#panic

All those posts reporting bl oo d baths
All the hysteria
1000 cuts is SOP
The real issue moving forward is RTO less flexibility. How will we be punished if we can’t make it in due to extraneous circumstances?
I heard many ppl complaining this week is there truth to the rumors that they may tweak it? Or is that just wishful thinking?

can one of the origional posters about the mass layoffs before may 1 please provide an update on what you know? Tomorrow is May 1. Should we assume we will he laid off in the morning? Or has this been canceled? I have also spent alot of time online trying to find out about the WARN notice and everything I have found says that Sunrun has not filed a WARN notice I'm the month of april.

First off, I'm sorry to those let go. I hope they're able to find something better and more secure.
Some orgs have been told layoffs are done.
I've seen "Tech Activation Touch Base" still being used for both for reorg meetings. Poor taste reusing that meeting title for both information and layoffs. Way to send an employee into panic.

I know there have been several posts so just adding confirmation based upon information provided by leadership that 3/31 is going to be a horrible day for Oracle. Executives on calls are very stressed and panicked as they assess impact across their organizations. Good luck everyone.

Paramount is saying the merger will go without major layoffs. I honestly think they're full of it and only saying that not to cause panic. This is not a cheap acquisition, and they'll have to find ways to make up for the investment somehow. I wish I was wrong, but I believe major layoffs are unavoidable.

Cisco is sending panic to its partners. Every few days, the company's management sends out an email to partners with new policies regarding prices, deals, and price protections. There is great frustration among Cisco partners regarding the company's policies, panic, and indecision. Decisions are made on the spur of the moment without giving enough time to evaluate the new situation.

They wiped so many people. Update your resume, find something and Gtfo. If you see an internal listing, it’s a trap. We all sat around and asked ourselves when. When is here. Good luck.

Keep fighting the good fight. Ireland coming apart at the seams

is this stock going to go !!!!

People have to feed their families by earning from their jobs at Walgreens. Please don’t cause panic here with Fake Info or things you think may happen. Post only if you know things are happening in next two weeks.

Anybody else panicking knowing what's coming and seeing the job market only get worse and worse?

I got cut in this round. My wife could easily lose her job in the coming months too, as her company is heading into a major round of layoffs. I keep hearing and reading stories about people who haven’t been able to find another job for months, even a year. I’ve been looking into other options for a while now, and it’s been a deeply discouraging experience. I know panicking doesn’t help, but it’s hard to shake the feeling that the walls are closing in.

Welp… looks like another Tuesday is about to get interesting at Honeywell.
According to some around various teams, something big is set to drop—and yes, it lines up with Honeywell’s not-so-secret tradition of choosing Tuesdays for major shake-ups. (Because apparently nothing says “good morning” like a mid-week panic.)

Insiders are whispering that layoffs could be announced as early as Tuesday morning, with multiple groups bracing for impact. No official word yet, but the timing alone is raising eyebrows—this always seems to happen on a Tuesday, doesn’t it? Especially before Christmas.

If you’re inside Honeywell, keep your calendar wide open.
If you’re watching from the outside… grab popcorn.

I was hoping that whatever happens, it would be done in one day so we can move on. But with how little info we're getting and how slowly things are developing, it seems this will be a week-long affair, at least. I'm not looking forward to all the stress and anxiety one bit.

Can somebody confirm (or even better, tell me it's not true) the recent rumors about major cuts coming in January? I understand people are nervous because everybody seems to be laying off, so is there a chance that people are just panicking and speculating, and layoffs are not actually coming?

https://x.com/LeadingReport/status/1997711038566027389

After 25 years I was terminated on 11/20. And now a local Engineering firm has just reached out to me to see if I would come to work for them on the projects I was working at the time of my dismissal. So VZ will now pay much much more to get projects completed and they won't be able to overwork me like they did in 2025. I was told my former manager was in "Panic" mode to get these projects completed. Should I take the job?

