Any rumours on the upcoming layoffs in Cambridge?
Had heard some chatter for US Thanksgiving and AutoFair time line.
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@gdt should remain? Lol. If history shows us anything, they've never been a priority in the first place.
@g68 it seems so…succession planning and knowledge transfer should remain as priorities
@g68 who or what are you quoting?
Big focus on efficiency, margin preservation, and removing the “overhead role expenses”.
@f2h you very well may be right
@OP to sustain CAM facility must run much leaner and more efficiently. The overhead roles vs individual contributor worker bees(billable hours) is not sustainable. Too many overhead roles…basically read out roles…all can be automated
Probably moving everything in Cambridge+Kitchener (i.e. the whole medium voltage business and OTTO) to the newly announced facility to be built in Wisconsin. That would explain why they aren't backfilling any roles there.
@e78 well the cuts are inevitable. Quite layoffs.
Despite the fairly good margins, the revenue is low and overall profitability is not good. The tariffs are not helping!
Too Many “powerBi filter adjusting” managers / operation leads without any decision making or problem solving capability who are not really critical to presale activity, revenue generation , order execution, delivery, profitability.
Sadly, a few good employees are about to retire soon.
@ccp that’s correct. Several surprise announcements on “retirements”
@d7v Sir, this is a Wendy's. We don't invest in our employees here.
@several retirements of key folks announced…leadership team, manufacturing team…we are so fortunate for no layoffs
New roles are posted, a great opportunity for internal folks to grow
Let us see what the Q2 will bring us
A few hyper critical rolesfor the business should be approved for backfill
Can’t comment for the Cambridge office staff, but a few folks on shop floor will retire in the coming weeks.
Many managers/senior leaders are scheduled to retire, or be encouraged to retire, or be silently laid off in Q2. I had announced my retirement in April 2026. My role will not be backfilled
@OP a whole bunch of US and Canada folks will retire in Q2. The RTO enforcement will come into play.
No backfill roles are approved.
Many depts (commercial, product management etc.) are operating with less than a skeleton crews not clear what the end game is. Lets see what q2 bring us
I anticipate to see quiet non-publicly announced layoffs / head count reductions across many locations. Sadly most of the top contributors are on the edge of quitting or retiring.
@OP no headcount replacement.
Unofficial hiring freeze in effect.
@6rj well that facility has a lot of inefficiencies and opportunities to optimize the BU. Some teams, strategically critical roles, are severely underesourced and drowning whereas other teams are bloated. A textbook example of suboptimal resource allocation.
Many “make believe” managers in “siloed depts” are not really not critical to presale activity, revenue, execution, delivery, and profit. Sadly New employees see these managers are role models and start mirroring their behaviour all leading
@OP well the MV business is a non growing business. Holding onto status quo for as long as possible or at least until key folks decide to retire or move on. No visible strategy/vision/mission.
Rifs highly unlikely rather a slow decline into irrelevance
@6ez re-organization or re-structure is more valuable than reduction in force or layoffs.
@6ez sounds about right. The knowledge transfer will be a challenge. Most of the managers are fairly close to retirement and as such they are too expensive to RIF.
@5xb they will not be RIF'd. They are all 30+ years with db pension. Next few years, the problem will solve itself as they all retire. The obvious problem is lack of knowledge transfer and, probably, losing those headcounts permanently and replacing them in Asia (most likely as it's been happening for awhile). I assume they are renovating it to accommodate the back to office mandate.
Any updates?
@533 well that is true and obvious.
Dont think any Cambridge managers will be rifd.
The business will let attrition some of these execution roles.
Is the hiring freeze still on?
Most likely reorg rather than RIFs…too many managers per shipment $
most individual contributors can report directly to US managers.
@4wk Blake is a fraud. He cares nothing about any country and is just into performative actions. No value. Rockwell will be purchased in the next 5 years
@4h4 well we can see investments in US locations. Not clear if the business will invest in Canadian locations (perhaps office renovations etc.)
@OP i honestly cant see layoffs at a Cambridge facility. The Cambridge facility is already running very lean. Most teams are running with less than the skeleton crews.
I support Buy American Build American (Baba). The American people can build a lot of high quality stuff.
@4mq "greenfield" means on undeveloped land, not the city of Greenfield (cap G)
@4h4 - the reports only mention "greenfield" (Lower case g). Greenfield Ave? That is the mke facility. City of Greenfield? There isn't a lot of undeveloped land there. Is the mall being repurposed? I am sure there is a tax difference between the two cities!
It was announced today that a 1 million square foot manufacturing facility will be built in Southeast Wisconsin, could this be another nail in Cambridges coffin?
@44n is this a fact?
@43x this seems highly improbable
@OP my husband along with many othet just got laid off from ats in cambridge. I am trying desparately to bring him onboard in cambridge plant where I work. We are both born and raised in Cambridge and relocation is not an option for us.
Any tips or advices?
@43x thats hard to believe but anything is possible. Nothing surprises me any more
@43x Victoria couldn’t manage her way out of a wet paper bag of it had a lighted exit sign. She will close Cambridge if Blake tells her to. He has.