#employeerelations

Not talking about some C-Suiter who sent out an email about their new chapter in life, but someone you actually worked with or "adjacent" to (or at least in your building). I have over 10 years with VZ and can only name 2 people. Plus one more who took VSP at the time they were about to retire anyway, so make it 3 people who actually retired. What does that say about VZ?

to all my fellow VTeamers, ever notice and wonder how some of those in their current roles got their jobs?

I smell DEI.

When recently getting told I would likely be laid off later this year, I conveyed to my manager that I was smiling and happy. They told me the last time they had to give that speech the person was elated as well.

Speaks volumes about the work culture Charlie Scharf has created.

Just talked to some people in Wealth FIG chapter. They are L5 and above. They got the news today. They are randomly announcing it.

My manager is visibly silent, the mood in rest of the group seems better though.

He seems more quiet, non participating in discussions.

Anyone else confirm with their manager?

To Fidelity only, but are you all aware all the professionals in many huge multibillion dollar companies their employees are as pi---d off as we are for FT RTO?!. They have all stirred the hornets nest! No one is happy, if they successfully did their wfh massively productive employees have proven they can be trusted to wfh and be flexible with coming into an office. It just shows we are completely off their radar for loyalty or respect or for their MASSIVE PROFITS they’ve enjoyed. Maybe just maybe there’ll be infinitesimally small reductions in productivity by naturally being back in a distracting office and I hope they see an overall decline because of RTO. Nothing evil or malicious just a natural decline because being in a busy noisy office lends itself to more distractions. Be careful the powers that be you may be cutting off your nose to spite your face. WFH was a long planned situation and it worked fabulously well and they’re still unhappy with the workforce . Give the professional adults in your office the due respect they deserve. Allow flexibility.

Sorry but to me it feels like this emergency test is also to make sure we have a personal email so when they lay us off they can just send the documents or communication there. I went in and there is no way to remove it. Maybe I’m extremely paranoid but hey that would be this organizations fault to begin with.

I've heard there will be 1% layoffs with most groups exempt

Anyone hear any different ?

Anyone know if there are layoffs coming ?

I think most people know by now tomorrow is the day, with a few people in denial. This was a quota game, leaders were told to eliminate x number of people for many teams as the only consideration.

This isn’t the end either. There will be more rounds this year. If as a business, they decide we need to do cuts, fine. But they continue to cut talent and drag out morale instead of doing it all at once. We are all being told to take on more for no extra pay and use AI which constantly makes mistakes. The only reward is MAYBE keeping your job. Talk about transparency and doing the right thing… yet let’s keep making employees live in fear.

With gas prices rising at an astronomical rate, I've heard rumors that T is considering lowering the in-office average for the summer months to 2 days a week. Obviously this would be amazing for all of the employees who are suffering with increased cost of living across the board. Is there any truth to this?

BNY’s green‑sock LinkedIn stunt wasn’t tone‑deaf — it was a victory lap. A soft‑focus “look at my humanity” performance from our illustrious CEO while employees report stealth layoffs, collapsing teams, and RTO engineered as a slow‑motion purge. It’s financial‑literacy cosplay from executives whose biggest budgeting challenge is deciding which trust to park their bonus in.

And the benefits list? Employees on this forum have already torn it apart with receipts.

Matching newborn savings
A $1,000 match is meaningless when people are afraid to have children because reorgs hit harder than parental leave. Posters repeatedly note that job security is so fragile that planning a family feels reckless.

Down‑payment assistance
Employees point out that RTO forces them into higher‑cost commutes while raises trail inflation for the fifth straight year. Many can’t qualify for mortgages because BNY’s pay bands — widely discussed on the forum — are below market and frozen in amber.

$0 healthcare for those under $75K
This isn’t generosity; it’s a confession. Thousands of full‑time employees at a global bank earn under $75K. Forum posts consistently highlight that this tier is where burnout is highest, turnover is intentional, and workloads balloon after “efficiency” cuts.

401(k) student loan match
A rounding error. Employees repeatedly describe doing the work of two or three people after headcount reductions. A token match doesn’t compensate for systemic understaffing.

So yes — associates are right to question the CEO’s sock‑based empathy tour. When leadership posts costume‑level symbolism while employees describe exhaustion, fear, and constant headcount erosion, the message is clear and unmistakable:

The socks are green.
The spin is polished.
The workforce is disposable.
#LifeatBNY

Because the other one got bumped down pretty far.

Centralized space for updates as they are released this week.

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Maintain a respectful and constructive tone - this is stressful for all

I got terminated from my job after 7 years. It wasn’t easy to accept especially knowing I was one of the top earners on my team. Last year my performance slipped, and looking back, I could feel something was off. I started to realize I was being pushed out.

But here’s the thing sometimes what feels like a setback is actually a reset.

