#reorg

BP is reorganizing @ C-level and is announcing a mega structural shake-up. New CEO announced a shift to Upstream/Downstream operating models replacing the current P&O/G&LCE/C&P structure...The prior CEO was sacked for lying to the board, had benefits clawed back, sued, then saw the lawsuit go quiet while he landed a plum director role at a Middle East-backed equity firm that promptly signed a BP JV... Wow...

Curious people’s thoughts or knowledge of Gunjans announcement from last week announcing the new AiDI org and the change of moving Ankit under CBB product. Seems like a big change that will shift how we work but can’t quite piece it all together, and if it’s viewed as a positive move. What say you, layoff people?

Meg just announced the structure of the new Organisation

“From )1 July, we will move to an Upstream and Downstream operating model, replacing our current structure of Production & Operations (P&O), Gas & Low Carbon Energy (G&LCE), and Customer & Products (C&P).”

Now - here is where the jokers lay:

GB is now “EVP, Upstream”
RH is “interim” EVP, Downstream

These are the only two gents listed so far…

On Friday, 5/29, two executive directors were told that that was their last day. They were let go because of a reorg. If you think it can't happen to you, think again!

I guess more cuts.

A review needs to happen for leadership roles within the India team, particularly L10 and above, should also be included. These are some of the highest-cost resources, especially when travel expenses are considered.Corruption is at its best with some leaders who run ICC or GCC
There is a perception that accountability standards are not being applied consistently. From what I have observed, some leaders have limited overlap with business hours, significant flexibility in schedules, and there is little visibility into actual productivity or outcomes.
The return-to-office expectations should also be reviewed. While the requirement may be three days onsite, there are concerns that attendance is not always being validated consistently. I have heard reports that some individuals badge in briefly and leave shortly afterward, while others may be relying on workarounds that undermine the intent of the policy. Whether these reports are accurate or not, they warrant verification if compliance is being reviewed.
In addition, overlapping leadership and management roles, travel spend, organizational layers, productivity, and office attendance should all be evaluated together to ensure consistent standards, fairness, and value realization across the organization.

IT staff were let go

Ok, now the VRP details are out. What’s next, another reorg, job posting freezes and more unwarranted promotions to backfill the tenured folks leaving. Oh wait, don’t forget the travel freeze! Buckle up!

Wells Fargo is quietly rebranding some Senior Manager titles to Senior Leads, possibly signaling middle-management elimination. Let's use this thread to consolidate what we know and what expect. Please be polite as the mods tend to nuke threads that go bananas.

Anyone else finding their All Hands from Director, VPs, SVPs keep getting cancelled for this month? Getting a bit worried here. Fusion. Must mean a re-org or more layoffs given how often it’s happening.

Let's consolidate everything we know in this thread...

For anyone who has had this happen, how hard is it to get to another department/team? How long did it take? Was reorged today and not thrilled with where they put me.

Anyone who thinks there's a real plan behind all this, with every detail figured out, is kidding themselves. We've watched the same pattern play out, mainly cuts based on the bottom line, while bad managers and useless roles sail through. The only difference afterward? More work for the people who stay. And yeah, it's always worse.

Anticipating after these large numbers of people are off books (or before) , there will be a lot of shuffling of teams. Anyone know what happens when a Director or AD ends up without enough direct reports? Maybe there will still be enough employees left to re-allocate, but math-wise seems like there might be a lot of esp AD’s without the minimum number of people.
Wonder if the July target notifications will be like musical chairs for those without enough people left.

The 25% reduction in headcount from the BD acquisition is coming. Wednesday is going to be brutal. Expect across all functions, all segments, but especially ADx. R&D likely to be hit especially hard. Lawyer/HR was onsite in Sparks for a reason - upper leadership has been discussing the reorg all this past week at the Sparks location. Anyone with direct subordinates being let go were informed this past week as well. Waters is not BD - they are breezing through letting people go for cause as well as layoffs. If your leadership team does not like you, expect to be let go sooner rather than later. Happy holiday weekend, everyone!

Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.
The failures losing $billions haven’t been fired.
Including Bill.

What do you make of the re org

Chat are we cooked/ Chat who is cooked?

That’s at least three architecture team reorgs in recent years. Moving the same people into new titles isn't going to fix the core issues

Strong rumors about Networking and Security Specialist SE/AEs being moved into Portfolio Generalist AE/SE roles. Anyone hearing anything for USC and GES?

