#officeclosure

P66 is closing its Denver office and laying off the employees today.

There was talk about closing offices with less than 100 employees in EMEA. Did it happen in any country yet?

Word on street is Warwick is giving up lease to Fidelity soon. Any news on this?

Clean out your lockers.
Clean off your desks for a “clean desk” policy.
Turn in your badge next?

It seems like the Chicago office could be the next to close. Move everything to NY and TX.

Does anyone have insight what they are planning for Oakley Station Pulse Point? If they close it, any advice on how to avoid being forced way up to Mason which is significantly further from Cincinnati?

I thought that place shut down? Now I see cars there

Almost fell out of my chair when I saw the location for the next town hall (St. Louis). Is he planning to break the news in person how much he hates our location and can't wait to close it or will the view of the arch give him a change of heart?

Is it worth it to even have an office there? I’m not trying to be mean. I genuinely don’t know what else we have there. It seems like mostly IT and the type of IT jobs affected by the recent layoffs.

Are OH offices closing? Are they moving more people into Mason? Anything on the Columbus office?

Is this office still around or have they moved them all to Bengalore?

Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is facing criticism for planned premium reductions for employers in 2027. The Ontario Compensation Employees’ Union argues these savings should instead fund better support for injured workers. The union highlights that injured workers already receive compensation below the national average. Furthermore, the WSIB is reportedly planning hundreds of layoffs and closing ten regional offices. The union believes these actions will negatively impact services for injured workers.

Ontario

https://www.trucknews.com/business-management/union-slams-wsib-premium-reductions-amid-layoffs-service-cuts/1003223978/

TikTok significantly increased its Bellevue workforce to 2,200 employees in 2025, a 30% rise from the previous year. This growth occurred despite two rounds of layoffs impacting approximately 140 local employees, primarily from the TikTok Shop division. The company has also consolidated its office space, moving into Lincoln Square North while reducing its footprint at Key Center. This expansion solidifies TikTok as a major employer in downtown Bellevue, even as other tech companies in the area have announced job reductions. The company continues to post numerous open positions, suggesting further growth in its Bellevue operations.

Bellevue, Washington

https://downtownbellevue.com/2026/10/22/tiktok-bellevue-workforce-2200-employees/

I see more and more job postings with Houston as the primary or secondary location. What do we think is going to happen long term? Do we really need three offices?

In following months several legal entities (and offices) in many EU and non EU countries will be terminated, local workforce fired.
Starting with smallest ones ASAP (up to ~100 headcount).
Sales will be taken over by local partners.
Contracts (CSS, health, projects, office...) will also be terminated (with due penalties).

Software company Atlassian is reducing its workforce by approximately 1,600 employees, which represents 10% of its global staff. This significant layoff is part of a strategic shift to prioritize artificial intelligence and enterprise sales. The majority of affected employees are located in North America. The company anticipates incurring substantial costs related to these workforce reductions and office space consolidation. Atlassian's CEO acknowledged that AI will alter the required skill sets and the number of roles in certain areas.

https://www.goodreturns.in/news/atlassian-layoffs-1-600-jobs-cut-as-software-jira-and-confluence-ai-artificial-intelligence-1495479.html

Not only layoffs, they are closing offices too.

AT&T Inc. is reducing its office footprint and requiring managers to show up in person at least three days a week, a move that could prompt some people to quit, Chief Executive Officer John Stankey said in an interview with Matt Miller on Bloomberg Radio.
The largest US telecommunications company, which has operations in all 50 states, will consolidate into nine core offices with two main hubs in Dallas and Atlanta. The other locations are Los Angeles; Seattle; Washington; San Ramon, California; St. Louis and two New Jersey locations Middletown and Bedminster.
The return-to-office mandate, which starts in July in Dallas and Atlanta and will be implemented everywhere else by Sept. 4, will apply to more than 60,000 managers. Stankey said that 85% of those people live near one of the offices. As for the remaining 15%, "many will make decisions that are appropriate to their lives," he said. "If they want to be a part of building a great culture and environment they'll come along on these adjustments and changes.
Others may decide, given the station of life they are in, that they want to move in a different direction.

