday

These lists were however for vital employees (vs firing targets). The target for vital employees % was a lot less than half (wont be specific in case org dependant)

I personally didn’t get the 10% cut info (but I believe op from other post)

This cut is however not gonna be the “big one”, early 2027 is when we will get hit by another one, this time very substantial

Please share your info. I did my part here! Anyone has the date for the upcoming one?

Everyone is at risk, although it would be insane to assume everyone is at equal risk. I'd expect more reasons than I list below, but these are the ones I saw when I was there.

Reasons people get picked off one by one:

• You just aren't meeting the job requirements - it seems obvious until you realize how many high level "engineers" are assigned low level bug fixing and therefore aren't actually allowed to meet those requirements
• You are meeting the job title requirements but raises move you out of the viable salary range for that level of work
• You aren't in favor of those with political power
• A manager decides they have an "in-group" and you aren't in it

Reasons people get picked off in whole groups:

• Your project is being cancelled
• You work at a lesser site on a project with teams at a primary site
• A political power play between teams where the winner keeps their own people to pick up the work of the losing team
• When projects reorganize they can package people for any of the reasons people get picked off one by one into a group and then let go of them as a group

Since the goal is typically a reduction in cost if you have a low rank and corresponding pay and you contribute above average on an important project with strong (politically speaking) management it's probably as good as it gets, but it's still no guarantee.

Don't underestimate the power of being under the wing of the powerful. Many people have sc--wed up costing Cisco fortunes and the punishment was a promotion,.

Bumped from @j4+1m6w4czph.

All your DOS’s saying that it isn’t going to replace your job. Go ahead and open copilot and ask it if it is going to replace you. Directly- no it will not. Indirectly yes, it will. It will scale how any man hours are really required per transaction. That is how it will “replace” you. It will allow AT&T to scale back on its retail footprint, converting ATTR to AR. Hilarious. Watch out for how it is measured. There will be KPI’s for it, don’t be fooled. It won’t directly replace you. It’s a measuring tool to identify if your location is actually needed. Have fun with the trainings and push back and ask what the intent of the measurement will be. They won’t know what to say.

With these layoff rumors spiraling yet again.. does anyone have any insight on the nurses side of things. Will clincial reviewers be apart like the last lay off? Will they just fire people with no warning? Many CRs/nurses are left in the dark with tons of questions. Any comments would be appreciated

US based. Received email notification about meeting with the upper up today this morning. On Teams it appears only between me and this upper up. I've been mentally prepared for this during the past weekend(s). However when I was arriving to the room, there were so many other people from my team both online and offline. Apparently we are safe, and 1 person is impacted from our team. The upper up shared that he/she knows other team in different region (country) that we're working closely with got more severely impacted (5-10 people). Another smaller team that I'm working closely with wasn't impacted (all safe). We get to breathe now at least and is assured the round is over, until who knows when next year.

There has to be someone with a conscious that is willing to be a whistle blower . Help us disco people ! When are the lay off dates !? What are they saying …. What areas ? Do I leave or wait it out ? It’s so hard to gamble and take another job because it’s the first offer I got and I’m scared there won’t be another one , but after 15 years I don’t want to give up the severance ? Are they making people sign NDA? On either side ? Please I’m begging tell me something concrete . Why is everyone loyally secretive on the cof side !? Someone has to feel bad for us . Tell us the tea .

I am considering a job in IT. But I also heard that there were several layoffs already in 2026, and more to come because of some unsavory executives in Informatics and ESI. Also heard that IT will be outsourced and some California hospitals will be sold.
Is this a good work place to come into?

It’s easier to fight the system from the inside. It breaks my heart knowing all of the jobs being sent to India when it’s Americans’ money in US Bank. Is that what Americans want no matter who the bank is?

I was talking to my manager and he let slip that we most likely won't have major layoffs because they're too messy from a PR point of view. That leads me to believe that we'll continue having small layoffs that fly under the radar indefinitely. This is just my guess, but it seems very likely in light of things.

Unlike most people here, none of us from my small and rather insular team want to leave Optum. We work normal hours, are compensated well for it, and our boss keeps telling us we're safe. He has no reason to be lying, at least none that I know. I can't lie and say I'm never worried, though, hence me being here in the first place.

