#department

End of year reviews coming up. What's everyone expecting to see and is this supposed need to label some employees as needs improvement actually been enforced.

Any dept rumors of layoffs yet?

Does anyone have insight on what date department budgets will be approved/finalized this month?

The Trump administration is abruptly cutting dozens of staff who are at the forefront of disaster response and recovery at the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week, according to internal emails obtained by CNN and sources familiar with the plan.

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/01/politics/dhs-cutting-fema-disaster-response-staff

What’s the culture in the legal department?

I keep hearing mentions and whispers of reorgs. Anyone have insight to that? What areas are involved and when?

where do you sit and what department are you working out of? …..trying to see if what we’ve been complaining about is a company wise issue or a department issue….

Please comment if you were affected with the RIF yesterday what market and department.

I was hired as a software engineer…….

But now I’m being asked to do work that has nothing to do with the JD…….

I genuinely don’t know what to do. It barely feels real like who hires you for a full stack python software developer and then suddenly tells you to do data engineering work instead

Do I start looking for another job, or do I just su-k it up and move to another department ? Or is this just a company-wide bait-and-switch hiring practice?

And this is not going to help. Apparently, these people are not aware that many police departments don’t even respond to vehicle thefts, you are told to come into the police department to make a report. Sounds like desperation to appear like there is a subscription product there, The News didn’t even put it behind the paywall:

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/ford/2025/12/12/ford-uses-tech-cooperation-with-police-to-thwart-f-150-pickup-thieves/87732049007/

GN&T did their usual shuffle of ADs and SDs after the RIF. For those that are unfamiliar, once a year or once every few years, they shuffle ADs and SDs from one department that they’re unqualified to lead to another where they’re typically even less qualified. It’s one of the many brilliant strategies that have allowed the competition to catch up or even surpass VZ

GCAS moving to a functional accountability model, head of CIM APAC is gone and will be overseen by a US head. Honestly this is a good change because CIM APAC has been a disaster for years with no accountability or desire to follow required internal or regulatory processes.

Currently, more than 6,500 unemployment claims remain pending, some dating back to February. To address this backlog, DOL is teaming up with Google AI and delivery partner Egen to build an interim process that consolidates claim information into a single system. The deployment of Google’s Adjudication Assistant, a GenAI solution, will help accelerate claim reviews.

https://www.capegazette.com/article/delaware-department-labor-launches-strategy-update/296823

Did anyone catch the question during the AMA event where SM admitted they were seriously considering combining Ops Risk and Compliance? She said she thought it was a good idea and that our peer banks have already done it... Is Compliance done for??

What’s going to happen to Optum in the long run?

I’m a WFH employee in the Loyalty department. Any word yet regarding us? So far it’s been crickets.

anyone know if california is affected? if so how bad? and which departments in retail?

Layoffs with two NS and some forced rankings of one NS in our department VAS. Anyone else’s departments affected?

A lot of people seem to think we’re getting axed. I’m not so sure. Wanted to see if any R2B reps have any insight.

Which functions and departments will get hit the hardest? Thoughts?

Has anyone heard about accounting or specific departments?

We are already a small team - anyone knows if there will be any impact in legal department?

The departments and roles most at risk in Verizon’s current layoff wave are those in non-hub locations, remote-only roles, legacy functions, and middle management, with a particular emphasis on areas not directly tied to core business transformation or strategic platforms.[reuters +3]
High-Risk Departments and Roles
• Remote/Non-Hub Employees: Workers based outside core and business hub locations or those exclusively remote are the primary targets.[remio +2]
• Middle Management: Over 20% of management roles, especially those with duplicative functions or not clearly aligned with growth priorities, are flagged for reduction.[finalroundai +1]
• Legacy and Support Functions: Departments relying on old technologies, process-heavy support teams, and administrative roles—especially those made redundant by automation or digital platforms—face higher risk.[remio]
• IT Support and Operations: Routine IT, helpdesk, and non-strategic operations, particularly those not driving cost savings or transformation, are being streamlined.[remio]
• Finance, HR, and Shared Services: These centralized functions face consolidation, with job loss risk greatest for those outside highly specialized, strategic, or compliance-driven roles.[fortune +1]
• Sales in Declining Markets: Sales teams in underperforming or shrinking segments are seeing targeted reductions, especially if their territory overlaps with others or shows declining ROI.[deccanchronicle]
Safer (But Not Immune) Roles
• Employees in critical, revenue-driving, or transformation-aligned teams—especially in core hubs—are less likely to be cut, but all business areas are under some level of scrutiny this cycle.[reuters +1]
In summary, remote workers, non-hub office staff, duplicative middle managers, and those in legacy support areas face the highest layoff risk at Verizon during this restructuring.

I know one thing in my department we have 1700 calls in queue everyday in fios. We get a lot of 5g calls. I know it’s about to get really ridiculous now. I wonder if hours will change when frontier rolls around.

Anyone know anything about this department? How is their long term outlook and how is the work/leadership?

Since the layoffs, most of my department is working overtime. Others, like myself, are still working their 40 hour work week and letting the work be delayed. We haven't been told directly to work overtime, we're just expected to do more with less. They give us more than 40 hours worth of work with the expectations that we deliver on the same timelines as before, with the same pay of course.

I'm guessing this is common across all areas of the firm, but wanted to hear from others to confirm.

I am trying to transfer to our Department of Golf Tournaments & HQ Celebrations. That seems to be the only growing area in the company and the work looks interesting if not outright fun. I think I've outgrown my current engineering role and I'd even accept a demontion or a lateral move to the coveted department.

Do you think this is possible?

Have they announced expected numbers/departments for RIFs at Plymouth?

Fartley is pi---d.

more layoffs at sunrun. Not sure how many but it spanned multiple departments

Anyone here anything on Case Management / Customer Champion Team? Will there be any RIFs for them?

Who else is irritated that subsurface is taking their sweet time with this reorg? All the other upstream groups seem to be done and yet we have to wait until the end of the week because AF wants it.

The structure was bad before but it doesn’t seem like it’s getting any better.

They gutted us last time! I didn't think anyone would be let go this time because so many people were let go during the summer round of layoffs. Is BET done?

What other departments got hit? Seems like this is going to be another big one. That was a fun meeting, love to hear what others are being told.

Has anyone seen or heard if there are areas that are likely seeing more hits now that we're getting more invites. Sorry, no info here .

The Interior Department plans to eliminate more than 2,000 positions across its headquarters, agencies and bureaus throughout the country as part of a reduction in force that officials say is not related to the ongoing government shutdown, but happened to coincide with it.

https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/10/interior-department-reveals-plans-to-lay-off-more-than-2000-employees/

Anyone have any ideas what departments will be hit?

Im seeing posts about this but no departments or business groups named. Im guessing no one really knows and its speculation based on past years? We can only hope for another VSP.

We've already had 2 departments completely outsourced that I know of and sounds like they are seeing what else can be.

He complained about his long commute, uprooting his family, a full parking lot, no car…typical Ginger stuff. But he didn’t mention the bonus part. Yes, bonuses of over 100% multiplier for many departments. Oh…we can’t mention good news. Yes, there will be change. It su-ks. Get a grip. There are other places to work. You can just quit. No one is forcing you to work for Walgreens. With no car you should have a nice savings built up.