#townhall

This clown really writes this end of day, while they leave executives and senior management in place with absolutely no clue of what they're doing, canning some actually decent people today who were helping the organization which they canned on a whim. We hear nothing from this guy and this is the first thing that comes from this useless guy after the last useless CTO leaves.

Team:

This isn't an easy note to write, but I want to be transparent and open a dialogue with this team. Earlier today, a small but targeted number of colleagues learned that their roles in our technology organization were eliminated. These were not performance-based decisions. These are people who have given real effort to this organization and I want to acknowledge that as well as share with you the context behind my decisions.

If you are reading this and your role was not impacted, I want you to know: I do not take you for granted. And if someone you respect and have worked alongside every day is leaving FIS today, I want you to know: I did not take that lightly.

The structural changes we're making - moving work closer to engineering teams, embedding agile practices and technical product ownership where delivery actually happens, and integrating documentation and performance work into our normal delivery model - are the right moves for where we need to go. But right moves can still be hard moves. When we reduce coordination layers and consolidate how work gets done, I know there are real people behind those roles who have contributed meaningfully to this organization.

I want to be specific about what changed and why, because you deserve that clarity:

Agile coaching is moving from a standalone function into the product and engineering teams where those practices now live day-to-day. The discipline isn't going away - it's becoming part of how we work, not a separate layer.
Technical product management is being realigned to engineering teams so ownership sits closer to the teams building the product, with leadership layers removed to reduce handoffs and improve speed.
Documentation and performance work is moving into engineering as a core part of delivery.
These are targeted changes. The vast majority of our technology colleagues are not impacted and their day-to-day work continues. But I know that when people that you have worked alongside are suddenly gone, it affects you - regardless of whether your own role has changed. If someone in your team or in your network was impacted today, take a moment to reach out. Their work mattered.

I know this can be difficult. But the platform we are building - an AI-first, resilient, scalable technology organization - is not a future-state aspiration. It is the work in front of us right now. And the talent in this organization is more than capable of building it.

I will be holding a town hall to answer your questions directly. Your leaders have resources to help you navigate this transition and I've asked them to create space for open conversations as well.

Thank you for your commitment to this work.
Don Duet

Stephen and co. seemed to balance negatives with positives effectively (e.g. being selected as a Medicaid MCO for IL but also losing membership over the next several years.)

Have layoffs settled? Anything we should expect?

Pete L talking about IA employees are the most valuable part.. mkay how many will be RIFfed soon?

There are rumors circulating that 100–150 employees may be laid off beginning today, June 16.

Several anonymous first- and second-hand accounts claim that departmental managers are not being informed in advance about which employees will be affected. According to these reports, some employees are being told their positions have been eliminated and escorted out of the building, while others are being notified via Zoom or Teams.

At this point, none of this information has been verified.

MUHC has a Town Hall scheduled for tomorrow at noon.

Can anyone confirm, deny, or provide additional information?

Was in the calendar for 23 June, now to be “rescheduled following quarter end close”. Probably waiting to see who’s still here to do the presentation.

Wondering if different plans getting different information. Town hall for Fidelis today

What are people referring to? Have seen a few posts about this. I also missed the town hall where I read in a few comments that it apparently broke through a couple of times

Does anyone have the town hall meeting phone number

Was just recently alerted to a former coworker who posted to LinkedIn about being let go.
This wasn't the normal LinkedIn post just letting people know about the employment change.

This coworker was fired for asking an "Unprofessional" question about why "employee comp hasn't been keeping up with inflation while our CEO's comp has increased 300% during the same time"

I missed this but give this guy props. I've wanted to do the same on so many calls over the years.

Can't even ask comp unless it's private now. Nothing can be talked about in the open with coworkers.

Crazy to know that leadership doesn't include themselves when tightening CDW's belt to weather the storm....they'd rather just throw people beneath them off the ship to stay afloat.

This coworker sounds like they got walked off the plank for mutiny.

Thoughts on that Town Hall?

Any thoughts on the town hall yesterday? Lots of teamwork and buckle up talk but nothing of substance.

It’s about time these fu--ing millionaires in the C-suite open up a town hall for real questions.

