#tech

I'd prefer it be for ALL of tech but that's far fetched... but we can start with Dell! We need 30% of employees to sign a petition which can then be brought to NLRA and likely be voted as a "yes." Then we have a union...

Amazon has initiated another round of corporate job reductions, impacting roles within its e-store and devices divisions. These recent layoffs, totaling fewer than 1,000 in the e-store and approximately 250 in devices and services, follow larger waves of job cuts from late 2025 and early 2026. The company's strategy appears to involve smaller, more frequent layoffs, a pattern observed across the tech industry. This approach, while potentially efficient for resource management, can foster employee uncertainty and negatively affect morale. Despite these cuts, Amazon's retail and web services segments have reported strong financial performance.

https://www.inc.com/chloe-rosenberg/amazon-is-cutting-jobs-again-the-size-of-the-layoffs-isnt-the-most-alarming-part/91430970

Google is now offering voluntary exit packages to employees. This move follows similar actions by other major tech companies like Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle. These widespread reductions have already surpassed 100,000 job cuts this year. The reasons for these layoffs are debated, with some pointing to AI efficiency and others to costly data center investments. Experts suggest this trend may continue and potentially accelerate.

Mountain View, California

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/articles/google-joins-surge-tech-layoffs-142859174.html

https://tech.yahoo.com/general/breaking-news/article/tech-layoffs-tracker-2026-all-the-job-losses-across-amazon-microsoft-netflix-electronic-arts-apple-meta-and-others-123131973.html

We have an organization of “principal storytellers” in tech???
Who comes up with this sh-t?
$300k to create pp’s from AI or tell people how to update their workday profile.

Artificial intelligence is significantly reshaping the technology workforce, leading to substantial job cuts across major companies. Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon have all implemented significant layoffs, with Amazon even planning to replace a large number of jobs with automation. Meta has also considered drastic workforce reductions, and other tech firms like Block and Intel have followed suit. Experts predict that AI will continue to displace workers, particularly in coding roles, potentially leading to widespread unemployment. The current trend suggests that these AI-driven layoffs are far from over.

New York, NY

https://247wallst.com/investing/2026/10/27/is-tech-on-its-way-to-500000-layoffs/

Imagine having to compete with 60k former Microsoft employees?

Were asked to submit their own self evaluation in a word document. This is outside of the standard workday process. What’s going on?

Sounds like Tech/CIO is starting to lose some key talent.

No info, just came here to write a prayer!
Wars in our neighbourhood, high inflation, high energy costs, $hittiest tech job market in the history of tech, mortgages refusing to cool down, and everything else we have been watching on the news lately that doesnt need a mention here. This memo was the only missing piece to complete the jigsaw of doom CA you b4stard.

Can someone with tech skills figure out how many people we have in the directory right now - It'd be interesting to compare that number with the number we'll have a month or two from now once the dust settles. I'd do it but dont have skills.

There is this team called DCDST online. Bullit team with all bullies, either comply to orders of the trio Principals or get bulied. Heard that Director left this team bulied by principals. Whenever i try to get in touch with that team for meeting none of them respond from onshore. And offshore and onshore do not collaborate with each other. And a non technical project manager with all the technical access to cras the system. Such a mess, may god help this team.

Anything on service techs/linetechs in NER?

If so, Would love to start making my next move

Hey everyone, I joined CCB earlier this year in a non-tech role based out of Columbus. I’m currently at a $85k base. When I got the offer, HR gave me a range and immediately hit me with the top of it, so I accepted without negotiating. Now I'm wondering if I got low-balled or if $85k is pretty standard for a non-tech 601 in a regional hub. Since it's my first year, I'd also love to know: what do bonuses usually look like at this level, and do we get merit/pay increases every year automatically, or is it strictly performance-based? Thanks for sharing your experiences!

https://www.newsweek.com/tech-company-barred-from-green-card-filings-amid-h-1b-visa-crackdown-12583659?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1792257353

https://www.newsweek.com/tech-company-barred-from-green-card-filings-amid-h-1b-visa-crackdown-12583659?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook#Echobox=1792257353

I can’t begin to say how ludicrous it is that tech services were outsourced. Ever since that happened it looks like the farm uses HCL Tech. Why can’t State Farm get its own people for tech support?? It’s taken me 5 days to get online. Supposedly the level 1 reps can reach the level 2 rep and get promises of callbacks in 5-10 minutes but I can’t get a response. Feels like State Farm sets reps up to fail.

