It has already started. People are dropping like flies in India, just vanishing from the office and address book. In Palo Alto, directors have been presented with a list of names in a closed-door meeting last week, but lower-level managers know nothing.
Here's what I think about the US timing:
We have an all-hands on Wednesday. They will probably say something about job cuts.
Our dictator-in-chief will swing by for his "Coffin Talk" on Thursday. He will do his normal routine about profits, AI, and money, and avoid the subject of job cuts unless asked. Then he will neither accept nor deny (typical Hoc).
After he flies back to Castle Dracula, the US layoffs will begin on Friday ( 9/11 of all days) though anaonomous 9am zoom meetings.
This will likely be a rolling layoff through the fall until December.... after that, we will get the regular smaller-scale cuts through 2027.
Good luck everyone... God be with you.