#global

Has anyone heard about the hiring freeze in global risk management?

"The direction is global, but implementation may vary by country to account for local laws and regulations..."

So EMEA is next once they get Work Councils sign off

Other than a lot of buzzwords, what the he-l does it actually mean?

Nestlé announced a major global restructuring in October that will eliminate 16,000 positions, largely across administrative and office functions.

https://www.aol.com/articles/companies-behind-2025-largest-layoffs-150000788.html

https://careers.massmutual.com/job/springfield/global-workforce-management-director/724/89713009728

The Opportunity
The Global Workforce Management Director will be responsible for leading the development and execution of Operations’ global strategies to enhance organizational performance. Establish and implement workforce management standards and best practices to promote strong communication, collaboration, and engagement across onshore and offshore teams, ensuring the organization operates efficiently and effectively in a global environment.

The Team
The team is comprised of Strategic Consultants responsible for developing, implementing, executing, and overseeing global transition initiatives across Operations. Your individual role will have an impact on ensuring we have effective remote working standards, hybrid working guidelines, cultural competence, work location recruiting and engagement strategies, etc.

The Impact
You will be accountable for driving the strategic vision, planning, and management of global workforce transitions, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and operational effectiveness. As the Global Workforce Management Director , you will partner with senior leaders, business units, and external partners to identify, plan, and execute transitions that optimize the global operating model. This will include communication, change management and readiness considerations.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead and Develop Team: Manage and mentor a team of Strategic Consultants focused on global transition activities, ensuring coverage across all operational teams. Ensuring the team maintains effective coordination, communication, and appropriate confidentiality in the work they perform.
• Strategic Roadmap Execution: Develop and drive the execution of the global workforce transition strategy, including the creation of transition roadmaps and governance standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Consult with senior leadership and business partners to identify transition opportunities, provide recommendations, and facilitate decision-making.
• Transition Management: Oversee the identification, planning, and execution of work transitions to global partners (e.g., MMI, external vendors), ensuring seamless handoffs and operational continuity. This includes establishing new offshore engagements, modifying existing engagements and coordinating corrective actions for underperforming engagements.
• Vendor and Partner Oversight: Maintain and enhance relationships with external partners, manage contracts, and ensure business satisfaction through regular performance reviews and issue resolution. This includes monitoring SLA’s and operating results, taking the lead on coordinating performance improvement and corrective action planning as needed.
• Governance and Reporting: Establish and oversee standards, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to monitor the performance and impact of global transitions.
• Enterprise Coordination: Work with the MassMutual Global Business Services (GBS) team to maintain alignment on short- and long-term planning, execution, reporting and governance of offshore activities. Ensure the Operations GWM and MassMutual GBS teams maintain alignment on their activities and avoid duplication of efforts.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement strategies to enhance productivity, mitigate risks, and continuously improve the global operating model.
• Change Leadership: Lead organizational change initiatives, fostering a culture of agility, accountability, and inclusivity.

The Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 8 years of experience in operations, strategy, global or workforce management.
• 5+ years of experience in strategic consulting, operations, or managing large-scale transitions.
• 5+ years people management experience or commensurate leadership experience

The Permian Basin is projected to sustain U.S. oil production through 2030. However, some experts believe that the basin could peak within the next twelve months, indicating a potential decline in production. Additionally, it has been noted that the Permian Basin is depleting faster than generally believed, with output possibly peaking as early as 2023. Thus, while the basin has significant production capabilities, its longevity may be shorter than previously anticipated.

The Permian Basin, a prolific oil-producing region in the United States, is projected to sustain U.S. oil production through 2030, according to Enverus Intelligence Research. This oil production prediction hinges on the Permian Basin's capacity to offset declines from mature basins like the Bakken and Eagle Ford Shale. The Permian Basin reserves' future growth will largely stem from more extensional, less-proven areas, where horizontal drilling continues to unlock new potential. While U.S. production growth is expected to remain flat due to inventory degradation and cautious capital expenditure by E&P companies, the Permian Basin's oil production output gains will play a crucial role in maintaining national levels.

Leading Indicators:

Permian Basin's Role:

• The Permian Basin will be the primary driver in maintaining U.S. oil production levels.

• The region's output is expected to offset declines in other mature basins.

Future Growth:

• Incremental gains will come from horizontals drilled in the fringier parts of the Permian.

• Enverus forecasts an additional 2 million barrels per day (MMbbl/d) from the Permian by 2030.

Industry Trends:

• U.S. E&P companies are operating in "maintenance mode," focusing on returning cash to shareholders rather than expanding production.
• This cautious approach contrasts with the aggressive production growth strategies of the past.

Global Supply Contributions:

• In addition to the Permian, other significant contributors to global oil supply by 2030 include Brazil's Búzios oil field and Guyana's developments led by Exxon Mobil, Hess Corp., and CNOOC.