Rumor has it this is the next big focus now that RTO hours tracking has been rolled out a year and already beat to death. So far teams are getting aggregate level reports with average hours of productivity/day for onshore and offshore with only 3 and 4 downs getting passed the report but the next goal is to be able to drill down into things like mouse clicks, keystrokes, time spent in apps to track true activity and track on an individual level. The tracking is already available but how use the data to report/create the logic to dashboard this is still being built out so nothing has been shared on an official level. Unless something changes it’s just a matter of time until this fully rolls out.

It is really sh---y for those who have in person interactions or are in a job functions where your job is to read through files or development jobs where you need to stop and think things through without constantly clicking and typing. Several tech companies have backtracked on this type of tracking but only time will tell if WF will follow through with this nonsense

For those of you that were ET’s in a NOC, Testing Techs or CO Techs, what kind of work are you doing since leaving the company? Everything I see online is either contract or really low pay compared to T The benefits if there are any are horrible too. My center is closing soon and the grass doesn’t look greener on the side. That’s for sure.

Why did the govt announce these h1b restrictions on a bunch of tech companies but not Intel??

Is there any point in waiting to see what's going to happen or should I just start looking right away, considering predictions for tech?

https://tech-insider.org/intel-amd-stock-slide-nvidia-n1x-pc-chip-2026/

Wells Fargo & Co. has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. investment banker David Harkin to advise on technology deals, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Harkin, who had been co-head of Internet investment banking at JPMorgan, will be based in San Francisco and report to Brian Gudofsky, Wells Fargo’s head of TMT Investment Banking. Harkin will be a managing director and co-head of technology alongside Tej Shah.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-29/wells-fargo-hires-jpmorgan-s-david-harkin-to-co-lead-tech-deals

U.S. layoff announcements saw an overall decrease in September compared to the previous month. However, the technology sector experienced a significant increase in job cuts. Tech companies announced 77% more layoffs in September than in August. This trend highlights a divergence in job security across different industries. The data comes from a new report by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91616653/tech-layoffs-165925-jobs-slashed-2026-september-cuts-rise

U.S. tech layoffs reached 94K between Jan and Aug 2026... a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2025.... Large publicly traded cos drove 90% of these reductions as corps restructured ops to move $$$ toward AI work.

full analysis at Crunchbase News:

https://news.crunchbase.com/layoffs/2026-layoff-numbers-rise-ai-shift-orcl-meta-amzn/

I honestly don’t understand the amount of delusion sr “leaders” have when they say we’re a “tech company”. We have the worst tech possible.

Of course we needed college educated tech teams. Why did we have to do a 5 year experiment to understand cheap labor isn’t worth the investment? We have tons of cash to throw around for manager offsites and endless executive travel. We can keep people who don’t have a high school diploma. So we can afford to flush money down the toilet. How long will it take for whoever is in charge of hiring that we could hire one qualified employee that is 1.5x the cost of one employee, but they do better work than 3 unqualified people. That is a cost savings but we would rather hire 3 people who don’t have one brain cell combined.

Has anyone noticed tech being more glitchy than normal? Wondered if that was a sign of backend work for a layoff or just lack of a team to update tech. Has this been seen before a layoff?

