#layoffs

In the never-ending pursuit of saving money, the IT department has lost two more critical employees in favor of steering more work to the offshore folks. Best of luck communicating with FSC and getting any help at all now. The IT group was already operating on a skeleton crew. Not sure what Follett leadership is doing but they've managed to confuse everyone on the company's future.

The Salem credit card customer service site was closed today. No fanfare. 10 am scheduled meeting. Handshake from executives walking the floor thanking us for our service. And turn in your computer on the way out. 201 heads with one giant swing of the axe. 2 years of sitting on pins and needles, the relief was palpable in the building.

How come no one is talking about the recent IT layoffs?

It was shared internally then deleted mysteriously. Pls post the link/info. (For non TMs disregard it’s to an internal list). Super helpful for reaching out to folks for support as opposed to guessing and calendar stalking.

Let’s start a discussion about what people are doing to prepare. I am sitting on my behind not doing anything just hoping I make it.

Let this serve as a stark reminder: capitalism, as it exists today, tethered to public markets that demand perpetual growth, is deeply flawed.

Amazon, like any publicly traded company, must show quarter over quarter gains. One of the easiest ways to do that? Cut costs.

Is the company bloated? Probably. But let’s be clear, no corporation truly cares about you. Public companies will always prioritize perceived growth over employee well being.

That’s the nature of the system.

As AI continues to advance, it will inevitably replace jobs across industries. This pursuit of efficiency will remain the top priority for companies until the underlying incentives change.

I got layed off today I work at Wells Fargo for 17 years in customer service in hub city

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/technology/amazon-layoffs.html

A group of around 100 remote employees working in fraud and claims was told in January of 2024 that they would be laid off in the last quarter of 2025. Today they were told the layoff has been postponed through next year due to poor planning by the executive leaders. Basically they have been holding this over everyone’s head for two years waiting for them to quit so they wouldn’t have to pay severance, but they lost that game of chicken and are now backtracking (Average tenure in the group is 15 years). They hinted at hoping people would quit now multiple times in the meeting, saying “we understand if this doesn’t work for you and you need to quit, but you wouldn’t get your severance.” Just a stunning show of terrible leadership all around, bravo to the senior leaders.

Was notified last week all REMOTE workers would be displaced. Welp- Hello still 100% remote with my job!

Now who's Ready for the town hall meeting Friday?

Would be nice to have on top of severance, its so close to the end of the year.

Half of the team responding to elder abuse, fraud, scams, in STL let go today. Seems like Wells Fargo really cares about protecting their elder clients…

I work in production on a show that is in the midst of production and won’t be getting cancelled. Does that mean I should be safe for now, or has anybody seen layoffs affect people in my situation previously?

Massive layoffs are sweeping across the U.S. — Target, GM, and Ford are among major companies cutting jobs, pushing total layoffs near one million this year.
Despite record profits and strong Wall Street gains, corporations are slashing workforces, blaming automation and “restructuring.”
Critics say it’s a coordinated move to suppress wages and weaken workers’ job security as the economy edges toward recession.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/25/jobs-o25.html

I swear, if anyone still needed proof of how incompetent this leadership is, we just got it loud and clear.

To those impacted, are you done today or do you have to knowledge transfer? I had to do KT throughout my entire 2 month stay.

I get the emails. ~528 for HQ, ~287 for TNC. Assuming this does not include Remote

The State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) received a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ("WARN") letter from Target Corporation (“Target”) informing us of the permanent layoff of approximately 528 employees from its facilities located at:

1000 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 55403
According to the WARN, due to a substantial reorganization, employees will be permanently laid off beginning January 3, 2026.

Employees are not represented by a union. Bumping rights do not exist.

