#layoffs

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Usually I can't wait for an extra day off. Right now, I don't care. I'm so stressed I know I won't be able to enjoy it. Oracle has taken all the joy out of the few extra days off we have and replaced it with dread. All I can think about is, am I next? I hate this place so, so much.

Nike needs significant restructuring. HR should be reduced by 70%, administrative staff by 80%, and E-Band positions by 90%. Wipro and other IT consulting contracts should be cut by 80%, with no additional contractors from India. Marketing and sales should be reduced by 60%. These changes alone would put Nike back on track.

The company suffers from weak leadership and excessive bloat. Elon Musk could likely run Nike more efficiently by eliminating 90% of its staff. My recommendations only target a few departments, but the problem is clear: Nike has hired far too many MBAs and degree-holders in business, marketing, and HR who add little to no real value. If you’re not building, you’re fired. The MBA culture has become a drain, filled with grifters who contribute nothing meaningful.

Over the past two years, Dell has fired more than 30,000 employees, with waves of layoffs continuing to hit the workforce. At the same time, top executives are frequently selling off their stock, raising concerns about confidence in the company’s direction.

Inside Dell, sweeping process changes are underway, but few employees know what the endgame looks like. The lack of transparency has created an atmosphere of fear and speculation, leaving morale at an all-time low.

Some employees are even speculating about the possibility of a voluntary separation program as an alternative to ongoing layoffs. While many doubt Dell will ever offer such an option, the fact that it’s widely hoped for underscores just how deep the uncertainty and anxiety run within the workforce.

Michael Dell himself has a reputation as a cut-throat businessman who prioritizes profits above all else. While that approach may appeal to investors in the short term, it raises questions about the company’s long-term stability and its commitment to its people.

As Dell continues to navigate this turbulent period, one thing is clear: uncertainty reigns, and the human cost is mounting.

I thought this was funny. All I did was ask is Stephanie Farris liked?

— here’s the unfiltered version of why a lot of people dislike Stephanie Ferris at FIS:
• Worldpay Disaster – People feel she was part of leadership that massively overpaid ($35B) and then sold it at a huge loss, destroying shareholder value. Many see this as one of the biggest fintech blunders ever.
• Wall Street First, Employees Last – She’s viewed as prioritizing appeasing investors (stock buybacks, dividends, “cost savings”) while cutting thousands of jobs and gutting teams, leaving employees demoralized.
• The “Future Forward” Spin – Her transformation program is seen by critics as corporate jargon masking layoffs and cost-slashing, without a real growth strategy.
• Reactive, Not Visionary – Instead of leading with innovation in a fast-changing fintech/payments space, she’s seen as patching leaks, restructuring, and spinning failures as successes.
• Trust Issues – After major service outages and technology failures, people blame her for not modernizing systems fast enough. Customers and partners feel burned.
• Culture Ki-ler – Former and current employees complain on forums like Glassdoor and Reddit that under her leadership, morale has cratered, communication is poor, and talented people are leaving.
• Poor Communication & Accountability – Investors and staff alike feel she dodges responsibility, blames “market conditions,” and leans on vague optimism without real transparency.

In short, the harshest critics say: she’s a cost-cutter, not a builder. Instead of driving innovation in payments and banking tech (where FIS desperately needs it), she’s focused on financial engineering and PR spin.

Oh man, folks, have you heard about the big shake-up at Kroger? Yeah, the grocery giant just laid off 1,000 people from their Technology & Digital team at that fancy 84.51° spot in Cincinnati. That’s right, 1,000 souls sent packing—enough to fill an entire aisle of unemployed techies staring at expired coupons. I mean, Kroger’s all about “fresh for everyone,” but apparently not fresh jobs for everyone!
And get this: The big bosses, Yael the CIO and Rana the Senior HR Director, couldn’t even bother to show up live for the announcement. Nope, they dropped a pre-recorded video on everyone like it was a bad Zoom prank. “Hey team, you’re fired—cut! That’s a wrap!” Professional courtesy? More like professional ghosting. If you’re gonna can 1,000 people, at least have the guts to do it face-to-face. Otherwise, it’s just a low-budget horror film: “The Layoff Tape—coming soon to a unemployment line near you!”
Speaking of executives dodging the spotlight, let’s talk about Rodney McMullen, the CEO who’s apparently got his eyes on bigger things. I heard he’s been making advances on Jewel the singer. Yeah, you know, the one with hits like “Who Will Save Your Soul?” Well, Rodney’s over here whispering sweet nothings like, “Baby, let’s merge our assets—I’ll stock your shelves if you stock mine.” But Jewel’s like, “Foolish Games? Nah, I’m not playing with a guy whose idea of romance is a buy-one-get-one-free on heartbreak!” Come on, Rodney, stick to scanning barcodes, not scanning for dates.
Anyway, to all those laid-off Kroger folks: Hang in there. Remember, in the grocery game, when one door closes, another one opens… probably to the clearance section. But hey, at least now you can shop at Kroger without the awkward eye contact from your ex-bosses!

