#reduction

15% cuts happened in GTS today

Three companies plan to eliminate almost 400 New Jersey positions. Fulton Bank will reduce 95 positions at its Parsippany office by July 31. Worldwide Flight Services eliminated 80 to 100 jobs in Elizabeth quickly. Accupac plans to remove 260 roles from its Lakewood facility. Accupac faces legal inquiries concerning WARN Act adherence.

https://www.nj.com/business/2026/05/nearly-400-nj-jobs-at-risk-as-3-major-companies-announce-layoffs.html

Six companies announced layoffs impacting 736 Wisconsin workers in April. This number represents a decrease from March's 1,082 layoffs. Wisconsin's unemployment rate increased to 3.5% in March. This rate remains lower than the national average of 4.3%. Several firms, including Polaris and Regal Rexnord, contributed to these job reductions.

Wisconsin

https://www.jsonline.com/story/money/business/2026/05/01/polaris-regal-rexnord-other-companies-laid-off-workers-in-march/89861174007/

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette began significant newsroom layoffs. This occurred as the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism assumed control. Union leadership estimates up to half of newsroom workers will lose their jobs. The union alleges these cuts disproportionately affect striking journalists. Elected officials previously urged the new ownership to maintain staffing levels.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/post-gazette-layoffs-begin-as-new-ownership-takes-control,261429

School boards across Whatcom and Skagit County have approved reductions in force. These actions address enrollment declines, increasing costs, and state funding gaps. Districts must issue layoff notices to certificated staff by May 15. However, some affected staff may be rehired based on clearer financial pictures. Bellingham School Board approved reducing 38.2 certificated staff positions. Mount Vernon School Board approved reducing 13 certificated secondary, seven certificated elementary, one administrator, and 15 classified staff positions.

Whatcom and Skagit County, Washington

https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2026/apr/30/many-school-boards-are-approving-potential-reductions-in-force-a-roundup/

HCA Healthcare confirmed recent U.S. workforce reductions. The company is Nashville's largest public company by revenue. It is also one of the city's biggest employers. HCA Healthcare cut a small portion of its employees.

Nashville, Tennessee

https://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/news/2026/04/30/hca-healthcare-confirms-layoffs.html

Baptist Health Fort Smith announced significant service reductions. These changes specifically impact inpatient care offerings. The hospital is also implementing staff layoffs. Officials confirmed the facility will not close entirely. Instead, it will operate with a more limited scope of services.

Fort Smith

https://www.5newsonline.com/video/news/health/baptist-health-fort-smith-announces-inpatient-service-cuts-layoffs/527-be08743e-61cb-41ea-a62b-920573f2734c

Joined as a contractor earlier this year and was just let go. Was told it’s a reduction in workforce. I joined because it was a one year contract and they sold me on being converted 6 months down the line. Devastating but life goes on. Just another day in corporate America

OneCM sounds like the program may result in a reduction in the number of case managers and support colleagues needed.

For everyone stressing about losing your job, stop worrying and start planning.

When the Marcus massacre hit in August of 2022, I knew we were entering a new era. Right then I made peace with the fact that none of us were safe. I went into uber saving mode, paid off as much debt as possible, didn’t make any large purchases like cars or houses. I just saved!

Fast forward almost 4 years, I survived countless “reorgs” , staff reductions, etc. watched lots of friends and coworkers leave for no good reason. My luck ran out and I was RIFd a couple months ago. I’ve taken the time off and relaxed, it took a couple weeks for it to really sink in. But once I had purged the toxicity of that place and could see it for what it really was, I was happy.

I drive my kids to school every morning, work out every morning, drink coffee and read or listen to music. I spend an hour or so looking at job opportunities. And also thinking about going back to school because why not.

Don’t stress, just make peace that you’re going to get hit eventually. Save, Save, & save and be prepared.

Have you heard about reducing team size to 10 or less across the board?

Only sales to get impacted and in very small numbers

Just curious if anyone knows how many people have already been let go this year, and what they're trying to reduce down to. If you take all hGP and hWP combined at the start it was around 27k people, right?

Close to 50% reduction coming to Ravinia. Some will be forced to move to Bellevue or Overland Park. H1B’s first to go. Only critical teams will remain at Ravinia. All others will be let go by end of Q2. Get ready.

A lot of what OI does is facilitate the functioning of other divisions. I'm not in OI, but OI's work and tech has enabled a lot of the 40-90% headcount cuts to other areas (not that those reductions were always well advised).

A lot of the applied process support/automation/optimization work over the last 5-10 years has come out what remains of teams currently structured under OI, with most of the work, knowledge base and continued maintenance being US based.

Almost zero effort has been made to prepare this to be handed off to either contractor or OGA teams, and the "cleanup" from the Change Health breach resulted in a TON of project source material and documentation for currently deployed work being wiped, and zero time/resources allocated to reconstruct/replace the lost bodies of work.

Tl;dr: The people currently supporting the existing processes that Optum (actually) runs on are probably the ones that are going to get cut this round. Things will be OK, until an existing process needs to be updated, changed or expanded, at which point things will start breaking.

OP: @c3+1kp53601e

I came across this post while reading through our board. Worth bumping it up.

The US technology group IBM has begun a new round of job cuts in Bratislava, with hundreds of roles at risk as the company continues to scale back its workforce in Slovakia.

Slovakia’s labour office has recorded a planned reduction of 439 positions in the business services sector following a notification submitted in mid-March.

