#tech

within DSE we had 4 eliminated roles this week, one person forced out (morale is super low). What’s happening in the other parts of tech?

For those that worked in Technology Operations and were laid off, can you share where you landed if you were able to find something, or the industry you moved to? Feeling like my days are numbered, so keeping my eyes peeled for opportunities.

just stop seeking Tech Jobs in India. It is not worth the time and money spent acquiring short shelf life skills

• Booming AI demand this week sent Oracle's stock to a record high not long after reports that the computing giant laid off hundreds of workers.
• Several other tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon have recently cut jobs to lower costs while spending billions on AI expansion.
• Amazon CEO Andy Jassy has told employees that Amazon expects to operate with a smaller headcount in the coming years as AI advances.

https://www.investopedia.com/business-is-booming-for-many-tech-giants-they-re-laying-workers-off-anyway-oracle-11807131

Amazon is cutting more jobs. The company said it will lay off 9,000 workers in the next few weeks. The cuts will hit Amazon Web Services, People Experience and Technology Solutions, advertising, and Twitch. This comes on top of 18,000 layoffs already announced. In total, 27,000 jobs have been cut at Amazon in just four months.

Jassy said the decision is due to the uncertain economy. He explained that Amazon wants to lower costs and run leaner. He added that the final list of roles is not finished yet.

Amazon plans to finish decisions by mid to late April. The company said it will still hire in some key areas. Workers who lose jobs will get pay, health insurance for a short time, and job placement support.

Amazon is not alone. Other tech giants like Google, Microsoft, Meta, PayPal, and Twitter have also cut thousands of jobs. For many tech workers, it is a very hard time right now.

• https://mashable.com/article/amazon-layoff-9000-employees

Oh boy. I'm sorry but this company's internal AI tools are cr-p and far behind other companies. I cringe that some tools for clients have been rolled out.

I am so sick of the AI push here to use su-ky internal tools. Pushing us to use AI is coming up in every team meeting/townhall. Nothing against AI at all. What I have a problem with is cr-ppy AI.

C!t!'s tools su-k and are very basic. My child builds better apps that the internal one. I hope clients complain and the media has fun! Lol
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/citigroup-inc-c-unveils-ai-044603226.html

Now that India appears to be aligning with China and North Korea- how long can Ford continue to offshore massive amounts of Engineering, Manufacturing, and Tech work there?

Half of Ford’s global enterprise tech team operates from India.

How can Ford remain committed to India as a centre of excellence?

I was laid off 3 times in 2 years working in tech. Rather than get laid off again, I'm going back to school.
www.businessinsider.com

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Henschel, a 35-year-old former tech worker and current master's student based in New York."
Microsoft mass layoffs: Thousands of jobs cut, Xbox division hit hard

https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-mass-layoffs-what-we-know
2025-09-06

• Austin-based Oracle to cut 101 jobs in Seattle in latest tech layoff wave
• Oracle cuts hundreds more Bay Area jobs in latest round of layoffs
• Oracle layoffs hit Kansas City as employees report sudden job cuts
• Oracle layoffs loom despite strong financial results
• Oracle lays off hundreds more in Bay Area
• Oracle, Salesforce cut hundreds of jobs in US as tech layoffs drag on: Report
• Oracle's push toward AI results in more Kansas City-area layoffs

A major layoff is coming to Colorado Springs. TeKnowledge, a global technology company, will permanently cut over 300 jobs at its Colorado Springs facility.

https://www.koaa.com/news/local-news/major-layoff-coming-to-colorado-springs-over-300-positions-to-be-let-go

The job reductions come despite strong financial results for both companies. Cisco reported $14.7 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter, up 8% from a year earlier, and $56.7 billion for the full year, while Oracle posted more than $12 billion in profit in its last fiscal year, further adds the report.

https://www.thedailystar.net/tech-startup/news/cisco-and-oracle-cut-hundreds-jobs-report-3975886

I’m recently impacted by the layoffs, and as I’m looking for a new job, I see that the market is very tough. There are a lot of jobs in the banking sector, and they are only for USC or GC. They’re not offering the jobs for visa holder, but the same job is offered to contractor on visa through c-2-c consultancy.

Massive lay offs in Australia and New Zealand

This is from the main thread:

• "The rest of product is functionally useless, just another layer of management hot air that enables the single worse problem Kroger always had - not listening to its technical people." (Anonymous, Post ID: @qg+1k3eddae2)
• "Now those product folk speak on our behalf but don't know anything technical. It's a joke." (Anonymous, Post ID: @q0+1k3eddae2)
• "We have a 1 to 1 ratio of admin people and the people who actually do the work." (Anonymous, Post ID: @pv+1k3eddae2)
• "Product in other orgs has made sense, not at Kroger. it starts with the leaders…" (Anonymous, Post ID: @px+1k3eddae2)

Simple yes and why or no and why not will suffice. Just curious.

