Sycamore is set to replicate the approach they used with Staples for Walgreens, establishing a Global Capability Center (GCC) and relocating over 70% IT jobs to India. TCS will be supporting this transition. Good Luck to those who are still with... — read more 

Confirmed from someone in finance and HR. AI, moving many jobs to India, and new leadership found many teams doing similar work.

With all these leadership announcements, do we think these senior leaders (Manmohan Mahajan (Finance), Lanesha Minnix (legal), Beth Leonard (Corporate Affairs), Erick Rudiak (CISO), etc., to name a few of the most recent ones) all "decided to leave... — read more 

This is a theory. They implemented this new bag check policy the same week that DM's emphasized on the weekly conference call how SM's have to be working 8-5 (no matter your store hours) while also emphasizing how they're tracking bags checks full... — read more 

What am I missing?

We heard this week that there is a hiring freeze on field leaders - DM and up. It seems obviously we’re about to see a big realignment and layoffs. Wondering what everyone is hearing?

If you are planning on taking Walgreens private, wouldn't you want to pay as little as possible to do so? And, once you own the company, wouldn't you want to "improve" it easily to make as much money as you can when you sell it or have it go public... — read more 

Head of the asset protection department let go?

Have you or someone you know been disciplined for non compliance of RTO rules? Asking for a friend...

....to only spend at Walgreens! Even when they try to be generous, they're greedy. Lol!

This is becoming ridiculous.

Sycamore Partners doesn't care about you. This is only the beginning, and will only get worse. Sycamore Partners bought Staples in 2017. You should check out their layoff page if you want to see what kind of stress and uncertainty is going to... — read more 

Walgreens hourly workers set to suffer pay loss: report - Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/walgreens-cut-paid-holiday-hourly-workers-christmas-thanksgiving-11040090

Just wondering if anyone has received the severance packet yet? HR told me that they’ll mail out after 11/3 but I haven’t got anything in my mailbox yet

They just leave. They silently pack up their value, their loyalty, their potential, and take it where they will be appreciated. They don't waste time arguing for respect or begging to be seen. If a workplace fails to recognize their worth, they... — read more 

Whoever wrote it thought they were really doing something.

Confirmed with a co-worker that came from a meeting just now that the CMO was cut today (Sashi M). Some people will say this is good, others will say this is bad. Simply calling it out as there was more layoffs today. Not sure if it was just him or... — read more 

I heard that all contractors currently have 11/30 as the last day for their contract and leadership hasn’t communicated with any of the contracting companies about extensions. Anyone know if this is management being slow to communicate, or if we’re... — read more 

Sycamore is mandating a four-day commute to Deerfield starting in February, which significantly increases out-of-pocket costs for employees, especially those who commuted to OPO previously. Yet, despite 3% inflation over the past year, salaries are... — read more 

Myself in multiple colleagues across the organization have had their performance review numbers brought down from 3.5s to 2.9. We have been advised that these decisions are being made from upper management. I’d like to also advise none of us in our... — read more 

What is our current support center staff number? What is the available number of seats in Deerfield? I'm OPO and can't get any answers.

Has anyone heard news of corp bonus payout timing and/or percentage?

I suspect most of us at OPO are looking for other jobs. How do you continue working while job hunting?

Source: Supermarket News https://search.app/8iqm9

Trying to ease the anxiety over here - good to know what's down the road for us. No way Deerfield can handle the OPO overflow. Parking lot is full most days. Earlier someone posted expected layoffs of 400 in January. Does anyone have any updates... — read more 

It’s been awfully quiet

I've had friends in other companies who gave their notice, only to be terminated on the spot. The professional thing is to give notice, but I am afraid that if I do, I will be let go on the spot.

Can someone in IT who's been here a long time explain what the problem really is in your opinion and if there's a way out of our current problematic situation or is it a lost cause. I'm genuinely curious. I've heard some takes but looking for a more... — read more 

People are rumbling at the support center about a change in bonus, making it a long-term incentive or something like that. Does anyone have a communication summary on that? I think it only went to Sr. Managers and up.

I’m truly sorry for everyone who was laid off, it’s heartbreaking to see. But I can’t shake the feeling this may not be the end of it. I think it’s wise to stay alert and keep an eye out for other opportunities, just in case.

Ok, so the email confirming 80 layoffs came out today. Why wasn't Walgreens on the WARN list? I check it daily to try and guess when I'm going to get canned. I guess it will be a total surprise. How fun!

The few people I know who were cut are all in their 40s and above. Was that intentional?

Any more cuts?

Now that layoffs are starting when we hear on policy changes

I’ve seen some people mentioning Finance. Who else? Good luck to us all.

Anyone? Email today? Tomorrow? What do you think?

It's hard to imagine any positive scenario for the worker now that Sycamore is in the driver's seat. Private Equity is brutal and anyone in bed with PE will go through multiple cycles of pain and tears. At this point we'll have to see how small of an... — read more 

Does anyone have more information about the current severance pay rules and if it differs from what they were traditionally allocating?

We made at least one "Top List"... #1 at this moment... https://x.com/TheLayoff/status/1978157902541078943

Finance just got hit..