Positions affected in this layoff/closure are, but are not limited to:
Accountant, Analyst Performance and Insights, Associate Buyer - US, Associate Designer, Associate Fabric Engineer, Associate Manager Account Management, Associate Product Engineer, Associate Technical Developer, Business Partner Executive Development, Business Partner Store Ops, Buying Operations Business Partner, Category Merchant, Commercial P&O Lead, Communications Manager, Compliance Director, Content Analyst, Dir Engineering & Facilities, Dir Pricing & Promo Strategy, Dir Strategic Partnerships, Dir Sustainability, Director Executive Communications, Director Category Management Target Plus, Director Communications, Director Construction, Director Corporate Security, Director Creative Operations, Director Creative Production, Director Creative Strategist, Director Data Analytics, Director Digital Experience Support, Director Enterprise Growth Initiatives, Director Enterprise Leadership Operations, Director Enterprise Operations, Director Experiential Mktg, Director F&B Supply Chain, Director Food Safety Quality & Regulatory, Director GSCL Capacity Utilization, Director GSCL HR P&D, Director Guest Marketing Strategy, Director HR Crisis Management, Director Insights, Director Inventory Ops, Director Learning Enablement Design Ops, Director Legal Affairs Strategy & Operations, Director Logistics, Director Loyalty, Director Marketing Finance, Director Marketing Strategy & Ops, Director Merch Buying, Director Merch Finance, Director Merch Planning, Director OB Strategy & Operations,
Director Planning, Director Planning Operations, Director PM Project Management,
Director Portfolio Management, Director Product Design, Director Product Management, Director Production Design, Director Properties, Director Properties Finance, Director Property Mgmt, Director Research EGI, Director Roundel, Director Roundel Partner Solutions, Director Site Merch Ops, Director SPT, Director SPT Operations, Director Store Design, Director Store Operations - US, Director Stores Finance - US, Director Strategic Brand Partnerships, Director Strategy & Ops, Director Strategy Finance, Director Strategy Implementation, Director Supplier Perform Mgmt, Director Supply Chain, Director TA, Director Target Investigations, Director Target Plus, Director Textile Design, Divisional Planning, Equipment Engineer, Exp Mktg Business Partner, Experiential Mktg Lead, Financial Analyst, Item Data Quality Analyst, Lead Account Management, Lead BP HR Planning & Delivery, Lead BP Stores HR P&D, Lead Business Partner AP, Lead Business Partner Belonging, Lead Business Partner BP&N, Lead Business Partner HR Strategy, Lead Business Partner Store Ops, Lead Consultant Talent Acquisition, Lead Data Analyst, Lead Designer, Lead Equipment Engineer, Lead ER Paralegal, Lead ER Specialist, Lead Exec Search Consultant, Lead Executive Recruiter, Lead IDO Specialist, Lead Item Data Steward, Lead Legal Affairs Strategy & Ops Consultant, Lead Paralegal, Lead Project Mgr SC, Lead Strategist Communications, Lead Supply Chain BP, Lead TA S&O Consultant, Lead UX Designer, Logistics Analyst, Manager Account Management, Manager Digital Marketing Strategy, Manager Global Supply Planning,
Manager PSQR, Marketing Associate, Mgr Resp Sourcing Business Integration, PD Scientist, PD&Q Analyst, Portfolio Manager Store Operations, Pricing & Promo Strategy Lead, Principal Fabric Engineer, Principal Intelligence Analyst Stores SPIDA, Principal Operational Intelligence Analyst, Principal PM Food Traceability, Principal Product Engineer, Principal Program Manager, Principal Strategic Foresight, Principal Technical Designer, Principal UX Designer, Principal UX Researcher, Product Designer, Program Manager Inventory Management, Program Owner, Project Mgr,
Properties Strategy and Operations Professional, RBX Communication Manager

The State Rapid Response Team (SRRT) received a Federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq. ("WARN") letter from Target Corporation (“Target”) informing us of the permanent layoff of approximately 287 employees from its facilities located at:

7000 Target Pkwy., Brooklyn Park, MN 55445
According to the WARN, due to a substantial reorganization, employees will be permanently laid off beginning January 3, 2026.

Employees are not represented by a union. Bumping rights do not exist.

