#speculation

Which lines of businesses will be next thus year? Not sure if anyone has an idea but definitely curious.

5% drop today…anticipating February sales numbers?

Anyone want to guess?

20,000 is really massive number to RIF

If 1K were riffed in January
and we don’t know how many were laid off in February (say 2000?).

Still have around 17K to be riffed beginning March 4. How is this number gonna be spread? 2K a month until December? Anxiety-inducing and demoralizing for employees!

Any guess/speculation?

The rumors are that will be sometime in 2026.

According to Reuters ,Bloomberg and other outlets Appolo and Kyndrl have made a approach for DXC in the $20+

DXC have acknowledged the approach but are not commenting further at the moment.

Xbox has new leaders today, now that Phil Spencer and Sarah Bond are out — and you’d be forgiven for assuming that means yet another round of layoffs and shuttered studios, especially one day after Sony jettisoned a beloved developer.

https://www.theverge.com/games/882377/microsoft-says-todays-xbox-shakeup-doesnt-mean-game-studio-layoffs

This Thursday is the end of a pay cycle that will get folks off the books before the end of the quarter. What do you think? End of month RIF or April fools?

I read an article that Conoco is going to sell 2.5 billion of their Delaware assets. I wonder if XOM will buy it?

That was a short tenure and strange timing.

Which org/department is in the spotlight this week?

Rumors are circulating that our CEO BM is planning a 10% salary increase for all employees. While not yet confirmed, the potential raise has sparked excitement and speculation across the company. Woo hoo!!!

If you have confirmed information, please share it. Otherwise, we're just feeding the anxiety, and we're all stressed enough as it is.

I think the Earth will go off its axis from the spin coming out of SD

With the recent tension with labor and the fact nobody will even be using standard computers in 5 years per Elon Musk I am curious to know what others think about Dell being around in 15 years

Is anyone else hearing January 27 mentioned as a possible date, or is this just isolated chatter?

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

Just in case my matters to you, Truist is working with Palantir. Do with that what you will 🤷🏻‍♀️

There has been some speculation about potential layoffs in March. Has anyone heard anything credible or been given guidance related to this? Please share context if available.

https://www.thehrdigest.com/verizon-layoffs-to-hit-15000-roles-in-2026-as-automation-takes-over/

Once again I am seeing rumors we are buying Diamondback. Any truth to this rumor?

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

Reports suggested up to 22,000 roles could be at risk at Microsoft this month, but the company's chief communications officer shot down those rumors as false.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/microsoft-reportedly-eyeing-massive-january-layoffs-but-the-ai-obsession-shows-no-signs-of-slowing

Heard there will be a lot of laying off on the 6th of February from my source.

Some peers notified about layoffs in ATL sales team. Did you notice anything in your local office?

Everyone seems to be talking about major layoffs in January—around a 20% headcount cut before Q4 ends. Really hoping it’s not true. Any insights?

Anyone heard about any upcoming oriskany layoffs? Thought everyone was supposed to be gone last year.

What's happening?

What are your predictions for 2026?

Just make your best guess/bet. Where do you see Verizon 5-10 years from now?

That Cisco may sell entirely UCS product portfolio to Nvidia.

Is UM preauth going offshore?

"LBT achieved getting paid a lot of money by Intel. Also increased stock price from 20 to 40. Convinced Trump Intel was too big to fail and not only got him to donate money, got him to Arm twist nVidia to do so too. Also got Intel to donate to his startups. Wow! Increased margins by reducing headcount, either by outright layoffs or by giving employees BE and PIP thereby saving severance package. Increased productivity by telling employees to “laser focus” on working hard.

However, Intel is nowhere in AI. Anybody who is employable enough to find a job at some other company has done that by now."

"I am wondering how much he paid to the government officials to avoid his own layoff and even got the fund to bump up the stock. Remember INTC stock was kicked out the DOW earlier not too long ago and why it is suddenly bump up almost 100% in just a few months (?) Who is behind the manipulation order ?"

How long before intel's inflated stock plunges?

With stock prices bouncing around in the $50-$60 range any predictions about how low the price will drop once we come out of the holiday break?

My prediction is we drop below $52 before end of Jan.

Any ideas? And/or Concerns?

I was talking to a Sr Director(He knew of the Nov layoff several months in advance) and he hinted that another org wide layoff is planned already and that dates are not confirmed. Could it be March 2026 like the last time?

Very fishy especially the linkedin posts from India about their annual/quarterly awards, posts about completing 6 months, 1 year, 1.5 years in TU. Seems extremely forced and artificial.

I know there was a HR level meeting when the glassdoor points dropped to 3.6 after the recent layoffs. I also heard that offer letter rejection rate is quite high recently. So, I guess the recent linkedin posts and glassdoor reviews are a damage control?

Allegedly there is going to be a MAJOR executive shakeup next year. This comes from a very good source. Store closures, executive shakeup,!reduced budgets, declining sales, get out now!! While you can!

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