#layoff

• Apple cuts dozens of sales roles to streamline operations for institutional clients.
• Affected teams include government sales and briefing centers; employees can reapply for new roles.
• Moves align with broader tech layoffs and Apple’s shift toward third-party resellers.
• Strong revenue contrasts with stock underperformance amid competitive pressures.
• Restructuring aims to maintain Apple’s tech sector edge despite workforce challenges.

https://www.ainvest.com/news/apple-restructures-sales-force-boost-institutional-sales-efficiency-2511/

Key Point

NetApp did not follow required federal rules for layoffs involving employees over 40.

What Went Wrong:

The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA) requires companies to give employees over 40 a written list of:
The job titles and ages of those selected for layoff
The job titles and ages of those who were not selected
This information must be given before or at the same time as the severance agreement.
NetApp did not provide this list with the severance documents.

Why This Matters:

When a company fails to meet OWBPA rules, parts of their severance agreement become invalid and unenforceable.
That means certain waivers in the agreement cannot legally block people from taking action.

What’s Happening Now:

An investigative group has been contacting many of us from the April and September layoffs.
They are gathering details about who was let go and how the paperwork was handled.
The investigation appears to be tied to a New York firm preparing a class-action lawsuit.

My Decision:

I’m joining the class action.
Anyone over 40 who was affected should look into it as well.
If the required documents were never provided, the severance agreement is weakened, and federal rules were violated.

Sources for Verification

OWBPA requirements (EEOC):
https://www.eeoc.gov/laws/guidance/age-discrimination-older-workers-benefit-protection-act

OWBPA explanation (U.S. Department of Labor):
https://www.dol.gov/agencies/oasam/centers-offices/human-resources-center/owbpa-guide

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/verizon-rumored-be-laying-25-5g-enterprise-team

There are plans for laying off the remote employees w/o poss relocation to HQ in December. They think it will be too messy to offer remote workers option to move.

These may get pushed back to Jan/Feb.

The board has been coming into the office several days a week even during the pandemic. This is not about productivity, it’s about satisfying an unfounded perception from the board that also meets the cut numbers they want for profitability.

Do you get paid for Thanksgiving and Black Friday if you got laid off. Or you will only get paid for 40 hours this week?

With the leadership team planning the budget next week, a significant portion will be over layoffs. They overhired and are moving faster than expected on the Consent Order.

At the same time, they are pushing ICs to move faster and faster leading to burnout, while planning to lay those same people off. The leadership was bemoaning that after the CO is over, there needs to be busy work until the layoff details could be finalized.

Has anyone heard of when they might post new jobs? How has it been in the past when a layoff happens?

I thought it’s Thanksgiving week?????

There will be more layoffs here.

Anyone else like he-l no.Im done not doing nothing .Its over I’m riffed pay me my severance it’s not supposed to be work weekly pay checks

Wealth management company Cetera Financial Group laid off a “small” number of employees to streamline its operations, a company spokeswoman said on Friday. Cetera, owned by private-equity firm Genstar Capital Partners, also conducted layoffs earlier this year. The latest round didn’t affect teams that support Cetera’s thousands of financial advisors, the spokeswoman said.

https://www.barrons.com/advisor/articles/cetera-layoffs-f4a234b2

Brutal timing but this is a yearly occurrence at this point

Hyster-Yale is laying off part of its workforce, and the job cuts will impact eastern North Carolina.

The company will reduce its global workforce by 575 employees, including layoffs of more than 100 employees in Pitt County.

https://www.publicradioeast.org/2025-11-24/forklift-maker-announces-more-global-layoffs-greenville-location-impacted?_amp=true

A lot of people have quietly started looking at options, just in case. It feels weird, like preparing for something we shouldn’t have to. Still, better to be ready than caught off guard when things shift.

No matter what your end date is? I already sent out about 50 applications. I know some people are taking some time to recover, but I'm too scared to wait.

I joined four months ago, I'd just like to know if Schwab ever has layoffs around Thanksgiving and Christmas or if there is no need to worry before next year?

Is AI determined who to lay off now?

I was working closely with an individual who was unfortunately let go..

Are they still suppose to work? I hope NOT. I am not sure how to approach or not approach at all.

I'm just waiting for the news to drop. It's my default state of mind nowadays. How sad is that?

Try and get a job and you'll see, it’s not happening.

Do you think there will be layoffs tomorrow giving the holiday week?

Getting cut ended up being the best thing that’s happened to me in a long time. The real misery is with the folks who stayed behind in that sinking ship. I walked away with a clean break and a clear head. The market is rough, but even a slow search feels better than staying there.

These layoffs made a lot of things clearer for me, but the biggest thing is that I really don't want to stay here any longer than I absolutely have to. I'm already looking and once I find something, even if it means taking a pay cut, I'm gone because this whole process showed exactly how little thought went into how any of us were treated. Verizon handled this in the worst way imaginable and I have no interest in being around when they repeat the same cycle, because we all know it's only a matter of time before it happens again.

