Only been hearing it through the rumor mill. Can anyone substantiate the claim?
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Sorry to hear that. What department are you in?
Got an unscheduled 1:1 with my boss for tomorrow... :(
Commercial layoffs are happening tomorrow, marketing, commercial operations and strategic growth
Any update?
Anything in Commercial and R&D? Has it started or will happen on 16th?
You guys voted for him.
Heard Talent and HR had impacts this week.
Global IT roles located in HQ seem impacted… a friend told me they were laid off 😢
Does anyone know what teams this will impact?
Employees need to group together and demand security. This is toxic and feels like torture. I’m willing to stand.
Sincerely,
Just another hard working employee trying to sleep at night
Is the leadership such short sighted? They know about China ban and new administrations impacts when they did the previous round in Feb. They could have very well held that off until they reviewed the new developments and did the RIFs in one shot. Such incompetence decisions are always hard choices. D-mb leadership should stop making HARD CHOICES and start making smart choices. Lack of empathy is one thing but lack of respect speaks volume about the leadership character.
This will be just a self preservation charade where the senior director with his boot licking associate director, senior managers and managers shed some unfortunate non boot licking yet productive subordinates.
Do we know which departments are getting hit the hardest? R&D, commercial, others?
Christ, again? Never ending clown fiesta
One RIF can be unfortunate, Two RIFs in a row might mean tough times. Eight? That’s systemic dysfunction.
heard it today from multiple sources from different depts and buildings. sounds like it's going down.
Managers aren't being including in the discussions? Who is making the decisions then?
Managers will be notified next Monday and Tuesday who in their teams are impacted by the RIF. Impacted employees will be notified next Wednesday. Not sure which departments are impacted but this will be on the same level as the April 2023 $100M cuts. Been talks for a while there might even be a org restructure with the China news (back to APAC, EMEA and AMR?)
They just hired some communications person. Looks like they are trying to clean up their sh---y messages for the company meetings. Also looks like they canned their investor relations lady after the disastrous earnings call!
Has the layoff already started?
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Yes the other one was before China tarrifs.. this one is after
Layoffs started today?? Did they pull it forward??
To the people asking about rooms booked on 4-16 its b1 2nd floor, b4 4th floor and b6 3rd+4th floors
Why do we have sr. Director, Director and associate directors to support the finance system ? Is it merely to facilitate communication between senior directors, directors ?
What value are those roles adding when they engage consultants too ? Do they even know how to resolve any business system issues? It's the experienced employees of that team who regularly assist the business.
to the person that said it started: which region? amea?
Started?
To the person said AMEA - you know what groups? Specific countries or it include Regional roles as well? I joined ILMN 2 year ago and this instability never ends does it.
How about Finance?
Cut hr and recruiters.. useless departments.. adding zero value to a company.. just automate and hire some competent head hunters as consultant when we start hiring again
Layoffs started today in HR, r&D and operations. It’s every 2 months now. Horrible to live like this.
Damn these headwinds!!! shakes fist to the sky
Does anyone have any insight into why they didn't combine it with the last layoff?
There needs to be 5-6 sr. managers under a director and 4-5 directors under a sr. director. Else D level roles are not justified. Re org. is must.
With no growth prospects and stock tanking like the Titanic, RIFs will happen sooner vs. later. They aren’t waiting until June.
Where? I'm not seeing any rooms booked for extended periods on the 16th.
Which buildings?
A Sr. Admin Partner has booked conference rooms in multiple buildings either half day or all day on the 16th. As far as I know that has only happened when there is a new round of layoffs.
They did layoffs in Feb and told those people their last day of work would be in April. Could this be what this is referring to? Or are they also now going to tell new people they lost their jobs?
I hope JT gets removed. We can clearly see lack of leadership skills.
Maybe JT will be forced out?