Do it, cowards.

Monday June 2nd. Everyone at the Tempe site under CCB Any thoughts?

The town hall felt like the usual, with a few stand out moments. Plants legitimately asked how to get a req approved and filled faster and basically got an answer that EVP reviews weekly but other than that, we just don’t know! Also, having EVP say he’s not a process guy is frustrating- isn’t poor and cumbersome processes (tickets and self-serve apps that get you nowhere) a big part of the problem? That is probably the reason so much time is spent on calls and meetings and meaningless metrics. Joking about being EVP for a quarter means he outlasted the last guy was actually funny, but if exec levels turnover that fast, why wouldn’t employees? Don’t they quit bad managers before they quit bad companies? I guess we just need to be on site and that will fix things

Thoughts on today’s town hall?

To those posting positively about hiring and growth at OpenText on the threads here.

Please do a reality check on how things actually are here and across the industry. If you haven’t done your own research, ask around. Plenty of people will give you an honest picture.

If you know the reality and choose to ignore it, at least don’t mislead others. Stop posting overly optimistic takes about job openings or “returning to growth” when most people here see it differently.

From the recent all-hands and CEO town hall, many of us felt the leadership lacked ownership and accountability. Questions were deflected to the ELT, and there was no clear stand on strategy, growth, or revenue only focus on personal incentives.

The concern is real: without change, OpenText risks hurting both its financials and its people.

If you disagree, back it up with facts. Otherwise, it’s time to face reality.

Thoughts on the s and t townhall?

During the Q2 Town Hall, a question was asked about our strategy to replace commodity IT roles with external partners.

The answer was that we're moving to more of a factory model of labor, and we're going to reduce the need to have specialized 3M knowledge.

Between that and the other half of the town hall being about how we need to scale up our use of AI, it's clear that they're looking to reduce headcount.

What you guys think?

Hot Mess town hall today. Will he paint the org all rosy, as if we should be happy to be working under him? Will he conveniently skip over his big project to outsource all?

Does anyone in UHC have a town hall all employee meeting?

I could have sworn Sirini said point blank “layoffs are done for the year” at the last town hall a couple weeks back. Yet here we are with another big wave this past week. What gives?

I feel nauseous.

Let’s see how Dennis Mathew spins the stock below $1.00 during his Town Hall meeting today. I suspect won’t even be brought up.

Very odd it’s not in May, think they’re cooking the books with the layoffs to make the numbers look good? New CEO announcement? New RTO policy?

Any thoughts abour possible surprises at this weeks townhall?

They have been completely useless for years now. Try to remember the last time we learned something useful from a town hall. I can't and I doubt anybody else can. Just ignore them. They're nothing but a waste of time.

What a bunch of douch bags on that broadcast. How about a few of them get the shaft and why was the girl on the end so shiny? She looked plastic.

Even though you're doing more work, more hours, more roles and the load of three others, you don't deserve a raise because Vz is so much more efficient and has better tools than ever before?

He actually said that with a straight face.

Why is it so difficult engage with the executive during the town hall? So much skirting around. Just get straight to the point.

No energy. No details.
Just work faster and harder.

Anyone else remember when Ricky got up on stage at that 2025 end-of-year townhall to proclaim that we would be getting COLAs on top of our merit raises in 2026? It's been nothing but radio silence since then, share prices are down 13% YTD, and we're shifting into cost-cutting mode— the writing is on the wall, and we're not getting that COLA, but we all know Ricky and the EC will sure as he-l be making out like bandits with their equity comp.

"Trust— earned over a lifetime, lost in an instant." Maybe you should start listening to your handler, Ricky Boy.

What do u think after the last town hall?

Anyone have one coming up this month? If so what department and what date?

They’re openly patting themselves on the back about plans to reduce workforce by 65%

How was the town hall? Did anyone have the guts to ask a real question or were they all softballs?

“I’m a true believer after what’s transpired in the last couple months that our commercial organization has absolutely ki-led it.” -GoGo

Just a chance for SL to pat themselves on the back… no recognition to the teams that do the hard work.

What's your take away from the US Town Hall? Observations