#layoffs

We just laid off 20% of the employees and now we’re hiring again in our team. The role they are hiring for can be fully done by ai… what gives

I’m hearing the 23rd. Lots of Product. No more information. Good luck to all.

Over 800 people are being laid off with 60 days to figure it out.

Does anybody know what the “Grand Total” of lay offs was for the week? Not including the DPRs and such in the field. Just the Support office people this week?

Went as low as $0.90. This is bleak.

BART on Thursday presented proposals that the agency could consider if it can't secure additional funding to make up for its deficit.

The drastic measures discussed during the board meeting include closing stations, reducing train service and conducting layoffs.

https://abc7news.com/post/bart-considers-layoffs-station-closures-reduced-services-balance-budget/18592881/

Unless they spring some nasty surprise at the last moment. I don't even like my job, but I'm still relieved. I'm juggling so much in life right now that losing this job would probably bring it all crashing down. I imagine most of you are in the same position. What I really hate is that we've been brought to this, fighting tooth and nail for a job we'd gladly ditch for something better. There don't seem to be many better ones these days.

Kodak: Market cap 727 million. 3,700 employees.
Xerox: Market cap 247 million. 16,000 employees.
Is there a “right” layoff number or is this even a factor at this point? What am I missing here?

But younger people should definitely not waste any more of their time. There's no future at this company, and even if there were, all of you could do better somewhere else.

Has the street finally realized the BK bullsh-t?

Im sure the 🤡 will say "we are still the same company". I say yes, FRAUDS

Should I take that as a good sign? Or is it just the calm before the storm?

Only a day after Harley-Davidson's new CEO Artie Starrs relayed that he has a clear view of what needs to be done to rescue the legendary brand, there's a report that what the future holds are layoffs at the Motor Co.

https://www.rideapart.com/news/787052/harley-davidson-headcount-reductions-layoffs/

Lied to everyone last December. They sat on that stage and told us layoffs would end after Q1.

NOT TRUE!

Layoffs will continue throughout the year. Not at the same level as we are experiencing now but every quarter will be tightened and tweaked. More of us gone in a corporate version of The Hunger Games.

Workload will increase, timelines won’t change, but fewer people doing the work.

Avg job search is about 9 months right now. Be proactive and start your search, get ahead of the curve.

It’s only a matter of time before we are all impacted.

did anyone see it? Someone asked about job cuts, and he said we are 74 management employees over right now which is 2%, but our normal churn is 3% (people leaving on their own), so he doesn't expect any cuts this year.

His words not mine. Just curious with everyone posting rumors of huge layoffs coming this month, when is that going to happen because Bill says it isn't. I also asked my VP, and he said he hasn't heard anything about a layoff. He's told me about one every time way in advance when somethings up. According to him they are very pleased with financials, and we expect to be in the black by end of the year with customer acquisition and profits.

In some departments there’s no worry for layoffs. People quit at such a rapid rate they can’t even staff properly. This company is doomed unless it corrects its ways. Customers and workers alike despise how evil the processes are and customers cancel and employees leave because of how terrible the call routing is.

Do the needful and quit already. They are moving the RTO goal post again because they aren’t seeing as much attrition as they hoped with the 8 hour tracking.

They don’t like that we use 1/2 days pto to avoid the office.

Finally, SLF seems to have found something she's really good at: sending the stock CONSISTENTLY down at the speed of a failed SpaceX rocket. Time for some put options, because when the FT news is public, and James has to guide the investors, you can make some serious money when the stock sinks below 35! (This is NOT financial advice, though!!!). Say hi to Bob T!

In November 2025, 1.4% of people employed in Hawaii were laid off or discharged, a lower rate than October. Compared to the national numbers, the November 2025 rate in Hawaii was higher, meaning a higher share of the Hawaii working population was laid off or dismissed in November 2025 compared to the US overall.

RationalFX data indicates 30,700 tech layoffs occurred worldwide in early 2026. This trend is on track to exceed 2025's total of 245,000 job cuts. U.S.-based tech companies account for over 80 percent of these reductions. Amazon alone cut 16,000 positions, representing over half of all announced layoffs. Other companies like Ericsson, ASML, Meta, and Block also announced significant workforce reductions.

https://technode.global/2026/02/13/tech-sector-layoffs-reach-30700-just-6-weeks-into-2026-on-track-to-surpass-2025s-job-cuts-rationalfx/

Quality Bicycle Products (QBP) implemented its fifth round of staff cuts in six years. Eight roles were eliminated within its product division in January 2026. This reduction affected nearly 20 percent of that specific department. QBP's president stated these changes streamline product development. Former employees, however, view the repeated cuts as deeply unsettling.

https://escapecollective.com/qbps-latest-layoffs-highlight-strain-of-repeated-industry-cuts/

Can’t believe it, but expected. IA pulling some T& C out on the sellers Q4. That’s its guys take it way from the people who actually bring in the orders.

