#change

Morning everyone! With the North East set to go live with new structure by end of February can anyone provide updates? Only couple weeks away, how is the transition going? Any head count reduction? How are the employees being treated? Severances offered?

any one heard of this?

What depts move to Houston?

Is it true that the once exclusive CPQ quote tool is now being used by the dealers?

If so, when did that start?

Remember this name come March Bas Burger. Who is the CEO of BT Global in London will become the new CEO of Verizon Consumer. Remember the name ;)

Anyone else surprised by this announcement?

Current Severence policy not accessible online! Can someone else check? Policy might be changing...

Legit question 🤔 considering all these changes that are harming a once strong and proud company.

Our entire executive team should be forced to watch this in a loop for 24h straight. This video should be broadcasted all over the TVs in every qcom office.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-02-04/things-have-to-change-at-qualcomm-goldberg-says-video&ved=2ahUKEwi_9t_yrMWSAxUUL0QIHf2aKm0QwqsBegQIERAB&usg=AOvVaw1-EcxiKck5FQbTK9zBI6Oy

If so, when would be the expect time line?

What are the field structure changes I’m hearing about?

https://www.storyboard18.com/brand-marketing/meta-cuts-1500-jobs-as-cfo-susan-li-signals-reality-labs-pivot-towards-wearables-88694.htm

Meta announced 1,500 job cuts, primarily within its Reality Labs division. The company is reassessing its long-term virtual reality and metaverse investments. CFO Susan Li stated Reality Labs spending will now focus more on wearables. This shift includes shutting down VR gaming studios and cancelling content initiatives. Wearables, especially smart glasses, have shown stronger market demand for Meta.

Last week CMS proposed a Medicare Advantage increase of 0.09% - basically nothing compared to the 2025 3.7% increase - all in the face of increasing medical costs, significant turbulence, and troubles in the industry. I would not be surprised if we see restructuring in the coming months and possible layoffs..

My perspective: leadership is WAY out of touch to handle these tough coming years, and like always - they will collect their golden parachutes while making significant changes that are unguided by long-term perspective and experience in the business - impacting employees and our products. They would rather rely on their hubris than ask a senior employee working in the trenches their opinion about a change. They will try to cut costs by decreasing product offerings and cut critical resources impacting member experience leading to a long term hit to the business, all while we should be doing the opposite to increase market share. The Spendables fiasco was a disaster, CM / PHCO has what measurable impact? , the Quality team is doing what to reduce medical costs? It is unfortunate that instead of hiring for leadership positions internally, they would rather go outside of the organization and bring someone new in..

Overall I am trying to remain hopeful for Centene - but when we stray away from the mission which is supposed to guide us and improve profits, our short term thinking will do the opposite. I'll end with this: AI is not our future, our employees and our members are.

Will the Club model rule the future?

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Several Q1 org changes appear to be in progress and are yet to be announced. The announcements are expected tomorrow. It also looks like Marrs is moving back to the U.S. Please share any changes you’ve observed within your org.

https://pulse2.com/opentext-names-ayman-antoun-as-ceo/amp/

OpenText announced its board has appointed Ayman Antoun as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board, effective April 20, 2026, positioning the veteran technology executive to lead the company’s next phase of cloud modernization and enterprise AI-focused growth.

Antoun brings more than three decades of operating and transformation experience across global technology organizations. OpenText highlighted his tenure at IBM, where he most recently served as President of IBM Americas from 2020 to 2023, overseeing the company’s largest regional business across the U.S., Canada, and Latin America. OpenText said his leadership at IBM included driving advancements spanning cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cognitive solutions, and digital modernization. Antoun also previously served as President of IBM Canada and General Manager, Global Technology Services, and spent time in telecom as Senior Vice President of Business Market Sales at Bell Canada from 2013 to 2015.

Antoun will succeed James McGourlay, who has been serving as interim CEO. OpenText said McGourlay will remain in the interim role through the transition and then move into a role within the company’s Executive Leadership Team. The company also said P. Thomas Jenkins, currently Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, will return to the role of Chair of the Board following the CEO transition.

OpenText’s board described the appointment as the outcome of a thorough CEO search process aligned to the company’s strategy and leadership needs, emphasizing Antoun’s experience with large-scale modernization efforts and his relationships across public and private sectors. Antoun, in comments released by the company, pointed to OpenText’s product portfolio and global client base as advantages as organizations place greater importance on trusted data for AI and business operations.

Antoun holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Waterloo and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s Executive program in financial analysis, business management and strategic planning. He currently serves on the boards of TD Bank and CAE.

