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Its time for the white collar workers of Chevron Unionize to fight our brutal management!

Starbucks is closing approximately 250 North American stores as part of a cost-cutting strategy. This initiative aims to reduce expenses by $2 billion by fiscal year 2028. The company is also laying off over 200 corporate employees, including those... — read more 

So is the hybrid or remote working for part of the week just brushed under the carpet now, the question never even gets asked anymore at Townhalls I assume it's just never going to change it will always just be 5 days in office.

Just gonna leave it here: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/sep/17/barclays-staff-return-to-office-travel-working-from-home https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqlym1n9kpyvo

... to the massive Indian fraud that has been going on for years, better late than never I guess.

It’s very clear from this promotion planning, that XOM only cares for you if your a CL38+ POT. If you 34 POT, you don’t matter whatever you think. Your career will be fine but you will watch all the great jobs go to the HIPOs only. It su-ks but... — read more 

There are no jobs. Wait, let me rephrase that. There are some jobs, but there are way more people trying to fill those positions, so every offer I've gotten so far has been lowballed into oblivion. So if we're laid off, we'll be entering one of the... — read more 

The Investor Day is coming on 9/30. Do you think the stock will jump or fall?

It's too bad too because the site used to be reliable, but now it's more of a scam than a site you can come to, to find out what is really going on. So, I am done with this place, moving on and will try to locate another site that has a much better... — read more 

How about you shove LFG and that stupid beard up your a-s!

Word is once the new CRO gets settled, they will be merging ITV and compliance. The goal, of course, is more layoffs in the name of efficiency.

those who got approved for unemployment what state are you in?

Why Manager/management-level role — not recommended for layoff consideration only employees most impacted

I’m new to mental health medications, never taken any, and I was wondering what the best anti-anxiety, antidepressant, or whatever is the best medications currently available currently in 2026 to take to deal with the stress of constantly worrying... — read more 

In the past were there signs before the layoffs, other than business was doing bad.

VZ Stock down As Verizon Reportedly Plans New Round Of Layoffs

https://www.bisnow.com/news/boston/office/32-story-downtown-boston-office-tower-heading-to-foreclosure

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Any other supervisors notice huge changes in the advancement guides this year? The one I saw added around five years for E/O to get from CL26 to CL27

Is all TPD work merge with CXP. Tpd employee work under cxp?

As the title says - anyone remember the survey we took two months ago where there was a question on ‘are you planning to leave in 6 months?’ Or something like that lol 😆 What was the whole point of it? There’s literally zero effort being made to... — read more 

Leasa Legree visited Arlington Heights, IL a couple months ago. There was a "town hall" I was in the room with the 12 other people. 5 of the people were managing the people in the room. Super open convo. 😎

I was laid off in July and my last day is 9/30. I have my non-working period through October. Can anyone advise who has experienced this before when I may expect the severance payment?

I’m sure a lot of people will take it this time

CS is due for a promotion once their geo gets upgradaded from greater china to asia pacific - congratulations, one step closer to ceo

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Just wondering thoughts, If Comcast is adding employees in a department do you think that would mean it’s unlikely that department would see layoffs? Or the two actions don’t link up and mean anything? My thinking is if a Company is planning to... — read more 

They have known there's been an issue with score since last. Year , they're only addressing it now because of missing orders I would bet people are missing anywhere from 5 to 10 + orders for Q2 and smart price revenue versus what score shows does not... — read more 

More hiring, more h1bs, mid year bonus and remote work, ai and api first.

He never did that at Fiserv. Did ML even go around to different Fiserv sites to engage with employees? Why was he given the CEO job again, it's very obvious he wanted to run a bank instead judging by his LinkedIn activity. Horrible decision to make... — read more 

I worked on this project, though minimally and am confused as to how it can take jobs away. As far as I can tell it was just a simple replacement of WorkDay. I'm sure there is much more to it but from my eyes, that's all that has happened. A... — read more 

One of the most frustrating things about career advancement here is realizing that performance, experience, education, and demonstrated leadership are not necessarily what determine who moves up. After years of strong performance, the feedback can... — read more 

If you had Michele’s ear, what’s one change you’d want her to make? For me it would be stop promoting the people who make you comfortable and start protecting the ones who tell you the truth.

I got the same bonus as a deadbeat performance issue. So much for sticking it out until the end to help out as opposed to disappearing - LRd because of position elimination may as well have said everyone was a performance issue. Csco su-ks from chuck... — read more 

https://www.beckerspayer.com/executive-moves/centene-executive-exits-pile-up-in-2026/

I have heard of a few people being laid off, just curious if there is any news on more layoffs, or buyouts, before the sale is final?

Thunderhorse is consistently producing less the last 3 months? What’s going on?

Anyone hearing rumors about realignment?

Work almost went silent… as the third quarter passed by…! Ah.. the cold breeze of RA is here!

With the DOJ and DHS ramping up visa fraud/abuse investigations its only a matter of time before Nike is investigated, if they are not already. Maybe the DOJ will do us a solid and terminate visas so that we can avoid more layoffs.

