Thread regarding CDW layoffs

@OP This is happening way too frequently with no transparency, no impacted teams input, and a lack of vision from the Executive Team. It's time for all of us to look at unionizing. https://www.seiu.org/

I got an email for a discussion. It seems like alot of people from our team were impacted.

@b4 Keep calm, take the high-road, and don't accept their first or second severance offer.

A friend of mine just text me that he has been effected by this.

Any advice for coworkers prepping to go into this dreadful meeting?

@ae
ITS — Information Technology Services

DV — Digital Velocity (CDW’s division for digital innovation and solutions)

I could name another 20 people from the G side that should have been let go

@b0 they will, but don't accept the first offer that they make and sign a release. T a number of people commented the last time this happened that they did better after threatening to sue. There seems to be a pattern too of targeting older workers, so even if you accept the severance and sign a release you can still file a complaint with the EEOC.

Will they be offering severance packages this time?

@ax which department/type of roll. Last time this happened it was impossible to figure out who was impacted until you saw that their teams accounts were deactivated. Out Leadership teams and Coworker Services SU-K at handing these issues.

@a8 how did it go? Can you provide an update?

Just got axed. 12 yrs with the company. just read from a script. they don't care about their people at all.

@af at one point there was a plan, albeit covert, to spin amplified for education office is separate entity. That seems to have faded, but it is like a fish out of water with its and DV failing to integrate it into their initiatives and it is falling victim to cdw's legacy mentality of how many boxes can we ship out the door at the expense of innovation and new services.

Howmany people imapcted?

@as Do we know how many people have been impacted?
This is such amateur hour. Buyouts and voluntary separation could accomplish the exact same thing without creating this terrible organizational precedent. We are now experiencing a brain drain because our best and brightest are leaving because of this ridiculousness.

I’m so sorry to everyone impacted. This is insanity.

How does a company invest millions on an Olympics sponsorship (that won’t happen for 3 years) and do a large layoff a few weeks later?

Tone deaf doesn’t come close to accurately describing it. Someone needs to get fired for that.

This is getting stressful. Layoffs every quarter

Didn’t even notice til someone texted me about it. I just auto-delete those BobandConor emails normally.

@af I think a lot of us have had enough of working for Koczera anyway.Tim Lee he is not!

@aj me too what happen at your meeting mine isnt till 11am

Like we always say. "Firing people is like printing money. Short term it makes better profits. But long term it will suffer." https://www.investing.com/news/analyst-ratings/citi-raises-cdw-stock-price-target-to-200-on-positive-readthrough-93CH-4133383

I am part of the EBO team and received a teams invite for a “discussion” shortly.

Some managers and up signed NDAs and attended a meeting about a month ago and I believe it was about the emails sent out today.

This is becoming an annual affair.

@a4 Amplified for Education is part of it.

i'm newer to CDW, what teams fall under ITS and DV?

@OP EBO also received a similar email from Al Miralles

I just got hired recently… should I be worried?

I got the separate invite email within a minute of company wide one. Meet in 40min. 9:30am est.

@a1 if you haven’t received an invite you should be safe.

Anyone know the teams or technology affected?

Email at 5am said CWS emails would immediately follow. So anyone that is going to get an invite should have one.

Wish managers would send out a message right after that to let teams know who is or isn't affected.

did they sent out the emails to impacted one's or are we still need to lookout for invite?