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This is sad for me working for almost 8 years just got laid off

We do layoffs every holiday season.
You will be laid off eventually.
I'd estimate half of you will be laid off by the summer

How our beloved institution seems to have lost its soul and senior talent.

At BNY Mellon, "strategic alignment" appears to be more of a psychological endurance test than a business principle. It feels like we're in a corporate escape room where the clues are cloaked in jargon, the exits are offshored, and the ultimate reward is a Teams meeting with someone fresh out of college who thinks "mainframe" refers to a type of Sleep Number mattress.

Let's start with our CEO, Robin Vince. His leadership style, characterized by vague declarations and performative empathy, seems to ignore the fact that our ship is sinking while they outsource the lifeboats and call the iceberg "cost synergy." His signature look—perpetual five o'clock shadow, freshly steamed suit, and a Rolex Platinum—speaks volumes. While he touts "free coffee in the office" as if it's a groundbreaking perk, jobs are quietly slashed, benefits reduced, promotions frozen, and merit increases become almost laughable. Anything with a cost is either stopped, frozen, or eliminated.

Then there's the Return to Office (RTO) campaign, which was touted as a bold move toward collaboration but ended up feeling more like a scavenger hunt for badge access in a haunted coworking space. Employees were encouraged to "reconnect," only to find their teams had been restructured, relocated, or replaced by someone in Wroclaw who thinks "Waterfall" is a Spotify playlist. The real aim seems to be forcing attrition without paying severance. If you're mid-career, have missed a few badge swipes, work from home, or your office commute now involves multiple transfers and a broken escalator, congratulations—you've been strategically unaligned.

The pattern of layoffs, or "realignments" and "talent redistributions," is another concern. It feels like we're constantly under the threat of being let go, with every "quick sync" or "just checking in" message potentially signaling the end. If you're a male over 40, HR may have already tagged you as "legacy talent"—a polite way of saying "low T, too expensive to keep, too experienced to promote."

Our globalization strategy, which involves sending jobs to India and Poland, complicates things further. The result is a tangled mess of time zones, miscommunication, and Jira tickets bouncing around like the timeline for releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files. Clients notice, deadlines slip, and deliverables vanish, but we're reassured by the opening of a new "Center of Excellence" in a country where no one has met the client or used the software.

The hiring strategy now mirrors a university career fair, favoring fresh grads over seasoned professionals. These new recruits are bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and completely unqualified, but they're cheap and can build dashboards filled with cat memes and Sora videos. Meanwhile, experienced employees are nudged toward "voluntary transitions" or given roles so meaningless that early retirement becomes an appealing option.

Our product delivery strategy is another area of concern. It feels like a choose-your-own-adventure book where every path leads to a missed deadline. Teams are gutted, timelines are fictional, and clients are reassured with phrases like "we're in the ideation phase" or "we're pivoting to a more scalable solution," which is code for "we have no idea what we're doing."

Finally, when in doubt, we call McKinsey. Their playbook includes renaming layoffs as "talent fluidity," creating dashboards that track morale using emoji reactions, launching pilot programs that solve nothing but look great in slide decks, blaming the org chart and redrawing it using a dartboard, and hosting "strategic engagement sessions" with bagels and muffins, calling it transformation.

In summary, BNY's strategic alignment feels more like a slow, grinding descent into cost-cutting madness masquerading as innovation. The only thing truly aligned is the exit door. If you're still here, congratulations—you've survived another quarter of corporate performance art. Just remember, your resilience isn't a virtue; it's a KPI. Your reward? Free coffee and the privilege of watching your job get reclassified as "non-core" while waiting for your personal release date.

If anyone from New York Metro is affected, please post here.

Getting people who have given years to this company on group calls to tell them they are now unemployed is inhumane

Welp, there you go. He survived, but there's only 2 left out of 10. How can they possibly do that amount of work? So we know that they're just being kept around for knowledge transfer and then he will be gone in Feb/Mar when the next round hits.

We're both pretty upset as the people on the team were really good people and hard workers. No "slackers".

Best of luck to all of you. It's a really sad day for so many people... even for those that "survived".

Asm in Atlantic south need answers as to job safety for store level managers I know reps are affected but idk about ASM and RM

They just laid-off 13,000 employees. So sad. We did NOT think that this was going to happen a year ago. Some things, like lay-offs are out of the employees control. As they say: "Everything happens for a reason". Our family member is in shock. Been there done that, myself. There IS a light at the end of the tunnel.

Many reps and ADs getting the news today. Calls will begin shortly with a larger announcement mid day

Hello all,

As someone who dedicated many years to Verizon, my heart is with everyone impacted today. This season may bring doubt, fear, uncertainty, and even emotional or mental strain — and that’s completely human.

In moments like this, I encourage you to look up instead of down. Lean into your faith. Talk to God, give Him your worries, and let Him strengthen you. Don’t sit alone with heavy emotions — hand them over and let God work in the silence.