At the start of this year, I shifted my focus fully into the stock market. I had been learning and investing for almost 6 years, but never gave it 100%. Now I am and I genuinely love it. For the first time, I feel like I’m building something for myself, not just working for someone else.

I’m also starting to move into rental properties, creating another path for income and independence. I don’t know exactly where this road will lead, but I know I’m no longer standing still.

I’m sharing this because conversations like these helped me prepare mentally. If you still have a job, stay sharp and keep growing. If you feel like something isn’t right at work, don’t ignore it prepare yourself. Build skills, save money, create options.

Don’t wait until you’re forced to move -move before that.

Sometimes you don’t realize your strength until you’re pushed into the unknown.

Good luck to everyone on their journey.

If your account was temporarily locked out early this week confirming your pending surplus, what is your current plan? What are you going to be doing different now?

The California Academy of Sciences announced 53 worker layoffs last week. CalAcademy Workers United, representing staff, rejects these job cuts. Union leaders claim some layoffs violate their existing contract. Many affected union members are continuing to report to work. Negotiations between the union and management have begun.

San Francisco, California

https://missionlocal.org/2026/05/union-rejects-cal-academy-layoffs/

I’m going to be watching the managers like crazy today. It will be really obvious if they have an HR coaching on how to fire people.

Anyone know how long the HR meeting is?My manager doesn’t really have meetings today

I had 15 years with the company but my department decided to lay me off instead someone that’s been there 2 years. That’s not fair at all. I trained people, was always on time, worked weekends and overtime while being salaried, all that dedication and this is the thanks I get. I’m very hurt and disappointed in UHC. They have no loyalty at all! I will never work for them again good riddance!!

Every day a new low with this place.

Cost of living is skyrocketing, why can’t HR see this?

Maurice and is cronies no longer care about tenured, experienced employees. From now on there will be no promotional opportunities for supervisors and above of they are not located at a hub site. Even if you have worked for the company for over 20 years, if you live in Marion, you're sc--wed. No promotion for you. Apparently, only employees in hub locations are now qualified to promote. I'm deeply saddened that HCSC has become such a cr-ppy employer and thinks so little of those of us who have dedicated so many years to ensuring the success of this company.

It says over the next 2 years but still. How are you supposed to have any job security like this? I'd been expecting it given how strongly they've recently been pushing metrics leadership can see. And still I'm frustrated and annoyed. It's almost worse that it's "over the next two years" because now I have to start applying elsewhere because I just don't even know if I'm safe or not.

How much of a corporate bootlicker do you have to be to actually join the bank’s PAC? This place would drop you in a second without thinking twice, why waste even a second of your life on it?

I know it is normal that managers cut off communication with their laid off reportees. My manager was in touch with me on a personal note all of last week after I was impacted, but is now MIA; won’t respond to my calls or texts. This is my first time being laid off (my postpartum brain isn’t helping me think straight). My manager was once my coworker at Nike and we always had a good relationship outside the office, so I am trying to understand if there has been an explicit directive by Nike leadership to not be in touch with laid off employees.

As a people manager, I can confirm I received list of associates I'll have to let go.

My manager probably received the same.

We all have mandatory trainings tomorrow to break the news in stages on Thursday.

Just like level 4-7 associates, level 8 and above won't know their date until Thursday.

I might well be outside the door after breaking news to two of my exceptional performers on Thursday.

So it is happening.

HCA Healthcare’s offshoring of American IT jobs to India is a gut-wrenching betrayal that should outrage every American who values fairness, loyalty, and the integrity of our healthcare system. When CTO Sai Adivi announced the end of many American IT careers in an impromptu, secretive, BCC’d Webex call, citing a "successful pilot" and the move to "Phase 2" while referencing other Fortune 100 companies, the message was already cold. But the kn--e twists deeper with the detailed plans for affected employees to spend their final months in left-seat/right-seat training and job shadowing, meticulously documenting every skill and technology in SOPs so their Hyderabad replacements can take over. All of this while managers in large group chats including the affected employees post cheerful "happy work anniversary" congratulations.
This is not business as usual. This is a company founded by American physicians on American soil, built by generations of dedicated American workers, and kept afloat by nearly 47 million mostly American patient encounters every year, with tens of billions pouring in from American taxpayers through Medicare and Medicaid. HCA’s stock languished in the low-to-mid $20s until the 2012 Obamacare ruling dramatically boosted its insured-patient volume and share price. Yet today, at well over $400 per share, HCA looks its own people in the eye and offers veteran employees with 20+ years of service a severance package well below Fortune 100 averages, saying their knowledge, sacrifice, and loyalty are worth less than the savings from shipping jobs to Hyderabad.

The "train your replacement" mandate is cruel and humiliating. Forcing dedicated Americans to dismantle their own careers, hand over hard-earned institutional knowledge that keeps hospitals safe and patients protected, and then sit idle answering questions until the India team can stand alone, while the company pretends everything is normal and business as usual, is an insult that adds financial hardship, emotional devastation, and profound disrespect on top of job loss. It risks patient-care disruptions, erodes decades of U.S.-based expertise, and treats people who helped build HCA into a powerhouse as disposable.