Can we say for certain layoffs are done, for now at least?

Opinion by Ivy Grace

A $20-an-hour worker has rent, groceries and bills to cover. A $10-an-hour robot has one big selling point for employers — it costs half as much to get the job done.

As artificial intelligence advances, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates warns that workers could face a race against machines with no clear plan for what happens when they lose.

"The people who need the most time are the ones who have the least," Gates wrote in an essay published on his Gates Notes blog in August. He pointed to "the accounting worker who’s replaced by a bot or the $20-an-hour worker who loses their job to a $10-an-hour robot," warning that society isn’t doing enough to prepare for the upheaval ahead.

AI Could Wipe Out Jobs Faster Than Workers Can Adapt
Previous technological revolutions gave workers time to adjust. As farming jobs disappeared, generations moved into factories, offices and other industries. Gates argued that AI presents a different challenge because it can perform cognitive tasks that once required human intelligence.

Law, customer service, medicine, software and manufacturing are all exposed to the technology. Gates warned that the transition could unfold over a decade rather than several generations, with new jobs potentially failing to replace the positions lost.

Young workers have particular reason for concern. Entry-level jobs help people gain experience, build skills and work their way up. But if AI takes over those positions, the first rung on the career ladder could become harder to find.

Gates cited research showing employment has already fallen among young workers in occupations especially vulnerable to AI, while older workers in those fields haven’t experienced the same decline.

The disruption may not stop at office desks. Gates expects advanced robots to begin competing with humans on certain physical tasks, including construction and hospitality, by the end of the decade.

"Unfortunately, right now we are not preparing for it," he wrote. "There is no plan to ease the entry into the AI era."

Companies Have Every Reason To Keep Cutting Costs
A business doesn’t have to set out to eliminate jobs to end up doing it. If AI and robots can deliver the same work for less money, the financial pressure to adopt them could become difficult to resist.

Gates described a chain reaction. One company automates, cuts expenses and lowers prices. Competitors then face pressure to follow or risk losing customers. If established businesses hesitate, startups could move faster and gain an advantage.

As AI becomes more reliable, companies may have less reason to pay employees to check its work. Gates warned that these market forces could accelerate automation, leaving fewer good jobs and concentrating the gains among a relatively small group.

Gates Wants AI And Robots Taxed
Gates also said that the tax code can tilt the playing field toward machines. Employers generally pay payroll taxes on workers’ earnings, while qualifying equipment purchases can often be deducted as business expenses.

His proposed response includes taxing AI computing and robots, then using the revenue to support retraining and strengthen the safety net. Gates said he has backed a robot tax for years, though any policy would need to avoid slowing beneficial uses of AI, including cheaper medicine and education.

He doesn’t expect economic and geopolitical competition to slow AI development around the world. That makes preparing workers for the consequences even more urgent, in his view.

AI’s Growth Creates Opportunities Beyond Chatbots
The AI bo-m is also creating opportunities for companies supplying the infrastructure and tools behind the technology.

American Power Gen focuses on power plants designed to serve AI companies. As data centers require more electricity, the businesses supplying that power are becoming part of the broader AI buildout.

Bito is developing technology designed to help AI understand the code it generates. That addresses a challenge as businesses increasingly use AI in software development.

Everyday investors curious about AI’s growth beyond the big chatbot names can explore opportunities open to anyone willing to do the research.

Automation could move faster than retraining programs and new job opportunities can keep up. For companies, the incentive to cut costs is already clear. Gates’ warning is that the people bearing the consequences may be the least prepared for what’s coming.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/economy/bill-gates-says-a-10-an-hour-robot-could-replace-the-20-an-hour-worker-there-is-no-plan-for-what-comes-next/

There are none this year , confirmed

This past week, I had two more big accounts that are no longer renewing and I cant blame them. I know one of them really well as I have been working with them for almost a decade and they basically came out and said they no longer have any confidence in our company to support itself or exist for very long. It feels like even the customers are anticipating this place to implode soon. I agree with what was said on another post that soon there wont be anything left of this place to payout to people that are being laid off.

Is Grade 6 - 8 non technical at risk for the next LR

Don’t say “everyone is at risk” , I’m trying to understand who is targeted the most