IT layoffs are very much impacted, they were last year as well. IT goes through many many restructurings, and often as people leave of their own accord, they do not backfill with FTEs. NYC, Chicago, Plano.
It was never really a sought-after place for IT talent though, we barely get any campus hires, it's been quite stagnant for a while and the technology is antiquated. The company doesn't value it, offshoring was inevitable and has been a 5+ year journey since the bottlers were acquired.
Not my post, saw it at @XItRnca-ubz and I thought it'd be good to have a separate thread on this.