Hey, I see a lot of posts about 12/20, which is what my AD advised, but paperwork says 12/19. It is not clear if I will receive STI or Stock Together. Can anyone advise in this scenario?

If so, why? they did move homes and complied to RTO.

After many years at Verizon, this layoff opened my eyes to some hard truths. Many of us worked weekends, late nights, and emergencies to make the network successful — but it took the company only minutes to cut us off. In certain regions, decisions were extremely unfair. Poor performers were kept because of friendships, while high performers were let go simply because we focused on the network more than politics.

I’m disappointed in how favoritism outweighed merit. But I’m also grateful for the experience — and very excited for the next chapter. Verizon underpays, and now I know my true market value. Sometimes a closed door really is a blessing.

I heard the SD’s and above are going to be riffed today since they are done riffing ppl below them. Good luck!!!

It would not surprise me if they lay off more people tomorrow.

Layoff of operational leaders, will this expand to Optum type layoffs?

The Accommodations Management team has been laid off and the work will be outsourced to a vendor controlled by leadership's agenda - which largely focuses on not supporting those with disabilities and taking away accommodations. The upper leadership talks a good game in public, but the truth is behind the scenes that is absolutely not the case.

The worker bees, who had zero to do with the terrible decisions, get cut. Meanwhile the ivory tower people keep laughing all the way to the bank. If the masses ever figure out that the ol' left/right, union/non union "divide and conquer" routine has been played on them for 40+ years, then we might make some progress.

A California-based data company is trimming nearly a dozen Travis County positions after it was acquired recently by an Austin private equity firm.

Couchbase Inc. is eliminating 11 of an estimated 40 positions at the company’s Austin offices at 9050 N. Capital of Texas Highway, according to a notice filed with the Texas Workforce Commission. Most of the employees affected are part of the company’s sales and corporate teams.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/couchbase-laying-off-11-austin-190418814.html

Per the WARN Notice, GXO Logistics Worldwide, LLC will be laying off 69 employees in Cumberland County starting on January 12, 2026, and ending on May 30, 2026.

https://www.abc27.com/local-business/logistics-company-in-cumberland-county-to-cease-operations/

I have been at Optum for 8 years. I love my team. I had a really great Manager until they brought in a Design guy who was some influencer. This dude was an a-s clown.. The problem was not him, it was leadership above him. They wanted to bring in someone who would “shake things up”.. Well, they did. He was a train wreck. Since then things have gone down hill. Our leadership acts and has the intelligence of a JV squad at a community college. They make cr-p decisions, they tell us to embrace AI and then don't give us money to get tools that use AI. We are led by fools and mo--ns. I have been waiting for this RIF for at least a year. Happy it is finally here. I no longer need to worry if it is gonna happen to me or when. I wish all the employees well, I wish leadership to get a clue. Last person off site.. Make sure to turn off the lights (or get someone from India to do it). After all… Thats where all the work is going.. Bye for now :-)

There is a new top down order for the VP level stack ranking to be done by end of JAN and the bottom 20% to be part of the upcoming AWS layoff in FEB.

I was laid off at USB over a year ago. After 10 years of service working from home, it all ended with a 1 minute and 34 second phone call. For weeks I kept Googling “US Bank layoffs” just to feel like I wasn’t alone. The searches always brought me here to The Layoff, and amidst the rants and raves, I never felt alone (and I still visit every week).

The months that followed were rough. Interviews went nowhere, and applications disappeared into a black hole. In May I finally landed a role with another bank. Life has been good since, but working full-time in an office created new challenges: endless politics, meaningless small talk, and a cubicle that feels like a creative prison.

A couple months ago, while taking a juicy dump on the executive floor (it just feels so right), I had an idea: A platform where current and former employees can anonymously share stories about the good, bad, and ugly moments inside their companies. I call it WorkWhisper. Right now, it’s a webapp, but I plan to expand to iOS/Android if it grows.

Ultimately, I'm convinced that my life will continue and end inside of a cubicle (and face more layoff scares), but if what I was inspired to build helps a few people voice their feelings, then I'm happy. I hope this doesn't come across as an inauthentic way to promote myself, that wasn't the intention. I just wanted to share my journey about life after layoff at USB, and the good that came out of it. If you’d like to check it out, visit www.TheWorkWhisper.com and share a work moment... the uglier the better ;)

So unfortunately I got laid off, but I am still collecting paychecks until February. Will my payroll deductions to my 401(k) still be happening until February? What about the employer match? Has that ceased immediately? Just curious.

Layoff Announcements:

1. UPS: 48,000 employees
2. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees
3. Intel: 24,000 employees
4. Nestle: 16,000 employees
5. Accenture: 11,000 employees
6. Ford: 11,000 employees
7. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees
8. Microsoft: 7,000 employees
9. PwC: 5,600 employees
10. Salesforce: 4,000 employees
11. Paramount: 2,000 employees
12. Target: 1,800 employees
13. Kroger: 1,000 employees
14. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees
15. Meta: 600 employees

Total: 172,444

How many will Dell add to the list?