#layoffs

Hello. I am a journalist with the FT who writes about Optum and UnitedHealth. I have heard that there was a layoff at Optum Insight sometime before Thanksgiving. Would love to chat with anyone affected for a story I am writing. Get in touch, Mansur.Shaheen@FT.com

Seems like the world has gone downhill fast these last few years. Not just at work, but at home.

There suddenly seems to be fraud everywhere, people manipulating other people, people willing to lead children astray, possibly for a little cash.

You can't trust anyone these days. You can only do the best you can. Try to raise your family to have the right values, but with so much corruption around them, what can you do?

Even those places you think that are safe, maybe aren't.

Then, your workplace goes out from under you. You lose your job and there you are with just one more thing to take care of.

I keep seeing these comments blaming being laid off and the sorry state of the company on DEI. That wasn’t the case in my experience. In my case there were good ol’ boy networks that took care of their own. You didn’t need to be white or to be a man to be part of the network but it helped. Some individuals were so good at playing this game that they were part of more than one network. They managed to be part of whatever network was ascendant.

Diversity and inclusion was just pretend where I was. Almost everything was just pretend. It would be comical like a parody if it weren’t for the consequences.

With nearly 100,000 employees in many locations, it’s possible that others had a different experience than mine.

Target tech and product is cooked.

If fidelky thinks he’s going to get anything out his tech team, he’s stoned out of his mind. (I spelled his name wrong - it’s not worth the time spelling it right)

This is the most reactionary/pedestrian group of senior leaders ever assembled. And if you add to that the layer of DEI VPs over the last 8 years, you will get leaders who monitor sprint metrics while the place burns down around them.

Glad that I landed a new job outside Target -staying at target is worse than getting laid off. It’s a complete clown show funded by a bunch of ignorant stock holders and board. good luck all - use Christmas to reassess your career.

"Constant restructuring and layoffs, forced return to office without enough desks for everyone, management decisions, lack of transparency, HR is completely disorganized, horrible health insurance, complete disregard for DEI."

"After committing financial su----e by acquiring a non-profit for a whopping $800 million dollars, the company managed to destroy it's culture by favoring edX employees over original staff. That's when the company began it's descent into chaos. More bad decisions by the so-called leadership, constant restructuring with mass layoffs. To top it all off, blatant lies by the CEO about their ridiculous bonuses, right before declaring bankruptcy. The company was privatized, only to go through more restructuring. It's only a matter of time until 2U is sold to the highest bidder."

Coralville, Iowa, at Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT)

• Iowa WARN released an update with new state data about the layoffs at IDT
• The state data says 61 people were laid off in Coralville
• Iowa WARN indicates workers were both notified and laid off on December 12, 2025
• The layoffs were initially reported the prior week, and this story reflects the state update
• IDT describes its work as focused on gene research and DNA testing
• IDT previously said 4.7 percent of its Iowa workforce was affected
• The company’s global headquarters is in Coralville
• A spokesperson said the company is restructuring parts of the business and refocusing resources to support long term objectives and future growth
• IDT said affected workers are being given severance and support packages and noted its collaborations with global health and scientific partners

Gremlins that instead of fostering an environment of positive growth in such a way that you WANT to be here and others from the outside WANT to be part of Citi……

You have gremlin MDs that rely on desperate people that NEED to be here. These are people who are easy to bully, manipulate and whip into servitude and long hours and sacrifice of personal time.

You can’t do that to those that are not desperate. I’ve seen quite a few already financially sound people on solid ground take a look around and “Yeah, no, this is not happening, there’s nothing here of any substance” and leave.

This in itself speaks volumes. The constant pumping out of notice after notice of “tough decisions” , “tough growth”, “hard messages”, “difficult changes” etc… is enough to deter anyone from hiring on to Citi. How do you draw in AND retain truly top talent from the outside given this environment. Sure, Citi can draw in the top talent but retaining them is another thing.

S&S Activewear will close a Texas distribution center in Irving, the're cutting 146 jobs between December 2025 and September 2026

LeeMAH Electronics will close its Richardson facility, cutting 84 jobs tied to aerospace, medical, and tech industries

My hope for 2026 is that Shell finally sticks with a reorg and gives it proper time to play out. No more knee-je-k layoffs and asset sales every 6-12 months. If you have to change course that often you don’t know what you’re doing.
Could also work on staff appreciation and driving the share price up but I won’t hope for that much.

