#layoffs

I was a case manager for IOL 2020 layoffs, long since left. My tips for yall trying to survive:

1.) Mobility, max
2.) High Performers with salaries ABOVE grade not necessarily safe with intent being cost cutting.
3.) Experienced hires, good luck.

Reading in one of the posts that there are “reservations” about the helpfulness or productivity of GT EMEA teams hits hard, especially now, in the midst of layoffs that are already testing our collective resilience.

Having overseen cross-geo value delivery teams for years, I can say with confidence that many EMEA teams have matured into highly effective, fast-moving, and quality-driven units. We’ve delivered value; not just outputs, by staying close to our consumers, our business partners, and each other. That’s not a claim; it’s a lived experience!

What I’ve learned from working in a global domain is this: when leadership becomes micromanagement, when governance overshadows trust, and when agility is reduced to a checklist, we lose the very essence of what makes teams thrive. We lose people. We lose purpose.

Simon Sinek puts it well: “You can’t manage people. You can manage a process, a project, a schedule, but you lead people.” Leadership is a human function. It’s about care, inspiration, and connection, not enforcement.

And yet, we’re seeing the opposite. While we speak of agility, we’re letting go of the very people who embody it. While we claim to value empowerment, we’re centralizing control. While we celebrate Nike’s people-first culture, we’re eroding it from within.

This isn’t just about GT EMEA. It’s about what kind of global team we want to be. If we truly care about value delivery, let’s start by valuing the people who deliver it.

India of course, where else.

Meanwhile in US, we continue to shed. That’s what happens when you don’t like coming back to office. Still empty offices, folks pretending to be “working” from home.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/analytics-india-magazine_bengaluru-is-now-home-to-chevron-indias-activity-7382290414483128320

https://technode.com/2025/10/11/microsoft-reportedly-lays-off-shanghai-azure-staff-amid-ongoing-global-restructuring/

Reports: Microsoft Shanghai Layoffs Offer N+4 Severance, Relocation to Australia Option

https://pandaily.com/reports-microsoft-shanghai-layoffs-offer-n-4-severance-relocation-to-australia-option

I was trying to look up some colleagues who worked on VxRail, but it seems they’re no longer at Dell. What happened to the U.S. team?

Does anyone know when managers get notified that their direct reports will get displaced due to location strategy? I've heard that it's the Friday before a Tuesday layoff for direct managers. Also curious when second level managers know.

November through February is going to be challenging, unless our current administration stabilizes the market soon.

If you make 2 or 3x the average household income in the USA, then you should be saving and index investing that extra 50 or 66 percent. If you don't, you are living a risky existence for stupid material things that mean nothing in the long run. Look at all of these posts here on the layoff forum. Realize that you are only 1 bad management decision away from earning a goose egg for a living. I retired at age 52. Because I earned several millions in about 20 years of working as a software developer at Fidelity Investments, by investing in index funds. I didn't want to retire but my stupid boss wanted to PIP me. And I had enough money. And I had enough of his BS. And I had an option to get out of the working world entirely. Because of simple decisions like driving a 20 year old car. And working on it myself. And investing in index funds. So simple. The future is never guaranteed. The present is your zone to make the most of, in the best interest of your future self. Layoff forum is just a wake up call to make your future financially secure.

Little tiny Jeffrey, stocks still at $20 bud. Layoffs ain’t changing anything. You couldn’t work on a rig to save your life. I would like to see you work a rig like a man. You ain’t representing anything bud. Same with the rest of you soft white collars.

News flash! If your primary job is to review someone else’s work, it’s time to look for another job. AI can do your job thousand times better.

Is it true the there were layoffs in Oracle Labs Brisbane ?

Against literally everyone’s advice, the response to all the incidents we have had recently is to absolutely gut our frontline defense: Site safety.

Don’t fret, we have the heroes from the HSE office staff still here to make a sign, slogan, or initiate another stand down.

I hear Shale is crashing. Layoffs

RIF coming soon and notifications will be on 10/23. Believe it will be 6% across the company and all departments will be impacted. Thanks for the usual early Christmas present, Verizon.

how many jobs were lost in San Antonio? Did Carmen get cut there as well?

