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Utah BLM Announces Staff Cuts

The Department of the Interior confirmed layoffs for Utah's Bureau of Land Management. This decision affects nearly 100 employees. The BLM manages 42% of Utah's land, protecting natural areas. Conservation groups express concern over impacts to threatened landscapes. The Red Cliffs Conservation Area, a critical habitat, is among affected areas.

St. George, Utah

https://kutv.com/news/local/nearly-100-bureau-of-land-management-employees-to-be-laid-off


Nearly 38,000 US jobs were cut in the first 10 days of May 2026

Nearly 38,000 US jobs were cut in the first 10 days of May 2026. This affected sectors like technology, finance, and aviation. Spirit Airlines ceased operations, impacting 14,000 employees. Many companies cited AI-driven restructuring and cost reduction plans. Kyndryl, PayPal, and Cloudflare also announced significant workforce reductions.

https://americanbazaaronline.com/2026/05/10/us-layoffs-in-first-10-days-of-may-2026-nearly-38000-jobs-cut-480502/


Owens Corning Announces Layoffs at Utah Facility

Owens Corning confirmed upcoming layoffs in Utah. The company will lay off 67 employees at its Nephi facility. Owens Corning is a major manufacturing company. The company made a strategic decision to curtail operations.

Nephi, Utah

https://www.abc4.com/news/central-utah/billion-dollar-company-layoffs-nephi/


Packaging Sector Sees Multiple March Layoff Notices

Packaging manufacturers announced over 500 planned layoffs in March. These workforce reductions will occur in the coming months. Advanced Packaging, Genpak, Millwood, PCA, and Smurfit Westrock are among the affected companies. Plant closures are planned in Maryland, Utah, Illinois, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Genpak cited rising polystyrene bans for its Cedar City facility shutdown.

https://www.packagingdive.com/news/march-2026-packaging-manufacturing-closures-layoffs-genpak-pca-smurfit-westrock/816222/


Senior talent taking junior roles

We brought someone onto my team last month who used to be a senior manager at a major tech firm. Over a decade of management experience. Two decades total in the industry. He's now an individual contributor at a mid level role. It really shows how quickly a career you spent years building can evaporate.


So, now we wait?

We know cuts are coming, but we don’t know when or any real details beyond that. So now we get to sit around stressing and worrying for who knows how long. I’m sure that’s going to do wonders for everyone’s mental and physical health. I really hate what this place has become and the joke we have for leadership.


Can somebody explain this pattern to me?

I've been through a few layoff rounds now and I've started tracking who goes. The pattern makes no sense. Hard workers, people with great reviews, people who consistently deliver get cut. People who coast, who hide in meetings, who produce almost nothing stay. People usually explain it as being about salary. High performers have been here longer and make more, which make them targets, and the cheaper people survive. Which makes sense only if you disregard the fact that this sends a message not to be too good at your job. Just be average and cheap and you'll be safe. How is that kind of workforce good for the company?


Topgolf Announces Hundreds of Job Cuts

Topgolf has laid off hundreds of employees nationwide. These cuts occurred months after a private equity firm acquired the company. New CEO David McKillips initiated leadership changes. Roles in sales, hospitality, operations, and events were impacted. Alabama locations were among those affected by the job reductions.

https://www.al.com/news/2026/05/topgolf-has-laid-off-hundreds-of-employees-including-some-in-alabama.html


For those who think it’s over

1000+ roles might not seem much but majority of these were VP, SVP level roles.

When these leadership roles are filled, the teams are consolidated and there WILL BE natural redundancy introduced that will further fuel reduction in future.

The leaders and HR have been lying all this time.

The 800+ leadership roles elimination have left 25k associates fate again in limbo.

The new leaders who take up these roles will again evaluate team structure, introducing further stress, anxiety and uncertainty which will last till fall.

And next Q1 will further see more reductions.


Age?

This comment from a Fidelity spokesperson gives me pause and makes me wonder what the median age of those impact by the RIF is.

I’m 52 and was laid off last week. If you were laid off, share your age below.

“These changes are about getting the right combination of skills in place for where Fidelity is headed, including creating more room for early-career, hands-on engineering roles and streamlining senior leadership layers,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. https://www.masslive.com/business/2026/05/fidelity-to-lay-off-800-workers-but-hire-thousands-more.html


More info

Cloudflare on Thursday joined a growing list of tech companies — including Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon — that have reported increased revenue alongside massive layoffs, attributing both trends to their use of AI.

https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/08/cloudflare-says-ai-made-1100-jobs-obsolete-even-as-revenue-hit-a-record-high/