5 year note is down to 3.7%. YTD Aggregate Bond Index up 4.97%. 3 YR Return up to 3.15%. Life is Good. Dancing in the streets. Back in the Black. 90% chance Fed will cut in Sept. No Lisa Cook ?!?!?!? Layoffs ?

Being laid off would save me from doing three jobs for the pay of one while some of the people I work with spend their days kissing up to management and not giving a damn. Why should I fear losing a job like that?

“We consistently analyze our business functions to ensure we are aligned and operate according to industry best practices. After a thorough review of our accounts payable function, we identified an opportunity to improve and modernize our current approach. This decision fundamentally changes the roles of the current team, leading to a tough but necessary decision to restructure the department,” Kettering Health said in a statement to News Center 7.

https://www.whio.com/news/local/kettering-health-announces-layoffs-department-restructure/MRMLYNQ2RVDMZMXH4HPSOMRJVY/

virtual pop scheduled? what is this about?

Some folks still act like this place offers a real career path. The truth is, most of us are just hoping to stay employed another week. Thinking long term here is setting yourself up for disappointment.

Imagine what things would look like if we were not doing well financially. Just imagine for a second, when we're laying off people right now, when things are going great.

San Leandro, California-based Web to Door, an Amazon delivery service provider, is laying off 192 workers and ceasing operations at three locations: 67 in Richmond, 63 in Milpitas, and 62 in Oakland.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/layoffs-hit-international-paper-j-180311226.html

I thought saying yes to everything would keep me safe from layoffs, and now I’m drowning in twice the workload. Cutting back feels impossible without risking everything, and I’m just exhausted. Not sure any of this even helped, so take it from me, know your limits before it’s too late.

Is it just me, or have layoffs become much more common than before? I'm always hearing about cuts, and that's not something that was true before.

Chipmaker Marvell Technology forecast quarterly revenue below market estimates on Thursday, disappointing investors who are accustomed to strong results from artificial intelligence-facing firms and sending its shares down 12% after hours.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/chipmaker-marvells-weak-data-center-forecast-prompts-ai-investors-dump-its-stock-2025-08-28/

Why is Worldpay hiring so many roles? I mean we will be RIFing a huge part of their legacy org with moving a substantial amount of our combined company's work to Mexico, India, and Manila within the next 12 to 18 months, beginning with before year end, then Q1 and a substantial one in May 2026.

I can’t stop wondering what’s really going on behind the scenes when it comes to layoffs. Who decides which teams are safe and which ones get cut? Is it performance, politics, or just random numbers on a spreadsheet? It's like no one knows what logic is being applied.

Exxon seems to have a grudge against every employee equally. No one is safe, no matter how hard you work. There’s this pervasive sense that management actually enjoys playing games with people’s livelihoods. Whether you’ve been here a year or twenty, it’s all the same. I swear there’s just a bunch of sadists at the top.

Layoffs are something that happens everywhere, we're not special in that regard. And I still think this is a decent job if you're lucky to have a good team and a good manager. Just my 2 cents.

Over the past few days, we have been hearing about quite a few people who had dedicated their lives to Juniper. These people spent upwards of 80hrs a week in supporting the organization grow and deliver.

As this acquisition is taking shape, we are being informed that these folks do not have a place in the new organization. This is beyond comprehension. How can our SVP's EVP's make such decisions and completely ignore these individuals in favor of the new team. Some of these people let go have a resume that's longer than the age of these new members.

I'm beyond stunned today as I hear about a specific individual who worked tirelessly in delivering the results, appreciated repeatedly and making our SVP/EVP successful in the eyes of our CEO. If this isn't betrayal I don't know what is..

Today, I can say that I no longer have any respect left for this person's previous supervisor.

I'm happy that the latest layoffs are in South Africa and not here. It's good to hear somebody else is getting hit for a change.

Teams were running on fumes when I was there, and I walked away two years ago. Who are they planning to get rid of now?