One of the directors in EACX mentioned that they have been asked to share a list of potential employees who are not critical to the team and can be let go if required. Not sure if it is bank wide or just some orgs.

Title: 60 plus Buckeye Ranch employees face layoffs after contract with Franklin Co. not renewed
Source: WSYX
Description: Buckeye Ranch says a county contract lapse will eliminate more than 60 positions.
Time: 10/10/25 11:49 AM

URL:

https://myfox28columbus.com/news/local/60-buckeye-ranch-employees-face-layoffs-after-contract-not-renewed-franklin-county-children-services-ohio-department-of-job-family-services-odjfs-december

Yang Ming (America) Corp. is closing its Houston customer service center at 3250 Briarpark Drive, Suite 201, laying off 118 employees starting November 30, 2025, with additional layoffs through March 15, 2026, per a Texas Workforce Commission WARN letter released October 8, 2025, and while the company did not provide a reason, it said the layoffs are permanent, operations at the site will cease, and some employees may be offered relocation to its New Jersey facility, with Yang Ming America headquartered in Newark, New Jersey.

Title: Shipping co. shutting down Houston office, lays off over 100 people
Source: KHOU
Description: A shipping company will close its Houston office and lay off more than 100 employees amid a restructuring.
Time: 10/10/25 07:48 AM
URL: https://www.khou.com/article/money/business/houston-business-journal/yang-ming-layoffs-houston/285-cb532863-a62d-4b4c-93e8-32b466cfa847

• Title: Education Department begins layoffs amid government shutdown
• Source: Investing.com
• Description: The U.S. Education Department starts layoffs as the shutdown continues, details still limited.
• Time: 10/10/25 12:14 PM
• URL:

  https://www.investing.com/news/economy/education-department-begins-layoffs-amid-shutdown-2025-1234567

Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday it is laying off 75 software engineering staff members due to changes in federal priorities.

The 75 positions make up about 10% of the Software Engineering Institute’s staff.

SEI is a federally funded research center focusing on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. It has worked with the U.S. Department of Defense since 1984, according to its website.

https://www.wesa.fm/education/2025-10-08/carnegie-mellon-lays-off-75-from-software-engineering-institute

Looks like The Barn staff count is down to 372 ppl on Workday. Anyone here recently laid off from hillsboro?

Kaiser Permanente is laying off hundreds of workers across California, further deepening tensions with its union of 31,000 nurses that is preparing a five-day strike beginning next week.

In an Oct. 6 letter filed with the state’s Employment Development Department, Kaiser’s Human Resources Director Christine Neubauer said that the Oakland-based health care provider began notifying 216 workers of their layoffs starting Sept. 17.

https://www.dailynews.com/2025/10/09/kaiser-laying-off-216-workers-deepening-tensions-amid-nurses-labor-talks/

People Inc, formerly Dotdash Meredith, will cut 226 jobs, about 6 percent of staff, announced Thursday, Oct. 9. The cuts span all parts of the business and are framed as a strategic move to free money for growth, including the recent Feedfeed acquisition and investments in creator partnerships.

The company will continue to invest in its contextual ad targeting tech D/Cipher plus. People says search referrals are down due to zero click AI products, but off platform views are up, and an OpenAI licensing deal lifted Q2 licensing revenue by 23 percent year over year. Leadership says they embrace AI for optimization but AI will not create their content.

Augusta Sportswear, also called Momentec Brands, will close its Sidney distribution center.
Closure date is January 30, 2026.
58 workers will lose their jobs.
All layoffs happen at once.
Reason is consolidation to a new North Carolina facility.
Company cites softer demand and rising costs.
They expect better service and lower costs after the move.
All employees will get severance.
One role will relocate to North Carolina.
A few roles may switch to remote work.

Stemilt will lay off more than 1,500 seasonal workers.
The WARN notice lists 1,561 jobs. Layoffs start Nov. 21, 2025. These are H2A seasonal roles. Contracts end after harvest.

Year round warehouse and shipping jobs are not affected.
Stemilt says most H2A workers return.
The company expects operations to continue normally.
Headquarters is at the Fresh Center in Wenatchee.
Packing sites are in Wenatchee and Stockton, California.