Amid 12000 layoffs TCS forms new AI, services transformation unit in…, appoints new head named as…

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India's largest IT services firm, has set up a new Artificial Intelligence and service transformation unit, appointing Amit...

https://www.india.com/business/amid-12000-layoffs-tcs-forms-new-ai-services-transformation-unit-integrating-existing-teams-inteappoints-new-head-named-as-amit-kapur-who-is-he-8036868/

India.com

Aug/27/2025 03:24 AM
Location: Mumbai, India (TCS HQ)

Last minute meeting invites went out for tomorrow from Hari "the axman" govind. Zoom call for 0930. Rumors of inperson 0900 meetings, but cant confirm. Anyone have more info?

How do you backtrace someone on here and get their IP address?

GI just laid off people across the org in tech

Please post which department you’re in if you were impacted by the layoffs so others in those areas have an idea..

Examples;

• Finance, Demoted
• Tech, ISP
• Marketing, ISP

I got laid off and got no off boarding information today. My manager told me to hand in my laptop and expect to get my paycheck end of the month. I would like to get all my HR stuff like 401k details and my paystubs

If I were to be laid off, I'd return them but unwillingly. I have 2 systems from Dell, a corporate phone, and a few other items issued to me. I know for a fact that Dell can simply de-activate your machine's access to VPN's and such and it wouldn't exactly be difficult to wipe the computer clean and start fresh, if you wanted to.

The two systems I have are likely worth a combined $1100 at MOST. The phone is an iphone 10x, which obviously would have it's service cut but, you could theoretically put service onto it yourself (out of your pocket.) That phone is worth maybe 150.. The other device I have is worth closer to 1k I think and is the only thing I'd want to keep if possible. I'd say only about 100 people in the entire company have this device. I'd tell you what it is but I'd give myself away as to what org I'm in and what department I'm in..

But, what if a laid off person was to just not return their computer, badge, etc...?

Why do Clover Engineers in Sunnyvale get $350k a year?

When will EMEA reorg start? Aren't they supposed to still go through the Tech reorg?

Title: She quit her six figure big tech dream job after burnout from AI and layoff fears, and found more happiness in uncertainty
Company/Org: Atlassian
News Source: The Economic Times
Location: Unknown, US
Summary: A former Atlassian product marketing manager left Big Tech amid burnout and job insecurity tied to AI reshaping roles, describing a deliberate pivot to flexibility and lower stress.
URL:https://m.economictimes.com/magazines/panache/she-quit-her-six-figure-big-tech-dream-job-after-burnout-from-ai-and-layoff-fears-and-found-more-happiness-in-uncertainty/articleshow/123412371.cms

Was informed there would be another huge round of layoffs in mid Sept. Is this in Tech?

Had anybody heard anything about techs going to a core week schedule. Rumors kicking around that all techs are going to 5 8 hour days so that Intel doesn’t have to pay out overtime.

“I don’t want to get rid of a bunch of people right now,” Robbins told CNBC last week, stressing that AI was meant to boost productivity, not reduce headcount. “I just want our engineers that we have today to innovate faster and be more productive. That gives us a competitive advantage.”

TECH
Silicon Valley tech giants to cut hundreds of Bay Area jobs AGAIN!!!

This is the demonstration that an employee working for a conglomerate like this count less than nothing, it’s just a record in a database, no matter is performance, pretty sad and cold given the myriad of talented people. I hope someone at top level reads this, but Oracle is well known for being a stable company with less than average salaries. People genuinely made this trade off, if stability is not the case anymore then why staying in Oracle. I know this would count less than nothing, but a bit of transparency is somehow due to the hard work!

Bumping this up for visibility. OP: @bk+1k2xjqvcz

Based on what people have been reporting, it looks like there were more layoffs today. Does anyone know if these will continue throughout the week? Last week was already rough. Wishing everyone the best of luck.

Because they’re cr—py?

This info I from several posters on LinkedIn:
Splunk and General Engineers, Product Data Scientists at Duo, Webex- Product, Engineering and Customer Experience.

👉Other Rumoured impacts: Technical Assistance Center(TAC), Appdynamics, Meraki, Wireless Services, Public Sales/ International.

👉Webex losing ground to Microsoft Teams. Integration Challenges with Sp--k. These two units are described as Death Spiral.

👉Severance is Reportedly Minimal for those with less than 10 years of Service.

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2rztnsw

"Oracle blood bath is happening big time starting from yesterday (8/and still going on as of today. Oracle Cloud (OCI), Netsuite, VB, Jet, My SQL and other areas majorly affected.
No official numbers yet but around 10%.
Affected across roles:

H1Bs and US citizens
Employees based in India and in the US
Employees at all levels up to SVP
Low performers and high performers
New joiners and employees with 20 years at Oracle
Engineers and Project Managers"

Intel says it will retreat from planned projects in Germany and Poland, end its assembly and test operations in Costa Rica, and finish 2025 with just around 75,000 “core employees” in total.

Intel employed 109,800 people at the end of 2024, of which 99,500 were “core employees,” so the company is pushing out around 24,000 people this year — shrinking Intel by roughly one-quarter.

https://www.theverge.com/news/713388/intel-q2-2025-leave-germany-poland-costa-rica

We had SEC in early May, and GT in early June.
Sure we still have EMEA folks on a different schedule, however there's been no other announcements. Especially in enabling functions, which usually follow tech.

Does anyone know when would EMEA tech will be told about the apparent lay-offs?
As EMEA is on different timeline!