Positions affected in this layoff/closure are, but are not limited to:
Accountant, Account Manager, Analyst TES Operations, AP Oversight Manager Process Standards, Auditor, Communications Manager, Cybersecurity Analyst, Dir Project Management & Global Business Integration, Director Accounts Payable, Director AP, Director Benefits, Director Data Analytics, Director Engineering - US, Director Financial Products & Services, Director Financial Products Service Center, Director Guest Relations, Director Internal Audit, Director Product Management, Director Team Member Service Center Support, Director Tech, Director Tech Services, Director TES Strategy & Operations, Director Travel Services, Engineer - US, Home Based Sr Specialist TCC, Home Based Team LS TCC, Lead BP Global Business Integration, Lead BP GSCL HR P&D, Lead Business Partner AP, Lead Compensation Consultant, Lead Consultant HR Shared Services, Lead Cybersecurity Operations Consultant, Lead Engineer - US, Lead Specialist Ops Support, Lead Technical Program Manager, Manager WFM, Principal Cybersecurity Analyst, Principal Engineer - US, Principal Enterprise Architect, Product Manager, Senior Admin Assistant - US, Specialist HR Ops Services, Sr Analyst Compliance Monitoring
Sr AP Tech Investigations, Sr Auditor, Sr Business Partner Resource & Ops Enablement, Sr Consultant Financial Products, Sr Content Developer, Sr Corporate Security Mgr, Sr Cybersecurity Analyst, Sr Cybersecurity Training Consultant, Sr Data Analyst, Sr Director Assistant Treasurer, Sr Director Business Transformation & Enablement, Sr Director Finance Strategy & Operations, Sr Director Procurement,
Sr Director Tech, Sr Engineer - US, Sr Engineering Manager - US, Sr HRBP GSCL HR P&D, Sr Inventory Accounting Specialist, Sr Manager Accounting, Sr Manager Accounts Payable, Sr Manager Assets Protection, Sr Manager Bank Program Mgmt,
Sr Manager Collections, Sr Manager Cybersecurity, Sr Manager Cybersecurity, Operations, Sr Manager Digital Guest Services, Sr Manager Fin Products GCS, Sr Manager Financial Products, Sr Manager FMOC, Sr Manager FPDR, Sr Manager Global Business Integration, Sr Manager Guest Relations, Sr Manager Internal Audit
Sr Manager Knowledge Mgmt, Sr Manager RedCard Guest Contact, Sr Manager Resource & Ops Enablement, Sr Manager Risk Modeling & Analysis, Sr Manager Sales Tax, Sr Manager Tech, Sr Manager Technology Audit, Sr Manager Travel Services, Sr Manager WFM, Sr Mgr Compliance Consulting, Sr Mgr Inventory Accounting, Sr Mgr Real Estate Tax, Sr Mgr VI Analytics & Acct, Sr Physical Inventory Operations Analyst, Sr Product Manager, Sr Recruiter, Sr Specialist HR Shared Services US, Sr Staffing Analyst, Sr Technology Auditor, Tax Analyst, Tax Manager, Team Lead Collections, Team Lead CSC, Team Lead Digital Guest Services, Team Lead Fin Products GCS, Team Lead FMOC, Team Lead Guest Relations, Team Lead RedCard Dispute Resolution, Team Lead RedCard Fraud Prevention, Team Lead RedCard Guest Contact, Team Lead RedCard Operations, Team Lead TCC Delivery Services, Tech Operations Program Manager, and Vendor Manager.

This is tough. Anyone knows which orgs were affected the most?

Anyone know if the roles company wide were cut?

Hearing mumbling that dozens of positions are set for layoffs between Health Solutions and Carelon case management this week. Does anyone have more concrete information on this?

There's a list of US people impacted, does anyone know of a list for global employees? #yelling says there are people in TII who were laid off so I was hoping there'd be a list of global employees impacted. Or does anyone know names of specific TII people impacted?

Now that the communication is out, looks likely that the people impacted is more than 1k, heard from 3 different people from Target India that they have 200 plus people impacted and with 900+ people on the 9AM call, we may have more than the 1k number announced earlier.

