#orgstructure

Get your hands on a set of the new orgs charts out today. Dozens of newSVPs and new VPs. The top just got heaver w/blessing of new EVP of perpetual conference attendee (HR)

CVS Health plans to lay off 72 remote employees due to the loss of a contract, which will also effectively end CVS Health's Aetna Medicare Medicaid Program for Ohio residents.

CVS Health said in an Oct. 17 notice filed with state Department of Labor that the layoffs will affect remote employees who report to Aetna's headquarters at 151 Farmington Ave. in Hartford. Most of the effected employees live in Ohio, with one employee residing in Michigan and another in Kentucky.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/cvs-health-to-layoff-72-remote-employees-after-loss-of-ohio-contract/ar-AA1OQ2b9

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Meanwhile lean and mean operations in markets . Something that resembles a belly fat with skinny legs.

We're drowning in management layers. Every issue gets passed up the chain until nothing actually gets done. They talk about being efficient, but you have a dozen people giving orders and no one helping. The pay structure is all over the place and new hires are completely lost. How did we even reach this point?

The industry trend has been to flatten orgs and I imagine that is where Paramount is heading. Our new CPO will likely deploy some of the same strategies that were used to restructure Meta (where he came from). Worth a read for those falling under this part of the org.
https://about.fb.com/news/2023/03/mark-zuckerberg-meta-year-of-efficiency/

Go to Slack and check your org chart .. there are many changes and some of us are left with no one to report to ... like an orphan ...

i don't know what it mean .. are the opt ins stil there ? it almost seems live like numbers changing and so far
MTV - seems to be untouched generally in marketing
anyway look before they figure it out ...

Today, my manager informed me that I’m part of the next round of actions, as my role is affected by the organizational health measures set by McKinsey. My team is being reassigned to different functional lines, and my manager mentioned that the RIF notification date is scheduled for 11/19. It appears that McKinsey’s recommendations are driving how our business is structured and managed, with decisions being made based on a set of data rather than the real work being done.

The organization has seen an influx of legacy middle management talent and former strategy consultants whose backgrounds are primarily in general management rather than technical disciplines. In a technology-driven environment, this skills gap has led to a reliance on offshoring key engineering functions. These managers effectively position themselves as coordinators of offshore delivery rather than direct technical contributors.

However, this structure has created a structural disincentive to hire highly skilled domestic technical talent, as doing so would expose inefficiencies in the current management layer. The result is a dependency loop that prioritizes headcount optics and managerial control over genuine technical capability.
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Putting this up for visibility. It’s definitely a reason for offshoring that comes right after the usual cost-cutting measures.

Hearing it's going to be big org changes. Also, all you publicly complaining about RTO and trying to protest coming into the office, you will get the response of finding out who is in charge.

If you’re a shareholder wondering where all the revenue is going, you should examine the org chart.

Too many chiefs, not enough workers. Anyone else notice the surplus of VPs, directors, and senior market VAS managers—often stacked two or three deep for the same function? Hertz is throwing away over $10 M a year in combined salaries so a handful of people can “manage” 2–3 capable employees. Meanwhile, the frontline is breaking their backs with shrinking fleets, fewer managers, and less staff support—without even a cost-of-living raise. It’s insulting. Back of house is running around putting out fires with little to no staff with very limited OT to pay all the chiefs. This is not a depiction or example of LEAN staffing.

Yet the company is more than willing to hand out six-figure checks for roles that add little to no real value.

I saw information that the number of reports under a manager is being reviewed. Any news? What does this mean?

Ford has sunk millions (and sometimes billions) into initiatives like Model e / FNV4, Ford Next, Canopy, and FordLabs, and what’s becoming increasingly clear is a repeated pattern: massive spending, vague execution, questionable hires or partnerships, and little to no lasting impact.

How do these projects keep getting approved? Who’s actually making the strategic calls? Who signs off on these black-box initiatives, the hiring, the vendors, the direction? The execution feels disconnected from reality. Where’s the accountability for these profound strategic missteps? What oversight exists? I don't understand: is it the board, the CEO, product leads, entire leadership chains, external partners, etc.? Is there an internal innovation council or P&L division that says money is for X and Y but not Z? Is there gatekeeping? Is it greed? Kickbacks? Special vendor relationships that lock us?

Who handles HR and talent acquisition? Did we just bring senior roles with high pay and unclear mandates in the name of innovation? Are our analysts in an ivory tower, not understanding the fundamentals and easily fooled? How come we need so much money to build and do things, and why are we cheap in places that matter? Is it a circular talent problem? Where does the actual money end up being spent? Who is hoarding it? Is it money laundering? Do special committees lack deep domain knowledge? I can't wrap my head around this.

Do executives rotate out before results materialize, or are they promoted elsewhere or hired externally? Does the Media & PR shape the story far more than the product teams? Is the company under existential pressure to look like they're innovating? Why does Ford's structure allow it? Is it due to consultants with strategy decks without deep product execution knowledge? How does HR acquire talent and also place them accordingly? Do we have executive recruiters with vague job specs that drag and drop people like a menial task? Is it because of the whole "who we know" bit which bypasses procurement for strategic partners to add to the reliance on market signaling?

Do we have a siloed org structure that breeds "mini-empires"? Do we have experts that may be downplaying other experts that may threaten an empire? Is talent held back, or perceived as going rogue for initiative and being vocal? Do things repeat because we have an inability to absorb failure lessons due to quietly folding concerns under the rug instead of facing humility and accountability? Did we really bask in what a startup mindset really means? Milchmädchenrechnung?