Don’t teams need a minimum of six? On my site many are down to four and many of the ones that aren’t they are having managers plan to cut down to that. This is in research. When will managers get cut? Didn’t see any in last round get cut and none through PIP either

Bloomington hit today!

Does anyone know where Sandy went? Fired or resigned?
(may have been covered here but) Brian Sweeny is gone as of last month.
Any more expected executive departures from the old guard?
Paul, James, Shannon .... I'm looking at you.

Promotions - Basically you can no longer get promoted unless someone leaves a C-level that you are interested in. E.g. C12 will not get promoted for how hard they work, they can only get C13 if someone leaves that role or a rec opens... Bonus have been rubbish for years and pay rise are the same excuse each year "the bell curve" and you get 1%

Layoffs - As we were advised before, would be 20,000 until 2026. Well more information out today that the layoffs will not stop. As long as AI and cut backs happen, this will just keep going on and not stop until the shareholders are happy.. which they never are. I would advise people to stop taking on more work, setting up meetings etc for nothing in return.

Never in my years of working for many companies have I seen a once reputable business become incredible tight and awful to work for. Why would I work overtime when it doesn't reflect? Why would I work harder if there are no promotions? Why would I want to stay in a dead end role with no prospect of earning more? Why would I take on more work and not given anything for it?

Citi has become the company everyone advises to leave or not apply for. A company at one time I was proud to work for, I no longer am. Citi is a place you go to live out the rest of your life by achieving nothing. Shame it went that way

I’m curious if Optum will adjust severance again soon and if there’s any way to know that? Those updates sometimes come out of nowhere, but they’re too big a deal to just learn about them when the actual layoffs happen.

Chubb plans to cut workforce massively thanks to automation. Is AIG going to follow? We have cut a lot already but automation isn't our cup of tea for now, let's be real. Can we compete in the market with our present level of costs? I wish good luck and happy Christmas to everyone, I hope 2026 will be ok.

Just saw a manager job for my store posted with "East Region -Hold per HRBP" in the position title. What does this mean? It's a store that someone on here claimed would be closing but it has not shown up on any closing lists and seems to do very well sales wise.

I joined Cigna just a few months ago, and I have learned that layoffs are a constant and there’s a new round always looming. I am worried that being one of the newest people puts me at the top of the list. Hoping someone can explain if this is the case or if I might actually be safe.

#Avaya took away our #jobs, moved them #offshore, then layed off several thousand US career employees, including our Veterans. I question Patrick Dennis on the obvious hipocrisy. US workers need protection from the corporate abuse of “ Employment at Will.”

Bravo. Well said. (See Comments)

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/patrickjdennis_today-is-veterans-day-while-we-activity-7394037394750017536-dG5N?utm_source=li_share&utm_content=feedcontent&utm_medium=g_mb_web&utm_campaign=copy

I was told by a friend that APAC CEC is next to go through layoffs. Can anyone confirm?

Have there been any displacements yet due to the centralization of QA?

according to the past below, 95 ppl in Orlando are being let go today. Prayers w them today. 80 In Greenville, SC on Friday or Monday. Thinking about them as well. Seems awful so close to Christmas.

I never thought I’d say this, but losing my job at Verizon actually feels like the clean break I needed. The place looked solid from the outside, but once I was in it, the long hours, constant pressure, and nonstop scrambling wore me down fast. I kept trying to push through it, but the stress just piled up and it got harder to pretend it was normal. Getting laid off stung for a minute, but a couple weeks later I’m honestly relieved to be out of that environment and figuring out what comes next without that weight on my back.

Lately I keep seeing coworkers walk out for jobs that pay noticeably less (I guess this job market only allows for that), and that says everything about where things stand. The nonstop tension around layoffs has pushed people to a point where any exit feels better than staying. No one even talks about matching their old salaries anymore. The environment has gotten so heavy that most of us just want out before the next wave hits.

Will you be on the naughty list ?

It seemed like our VP got to keep their good old boy system while really talented people got asked to leave. I think it’s always been that way but it was hard to hide this time with people let go who were dependable.

