#rightsizing

IBM and Deloitte have closed the deal on Juneteenth day to takeover VZ IT. It would be a Centralized IT org to deliver the business requirements using Claude Code; hence you would see that your Gitlab repo has 1000+ developer access now(Go and check it out). VZ will do one more wave of RIF to reach the number of agreed workforce for rebadging and retain a small % in the IT.

The PGA Tour laid off 56 employees on Thursday. This represents about 4% of its global staff. The organization is undergoing a right-sizing for its new for-profit structure. FTI Consulting audited the tour and provided recommendations. The PGA Tour also will not fill 73 open roles.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Articles/2026/04/23/pga-tour-lays-off-4-of-staff-amid-organizational-right-sizing/

SaaS data insight firm Dofollow.com identified four key indicators of impending company layoffs. These signs include hiring freezes disguised as "role reviews" and sudden cost-cutting measures across departments. Aggressive productivity metrics and shifts in leadership communication also signal potential workforce reductions. The U.S. economy recently saw unexpected job cuts, with 97,000 non-farm payroll jobs lost in February. Despite this, total jobs remain above long-term trends, suggesting a "rightsizing" rather than a crisis.

https://www.thestreet.com/employment/4-signs-your-company-is-quietly-planning-layoffs

There is 150 million left in the plan for right sizing the company, that's roughly 1500 jobs

Will this happen before end of financial year ?

Let go 4% of workforce due to re-sizing.

TSEP Town Hall. DD talking a lot about “right sizing” and assessing team’s workloads/team members allocated. Also mentioned as a piece of this year’s strategy- GCC 2.0 (global capability center)- where it improves the onboarding and training for ICC employees.

Literally telling us they will lay off US based workers and outsource the job to India. Good luck everybody

• PepsiCo Signals Imminent Layoffs with Work-From-Home Mandate

PepsiCo appears to be the latest major American corporation preparing to reduce its workforce, with reports indicating that job cuts in the United States and Canada could be imminent. The strongest indication of this move comes from a recent directive reported by Bloomberg, which instructed employees in key North American offices—including the company’s headquarters in Purchase, New York, as well as hubs in Chicago and Plano—to work from home this week. This strategy is increasingly utilized by corporate leadership to mitigate the immediate in-office emotional impact and logistical challenges associated with large-scale termination announcements.

The potential restructuring aligns with a broader strategic push to enhance shareholder value and streamline operations. PepsiCo CEO Ramon Laguarta recently issued a memorandum outlining goals for 2026 that prioritize "record productivity savings" and improved operating margins. These changes, which include increased reliance on automation and digitalization, come amidst pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management. Elliott, known for aggressively pursuing operational efficiency and cost reductions, recently acquired a substantial $4 billion stake in the beverage and snack giant.

While PepsiCo has not yet officially confirmed specific numbers, executives have increasingly used the term "right-sizing" to describe workforce adjustments. This development follows a smaller reduction in November, where 500 jobs were eliminated following the closure of two Frito-Lay facilities in Florida. The looming layoffs arrive during a mixed financial period for the company; while PepsiCo reported a slight year-over-year revenue increase in the third quarter of 2025, its stock value has dropped approximately 4.5% since the beginning of the year.

https://www.fastcompany.com/91457193/pepsico-layoffs-job-cuts-heres-the-biggest-clue-theyre-coming-as-pepsi-looks-to-right-size-workforce

Commercial team today (immediate). Field sales teams tomorrow (future state). Need to right-size for the future. Q2 1NA launch on a large scale.
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Big disconnect between Cisco's public statements to the financial community—that the company is "rightsizing efficiently" to optimize performance and the observed outcomes of the LR process. HR is non-existent - they don't care about preservation of talent and institutional knowledge. I feel an increasingly toxic culture and diminished trust in leadership.

Picture caption: For Fiserv reported very weak results last week. One analyst told clients earlier to get out, but his competitors kept telling them to buy. (Caleb Santiago Alvarado/Bloomberg News)

Stock analysts’ favorite line may no longer be “great quarter, guys,” given all the attention it got—including an academic study.

Sound familiar? Yup every earnings call for the last 4 years (obviously with the exception of last weeks). We here had been sounding the alarm for several years. Too little attention is given to associates concerns in 'right sizing' too much authority to leadership.

https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp-500-nasdaq-11-06-2025/card/are-stock-analysts-useless--9eGo3EYP3SrymMcq1bnS?siteid=yhoof2

• American Airlines has begun layoffs following a recent financial loss, according to the Phoenix Business Journal.
• The airline stated it is “right-sizing” its workforce, indicating a need to adjust staffing levels in response to performance and financial conditions.
• Details on the number of affected employees and specific departments were not disclosed in the article preview.
• The layoffs come amid broader cost-cutting measures across the aviation industry following weaker financial results.
• The announcement highlights continued challenges for major carriers as they balance recovery efforts with post-pandemic economic pressures.

Source: https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2025/11/05/american-airlines-layoffs-follow-recent-loss.html

On 3 Nov approx 400 people across multiple functions and lines of business were laid off

6 years in S&T/legacy IT. What a mess, we are sc--wed. Mass Offshoring coming soon, especially with the new “role tagging exercise” that occurred a couple weeks ago, a “right sizing” will happen, leaving much more leaner US based teams.

Director and manager layoffs next. Flattening the curve on the fat middle

It’s disheartening to now know that leadership’s idea of the ideal org size is always smaller. It’s also disheartening to hear many people on this board say similar things - “we could use less of x or y groups.” Makes me wonder if anyone actually knows how to properly operate a company of this size and complexity.