#merger

Rumor has it the new name will be Frozon!

Glencore is cutting 1,000 jobs to reduce costs as it focuses more on the growing demand for copper. The company is also merging its nickel and zinc operations. Glencore employs about 150,000 people worldwide. It plans to spend a lot of money to increase copper production, aiming to become one of the world’s largest copper miners.

Omnicom plans to lay off more than 4,000 workers and shut down several well-known advertising agencies after buying rival Interpublic Group for $13 billion. The advertising industry is under growing pressure as artificial intelligence changes how ads are made. Big tech companies like Meta are also making it easier and faster for businesses to create ads on a large scale.

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2026-01-27/paramount-warner-bros-deal-how-would-it-cut-costs

Today I noticed my auto signature was deleted. Then I find out they changed the titles for everyone in our department.
This is exactly what they did after the WorldPay merger. 50% were let go less than a year later.

A merger between NJCU and Kean University is underway. This transition has caused initial job reductions at NJCU. Some staff members were issued pink slips. The exact count of affected individuals remains unstated. Officials from both universities declined to provide specifics.

https://jcitytimes.com/njcu-kean-merger-yields-first-layoffs-officials-mum-on-details/

Things were just so much better before this "merger of equals". We had to adapt to inferior BBT policies and procedures and technology despite the lies of choosing the best options.

With the new frontier acquisition, do you think Verizon will conduct layoffs to be able to support all of the frontier employees?

Now that the frontier acquisition is complete, will Dan still need Hans as special advisor?

I enjoy his run with Hans

https://www.stb.gov/wp-content/uploads/Jan-16-2026-STB-Decision-in-UP-NS-Merger-FD-36873.pdf

STB denied the merger application as incomplete.

Have they cut your roster down? Looks like Roseville, Ca. going to take a hit as well. This merger, low car counts, not reaching monthly repair numbers. It was bound to happen. So much for a utility position. I see scab city before long. Good luck brothers, hanging tight in SoCal

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2026/01/20/waters-faces-stockholder-lawsuits-over-17-5-merger.html

Have the stores been getting non stop deliveries of pallets of merchandise to sell off along with its currently own goods? Positions starting to open up at nearby locations to help colleagues who want to stay with the company? I know fixture sales will probably start beginning in Febuary. Hope everyone is doing OK. Closing a location can be fun.

What’s the scuttlebutt on Repsol pricing the veil on Apache to realize that the liabilities far outweigh the assets…Repsol assuming North Sea and gulf of America is committing to a blank check…JC needs to sweat in 2026

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/california-approves-verizon-frontier-deal-with-conditions

Lots of conditions to be met for this merger.

I've heard rumors that most cuts will target management. Anyone know if there's any truth to that?

https://www.lightreading.com/broadband/california-approves-verizon-frontier-deal-with-conditions

20 Billion dollar deal negotiated, lots of conditions and agreements to include employment guarantees for Frontier employees, and DEI considerations.

How will this affect future non-union employee layoffs going forward?

If you work for Coterra, RUN, take that package, the merger of equals moniker is anything but.

You’ll just sit there for a few months until the Devon trogs find a way to save their own necks and axe you instead.

Any idea if anyone has news on IGS / PSS sale/spinoff/JV news? whats the motion as folks are RF for almost 6 months and still counting.

With Verizon’s acquisition of Frontier moving toward completion, industry analysts expect a first wave of layoffs in March–April 2026. Estimates suggest roughly 4,500–9,000 Verizon employees could be affected, mostly in corporate, administrative, and overlapping network operations roles, while frontline technicians are likely to be spared initially due to regulatory broadband obligations. Some of these reductions may come through voluntary buyouts or early retirements, but the merger will still represent one of the largest workforce adjustments in recent Verizon history.

Comerica confirmed it will cut 184 jobs at its Frisco Star Tower site, according to a filing with the Texas Workforce Commission, following shareholder approval of its nearly $11 billion merger with Fifth Third. The company has not announced further layoffs in Dallas.

https://www.keranews.org/business-economy/2026-01-09/comerica-bank-lay-offs-frisco-fifth-third-merger

Does anyone know when the DTs are merging into AFO? I hate to see this because we will be treated like Wiretechs.