Call me a conspiracy theorist but this seems suspect to me and smells of layoffs. Building is 8 years old and needs a power upgrade? Given the business performance and current stock price, makes me wonder…

Yael is coming to the Charlotte office this week. Office tours have actively happened… Office closure?

Does anyone know how many offices were closed? 20?

With all the layoffs and closings, you'd think we didn't have money for such escapades, right?

Hello fellows,

Does anyone knows why Morocco's offices had to shutdown for 4 days the week before the previous one? is it related to the upcoming layoff?

Also does anyone have rumors to when 14/15 layoff wave will affect Morocco O?

It's another head scratching exercise that only exacerbates employee angst. Forget layoffs for a few minutes, consolidating offices is an effective strategy to reduce staffing without filing. Uniondale NY was leased for 30 years, at its prime it held 5 floors and over 600 employees. When it was shuttered (8/30/26) there was one floor for approximately 100 people. That's a big reduction in itself. Now that it's shuttered approximately 50 people have 'retired' or found work close to home versus commuting into NYC. Another big staff reduction. In 6-12 months the models show another 20-50 of these people will tire of the commute and leave the firm. Several people who lived close to the Uniondale office chose to interview at competitors and accepted jobs in NYC with a 25% pay increase. BNY took zero action to retain them, zero action to offer compensation to those who stayed in order to bring salaries into the range of NYC pay versus LI, zero action to offer a small increase or bonus to help defray commuter costs. So the corporation is ice cold, as is the American trend. Before anyone attacks that understand that many of those people on LI felt like family to each other. There were weddings, births, funerals, celebrations, ad hoc picnics, golf, softball, bring your kids to work days...so many little things that bring people together and help forge bonds. Sure BNY will have "events" that state are to bring us together, but it's a cold environment in NYC, similar to a train where you sit next to someone who doesn't know what your job is, comes and goes the same way someone on a train sits next to you and leaves at their stop. Maybe pleasantries but no bonding. I can't tell you how many times I stop in for a cup of coffee as other people come and go but exchange nothing except hello. They're gone in a flash, just like a person on line at Starbucks. And house people keep? It's a ghost town after 4, too many people running for an early train in order to get home so they can actually enjoy a bit of life. So office closures do little to bring people closer, little for collaboration. Is it to save money? How much are the renovations in Greenwich going to cost? How much does it cost to sublease WTC during the renovation? Instead Uniondale could have had its lease extended so those jobs remained intact as well as offering Greenwich staff to work on LI during the renovation. How many of those people would have greatly enjoyed the opportunity to reverse commute to a suburban location - how many of the people already lived there? There's real world examples of this being a success during a period in mid 2000 teens. How do those of you in Pittsburgh feel to see that once proud Mellon name be essentially erased? How about Boston?? The corporate word is that we're cared for by the firm, that we have excellent facilities to work in, that we are one BNY, we're commercial, we're a leader in AI, we care about marginalized groups of people, we have book clubs, town halls (with canned softball questions). Every few days we get emails from new executives telling us how wonderful we are and how much better we will be after whatever the new project they were brought in for takes effect. It's tiring. As you can probably tell I'll be leaving in a few months as soon as something else is lined up. I don;t have all of the answers for what my gripes are but I do know current affairs don't have the answers either. May robin continue to smoke the wall street analysts and keep the stock price up. Oh yes, so he can continue to tout that we're all owners. Did (hose 5 shares make a big difference to anyone reading this? Check the annual reports to see the # of shares owned by the people telling you everything is going very well.

Injured workers are protesting the closure of WSIB offices and the layoff of 460 staff across Northern Ontario. The Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group is demanding an immediate halt to these changes. They argue that these closures will create barriers for injured workers and eliminate crucial local knowledge. The group also expressed concern about the WSIB's unclear plans for AI implementation. Local political representatives have voiced opposition to the layoffs, emphasizing the need for more WSIB staff, not fewer.

Thunder Bay, Ontario

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/injured-workers-protest-wsib-office-closures-and-layoffs-12780432

GoHealth is closing its Chicago headquarters and laying off nearly all its staff there. This move follows a recent reorganization attempt in bankruptcy court. The company is significantly reducing its operational footprint in the city. Many employees at the Merchandise Mart location will be affected. This represents a major shift for the company's local presence.

