#layoffs

No layoffs before May? Is that correct?

Layoffs do happen often in this industry, but right now is especially bad for finding a new job. If you think there are layoffs coming start putting out the resumes and making connections now. I know people that have been looking for work for a year now, and they all say hiring is slow on the open market, and the best way to get a job is through your own network and making the right connections ahead of any layoffs. I am hearing stories of people applying for hundreds of jobs and not even getting a sniff of interest. If you have a good paying jobs with benefits keep it and start looking while you have a job. That has always been the advice people have given me, but it seems like it is more true now than ever. Good luck for those looking in this current environment.

It will only be hard for those getting let go. Many imposters have been brought in under DEI for a decade it’s ki-ling the company … let’s not fool ourselves here. Meta has a failing social media platform poor adoption by younger generation. Metaverse is just a creepy place for furies. Meta lost the AI race, lama and other platform just disappointing. When you go woke you go broke. everyone brought in under DEI must go. No more posting those cringe LinkedIn posts to the feed or day in life on TikTok. Time to grind by real masculine energy superstars. Good luck all

Three facilities are closing and 572 people are getting cut, all amid federal fraud case.

Layoff will take place by…

March 19 —- 23%
March 26 —- 34%
April 2 —- 72%
April 9 —- 94%

How much severance does a Band D partner get when subject to RA at IBM US
Is it the same 3 month severance for Band D partner or you get 6 months or more being an executive . just want to prepare for the worse given the rumors of an upcoming RA in April 2026

I am just wondering if this site just makes us believe that situation is worse than is it ? All my colleagues I worked with are still here and I haven’t truly seen a job displacement due to HIH or AI yet. Yes some VP or contractors were let go that I knew but everyone is still there.

Have all of the approx. 265 people impacted by the April Layoff been notified already in some fashion?

If you make good money, watch out. You're probably on the list. Me, I'm underpaid. So maybe they keep me around a while longer. Silver linings.

When is the next round?

Things were okay until about six months ago, when a new manager showed up and everything shifted. He has clear favorites, people he protects no matter what, while the rest of us get nothing but criticism and constant pressure. The atmosphere has turned toxic in a way you can feel the moment you walk in, and people who used to talk and help each other now mostly keep their heads down and try to stay under the radar. When layoffs first became a probability, I was petrified, but lately I catch myself almost hoping for it, because at least then I would have a reason to leave without it feeling like my fault, and that is honestly where I am now.

The next round is upper management. As craft I have witnessed a lot of very incompetent, lazy, self serving behavior from management that has been directly responsible for all of the layoffs. Craft employees have marketable skills and will find work much quicker than the online degree MBA holding managers who are about to be replaced by AI. Karma is coming for you! It’s all your own doing!

I know some groups weren’t hit in the last round of layoffs and we are still fat with duplicate roles due to Xerox/Lexmark teams being merged. And the company isnt doing well. So I suspect more layoffs are coming. Seen a few people say May 30. How likely is that? Anyone got any insight or a crystal ball?

The number is larger than we assumed, so it's going to take some time to figure things out and set everything up. This'll be another long wait.

Makes me sick go go on LinkedIn .... and seeing sad-sack Verizon RIF victims “open to work” and not even able to get a G D interview …. intertwined with Verizon execs “Proud to have achieved Diamond Club in the 2025 Verizon Business Group Recognition Program” “Verizon is so good to me” “ Honored and thankful to be a 2025 Diamond 💎 Club Award winner with Verizon Business 🙌” ugh. Just ugh. Would be nice to have a g d job k thx.

If they email it, who does it come from and how do they even know you read it?

The plans are in the final stages for a MASSIVE Layoff of all H1-Bs from TCS North America. This is due to huge pressure from the Trump Admin for any and all suppliers to the US government to eliminate ALL H1-Bs from payrolls if you want to be a supplier to ANY DERIVATIVE government agency, you need to eliminate all H1-Bs from your payrolls.
That means there will be an ELIMINATION of all H1-Bs from TCS USA payrolls.
Most H1-Bs should plan on moving back to India or wherever you were sponsored from as things are about to get very ugly.
This action is due to TCS aggressively eliminating US citizens and replacing them with cheap slave labor from India or wherever they were sponsored from.
Goodbye H1-Bs, you had a good ride but it’s over now.

Marion City Schools faces a multi-million dollar budget deficit. The district plans $5.5 million to $6 million in staff reductions. Program changes are also part of the plan. Superintendent Brian Murphy hopes attrition will cover most reductions. This includes retirements or resignations.

https://www.marionstar.com/story/news/education/2026/03/13/marion-city-schools-faces-budget-deficit-and-layoffs-education-spending-staff/89136686007/

Employers announced over 1,200 layoffs in Georgia during February. Nationally, 92,000 jobs were lost across the U.S. that month. Georgia has seen 3,027 total layoffs announced in 2026 so far. Home Depot eliminated nearly 800 jobs in Atlanta. This represents a 106 percent increase from early 2025 layoffs.

https://patch.com/georgia/atlanta/more-layoffs-hit-ga-federal-job-numbers-fall

I'm terrified of losing my job, yet here I am, being reassured daily that being replaced by AI or cheap offshore labor is the best thing that could happen to me.