Heard they are withholding them from everyone not getting atleast an overall of meet’s expectations

Nearly 600 Texas workers are facing layoffs in early 2026 as part of a new wave of mass job cuts tied to company restructuring and operational changes. FedEx plans to cut 89 courier jobs at its Fort Worth facility, Comerica Bank is eliminating 184 positions in Frisco amid its merger with Fifth Third, and Telvista is shutting down a Dallas call center affecting 110 jobs. Southern Methodist University’s contract change will also impact more than 200 janitorial and support staff. These layoffs reflect ongoing corporate shifts and mergers that are leaving hundreds in North Texas seeking new work as the new year begins

https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/mass-layoffs-texas-21277157.php

Shareholders seek legal advice on the fairness of bd deal to their stock.merger shifted out to July.batra trying to go it alone is going to backfire on a disastrous merger.

https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/paramount-skydance-response-warner-bros-discovery-offer-1236625973/

Sounds pretty sure thing there will be a regular eisp in march for union side.Pretty much after the frontier communication merger is over.Sound alike it will be across board to all groups but with limited head count.Not to say if an area has some more people in one location that want it yet not so many in another they can’t shuffle it around under that director .But no way if they ask for 2 they let a whole gang leave just not sensible !Good luck 2026

It's unclear how many employees could be impacted. Before the merger with Cincinnati-based Fifth Third was officially approved, data from Downtown Dallas Inc. showed Comerica as one of 19 Fortune 1000 companies based in Dallas.

https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/dallas-county/comerica-considering-layoffs-merger-fifth-third-bank/287-1581d5b0-8e1a-400a-9c9d-afe1e3938cf9

Rumor has it that with the merger, Catalyst will be reevaluating how they determine Mto. I can say for myself if they pull a stunt like they did two years ago (which they reversed after the uproar), I am leaving. After more than twenty years, the only reason I am still there is because of my six weeks paid time off.

I mean why do we need to deal with this again .Hearing now they want to riff about 10-15,000 more in April after the merger.Like sitting on the edge of seat.At this point thinking everyone starts looking for a job to jump ship if possibly comes up.Cause this is no way to live .I mean we’re all like we survived it’s over .Now new year it’s not over yet round 2 then what round 3

Many layoffs will happen if Cintas acquires UniFirst. Contact Uniform Bright for more information.

TUPE a legal framework in the UK and Ireland that protects employees' rights when their business or part of a business is transferred to a new owner (like in a merger, acquisition, or outsourcing). It ensures employees automatically move to the new employer with their existing terms, conditions, and continuity of service, preventing dismissal just because of the transfer and maintaining their benefits.

February 11, 2026 = Merger Vote Day. Mark your calendar.

When does Xerox figure out that it has bought out too many organizations and splits things back up?

As we all gather to spend time with family this holiday season dont forget to educate them about our beloved company...

• Tell your MAGA in-laws how many of your American coworkers have been replaced with offshore Indians by Cigna.
• Tell your Mom and Pop that despite working for a Health Insurance Company that Cigna has still increased your health insurance by thousands of dollars a year.
• Does little Sally need a bedtime story? Maybe read her one about how a brave knight slays a parasitic PBM middleman like Express Scripts.
• Is your uncle into the stock market? Bond over talking about how bad the Cigna stock is doing. Its okay CEO David Cordani's pay is almost completely based on stock but yours isnt.

You wont get a lump of coal for doing any of this because Cigna said during the Townhall that they have set aside money to spin a more positive image of the company. Funny how there is always money for that and mergers but never for paying talented American humans.

Don’t quit yet, mass buyouts are going to be offered immediately after merger. Buyouts will start out at 150 grand.

We can safely assume it won’t create more jobs. Probably the opposite. But just how bad is it really going to get?

None of us small folks needed this deal.

https://www.djournal.com/news/business/cadence-bank-layoffs-begin-company-maintains-it-is-committed-to-tupelo/article_05b780fe-6373-4bb7-a31e-c9da3b8be5f3.html

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1288847/000128884725000177/fivn-20250729.htm

Now sale will only need to be approved by a implement majority, not 2/3rds that doomed Zoom’s $15B takeover bid

Removal of Supermajority Vote Threshold
Since its initial public offering, the Company has maintained a voting threshold in its Certificate of Incorporation of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) in voting power of the stock of the Company for (i) amendments, alternations, changes or repeals, or adopting provisions inconsistent with, certain sections of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, and (ii) amendments, alterations, changes or repeals of the Company’s Bylaws (the “Supermajority Vote Threshold”). While the Board believes that the Company’s stockholders have benefited from having the Supermajority Vote Threshold, the Board determined on July 29, 2025 that it is advisable and in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to remove the Supermajority Vote Threshold.
The Board intends to approve and recommend to the Company’s stockholders at the 2026 Annual Meeting an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation to replace the Supermajority Vote Threshold with a majority vote threshold, effective at the conclusion of the 2027 Annual Meeting.

Looks like if Judge Casey Pitts grants the motion for Hold separate order on Monday, the sales day 1 program (go live scheduled for Jan 2) specifically the effort to combine both companies sales data into one tool would be immediately frozen. The companies would be legally prohibited from scrambling of the eggs. Merry Christmas.