Just like a seed planted in the ground, you may feel surrounded by darkness at first. But roots grow in the unseen places. If you plant yourself in the right soil — prayer, stillness, and purpose — you will rise stronger than before.

I’m praying for you and your families through this transition. God will bring you through this, and what’s ahead will be better than what’s behind.

Just got told by my AD that her last day is 12/19

Did anybody realize last week's layoffs were coming? For me, it completely came out of the blue. Now I'm even more nervous that it can happen any day without warning, and it's not helping my mental health at all.

I guess they are truly looking after the employees being laid off. That is why I am moving all my 6 lines to T-Mobile. Based on my initial calculations it will come out less than what I am paying with the employee discount. Let that sink in :)

Same news as others posted.

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2025/11/18/news-former-tsmc-svp-wei-jen-lo-said-to-have-joined-intel-allegedly-bringing-sub-2nm-process-files/

When will they realize that getting rid of the best people is only harming the company in the long run? The value of institutional knowledge can't be overstated and they just keep throwing it away like it's nothing.

How many are gone?

They want us to help shift all our responsibilities and tie up loose ends. I don’t want to look at my work computer let alone help my manager right now.

Got the webex from my boss's boss. I'm out. Last Day 12/20 on payroll. Severance portal opens at 1pm.

Corporate Finance Ops. I'm 53. 9 years with company. 3 years as contractor before that. Band 7.

I want to start downloading all my necessary info like paystubs, benefits, reviews, etc to my personal laptop

Are we safe? Or know anyone affected?

Not even a year here and I got my walking papers. I'm VGS. It was fun knowing you all, I guess.

About 80% of the whole VCG PSM organization was let go. That includes Program and Process Orchestration (PPO), Portfolio, and Project Management (PMO).

Good luck out there!

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If you were impacted, please post your details here. Letting us know your position would help greatly, especially us folks in the West coast.

As a spouse to a former Verizon employee who was riffed several years ago. I understand your fears. I pray all get the decision you wish for. Just know Verizon is a business and no one is irreplaceable. There’s no heart in it. I know what this kind of stress can do to a person. If you are riffed please take it as a blessing and leave Verizon in the rear window of your life. The constant mental torture of worry every few years is devastating to a person’s confidence and self worth sometimes. As my spouse is here in a hospice bed the only thing I’m grateful for is that Verizon means nothing to him. If you have your health and family that’s all you need. Hold your head up and find a job that won’t run you through mental torture every few years. It’ll be worth it no matter how it turns out for you today. I wish you all the best in life.

VBG, SD and AD called.

So sorry. Just had it happen to me. Was read a generic script about how I'm going to receive something 'comprehensive' when I relocated less than two years ago. Can't wait for my 2 weeks of severance!

Just looking for clarity as to how this will unfold. Also, I like my boss, he's a good dude. When will I know if he is safe?

Employed through 2/20 per NJ Law. Severance portal opens at 1ET. EPP extended 1yr though so...woohoo.

Anyone else having the same feeling? I have not heard anything from my Manager or Director…No invites or schedules on their calendar…all team members are just on the edge of their seats even if a new email pops up. But no word if we are all safe or any impact on our team!

Just getting too anxious at this point! I hope at least they let us know if we are safe or not!

All these years down the drain. Never once rated low and never written up. Told my job was being eliminated but yet they want to help train the supervisors taking my techs .

I work in GN&T in the BMET area. Two of my coworkers also notified

They are coming from every direction right now. This is nuts. Not a great way to do this in my opinion.

First time posting, received 1:1 with field supervisor. Other coworker said their 1:1 was expected. One of the thousands gone. Crazy is VZ is only keeping 3 of 12 ops techs that cover SD, IA and NE. Good luck with On Call and fiber cuts. Peace out everyone.

I’ve heard people are being told to take the rest of the day today if they’re given notice, but what about Friday? I can’t imagine coming in tomorrow and pretending everything is BAU after getting laid off today.

**I just got the confirmation that VEC MDU will be reduced from 7 client executives “Fios/5G” to 4 client executives per Team…..YOU HEARD IT FIRST** ask your AD/Sr.Directors to be transparent this time, apparently its to help with the transition of the frontier merger happening in less than 4 months., hopefully they wont be clueless and dont know cause it seems the employees know more than the leaders these days.

Anyone know what roles were effected most? Did they target specific departments or positions? Regional selections

Long term loyal employees are professionals and do understand the changing business environment. If the business has a need and decide to send them out, atleast pick a decent time to do it, well before or after Thanksgiving week.

Don't punch them hard in their face 2 days before Thanksgiving, they have to show their face to their family when they get home.

I’m currently at work checking email and nothing from the ceo but I am in wireline fios customer service but I thought that email would be sent out to all of Verizon I guess not.