HCA’s founders spoke of putting patients first. Today’s leadership, under the continuing influence of the Frist family, who still hold massive ownership and board power, has utterly abandoned that vision. Patients, American workers, and the taxpayers who subsidize this empire are no longer the priority. Cheap foreign labor and swollen profits are piloting the ship.

Politicians who accept campaign support, lobbying influence, or oversee the massive Medicare and Medicaid dollars flowing to HCA must be held accountable. Demand they investigate these practices, protect American jobs in critical healthcare infrastructure, and ensure taxpayer money doesn’t fund the offshoring of American livelihoods.
Shareholders and the board (including Frist family representatives) should also face pressure to replace leadership that has so clearly failed the original intent of the founders. The mission was patient care and human life, not maximizing margins by discarding the American workers who made it all possible.

American patients deserve a healthcare giant that actually protects their data and delivers reliable care with professionals who understand them. American workers deserve employers who honor their service instead of treating them as disposable after decades on the job, especially while forcing them to train their own replacements and pretending everything is normal in the company chat.

HCA should be beyond ashamed. It should immediately halt this offshoring, retain and invest in its American workforce, and rediscover the patient-first values its founders claimed to champion. Anything less confirms that for this company, loyalty, country, basic human decency, and the American dream mean absolutely nothing when profits are on the line.

This cannot stand. Not for HCA Healthcare. Not for any other American company that relies on the American taxpayer for its survival.

This post truly deserved a thread of its own so it could be seen by more people. OP is @qm+1kqg2w845.

Hey all, here again. My long tenured role within capital one was not fairly compensated. Amidst my rapid, unjust departure, all I was provided for years of high level work was a cheap necklace from capital one. It’s actually broken and is being held together by my hope and dreams crushed by capital one and their toxic work environment. A cheap necklace is the embodiment of capital one as a company.

When Offshoring Raises Concerns About a Company’s U.S. Identity.
Employees can raise concerns about workforce shifts.
Relevant agencies include the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).

Workers may also contact elected representatives to share concerns.

It’s 9600 now. Should 9400 including folks got laid off earlier this year.

Received an invite along with 4 other people to attend a meeting set up by HR in regards to VOE. Could this be a lay off?

Fayette County Public Schools has filed a notice. This notice concerns significant layoffs. These staffing decisions are reportedly difficult. They affect employees who care deeply about students. The district aims to align staffing with enrollment and program needs.

https://www.bizjournals.com/memphis/news/2026/05/04/fayette-county-schools-files-notice-layoffs-state.html

Interesting take from Mastroberti Consulting.

Unfortunately, it fails to mention the cultural rot within the company and lack of leadership.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nike-branding-leadership-ugcPost-7456417724651593728-rd-P?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAPVOD8BUne0BRo2Kmc4QJlwiay3bWEfCtI

Arnold Palmer Regional Airport anticipates staff reductions. Executive Director Maurice Haas confirmed upcoming layoffs. The airport has 50 employees. Spirit Airlines recently canceled all flights and ceased operations there. Spirit was the airport's only commercial airline.

Latrobe, Pennsylvania

https://www.lightnercommunications.com/2026/05/05/layoffs-coming-at-arnold-palmer-regional-airport/

Any other pharmacists laid off on 4/30 from OptumRx? 15 years with the company. Anyone know numbers on all these layoffs ?

100% layoff scheduled for 6/1. So when it doesn’t happen, I’m going to post it’s because the rumor was leaked.

For those of us impacted by the greatest economy of all time and it’s not even close, here’s a LinkedIn template for your layoff with gratitude, grace and a pivot for what’s next!

Thrilled to share a growth opportunity I didn’t see coming.

I’ve been impacted by a recent layoff, and while this wasn’t the outcome I originally envisioned, I’m choosing to see it as a powerful reset and realignment moment.

Endless gratitude to Verizon for the journey, the incredible people, and the experiences that shaped me into the thought leader I am today. Nothing but appreciation as I close this chapter.

Now it’s time to lean into what’s next. The market is…dynamic, and this transition may come with trade-offs—whether that’s compensation, benefits, PTO, or starting fresh without tenure. But growth doesn’t happen in comfort zones.

I’m energized by the chance to rebuild, reimagine, and reinvent.

Because sometimes you don’t get what you wanted—you get what you need.

Open to opportunities. Ready to add value. Let’s connect!

Paterson Public Schools announced layoffs affecting 89 staffers. This total includes 39 teachers and other personnel. The district plans to cut over 200 total positions. Superintendent Dr. Laurie Newell attributed the budget deficit to rising costs. Hundreds of employees protested these projected cuts at a public hearing.

Paterson, New Jersey

https://longisland.news12.com/paterson-teachers-rally-against-projected-layoffs