Truly sympathizing with anyone who is getting their last regular paycheck 3 weeks from today. The first time I got laid off in 2022, this feeling caused true panic but was short lived. I found another role, and then was laid off for a 2nd time 2.5 years later. That first missed payday after the layoff was brutal. It all worked out, but I am thinking about anyone having to go through this. Exactly the reason why I despise VZ.

But I’d been trying to find something else for months, and nothing ever came through. Now I’m laid off, and the panic is setting in. Wishing everyone who lost their job yesterday the best of luck, I think we’re all going to need it.

People are wild guessing and sending themselves into apoplexy. Wait it out. Get drunk if you need to. But don't invent scenarios in your head that you don't know will happen. Don't do that to yourselves.

My direct manager mentioned to me on Thursday that we would most likely be asked to work from home on the 20th and that we would get official confirmation on Friday (yesterday) or possibly Monday. No official confirmation came as of yesterday. Is it true that only teams that are heavily impacted will be asked to work from home? I am trying not to panic, but i have a very bad feeling about all of this.

I know that for sure, I’ve been trying to find something for months now.

Layoffs aren’t stopping (I’m not just talking about Cisco, but literally everywhere), the available jobs are dwindling, and everything is starting to look like we’re going to he-l in a handbasket. Just the thought of losing my job right now is making me hyperventilate.

I’m pretty anxious about the upcoming layoffs. Especially if they are before the new year. My wife and I are expecting a baby soon and are heavily reliant on our insurance currently. Insert panic here.

What the he-l happened?

It’s really looking bad. Time to prepare an exit plan.

Will Cisco engage in another round of layoffs? yes. 100%
Will Cisco LRs happen next week? in November on the Q1 earnings call? in February on the Q2 earnings call? in May for Q3 or August for Q4/FY ? yes, probably.

Is Cisco bad? no. Cisco us a soulless entity (a corporation) that exists to enrich it's owners (shareholders). Some of the people who lead Cisco may be 'bad' but that is a value judgement.

You, the employee, have a choice to make. You can work and consume based on yesterday's economy or you can make some changes now.

You WILL get laid off and the economy, hiring environment and future looks bleak. These are facts and why you and your colleagues are feeling hyper stressed right now. IT feels unnatural. It feels different.

In the past a looming LR was a bad feeling, now its panic.

Use that panic to do something.

There are essentially two levers that you have control of, Your personal investing and your personal spending.

one the spending side the alarm klaxon should be wailing right now. start with the big rocks, for maost of you these are housing, transportation, healthcare, debt servicing ann education. For some of you it's bourbon, handbags or gadgetry.
This is not a "Latte Factor" discussion, saving $4 a day will not cut it.
Go hard. Be relentless. Sell your luxury car (while you can) and buy a reliable one. no one cares.
Trade down to a smaller, more affordable house in a nice neighborhood.
Review all of you insurance and healthcare needs and find ways to reduce expenditures.

on the investing side, build a cash reserve equal to 6 moths of expenses (at a minimum) Money Markets still earn close to 4% which is a great return for short term investments.

while you are doing that make sure you are investing enough into your 401K to get the company match (I don't work for Cisco but assume 4-5%) once you have your 6 months of expenses, max your 401k.

One benefit this gives you is that it helps you to remain tied to your ethical anchor. your principles and values matter. Financial stress creates ethical dilemmas. Financial Independence allows you to avoid many of those.

Cisco doesn't care about you because Cisco can't care about you. Some people at Cisco are good, some are bad. Embrace the good, reject the bad and stay true to yourself.

Let’s not let the government off the hook as they are enabling ExxonMobil and others. They had no problem letting blue collar jobs off shore for cheap products that are “reduced carbon emission” which is a joke in itself. And then letting wages be undercut by illegals given free access across the border.

Now high paying high skill jobs are being worked remote along with rotating “temporary” jobs under L1 visa which are in fact a permanent displacement of a full time person.

The government not only doesn’t care but don’t understand the magnitude and impact of all this and without a drastic shift in policy, it’s going to be very hard to put the genie sick in the bottle.

Meeting sent out. Good luck folks

panic team meetings and overtime attempts to book and ship.
sure sign of quarter end.

Layoffs are ongoing until we're all gone