PeaceHealth initiated another round of layoffs. This marks the third such reduction in nine months. The layoffs affect skilled caregivers across its hospital system. Over 150 positions are impacted, including hospice nurses. PeaceHealth cited financial pressures and evolving community needs for the decision.

https://www.klcc.org/health-medicine/2026-02-12/peacehealths-latest-round-of-layoffs-impact-skilled-caregivers-including-hospice-nurses

Netflix recently conducted layoffs within its product team. Dozens of employees were impacted by these job reductions. This represents under one percent of the company's total workforce. These cuts occurred after Elizabeth Stone gained product team oversight. The layoffs happen amidst Netflix's proposed $83 billion Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition.

https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/business/netflix-product-team-hit-with-layoffs/

Seres Therapeutics announced a significant workforce reduction. The company plans to cut its headcount by 30%. It will also stop investing in its SER-155 phase 2 study. Operational focus will shift to high-value earlier-stage programs. This follows a 25% workforce reduction just months prior.

https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/seres-layoffs-restructuring-microbiome-immune-disease/812079/

Everyone is leaving. Everyone! Get your resume ready! Get away now!

Roughly a month ago the UK IT team were laid off without any consideration.
After many of the Hellaby office started to complain we're needed, they back tracked and said there's three positions in Hellaby and the London team is now staying.
The current director - who knows NOTHING about IT- is being made team lead. I repeat, NOTHING about IT and it's issues.
Their name rhymes with Haki Sidey.

Having worked here for a bit on the IT team, I can tell you there's nothing good coming from this.
All laptops are expected to have a 10-20 day dispatch time!
From our current 1-2 day for UK

AI and India have ki-led this company.

Not far! Growth of 1.8% ? Why even wake up and go to work. Oh wait, I work for infinite. I work at home. Let’s continue to milk this dead company.

Loyalty is gone! I don’t give a cr-p, I just collect a check.

I feel sorry for those who wake up and go to work at Fiserv, or still hold the Fiserv stock in their M Lynch account or Fidelity account.

This is all because of Frank and his “leaders”

This is capitalism on steroids. Thanks America!!! People are being laid off and CEO is being rewarded as if she found crypton!! What a world we live in. No CEO should make more than 30 times of average FTE salary!!

SAVE YOUR PTO unless you are in an absolute necessary role that will not be reduced or eliminated.

Based on previous layoffs while at VZ I made it a point to max out and save my vacation and personal time year after year.

I still Took all my vacations I planned throughout the years and just combined it with weekends to minimize pto usage early on in the year so I had enough time to work my way back up to the max. My manager constantly tried to push me to use more towards the end of the year and I knew not to do that.

Thanks to that I received an extra 2+ months worth of pay in addition to severance. I strongly believe that people maxing out on vacation time year after year and having to pay out on so much vacation time was a loss to them with layoffs was the reason why the reduced the amount of hours you could max out on.

Also take your VPL!! don’t let leadership guilt trip you into not taking it they do not care! You only get that time once in your child’s life. Use it or lose it . I knew people who only took 2 weeks of VPL because they were applying for a promotion and not only did they not get the role but their leader pressured them into not taking the rest of their VPL.

Me and a fellow Dir spoke to another Senior Dir who is pretty close to an AVP. The AVP (who is pals with senior tier management) reckons there won’t be any more layoffs. I put a lot of faith in what this AVP says because he/she knows people at the decision making levels.

Until Nike has product that isn’t ugly I think we should layoff a lot of the brand marketing function. Thoughts?

Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. Good luck everyone.

if you have any knowledge about the layoffs and drink the cigna koolaide enough to lie to coworkers or withhold information - you are sc-m.

do your duty to mankind - give a coworker a text or call on the side. spread the information

you are not that important not to help your fellow woman/man.

Dear Team,

With Valentine's Day approaching, consider this my gift to you: clarity on what's really coming.