People Inc. announced more layoffs.
The company was formerly Dotdash Meredith.
It will cut 226 jobs.
That is 6 percent of its workforce.
The announcement was Thursday, Oct. 9.
Most cuts are in New York.
There will also be layoffs in Des Moines, Birmingham, Chicago, Stamford, Seattle, and Los Angeles.
Some remote employees will be let go.

Sirna and Sons Produce will close its distribution center in December.
About 45 employees will lose their jobs.
The plant is on US-20.
The announcement came Friday.
Layoffs begin December 2.
The company will move to a smaller cross-dock facility.

Acrisure is right now cutting 400+ accounting jobs. Good jobs, well paid (relatively) - this is all gone - last day will be in Q1 2026... they are saying it's AI, workflows, tech advancements, etc... it's about 2% of the totalk workforce but I think it'll be more than this. They are just starting and it'll get worse.

I also think it'll get even worse.

These are dark times.

Starbucks filed a WARN notice saying 974 non-retail workers in Seattle and Kent will be laid off starting December 5, 2025, following last week’s disclosure of 338 statewide job cuts. It is unclear whether corporate or in-store roles are affected. The moves come as CEO Brian Niccol restructures to reverse a post-pandemic slump, with multiple Seattle closures including the Capitol Hill Reserve Roastery, which the company said shut for financial performance, not unionization.

Translation for locals and workers - nearly 1,000 jobs at risk in King County, timing locked by 60-day WARN rules, details on who is affected still pending. Watch for ripple effects in downtown and Kent warehousing and support operations, plus potential hiring freezes or transfers. If you are impacted, check the WA Employment Security Department’s WARN database, line up benefits and retraining options, and document timelines now.

https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/nearly-1000-starbucks-layoffs-seattle

This time it's China again

http://techrights.org/n/2025/10/10/Another_Wave_of_Microsoft_Layoffs_This_Time_During_National_Day.shtml

What’s going to happen that day? Are they going to escort people out then and there or will people suddenly be called to a meeting and instantly canned? Will they tell them they have 3 weeks left of work before the canning? Will the contractors be canned on the spot?

Reduce target headcount to 50K next year to get stock up to $60 again. Ki-l internal designs with 18A and 14A due to conflict of interests. Only focus 18A and 14A on external customers to prove it is really working.

Who can do that?

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr612yz8p0o

"MTV, the world's first 24-hour music broadcaster, is to stop showing rolling pop videos in the UK after almost 40 years when it closes five channels at the end of the year.

MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live will all stop broadcasting after 31 December, the BBC understands.

However, the flagship channel, MTV HD, will remain on air, showing reality series including Na--d Dating UK and Geordie Shore.

The move reflects a shift in viewing habits, with music videos largely consumed on YouTube and social media rather than television. A spokesman for MTV's parent company, Paramount, declined to comment."

"Wider layoffs
Paramount is also expected to close MTV music channels in countries including Australia, Poland, France and Brazil, according to media reports in those countries."

October 10 2025 BBC

After 3 weeks, the separation agreement is finally done. Dell is covering 2 months of COBRA insurance (they cut us off a full week BEFORE he was laid off).

How long did it take for y'all to get health insurance reinstated? We're in OKC and I've been without medication for a month now. It's way too expensive to pay out of pocket (thousands). I'm afraid it'll be too late to use it by the time they reinstate & backdate it.

My husband signed his severance paperwork yesterday (after waiting for 3 weeks for them to get it to him) and they agreed to cover 2 months of COBRA.

How long did it take for them to reinstate the coverage after you signed the paperwork? They canceled ours a full week BEFORE he was laid off. (They claim they are "looking into it") But I haven't been able to refill medications ($$$$$) or go to appointments for almost a month now. I fear they will reinstate it too late for us to be able to use it - with the backdating.

Can somebody name one thing that's better now than it was before layoffs? I'll wait.

After nearly twenty years here, I thought I had some stability. Turns out, I was just another name on a spreadsheet. I worked holidays, covered for others, and still got cut a few years short of retirement. It’s a rough reminder that dedication means nothing once the numbers stop adding up. I’m not bitter, just tired of pretending that loyalty still counts for something.