Chicago, Illinois

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/insurance/ccb-gohealth-hq-layoffs-20260914/

Let's also close all non-customer-facing office locations. Real estate will always be more expensive than a VPN. If we weren't spending hundreds of millions on vanity office spaces that need maintenance, infrastructure, furniture, lighting, security, etc.

If this company actually cared about efficiency it would go full virtual. Nobody cares about seeing "Wells Fargo" on a block of concrete when there's no ATM there.

So, here in Dublin employee from outside Ireland are celebrated excessively and there is even advice on immigration/visa!

Talk about rubbing it in after just closing offlices in Cork and Wexford. Perhaps those offices were not diverse enough?

Just heard LIC office got sold and we’ll need to relocate.

I’m guessing 388 is the main option? but is 388 even big enough to absorb all LIC teams? Are there other low-key NYC/LI locations, or is NJ going to be the only other option? Or should we expect layoff in the upcoming round?

I heard from a colleague that the lease from our location is up at the end of the year (outside of Boston) and the assumption is that everyone will be moved to the Boston location. Any confirmation on that?

Any news on whether Sacramento will be exiting next year?

A Kansas City-based transportation firm has initiated layoffs impacting employees in multiple states. The company cited the loss of a significant contract as the reason for these workforce adjustments. These reductions will lead to the closure of several company offices in North Carolina. Employees in Kansas and Missouri are not currently affected by these layoffs. This follows a similar round of layoffs in 2020 due to a lost contract with Amazon.

Kansas City, MO

https://www.kctv5.com/2026/01/05/kansas-city-based-transportation-company-layoff-hundreds-employees/

TikTok is shutting down its Nashville office in early October, impacting approximately 250 employees. The company will keep these workers on payroll for two months before the closure. Following this period, affected staff will receive one month of severance pay, plus an additional month for each year of employment. This severance package is comparable to offers made by other tech and media companies during recent layoff events. The announcement was made via email and a video call where questions were not permitted.

Nashville, Tennessee

https://www.businessinsider.com/severance-package-tiktok-offered-to-laid-off-workers-2026-8

St. Louis employees are expected to start getting relocation notices next month. At this point, the direction is obvious. AT&T keeps pulling more jobs into the Dallas area, shrinking its footprint elsewhere, and building toward Plano in 2028.

This is not just another office consolidation. Dallas is clearly winning the location battle inside AT&T, and Plano looks like the final destination. Every round of relocations makes that more obvious. Other offices lose people, lose influence, and lose relevance while North Texas keeps gaining all three.

If you are in St. Louis and still hoping your office will somehow avoid this, that is becoming harder to justify. The company is steadily narrowing the map. More roles go to Dallas, more decisions get centered there, and more employees are being pushed toward the same choice: relocate to Texas or move on.

People can hate the strategy, defend it, or complain about how it is being handled. It does not change the result. St. Louis is losing. Dallas is winning. Plano is winning even more. The center of gravity keeps moving south, and by 2028 there may not be much left to debate about where AT&T wants its future to be.

All roads lead to Plano. The important decisions are made here.

Hearing its the end of the road for a number of staff in a number of locations, looks like hubs are the focus now.

COS Office is closing in November

Any thoughts on when we'll hear about more locations closings?

The layoffs continue. Offices in Ireland to be closed at end of month.

Are they just replacing Irish jobs with Indian jobs at GCC due to CIO's preferences?

I’ve heard chatter that the closing of the Delaware office is going to lead to a huge increase of layoffs. But get this upper management is already aware and the town hall meeting was damage control!! This place is absolutely horrid. I wonder how many teams of people have heard this same rumor? A lot of folks aren’t showing up in office anymore which is strange.

Sanofi is laying off 229 employees from its acquired company, Blueprint Medicines. This workforce reduction is part of the integration process following Sanofi's $9.1 billion buyout of Blueprint. The company is also consolidating its office space in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Remaining Blueprint employees will move to Sanofi's Cambridge Crossing campus. These organizational changes aim to align the structure with long-term business priorities.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

https://www.fiercepharma.com/pharma/sanofi-lay-229-blueprint-medicines-staff-close-cambridge-offices-following-acquisition