KEY QUOTES

“The Board is very pleased to welcome Ayman to OpenText, and as we look ahead to the Company’s future, the Board believes that he is the best leader to drive shareholder value by growing revenue in our core Enterprise Information Management for training Agentic AI business. Ayman’s deep enterprise technology and software expertise and decades of leading large-scale global transformations will be a catalyst for OpenText’s next phase of growth.”

“On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank James for his steadfast leadership as Interim CEO and for the strong results we are realizing by his commitment to our clients. I look forward to welcoming Ayman back home to Kitchener-Waterloo, where he grew up and went to school at the University of Waterloo, and to work with him, our Board and Executive Leadership Team as OpenText continues to advance its strategy.”

P. Thomas Jenkins, Executive Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer, OpenText

“The Board’s CEO Search Committee conducted a thorough CEO search, assessing a strong and diverse slate of global candidates against the Company’s strategic direction to identify the right leadership fit. We were impressed by Ayman’s experience leading major technology organizations, particularly in cloud and digital modernization, along with strong international relationships across public and private sectors. It became clear in our conversations with Ayman that he is uniquely positioned to advance the Company’s leadership in enterprise AI during our pivotal phase of growth.”

David Fraser, Lead Independent Director, OpenText, and Co-Chair of the CEO Search Committee

“OpenText’s core product portfolio, which is the foundation for training agentic AI, combined with its worldwide client base offers the company a competitive advantage as trusted data is now essential to how economies, nations and businesses operate around the world. I am energized by the opportunity to lead OpenText into its next chapter and look forward to working with the Board and leadership team to accelerate the Company’s growth strategy and deliver long-term shareholder value.”

Ayman Antoun, incoming Chief Executive Officer, OpenText

APAC has had the reputation of toxicity for some time. Is this a complete change of guard we should be looking for? Is there light at the end of the tunnel for some of us, regardless what is going on globally. Keen to hear everyone’s perspective

I know I should leave. Everything points to it. I have an open invitation at a friend's startup. But I'm stuck, unable to take the first step. I hate that I'm choosing to be miserable because I'm too scared to make a change. Dell is the only thing I've known for so long. I know many who feel the same way. It's almost like some weird type of Stockholm Syndrome at this point.

Head of Sales is retiring. Replacement was quietly hired a few weeks ago. I’d expect sweeping changes and reduction to the sales org by mid year

They shifted field service in several upper Midwest states to dealers last year. I'm hearing that they are about to do this same thing in a number of additional states. Does anybody know anything for sure?

I had a conflict and missed the Open Mic, I assumed they would send out a recoding but after that last email it seems likely they will not. Can anyone share what was spoken about? Are there more changes coming?

As a long time UMAC, I can truly say since this centralization my mental health has taken a sharp decline! The new processes that change every 15 minutes, it’s just too much!

Change the retirement % to age chart.
62 = 100%
61 = 90%
60 = 85%
59 = 80%
IF THE COMPANY WOULD CHANGE THIS EMPLOYEES COULD RETIRE SOONER.

I heard there might be changes to community relations and related outreach.

I work with that group but have been off on a leave.

Have there been any changes? Same leadership or new?

Cisco enterprise networking SVP jumps ship to Nokia.

https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/cisco-enterprise-networking-svp-jumps-ship-to-nokia/

I would expect major layoffs before the new dude starts in April

He won't want to be the bad cop straight away so it will be done before then

Does anybody know what advantage is to the company by changing the stock ticker from PSX to PTC?

Anyone have any insights on when we will hear about home lending restructure?

Kate & crew attached themselves so easily to Naas . . I wonder what they pivot to next since DW (Dave Ward) bolted on 1/23/26 ?

Let's see how this plays out.

When the fake review scandal $hit hits the fan.

Sounds like KM is following Ricoh’s model in major accounts. Look for multiple layer changes. Inside sales will vastly expand. Sled will remain. Global accounts will remain. Production will integrate into a reformed IP. Performers have nothing to be concerned with. Dealers are growing however.

More changes at the top. What are these about? Any insight?

Are any other departments implementing new and far out there changes? Our department was told today no one can start work before 7am even though we follow EST and some of the team are in different time zones. I feel like they are trying to see who they can push out so they don’t have to pay severance.

Friday I know of at least 2 organizations that had surpluses! I know WFM has something boiling! Anyone have any detail!

Does anybody know is any major changes are planned for stores any time soon?

Rachael Clark told her group a few weeks ago that the bank is letting MN folks work from home until January 30, but she expected that to be extended. Has anyone heard if that has changed?

Thoughts?