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Is there going to be any reorg or SAP layoffs? Any chatter, news or rumors?

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Do you mean Strategy & Operations team that was newly formed under Sebastian?

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Post ID: @gynb+1qkQFzhf

I'm confused. Didn't Thomas say no layoffs planned, but we have the German council saying there's gonna be a layoff in q1?

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@bfww+1qkQFzhf

No Ops teams were consolidated under the CFO.

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Post ID: @cdbn+1qkQFzhf

So let's re-cap...

They announce a major re-org during the 2nd week of January... and also the new 3 days per week in the office policy...

The return to work thing is mean to get people to quit because they want a RIF but don't want to pay severance...

But they're also going to layoff 15,000 people in the 3rd week of January.... the week after the big re-org... the week after announcing a policy that is designed apparently only to force people to quit...

So... are they expecting to people to quit over RTO in one week?

Or... maybe... you lay off 15,000 people... then re-org... and as part of the wonderful mess you leave after the layoffs and re-org you further put the fear of God into people by implementing a RTO policy.

So, dear friends.. which scenario makes to all of you?

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Post ID: @czbz+1qkQFzhf

Where are people hearing this 15000 rumor other than on this site?

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Post ID: @bhit+1qkQFzhf

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“The layoff number is 15000, and in the 3rd week.”

Bull.

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Post ID: @bjwf+1qkQFzhf

Many companies need to lay off due to optimizations from AI. The market is expecting it. See what google and IBM did. It is comming.

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Post ID: @blpy+1qkQFzhf

I heard the 15,000 rumor as well. Maybe some truth to it.

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Post ID: @bggi+1qkQFzhf

Layoffs coming for operations teams that were just consolidated under CFO office

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Post ID: @bfww+1qkQFzhf

Any sources or just fear mongering?

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Post ID: @bjoe+1qkQFzhf

"The layoff number is 15000" -Citation? Orgs/ teams affected? 15000 seems awfully high. I've seen 3000 floated around due to the workers rights council rumors, but 15000?...

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Post ID: @bxkb+1qkQFzhf

The layoff number is 15000, and in the 3rd week.

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Post ID: @bqnk+1qkQFzhf
Can anyone explain what Thomas meant by "trigger the need for an immediate ad-hoc to the market".

When the board has 100% finalized any layoff planning, they must do an immediate announcement because such a decision will have an impact on the stock price, i.e. this is a rule imposed by the stock exchange.

In other words, as of today, there is no planning of layoffs, or the planning has not been concluded. I guess it is the latter...

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Post ID: @byri+1qkQFzhf

Can anyone explain what Thomas meant by "trigger the need for an immediate ad-hoc to the market". I heard this in the call as well, but didn't actually understand if this was supposed to give us any clarity or if it was just a jumble of words that mean nothing to make us feel better?....

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Post ID: @asyw+1qkQFzhf

'what were the BU changes announced? any other impactful changes?' - too many to follow

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Post ID: @agdv+1qkQFzhf

what were the BU changes announced? any other impactful changes?

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Post ID: @ainx+1qkQFzhf

'Any idea when the financial results would be announced?' : 24th January

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Post ID: @aqdy+1qkQFzhf

Any idea when the financial results would be announced?

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Post ID: @acsp+1qkQFzhf

Last time we had layoffs, they denied they were happening until the very moment. I personally still don't trust their word, as much as I would like to.

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Post ID: @adga+1qkQFzhf

lay offs will be announced together with financial results

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Post ID: @avcu+1qkQFzhf

So no layoffs. Thomas said in the engineering all-hands that layoffs would trigger the need for an immediate ad-hoc to the market, which did not happen.

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Post ID: @aawg+1qkQFzhf

The reorg email was followed by tons of emails. Took a while to understand all the diplomatic clauses and who goes where…haha.
A lot of BU changes, but no news or signs of any upcoming layoffs, at least for now.

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Post ID: @avdh+1qkQFzhf

So seems like new changes/boards and pledge-to-flex approach change (hybrid model 3 days of work from the office/onsite/customer, 2 days home office)

Email just came through.

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Post ID: @arrc+1qkQFzhf

seem today Tuesday

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Post ID: @agpe+1qkQFzhf

Reorg in the business unit doesn’t necessarily mean a layoff. It may or may not happen. Hoping for the best!
The org is most probably Product & Innovation (P&I). Need confirmation from more sources.

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Post ID: @9pfa+1qkQFzhf

announcement expected very soon

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Post ID: @9yuj+1qkQFzhf

.....I am still checking on that......will get back to you once I have something......

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Post ID: @9ztg+1qkQFzhf
Which organization is that, if it's not too much to ask?

It seems to be a BU internal reorg, not HC related.

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Post ID: @9wnx+1qkQFzhf

Post from TheLayoff.com

Email didn't came on Sunday but apparently it would during this working week.

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Post ID: @9xmx+1qkQFzhf

Which organization is that, if it's not too much to ask?

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Post ID: @8gju+1qkQFzhf

My skip manager has set up a "mandatory team meeting" for Tuesday... Based in Germany

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Post ID: @8eib+1qkQFzhf

Was supposed to be this Sunday based on the below I reckon.

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Post ID: @8fie+1qkQFzhf

So… which Sunday, exactly, was this mysterious communication supposed to be distributed?

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Post ID: @8uwo+1qkQFzhf

Is the announcement on Sunday going to be an early retirement package? Are there any details you can share?

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Post ID: @4eyy+1qkQFzhf

Rumour has it official announcement to happen on this Sunday, with a major reorg and the departure of a prominent SVP.

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Post ID: @3lox+1qkQFzhf

...let me check on that...

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Post ID: @1iap+1qkQFzhf

@OP+1qkQFzhf Look all around you....

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