My understanding is there will be a round in October (decent size, I know OI will be hit because that leader there is terrible ) and January (not as bad as last Jan, but my guess is they’ll sc--w people with equity). After that it should not be the... — read more 

Hi. No payment yet. Normally get paid with WF on Wednesday after 6:30. Signed serverance on 09/08/2026. Will update if it arrives tomorrow.

We've hired 500+ H1Bs in first 8 months of 2026. All while we laid off 1000s of Americans. I've posted the source below, it's from dpt of labor, but H1BHQ.com lets you search it - will run analysis on the numbers and will reply to this post... — read more 

I submitted my internal survey feedback, and I did not hold back about how broken matrix teams really are. I want my leader to be someone I am in the trenches with every day. Instead, I get loaned out to separate teams while my formal manager sits on... — read more 

Can you get let go by HR for posting something on this site?

Can we get back to the purpose of this site? When are the layoffs coming, who’s impacted? Somebody knows something! Previous post saying September but September is over next week.

Attempting to claim Force Majeure on it's data center commitments. There is only one problem, "Force Majeure" doesn't apply to stupid deals a company cant afford. It usually only applies in the case of acts of Nature like Earthquakes, floods... — read more 

Stock down under 35 bucks a piece. 15% down in the last month. Great shape and the stock price doesnt mean anything as per SF

We’ve heard of massive Volvo layoffs coming, partly through attrition, but many more to be directly affected. Anyone heard anything more definitive?

So what we generated more cash than others. This is a meaningless comparison when we are a much bigger company than them. Use a meaningful metric. Show ROCE over time vs competitors. Something that normalizes the performance.

A senior well respected technical engineer who I look up to recently told me he hasn’t had a meaningful raise in more than 10 years. He is late career but not beyond normal retirement age. Is this normal!

In a recent forum an executive enthusiastically talked about quadrupling the share price and getting investors to value our company differently. I am sure he is excited sitting in his pile of RSUs. But he forgets that for average joe employees we get... — read more 

Just saw one of the fastest thread takedowns I think I've ever seen. It may have been there a minute or two before I saw it but I was in the middle of responding to it when it disappeared. 😂 I guess it was one of the trolls at T bragging about... — read more 

Huge problem with project assigned employees who are not part of the GP family. GP used them to fill the bottom of the rank group. HR has seen data and does nothing to stop it. Avoid project assignments at all costs if you value your ranking.

Got a news that they will be some big changes happening in Board of Directors and C-suite layer. Anyone heard anything?

Have sh-t for brains. Why does WF leave them in positions where they can continue to drag the company down. They two giant boat anchors obstructing innovation.

Any info on the next round? I hate holding my breath every year when it starts happening. Just me?

Verex pharmaceuticals is notorious for having "layoffs". It boils down to whomever does not fit this mysterious company culture where asking questions is considered offensive or uncalled for. How do you exhibit change towards being more successful... — read more 

With this new H1B rule, IBM, with quarterly layoff, will no longer be able to onshore Indians to take US Citizen's job. This rule must extend to existing H1Bs already in USA to replace them with US Citizens who are likely better qualified. ... — read more 

Got my package! Paid off my car, credit card, personal loan, and 2 months of my mortgage. Another job secured! For a lot of us, the VSP was a much needed blessing. A win is a win! I wanted to spread some GOOD NEWS for folks who are still trying to... — read more 

The current refinery building doesnt have space to accomodate all engineers from QP. Have they already started construction for the new building across the street of the refinery? Any updates?

More and more employees are coming to this site to share their experiences under current leadership. Leadership, starting with Ramon, needs to take ownership

Just out of curiosity, with the whole title change and whatnot. Saying that our titles are a reflection on what we are and what we do, personally going from SSR to mow. For the sales reps, aside from writing orders, taking DMI photos, and on... — read more 

Leaving or getting fired?

Yes, you heard it right. Your compensation and maybe even job will depend on how much of this garbage you repeat. Yes, they are the worst batch of leaders NM has ever seen. Yes, they spent millions of dollars and over a year to dream up what you... — read more 

Hey, Comcasters! Let's help each other out. List your best tips, tricks, or advice for on what to do to maximize Comcast benefits before being laid off. For example, Flex Days and Floating Holidays are not paid out, but vacation days are. So, use... — read more 

I got hired and been rockstar for the last 3 weeks. I’m getting great feedback from the cross functions teams and manager. I don’t get why the promotion hasn’t hit yet. I brought this up to my manager and he keeps saying it’s too soon. That’s... — read more 

Comcast has perfected a strange kind of prison: one where the doors are technically unlocked, but everyone is too afraid to walk out. That was Comcast for me. Sad energy. Re-org after re-org. Everyone seemingly operating with cortisol dialed sky... — read more 

Three long-term IBM employees allege they were fired to make way for younger hires, citing a "smoking-g-n" Slack message as evidence. The complaint details internal documents that allegedly labeled older workers with derogatory terms and outlined... — read more 

Do not ignore the opportunity to tell it like you see it. So many are beyond disappointed and talk about it offline, well now write it out. Someone suggested not participating. That doesn’t move the metrics at all. Participate and tell it like you... — read more