Q4 is here, and job security at Lumen is looking more like a temporary condition than a benefit. The hyperscaler model points toward fewer Lumen employees and more contractors doing the work we used to do, while management bets on an AI/data-center bo-m that may not live up to the hype. At this point, the question isn’t whether our jobs are safe—it’s whether our names are already on a spreadsheet waiting for the next RIF
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@OP Stock price today is telling a story, $4.98 at the moment.
@4eh what's the difference between 9/30 and 10/1? One day.
4th Quarter layoffs are well under way. Layoffs did happen on 10/1 and 10/9 and 10/???
What a disruptive, soul robbing and sad place to work.
@491 But 4th quarter wasn't here in September
@45f That layoffs were going to happen and they did happen. Yesterday 10/1/26.
Ok. Now it's Q4. What were you saying?
@3pv Someone has posted on another Lumen layoff thread that there may be (rumor) layoff on 10/1/2026 affecting Finance, Service Delivery and others.
Seems like most years there is a RIF around Oct/Nov. Curious what teams might be a target this year.
@bg
Depends if youre represented or not. From your response you arent.
@bb
Its VSPP....if you knew anything youd know that.
@rf that was my first thought. We have an incompetency math crisis in this country
When did September move to the 4th quarter?
The layoffs for lumen will be removed from the Lumen layoffs after 2026.
No one will be left to trash talk about Lumen.
4th quarter starts October
Seems logical that the voice team is next on the list.
@bb LUMEN = Layoffs Usually Mean Employees Next.
@bb Always reminds me of an joke from back in the '80s. Robert Allen was the CEO of the old ATT company. They went thru some serious layoffs. The running joke was that AT&T stood for Allen and two temps.
VSP???Really?? you are too wishful. here's the code for separation D.L.T.D.H.Y.I.T.A.O.T.W.O! Think about it, that's what they will say to you on the day of reckoning. When the plan to let me go, I'll just laugh at 'em and say quoting from the ending of the first "Planet Of the Apes" "You finally really did it" of course Ill be laughing.
Oh the abbreviation above starts Don't Let The Door Hit You( you can fill out the rest!)
Expect more VSP offers until the workforce is depleted. They're already turning the lights off as quickly as possible.