New CTO coming in, Al Tara being demoted back to ciso. Definitely more cuts coming in tech, would bet money on it. Best case he just replaces a few MDs with his own friends, worst case he realizes what a complete sh*t show Citi tech infrastructure is currently and gets rid of the entire tech dinosaur ecosystem

Tech companies in the Bay Area have announced significant job reductions in September, totaling over 1,000 positions. These cuts are described as permanent and come amidst a broader trend of tech industry layoffs. Oracle, Uber, and PayPal are among the companies implementing these workforce reductions. Despite these layoffs, the Bay Area as a whole has seen an increase in overall employment. The number of tech job cuts in 2026 is already significantly higher than the total for the previous year.

Redwood City, Santa Clara, Pleasanton, San Francisco, Sunnyvale, San Jose, Brisbane

https://www.siliconvalley.com/2026/09/23/tech-jobs-economy-internet-ai-layoff-uber-intel-oracle-paypal-san-jose/amp/

Disney is reportedly implementing another round of layoffs this week, impacting HR, product, and tech departments. These cuts follow similar actions taken in April, July, and August, bringing the total number of workforce reductions to four within the current fiscal year. The company's fiscal year concludes at the end of September, a common time for such adjustments to be reflected in financial reporting. While Disney has not officially confirmed these layoffs, sources suggest the moves are part of a broader streamlining strategy. Notably, these reductions do not affect the company's parks and experiences division.

Burbank, California

https://www.disneyfanatic.com/three-disney-divisions-reportedly-named-in-new-round-of-layoffs-el1/

More layoffs last week. More coming. Those in tech need to be aware the new tech center is absorbing their role!

Takis mentioned promotions are there this year but Tech FIG hugely impacted this year no merit or Promotion cycles despite of many concerns raised to Sr Leadership! Looks like FIG co head blocked that and Takis isn’t aware?

I used to be somewhat impressed with Tech Support as I could get an American-based tech relatively quickly, but it has gradually devolved into a sh!t show where NOTHING gets resolved.
I don’t have to tell you why.

It’s unbelievably frustrating to be on the phone with someone who you know doesn’t understand what you’re telling them and who keeps reverting back to a useless script.

I can’t be the only one experiencing this.

It’s happening folks! AI is now under the microscope.They rode the gravy train and now it’s emptying out. Regulations around development, use and yes, replacing human jobs with it is all in the mix. It’s another .com crash. It’s hit the breaking point. All jobs lost to AI will be scrutinized, all wealth gained will be scrutinized. Yes, AI kept us off the recession cliff, but it was not regulated and now they are seeing the damage of their disastrous decisions. It’s going to be heavily scrutinized and it’s possible within a couple of weeks all development will be halted. What does that do to tech corps? Pause on all infrastructure in pipeline. It’s going to get bumpy.

Hearing rumors tech is getting hit?

For your amusement:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563851

After all this -> https://lnkd.in/p/g_Ra3Znm IBM management still laid her off (my guess is manager had a target number and he had to save his a-s). My problem is with this narrative of large tech companies (IBM in particular for years now) even with quarter on quarter profits doing selective layoffs to protect their executives and their bonuses (not a real layoff in the sense) and we go on linked-in and praise them and normalize it , where does this really end (cause everybody now start doing the same since they know nobody can go bad mouth them in public) because of their sheer size and need to be visible and employed through linked-in.

I hope this is at least a bit of good news for folks that got affected - summary & link below:

• U.S. tech employment grew by 86,000 workers in August 2026.
• Tech companies themselves cut about 14,700 jobs.
• More than 320,000 active job postings required AI-related skills.
• Employers are shifting from AI experimentation to real-world implementation.
• Nearly 600,000 tech-job openings remained active, with 42% newly posted.
• Much of the tech hiring is happening outside traditional tech companies.
• AI-related roles are rising rapidly while traditional software-development hiring is weakening.

https://www.hrdive.com/news/technology-employment-is-growing-despite-tech-sector-layoffs/829894/