My first marriage ended the way most corporate reorganizations do: not with a conversation, but with a quiet change to the access list. On paper, everything looked perfect. Joint accounts, mortgage, vacation home, vacations booked a year out. A family calendar so packed it needed its own project manager. Six kids between us. I was coaching youth hockey on weekends, running drills in cold rinks, trying to teach kids about teamwork while my own home life was quietly skating in the opposite direction.

I hadn't slept in the house for two months. Kelley changed. More makeup. New clothes. A sudden, intense dedication to the gym that only started after 10 p.m. Three-hour workouts that ended well after midnight. Her phone was stuck to her more than the crumbs on Lofty's face after lunch. But the second I walked into a room, it flipped face-down like it was under Project Pine NDA. New password on the phone too, and not because we require her to change it every 12 weeks. Notifications cleared faster than a fat-fingered payment to a Revlon creditor.

One Tuesday I swung by the house to grab a few things. My key slid into the lock, turned halfway, and then stopped. Tried again. Nothing. That tiny metal click when the deadbolt rejected me was the most honest feedback I'd gotten in years. No conversation. No big family meeting. No carefully worded "it's not you, it's the environment" speech. Just: access revoked. No 143, but a 403. Decision made weeks earlier. Legally married, practically exited.

Which brings me to WARN.

There's a comforting myth drifting around that if you don't see a WARN notice online, nothing bad can happen next week. That's not how WARN works. WARN doesn't require them to keep inviting you to meetings or letting your badge tap you into the office. WARN requires notice. And notice can be quietly prepaid instead of openly delivered.

That prepayment is called severance. First, a 15-minute "quick connect" or "touch base" with a mysterious HR attendee appears on your calendar. Then you join, listen to the talking points script HR sends out (pw: JaneNeedsANewYacht2026), nod through phrases like "difficult decision," "not a reflection of your performance," and the always-classic "we're rooting for your future success," and somewhere near the end you hear the line: "Today is your last working day." Your email address suddenly gets an @iuo in it (if we haven't already had no trust in you like thousands in B&TE), your name disappears from the Global Directory, your SOE ID suddenly returning "No results found," like you were a typo instead of a person. You were merely an SOE ID and now you're less to us. Well perhaps, a tad more because your firing helps me and Jane get bigger bonuses. For a while, you are still technically employed, because they are satisfying the WARN obligation with money instead of honesty. Your end date as an employee is not necessarily the same day as your last day in the office.

For a few weeks, my name was still on the mailbox. In a strictly legal sense, I was still part of the household. In the practical sense, Kelley had already completed her reorganization and filled my position with an external consultant who happens to be her personal trainer.

Yes, additional layoffs are coming VERY soon, and they're going to be huger than Lofty's giant head. Yes, those who remain may be asked to spend more time in the office "to support continuity," which is Latin for "please absorb the work of the recently disappeared."

Thank you for all that you do,

Happy Valentine's Day, lovers,
Trim

Starting today, by all accounts. Basically, anyone can be affected anytime, anywhere, for months to come. It's going to be insanely stressful. I intend to channel my extra energy into a deep job search. Nothing else comes to mind that would help me survive this period without going crazy from anxiety.

Big town hall on the merger today. What is everyone thinking? I've already seen some people have left/been let go. Has anyone seen their org charts yet? Layoffs expected?

So I was RA’d as a Band 10 because I was too expensive

https://www.indexbox.io/blog/ibm-to-triple-entry-level-hiring-in-2026-redefining-roles-around-ai/

Used to be great place to work...could get away with so much skiving. Then if they wanted rid of you would bench you followed by Payoff...or just a payoff.

But there's another way to get you to go....give you lower performance rating than deserve. And they'll get away with it under new framework. Appeal? ...sure but not to an independent panel, to the same people who give you your score. Great system.

Spoke to my manager today and he told me 40% of people were given lower score than should have had simply for reason 'we want to reduce headcount'.

Things are broken, time to think about Plan B

What’s wrong with Cigna? Against the trend?
Cigna laid off 2000 employees while other health care organizations added 82k jobs!

130,000 jobs added in January !
The January numbers came in stronger than the 75,000 economists had expected. Health care accounted for nearly 82,000, or more than 60%, of last month's new jobs.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/130000-jobs-added-in-january-while-labor-revisions-cut-hundreds-of-thousands-last-year#:~:text=thousands%2Dlast%2Dyear-,130%2C000%20jobs%20added%20in%20January%20while%20labor%20revisions%20cut%20hundreds,jobs%20cuts%20and%20new%20laws

... to see what's coming next. Hopefully trimming fat in US will bring stable growth in Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai. That's ironic - American company cutting Americans first. FAFO!