Being laid off right now, when everybody is letting people go and nobody is hiring is scary as fu--ing he-l. I've been trying to find something for the past few months assuming something like this might happen and I had no luck. I truly hope they have better luck and land something right away.

Demoralized by your peers feeling forced into accepting VSPs? Shocked by the ISPs? Me, too.

Now the additional layer as been revealed - the quiet demotions. Make no mistake, this is quiet firing. They want to make people miserable so they leave on their own accord and they don't have to pay severance. It also helps with their PR so they don't have to make it look like they laid more people off. This way, they can bring in younger, cheaper talent (and offshore and outsource more and more) and stay out of the headlines. This is "Consultant 101."

It's not just BCG, though. In case you hadn't noticed, they hired a bunch of partners from McKinsey & Company to run the show - David Chubak, Ryan Littlemore, Hasan Malik - all from McKinsey. I'm sure there's more I'm missing.

Then you have Nancy Killefer, Luis Ubinas, Byron Auguste - all on the Advisory Board and from McKinsey.

Don't know who McKinsey and Company is? Go look them up. They're the sc-m that both helped big pharma market opi--ds while simultaneously advising the government on how to combat the opi--d epidemic - using the same team of people. They are predators. They have no conscience. This is who is running the firm now.

I am so disappointed in the partner group as a whole. They should never have allowed this to happen. I hope they are ashamed.

That’s a good start. Any details on what those architects covered?

I relocated to the hub based on assurances of job security and professional growth. Despite these commitments, I have now been laid off. It is deeply concerning to see management decisions that appear to disregard the well-being and stability of employees’ lives.

When the acquisition of Albertsons fell through, I celebrated, because I thought we were saved from layoffs. We all knew it would be bad if the merger went through, but since it didn't, we were good. It's not so good to wake up one day and realize how stupid you've been.

I just found this forum, and I tried search but it's not really helping. I haven't been here long so I'm not sure how layoffs work. How do they let us know? Is it 1:1 or in a meeting? Are people done right away or is an end date provided? Basically, I'd appreciate any info that'd help me prepare for this. Thanks in advance!

Next round: April 2026

Years of dedication and results don’t seem to matter anymore. It’s demoralizing for those of us left behind, to say the least. Knowing that hard work means nothing is certainly not a morale booster.

And why? Layoffs happening this often shouldn’t feel so acceptable. We hear about them, stress through them, move on for a month (or two if we’re lucky), and then rinse and repeat. How did we let things get so very, very wrong?

So was reading the new Severance and Enhanced Severance plan and it say for those effected by this, they will have to submit an "application" to be approved by leadership. Laughed my arsss off. Think about that, they want you to submit an application to get approved by them to fire you! Holy sh-t! hilarious. Just like that stupid Total Rewards Survey we did last month as obviously they are getting ready to bring people back into the office and cut benefits/pay. Again it will all be based on your feedback and will be your decision....when they bend you over. Corporate America is absolutely retar-ed and these people are just absolute trash. F-ck them and all their useless lies and schemes. Can't make this sh-t up!

But nothing officially announced. No one knows except those impacted. Others have to figure out what really happened. Many don’t even know Cisco had a layoff. Such is the game, play wisely. Don’t wait and think you’ll outsmart others to survive. Calm before the storm.

Layoffs across multiple finance disciplines w notification date 9/25. They are waiting until VOE closes on 9/18 to inform the impacted employees.

All the layoffs currently happening are outside of the U.S., right? I was under the impression we'd be safe at least for a while before we're hit again. Was I wrong?

If the job market weren’t as bad as it is, I’d honestly consider those laid off the lucky ones. I’ve worked at several companies in this industry, and this one is, hands down, the worst managed, most impersonal, most dehumanizing, and least efficient by far. Funny how all those negatives always seem to come together. The worse you treat your employees, the worse the company itself becomes.

Thats all the state yet all i see is hood , knowledgeable people being let go and the clueless ones kept. What in the actual f-k is this placing thinking and how do they think this is the smart way to do business. Lets run the company into the ground while we make millions looking down on people

Almost every holiday weekends, executives start showing up talking to top management on numbers - likely they preparing for cuts and organization changes.

Thanks for dedicating your life to ntap. I just got here and am going to sc--w you without even buying you dinner. thanks for your pto, what used to be an amazing place to work is now awful. Your awesome Wissam, gfyourself from everyone at ntap that made this company great.