So, I see the layoffs but they been hiring 100s to a 1000 plus of Data Center Technicians recently? Maybe the smart idea is to just say hey I’m gonna transfer to Abilene as a Tech and then after the layoff say megamind something came up.

Mike Lyons has said repeatedly he cares more about the long-term goals of the company and not trying to do as his predecessor did with layoffs before every quarterly earnings calls. And that's also echoed with other C-Suite executives who have signaled before that the previous labor cuts have hurt the company's position in the market. Fiserv can't afford to trim more staff if they want to retain and attract new clients. So someone explain to me why people here keep saying layoffs are imminent because there are no signals of it from senior management.

Curious to here if anyone knows what percentage of actual roles will be replaced with AI here at T. Everyone knows swe positions will be consolidated but what about other roles . Anyone have any stories of it haopening

Hey…US Management…hopefully some of you will read this and realize that you’ve so misunderstood and mismanaged the international business that 80% of the workforce couldn’t care less anymore and are begging to be laid off…I’m sure you can get AI to cover it all off

I’m sure you’ve seen the news about the Amazon debacle where AWS was taken down for half a day by an AI mistake. This will not be an isolated incident. Expect more of this as companies keep replacing experienced employees with flawed AI systems. Why everyone keeps doubling down on this is beyond me.

And the death knell sounds on WatsonX.

https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/03/13/ibm-has-fallen-16-as-anthropic-puts-them-in-the-bullseye/

It means more layoffs than originally expected
The company is shrinking parts of its workforce in response to the increased efficiency of AI models

Band 4 manager here. I’ve lost a lot of talent over the past year due to RIF. As ops has moved over to HIH there’s a whole team over there doing stuff we deal with. Their manager pulled me into a meeting to say his employees were complaining about mine. Mainly that we are slow to respond, and that my team isn’t “nice.”

I asked for specifics and if anyone was unprofessional or outright rude. Turned out the HIH team doesn’t like that my team is direct, asks them to repeat when they don’t understand due to language or the ask is unclear, takes initiative, and basically does stuff fast without explanation because we don’t have time and have too much to do.

More discussion led to him asking me to have my team slow down and be more “pleasant” and to engage in back and forth rather than just getting to the point. I told him my team complains that they get pinged with just “hi” and won’t respond unless there is something actionable too. He asked for us to spend more time helping his team with their work so the can learn and get better and that my team has told his they don’t have time. I agreed. And I said as long as they are being professional, I can’t expect more from them because they are watching their friends and coworkers lose jobs that are being given to HIH.

HIH manager was very surprised and didn’t realize that what was going on. I said as long as we meet SLA then that’s that and I don’t expect my team to respond same day for anything that isn’t a managed incident.

Anyone at HIH on this forum, be glad we are interacting with you professionally. I’ve had team members express downright hatred for HIH. Nothing against you personally, but Cigna is firing us to give you jobs, so don’t expect friendliness.

None of this is sustainable. I’ve told my Director to put me on the layoff list. When I have to bite my tongue to avoid yelling at HIH, and I get no answers from above other than more RIF is coming but my team is okay because we are 20:80, I can’t do it anymore.

SG, the WFH champion, is moving onto Wal Mart. Is it because something will be coming down soon? Bonuses usually coming at the end of March...is that not happening? Merit increase this year? How about the engagement survey that usually surfaces in April/May. Will that be put on hold? More layoffs? OR was she just able to take an opportunity with a better company that offers a fully remote role?

Anyone know when Irvine closes?

Gotta love a meeting where they announce $12B in revenue and also continuing layoffs.

Coming from Ansys, every single thing about Synopsys is comically bad. It's no wonder they mostly hire H1Bs and people overseas, as they're the only ones happy to put up with this cr-ppy work environment.

Anyone heard anything about layoffs within the US UW division?

The majority of people whining about this contract extension are the ones retiring in the next 4 years. They’ve taken everything away from you. Your pensions, your retiree healthcare, and your job security,

Now they want to take away what little you get with this extension for their own benefit. Your raises, your increased payment towards your medical in retirement, even more job security, your extra work that secures your place in the company, etc, etc. All of that because they have pay a little bit extra into their healthcare.

NO MORE!!

These old farts have ruined the union and are looking to make sure it stays ruined for their benefit. The majority of them have barely showed up for work since they started. They are parasites, abusers, and a cancer and their retirement will be our savior.

VOTE YES!!

Has anyone find that age is a part of the layoff decision making?

with this new myQ that is being generated and the hiring they're doing in India, could we see the design team being eliminated or reduced?