Read more: https://spectator.sme.sk/business/c/ibm-to-cut-hundreds-of-jobs-in-bratislava

No groups exempt

Just got off the phone with my AD and I was told April 23rd there will be a 10% RIF across all departments within Verizon. They are going after highest paid workers now NOT based on your PAD or time served in the company. My AD wanted me to help develop a plan to put into play with the reduced staff starting May 24th.

What you see in news is vastly exaggerated. Cost reduction target is 20% - achieved through head count reduction in high cost countries -us employees took the brunt.

Assuming a big piece of reduction in numbers will be associated with Anadarko sale, where else will get hit? What’s the final number?
What’s OVV going to look like

Prairie Public eliminated 12 staff positions. This represents an 18% reduction in its workforce. The cuts resulted from significant federal and state funding losses. Overall revenue declined by approximately 25%. Some programming and services may be scaled back.

https://www.insideradio.com/free/loss-of-federal-state-funds-leads-to-prairie-public-layoffs/article_69a401de-0b70-4f2f-9b90-9acd00b5cebc.html

Fewer South Florida workers were affected by layoffs. This occurred during the first quarter of 2026. The overall impact of these job cuts was smaller. However, one specific sector still led in job reductions. The total number of workers facing job cuts decreased.

South Florida

https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2026/04/07/fewer-south-florida-workers-affected-by-layoffs.html

Kluge Interactive, developer of Synth Riders, confirmed major layoffs. These staff reductions occurred in December and January. CEO Arturo Perez stated the team was cut in half. The studio now employs 50 people, down from 100 last year. Synth Riders revenue is insufficient to support the larger team.

https://www.uploadvr.com/synth-riders-developer-confirms-major-layoffs-in-december-and-january/

Nineteen employees of Okolona Separate School District face layoffs. The state education department assumed control of the district. Alleged financial mismanagement prompted this takeover. The layoffs are part of a reduction plan. This action aims to ensure district financial solvency.

Okolona, Miss.

https://www.wtva.com/news/19-okolona-school-district-employees-laid-off-after-state-takeover/article_7c120981-c9dd-44a4-bf52-699a76f3a469.html

There seem to have been reductions in staff recently but nothing announced internally. My question is, are they done (assuming something happened) or is there more to come?

rumor is a potential 25% reduction in headcount at legacy BD/ADx. does anyone have any details?

All hardware development is in the works of being moved to India. Sites such as Tullahoma will be reduced to near minimum manning and all devices will be developed in India entirely.

I was just informed by my manager that RIFs are happening next week and I am on the reduction list. Anyone who is non-billable is in the crosshairs. No word on what the severance package looks like.

Brevard Public Schools announced staff reductions. Superintendent Mark Rendell sent a letter about the changes. The district aims for a 7% staffing cost reduction. Declining student enrollment caused this decision. Salaries and benefits exceed 80% of district spending.

Brevard, Florida

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/education/2026/03/23/heres-your-guide-to-layoffs-and-reorganization-at-brevard-public-schools/89006890007/

There are 475 people as now, with GBUs, Consulting, etc. The plan is too stay with ca 200. That's massive reduction, much more than 30k spread.

with this new myQ that is being generated and the hiring they're doing in India, could we see the design team being eliminated or reduced?

Was 600+

Mike and HR will meet his 10% staff reduction quota just through resignations

Fintech firm Block Inc. is implementing layoffs. Eighty-three employees in Arizona are being cut. Affected roles include engineering, design, and sales. These reductions are part of a broader company initiative. Block Inc. is reducing its global workforce by 4,000 people.

https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2026/03/10/block-to-lay-off-dozens-of-arizona-employees.html

Many article came out recently about this Vmware exodus ... 86% actively eliminating Broadcom/vmware

https://www.cloudbolt.io/cii-report-the-mass-exodus-that-never-was

https://cloudinfra.blog/from-panic-to-phased-reduction-the-real-story-of-vmware-customers-post-broadcom/

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/02/17/3239341/0/en/New-CloudBolt-Research-86-of-Companies-Actively-Reducing-their-VMware-Footprint.html?ref=cloudinfra.blog

Also many sites of migration:
https://broadcommigration.online/

My boss just told me that he was asked to rack and stack his people. Seems that mid-April we will have a RIF.

He said this is going to be a big one. He was also asked about people over 50 in our group. Seems that the old folks are going to shoulder the brunt of this one.

He also shared that this will be both a salary and an hourly reduction.

Keep an eye out for a "Important Business Update" appointment scheduled in your calendar on a Monday or Wednesday Evening. If you see that, you will be RIF'd the following morning. Your computer is locked almost immediately after you are notified, so if you have stuff you want on it, disconnect it from WIFI so you can pull off any personal data. To figure out who else on your team is also impacted, try scheduling a meeting with your boss, and all your teammates that day with your calendar tool. That will give you an overlay of availability. Anyone else with 15 minute slots that overlap with your boss's calendar are getting RIF'd that day too. This will be Oracle's largest RIF yet, they are starving for cash and the easiest way to fix that is by reducing headcount - 8% reduction is likely.

Board numbers are being reduced https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/sustainable-finance-reporting/outgoing-bp-chief-auchincloss-earned-53-million-pounds-2025-2026-03-06/

They could probably reduce the board further but at least this is a start!

Medicare UM has been hobbling along, with not enough work, since early January. Upper management says that a "strategic decision" was made to pull out of some "overly costly markets", with an expected 22% reduction in membership. It does not take rocket science to understand that if you reduce membership by 22%, you will need 22% less staff, not including cuts for automation.
We all know the RIFs are coming. What are they waiting on? Just put us out of our misery so we can figure out what we are doing with our lives.

Very likely