Hey again – this is Austin Weinstein, the banking reporter at the Charlotte Observer. If you're hearing stuff about layoffs that's not confirmed, I can maybe help out. In my experience, banks are far more likely to respond if it's a reporter asking them about layoffs than an individual employee.
Back when COVID first started and folks were testing positive at the CIC, many people first heard about positive tests near them from the media, not the company. Feel free to shoot me an email at aweinstein@charlotteobserver.com or DM me on Twitter at @austwein.