There has been so little investment in the cable side there are bound to be massive layoffs here. Still overstaffed for so few hours of original programming, with many people doing very little work (through no fault of their own).

To the person who was on their phone discussing the potential morning layoff while grocery shopping yesterday, I hope you made it through.

sincerely,
peanut butter sl-t

Good morning,

Thank you for joining today's webinar, and I sincerely apologize for the technical difficulties. This email will summarize the takeaway that's specific to you.

As I shared in the webinar, we have been doing work across the company to remove complexity and enable our organization to move with greater speed and agility. Through that effort, we've made the difficult decision to eliminate about 1,800 HQ and global roles.

I'm sharing today that your position is one that is being eliminated.

I recognize this is incredibly difficult news. We are very committed to supporting you through this transition.

While today will be your last day of work, you will remain on Target's payroll and be paid through January 3, 2026.

You will soon receive details about your individual transition package, including severance, benefits, and career support services. In addition, resources like Spring Health are available to support you and your family.

Later this morning, you will have the opportunity to join a session to ask questions and learn more. Our HR partners will also be available to support you directly. Please watch your email for next steps.

Thank you for the impact you've had during your time at Target. These decisions are never easy and I genuinely appreciate the commitment and contributions you have made to the company.

With respect and gratitude.
Melissa

Prepare NOW. Do NOT be complacent. BEG your leadership for L&D funding NOW. You MUST up-skill with certifications to be considered for a job in this horrible job market. Start applying NOW!

I just got laid off at Target and my wife who works at Amazon as well whom is currently pregnant.

Speaking to my future self get out of retail it’s too risky to have job in this industry. It's not like before. Just as a token of advice for those who meet their significant other at Target and rotate companies but stay in retail

I made it through, but from here on out, all my focus is on finding a new job. I’m done with Target. There were some good years, but this isn’t the company I joined ten years ago.

Laid off this morning.

4 of us were left remote (no hubs near us) - the 2 oldest were laid off this morning and the 2 younger ones kept...but yeah, nothing to do with age (sarcasm).

This su-ks!!!

Is this confirmed?

Will be happening in December. Email just sent out this afternoon for Performance Management self input opening on 11/3 and closing on 11/28. Manager feedback opens on 11/29
OP: @141+1k84xsa9e

Can I just start by saying, what a complete sh-t show these last few days have been? They made us employees wait for days, ruin our mental health, and provide no information at all at how this would unfold.

Then hearing of this absolutely disgusting way of telling affected people by inviting them to a webinar, they disabled the chat, and the meeting audio not working? Wtf!

The icing on the cake is my manager just chatted our whole team and asked if we were safe from the layoffs…like, hello? Our management doesn’t even know if their teams are affected?

Whoever is in charge of this better be fired for their complete incompetence. What a damn embarrassment for the company. The new ceo, the board, and the executive team should be ASHAMED!

Why shed all that knowledge and let go of those who knew every nook and cranny of their area? Just to replace them with cheaper offshore labor that can’t possibly bring the same level of involvement or deep understanding of the organization and its specific issues. It looks like a plain stupid move from where I stand.

The corporate bloodbath picks up speed with Amazon's announcement today to layoff 14,000 corporate employees (following their announcement to replace 600,000 warehouse workers with AI driven robots over the next 24 months) and following mass layoff announcements other major technology/retail brands; Target, Meta, Accenture, Rivian, Paycon, etc.

I would suggest everyone update their resumes but if, like mine, your skillset is corporate related, it hardly seems like there is a point.

Good chance Canon could get involved again during slow time in January / February. Anyone know if the numbers have improved? My small division is doing okay, but not reflective of company-wide hardware sales.

I’ve seen a few posts from folks saying they’ve received them already. Isn’t it a bit early? Then again, management can always change tactics.

Decided to not even bother to join the meeting, how was F&B impacted overall?

Anyone who was let go willing to share what the severance package ended up being?

Given the big announcement by Amazon today with their layoffs, and our leadership change on the way.

Do you think we will see any layoffs in Q2?