In Budget 2025, the government outlined plans to eliminate thousands of jobs over the next few years. Ottawa plans to eliminate roughly 40,000 federal positions by 2028-29 as part of broader fiscal restructuring.

https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/industrial-relations/ottawa-job-cuts-layoff-letters-starting-to-trickle-out-across-system/559849

Working here is actually he-l and i would rather take a couple months pay to be laid off than endure more of this. Every employee that still works here is working 1.5x harder and paid the exact same or less every year due to inflation. I havent seen my family in over 6 months

I have been laid off.
I started in 2008. The CEO when I started was Lowell McAcadam.
I did not pay much attention at the time as to who was CEO.
However, I did know the man who sat in the cube next to me (name withheld). He was an elderly man (comparatively) . I still do not know what his job function was. I did however overhear his conversations. Just because i was there. Behind his grizzled visage I discovered the kindest most considerate man I have ever met.

I decided this was a good job.

He is gone now.

As things worked out I became very tightly entwined with Ericsson (a Verizon equipment provider). Including Equipment configuration, optimization and to a lesser extent design.

This was a beautiful thing.

It has been defiled

I'm honestly low-key sad I wasn't laid off. I don't relish not having a job, but I look forward even less to staying here and having to deal with this company's cr-p and more never-ending cuts. I swear, layoffs sound like a better option. At least I'd have severance and a decent chance at a better job.

More cuts are coming in February and probably for a year after plus salaries at MEG were higher. Seems like one of you guys should call Unifor? Even if they do fire you then you can negotiate a better package for retaliation. Just can't talk about it on company time.

Very common for companies to try and reduce costs with layoffs so I do get the reasoning behind that.

However, with that said it now seems with this unnecessary RTO, mandatory low performance ratings, and a variety of other items such as a large exodus of leadership..are they setting up the groundwork to find a buyer for the bank?

In other words it's as if they don't care how miserable they have made it working for the bank because it won't matter since the goal is to reduce employee costs to make the bank more attractive to a buyer.

I mean how are you supposed to grow the business when morale is way down and your employees have no faith or confidence in the leadership.

Is anyone else’s department setting insane expectations to the point where you feel like they are doing this so they have “cause” to fire people to avoid an actual layoff?

FIS lost the FT TA contract, their largest which includes Customer Service because they could not successfully provide the kind of service that FT financial professionals and their shareholders were used to receiving. FIS platforms su-k, the rollout of the new websites was equally bad. So many top producing financial professionals moved their business out, that FT is in the process of taking back their TA. It is a sh*tshow of the highest order. Didn't see this mentioned in this thread. Everyone who was moved over to FIS, will now have to try to get their jobs back at FT. The legacy FT employees did not cause this, but they have to live with the consequences which includes layoffs in May of 2026, if not sooner. Will the shareholders at both locations notice? Which line items on the budges will reflect this total failure? How will FIS sell this one?

If laying off HR is part of the senior leadership strategy, how are the human resources at FIS supposed to respond. Need help with a leave of absence request, problem with your pay, being harrassed by a colleague or supervisor? Yeah, no. Evidently, leadership is also, not interested in the protection from liability that is a core function of a sound HR department. FIS is reckless and their shareholders should know.

Anyone else just feeling exhausted and like there's no job security at this company after quarterly layoffs for almost two years now?

This reorg was handled so poorly. From the way it was announced to some really hardworking and talented people who ended up losing their roles. PepsiCo made it clear you are only a number, there was no effort to condense the workforce through removing under-performers or individuals ready to retire. It was just a blanket cut of roles. What is even more irritating is there is a new batch of campus hires celebrating their new jobs with PepsiCo on LinkedIn. It’s no surprise it was handled this poorly with Ram and Ramon’s track record. This is just the beginning of it as well, get ready for more in 2026. Elliot has spoken. Really discouraged and disappointed with PepsiCo and its felt the same by many employees.

I just checked my bill and noticed that all of my trade in credits have been removed from my account. I’m a laid off employee and was curious if this was normal?

I am in Payment Operations, and we had a big ISO release this year, even got a Manager Spotlight award last week (but who cares about these anymore)... however I have reduced work load since mid November and no one is talking about what is coming in January... I asked my Manager in last 1-1 (last week)... and all he said is enjoy the downtime, we are still working through the 2026 allocations... feeling antsy as WF never ceases to pull the rug under the feet !