Implications for the Energy Sector:

Sustained Production:

• The Permian Basin's ability to sustain U.S. oil production has broader implications for global energy markets, ensuring steady supply despite regional declines.

Economic Viability:

• The focus on less-proven areas indicates a shift towards maximizing existing resources, albeit at higher operational costs.

Strategic Investments:

• Energy companies might need to balance shareholder returns with strategic investments in new drilling technologies and exploration of less developed zones to maintain long-term production levels.

The continued development of oil production in the Permian Basin is critical for maintaining U.S. levels through 2030. While production growth might plateau, the basin's output will be pivotal in counterbalancing declines from other regions. This strategic focus on sustaining production highlights the evolving dynamics in the energy sector, emphasizing the importance of innovative exploration and efficient resource management to meet future energy demands.

https://fairfieldgeo.com/blog/permian-gains-will-sustain-u-s-oil-production-through-2030

Here we go !!!

Anyone affected in GSC?

Use employee look-up like normally would, doesn't matter who

When results open select Detailed search. For Country use USA, then IND, then I think it was PHL

Will give you count for each country code.

I am trying to find my numbers from 2019.

7K global. So it's starting again.

Any hint on when this latest layoff round would hit EMEA? Besides ANS who i think got hit globally, would be good to know what's happening with the VCF division.

https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/08/IBM_Layoffs_Not_Done_Terminations_of_Staff_in_India_Brazil_and_.shtml

Hi everyone,

The mainstream media websites are mentioning global layoffs at IBM however from what I have seen so far it has only been US and Canada.

Does anyone know if a next round is expected within this quarter for the rest of the Geos and Markets?

Thanks

MA layoffs incoming

Does anyone have any more information on this?

The last I heard was the following;

APLA will transition to APAC, Latin America will join North America and CS will transition to a new role called VP, Global Geo Ops, which will be all about tying together the geos for consistency with a focus on brand and product. They will report directly to AM.

CHEERS

This will be a global impact, the US will be hit the most. just my opinion based on the vibe.

There's a list of US people impacted, does anyone know of a list for global employees? #yelling says there are people in TII who were laid off so I was hoping there'd be a list of global employees impacted. Or does anyone know names of specific TII people impacted?

Imagine those going end up losing 12 EDOs and floaters to align with EM's global regions who don't have the same. Likewise for the DB plan.

AirSlate, which became a so-called "unicorn" in 2022 and in 2023 had about 80 employees in Boston, is laying off people across its offices globally.

https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/news/2025/10/23/airslate-layoffs-2025.html

How’s the increased dependence on offshoring technical and administrative positions working out for bp? Please share positive and negative impacts to corporate efficiency and profits.

Is there any insight as to whether upcoming rumoured 10/28 layoffs include international / phase 2 employees or is more US heavy?

Amazing that we are back in Iraq after two years trying to get out. And now the question of who will actually work Iraq after getting rid of the Aussies, Canadians, Malaysians and Brits. Why would we do this to our global team when we are trying to grow new developments

https://www.adn.com/business-economy/energy/2025/10/01/conocophillips-sends-layoff-notifications-to-some-north-slope-workers-part-of-global-reduction/

Total 2,035 headcount reduction

5 countries headcount got the most impacted

USA 763
China 328
India 294
Brazil 59
Malaysia 43

Does anyone know the tentative global headcount affected by the layoffs at FIS?

I know some are gloating about the India layoffs, but you really shouldn’t be. Just because they’re letting people go there doesn’t mean they’ll be hiring here. In fact, it makes it clear that things could be even worse here since they’re laying off people who cost a fraction of what we do. This is not a situation to celebrate.

The Union of IT & ITES Employees (UNITE) protested against TCS, alleging potential job cuts affecting 30,000 employees, a claim TCS denies, stating the reduction is around 2% of its global workforce. Supported by CITU, UNITE demands government intervention and warns of a larger layoff scale, while TCS emphasizes restructuring for future readiness with severance packages.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/tcs-layoffs-protest-it-employees-union-claims-30000-job-cuts-plans-global-action-company-issues-statement/articleshow/123403929.cms

Most of Intel's fabs, assembly and packaging sites are in other countries, not in US at all. Intel only has 60% fabs in US, and 99% assemble and packaging are in other countries (China, Malaysia, Penang, etc).

Does Intel count as a US manufacturing company? Its manufacturing in non-US countries is higher than other companies.

Does anyone have any insight? Management has sent numerous emails encouraging the team to attend. Management has never cared in the past about Town Halls!

Just confirmed that this time RIF spreads to Ukraine, Romania, India, Mexico development centers and remote workers. Utilities haven’t had layoffs in engineering for past 10 years. I heard second wave is possible.

How will CS fare?

Americas
EMEA
APAC

As I understand current APLA will be absorbed.