I really want to hear the rationale behind decisions in such a historic company competing in the now. Are we structurally incapable of absorbing new insight without breaking internal equilibrium? Is it from gov bailouts and subsidies that enable mistakes to continue, compelled through lobbying packets written by "independent" parties? Are people with real execution power and holistic domain knowledge not looped into the work?

Do we suffer with watered down layers of middle management or political handlers? Is it relationship over merit that requires tribal alignment when presenting accurate feedback or data to prevent it from being rejected if it comes from "outside the circle"? Do we monitor sabotage behavior, and do we enable it or step in and put our foot down? Is it ego over mission, where elevation itself upsets social balance and as an org we are unable to cut through biases? Are these divisions, projects, and products "moonshots," as in high risk but necessary for survival, yet poorly executed?

I'm not asking for the benefit of Ford, but to deeply understand and learn from what is going on in this company, I know trolls will come or bash execs and blanket it all, but I'm checking to see angles I may be missing here. Interested in any sort insight for my own education because I don't know what I don't know. Managing the unknown in my case-study. Thanks.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-executive-says-company-has-cut-a-third-of-its-managers.html

Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year, exec says

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-executive-says-company-has-cut-a-third-of-its-managers.html

• A Google executive told employees last week that in the past year, the company has gotten rid of a third of its managers overseeing small teams.
• “We have to be more efficient as we scale up so we don’t solve everything with headcount,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said at a town hall meeting.
• Asked about the buyouts, executives at the meeting said that a total of 10 product areas have presented “Voluntary Exit Program” offers.
  https://www.cnbc.com/2025/08/27/google-executive-says-company-has-cut-a-third-of-its-managers.html

Has anyone received their docs to sign if you are getting a new role?!! I got an email with basic information but not docs to sign…

In September there will a massive change in S&T - layoffs… Data Product Management teams and DPA will combine which will create layoffs… others will be affected… hold on to your butts..

https://deadline.com/2025/08/david-bittler-leaving-paramount-evp-corporate-communications-1236497867/

With some added instructions and changes to the org structure. I still feel like cr-p, though. I’m glad I’ll keep getting a paycheck, but I feel numb about hanging on to a job I don’t even like. What really hits me is how awful this is for those who lost their jobs. Let’s support each other, we’re all stuck in this nasty situation together.

Surprise there's no post on this. Discuss.

you too can also continue to remove DEI positions, initiatives and language from the website while promoting the diversity credo! And now that 70%-80% of employees use AI in this Wild West you will be able to fire even more people. not that we'll ever know about who was let go.

There was a smart dude with tons of patent under his belt but was let go and now he is equal to Trim at a healthcare company. While we have a dum--ss AN who doesn’t know sh-t and torch is given by Trim to AN to burn down the house…LOL

What are you reading from this announcement? While many saw this coming, what are the implications for IA?

With the org saying they are laying off 500 director levels and above. How many do we have at the moment. In my mind the ratio would be 10 reports to a director. 5 directors to a VP. 5 VPs to a SVP. An SVP would then have 250 subordinates. This is just my made up figures, but I’d be interested to know the real numbers.

With the CEO stepping down, it’s hard not to feel uncertain about what’s next. Whoever takes over is likely to bring major changes. And we all know that frontline employees are usually the first to feel the impact of any reorganization or cuts. The economy’s slipping, the job market isn’t great, and many of us are already stretched thin, both financially and emotionally. A little stability would go a long way in easing the pressure we’ve all been feeling. But right now, it’s hard to see where that might come from.

Hearing it will be Q3/Q4

https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4284185518

Job posting for external organization design consultant with experience in large scale reorganization.

I see new manager roles that have two to four roles that report up to them. Is this because Hess staff are coming in and not in scope in round 2?

Curious where folks are seeing cuts. HSE here, and honestly I can’t tell how deep this is. I am seeing a lot of down grading of roles tho…

We have serious organizational and leadership challenges that a headcount reduction alone can’t solve. Yes, there may be redundancies in some areas, but at the same time, we’re missing key roles that are critical to moving forward. What we need is competent leadership with a clear, thoughtful vision for where we’re headed and how we’re going to get there. Letting go of 30 people, seemingly at random, without a strategic plan to address the root problems won’t take us anywhere.

What is the deal with the new titles? Seems like it’s going to combine J and K and o may have one level VP. What does that do to someone who was in line for a promotion from J to K? Will the salary bands change??

Has anyone visiting this page been impacted by the pooling process discussed a few weeks ago?

Both ELT and now SLT appear focused on hiring primarily through Rogers Communications’ network of associates - aka, friends.

Simply reshaping the organizational structure will not drive real change that's needed. The company is not functioning as a truly international business, but rather as one directed by individuals whose decisions risk undermining its future while their personal connections receive disproportionate advancement.

Heard a couple of Sr. Managers gone today.

Ulf’s org is the flavor of the week.

It's been almost two weeks and our group has heard nothing beside the Ellison town hall. We're not even sure who we all technically report to now. Wondering if it's the same in other parts of the company.

Any one have any clue when they are going to start announcing the new structure and who is reporting into whom?

Wanted to see if what was said in a previously thread is true. Is BET merging departments in the near future?

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