How would account mapping work? Who would handle Cat Center and Security conversations? Leader check in from today, can someone help confirm/deny rumors?

New just in
Ty announced a giant reorg/struct after the recent LR's via Vidcast
Of course, Cisco is going all in on AI

Significant changes to Collab
How many years do you think we have until everyone is replaced with AI ?

Oh well, two previous managers said the same then happened a reorg, then the next manager said the same, then another reorg, now the new manager says the same. No Focal for a 6 years in a row.

As a meta mate I heard about the 7k employees being moved to MSL to work on AI initiatives.

Few questions:
How can I volunteer to be moved, or was that already randomly determined?

What are they actually doing there? Anything cutting edge?

Will they the most safe from the next few layoffs since they just got re orged?

The reviews are going to be devastating when the survey comes out immediately after managers are forced to deliver the SLT messages with a smile and keep opinions to themselves. The messenger is going to get the blame and I wonder if this is by design by SLT for justifying another round. My group has at least twice as many chapter leaders as we need if teams are going to become 10-25 people instead of smaller squads. What will happen to them all?

We had some kind musical chairs mini-reorg in my area of Aero engineering four weeks ago. It seems like a level of management that was eliminated 5 or so years ago was added back in. Is this happening in other areas? And will they pay for the new layer by cutting heads?

/s

To: Team
From: Leadership
Subject: Organizational Updates Under Our People First Strategy

Team,

We have reviewed the results from the employee surveys shared over the past several months.

The feedback showed consistent themes: a desire for greater stability, consistency, clarity, communication, and transparency. We heard those requests, and today we are responding.

We are announcing another organizational restructuring as part of our new People First Strategy.

As part of this strategy, we will be removing several things employees currently value in order to support progress and future alignment.

We understand that change can be uncomfortable. To address that directly, we will be rolling out 12 major organizational changes at the same time.

More details will follow.

—-

Now you guys finish this memo by adding 12 org changes…

I believe sales will be hit again after the end of the fiscal year (5/31). Some in sales were left alone during the last round to see if they could close key deals, and they might be let go after the year ends. Also, as we move into FY27 I expect a re-org/shuffle of sales teams which might result in a few more being laid off. I'm out of the loop now, but that's my expectation.

Next round big changes!

So it's SMB now and we're sc--wed. New title and responsibilities, no OT and no raise. Enough already, time to quiet quit.

Ok we're down to about a month and a half until the impending announcement. I'm sure someone who reads these has some details. What are you hearing?

I suspect everything finance will be centralized to Houston (i.e. no teams at the refineries)

I’m pretty low on the totem pole but how big of a change allows for a layoff?

There have been a few high manager changes and I can’t tell if it’s just reshuffling from the layoffs last week vs just flattening out a team reporting line. Anyone have more info?

I've been avoiding this for months. I told myself things would get better, that I could wait it out. But after the last round of reorgs happened and the latest gossip about more cuts, I've accepted that I need to leave. I really didn't want to go through the interview process again. It's exhausting and demoralizing. But I feel like I have no choice anymore. I can't stay somewhere that makes me this unhappy.

Reorg/layoffs happening in the Finance area.

Everyone ready for another shuffle? That time is coming again!

Anyone know what it will be about? More Reorg I am thinking

I've stopped learning people's names. By the time I figure out who reports to whom, they reorganize again and everyone moves. It's been three or four restructures since I started. None of them made anything better.

We were first introduced to these ‘traveling’ resources when the Spotify model rolled through. Are they the ones leading the “next re-org” too? If not, were any of them impacted in this? Or are they the ones pushing the enablement lead lingo…

What's happening with the new CRDN & SH OU (ICT)
? Will there be more layoffs as the functional leaders announce their orgs?

From LinkedIn just now, from Karim Bandali:
"I am excited to share the creation of a new Operating Unit at Medtronic focused on Cardiovascular Surgery. Today, we unite Cardiac Surgery and Aortic — each with deep expertise, talented people, and a shared commitment to patients and clinicians."

Got word today that the SVP is gone "retiring". Wild news, sounds like more to follow. Usually this is the fuse that lights the fire. Layoffs and a reorg are definitely coming to CS. Makes sense though, you can't have 2 SVPs over CS and Retail.