#staffaugmentation

I have seen a huge uptake in contingent hires.

I’m surprised inhouse getting hit first when I thought contracted staff augs would get hit first…makes me think they just going to ride out the POs since they are already invested funds

For anyone wondering what BNSF was filing for during FY2026, the DOL LCA data is interesting.

There are 19 FY2026 records for BNSF Railway Company, with offered base salaries averaging about $184k.

Some of the positions:

• Director of Software Engineering - $315k
• Senior Staff Cybersecurity Manager - $261k-$325k
• Senior Staff Engineer - $244k-$406k
• Senior Software Engineer / Senior Data Engineer - $235k
• Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure - $212k-$300k
• Senior Staff Data Engineering Manager - $178k-$325k
• Senior Data Engineer - $165k-$345k
• Senior Data Scientist - $165k-$300k
• Senior Software Engineer - $165k-$300k
• Staff Cybersecurity Engineer - $165k-$315k
• Staff Engineer - $165k-$300k
• Software Engineer II - $124k-$175k
• Data Engineer II - $94k-$190k

So there were clearly LCA filings for technology, data, cybersecurity and engineering positions during FY2026.

However, this does NOT mean BNSF "hired 19 foreign workers." An LCA is not the same as a completed hire. A certified LCA means the Department of Labor certified the Labor Condition Application. It does not prove USCIS approved an H-1B petition, that a visa was issued, or that the person ultimately started the job.

Still, for a discussion about layoffs and what positions the company was simultaneously seeking authorization for, the filings are worth looking at.

You can check all 19 BNSF FY2026 records yourself:

https://h1bhq.com/search?employerQuery=BNSF%20Railway%20Company&fiscalYear=2026&pageSize=25

… Mrs. India’s new Chief of Staff is from McKinsey.

OF COURSE she is 🙄

Humana should take a close look at the middle level leaders in ServiceFund.

They really need a changeover. I bet you will see that they have had multiple HR4U complaints by their staff.

I imagine firing them will even help with Humana’s public relations image.

I think we've made change almost impossible.

This isn't just a DXC problem. If you change something, people complain it's changed. If you don't, they complain nothing ever improves.

The safest option becomes doing nothing. Lots of meetings and reports create the appearance of progress, but very little actually changes.

Even staffing seems to work the same way now. Rather than making redundancies, DXC just wait for people to get fed up and leave.

It feels like avoiding criticism has become more important than making progress.

Just learned that there are lots of folks as monthly contractor under Salm / Jef h team in technology used as rate cart driver. Also, very expensive opex contractors still around. This is really new to me. We got laid off but this?

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

Does the US Consulting Business even exist anymore? FSI, Manufacturing and Healthcare have all been gutted. Anyone left, or is this place now just an offshore staff aug sweatshop?

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

Western College recently laid off over 60 employees. This action dissolves about half of these positions and restructures others. The college aims to reduce its budget by approximately $4 million. Budget shortfalls stem from reduced property taxes and reliance on reserves. Impacted employees received 90-day notices and six months of health insurance.

https://www.greenriverstar.com/story/2025/12/18/county/layoffs-at-western/13418.html

Departments across the University may soon need to downsize or lay off employees to meet reduced budget targets as Yale cuts costs in preparation for the endowment tax hike set to take effect in July, administrators announced in a Wednesday message addressed to faculty and staff.

https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2025/12/04/layoffs-may-come-as-yale-seeks-to-shrink-staff-amid-budget-cuts/

It’s pretty clear that there is a direct correlation between the company turning its self around and the non viable employees being thrown over the rails.

That there is a direct correlation between the stock price and the continued turning of the ships heading.

The Farther it turns, the more employees that then go overboard, the greater the stock price..

Looks like the business world, likes what Kate’s doing!

Looks like the internal folks are losing out to the mercenary contractors.

You know the people who get paid for their results vs those who get paid to be a demographic..

I heard engineering is going through more cuts. Some staff were quietly let go this week and their last day is tomorrow. They were replaced with off-site contractors.

Anyone hear about this or other cuts in the organization?

United BioSource (UBC), a Pennsylvania-based health care technology services company, is laying off 123 employees tied to its Overland Park, Kansas, offices. The cuts include both on-site and remote workers in Kansas and Missouri.

The layoffs are scheduled to take effect around November 26, 2025, according to a notice filed with state officials. UBC has not yet commented publicly on the decision.

The company provides technology and services that support pharmaceutical and biotech companies, particularly in dr-g development and patient support programs.

This is the favorite time of the year for Staples “holiday greetings” through November layoffs.

Get ready to be ready, it will be about cutting the staff, cost, manager preference, or last hard first fired.

Update your résumé, pay for it if you can NOW and circulate!

Connect with recruiters and send the hiring managers your resume directly through Linkedin or company email.

Pick out the top 10 companies (maybe 20-40), and start networking now.

I have a great track record over the last decade plus. I have gotten a raise for exceeding or meeting expectation every year . Several of those years have been exceeding, but I’m not going to wait. I have never seen it this bad.

When the layoffs happen, I noticed that my workload increases, but it doesn’t equal out to financial compensation if they were to hire a person to do it full-time! I refuse to be cheap labor for more time than I have to.

Most who leave Staples are compensated MORE and are less stressed.

Good luck, stay strong, be proactive!

I came here from Accenture after a long career with Tata and Deloitte. Perficient's culture is surprising poor compared to these firms and this has a lot to do with absent leadership. I only hear about things when something is wrong, but never hear when things are done right. Is it just me or does this place struggle to support it's staff? I've never felt more like a cog in a machine as I do here.