Layoff Report

Another round in Columbia—is the Maryland site on the chopping block?

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·1d ago·2 comments

Just saw the official WARN notice for the Sept 10th cuts. 31 people is a small number in the grand scheme of things, but it’s the third time I’ve seen this kind of 'targeted adjustment' in the last year. Every time leadership says we’re just optimizing for efficiency, but it feels like death by a thousand cuts. Is anyone else worried that the Columbia office is being slowly hollowed out? The atmosphere in the office has been absolutely toxic lately—everyone is keeping their heads down, nobody is talking at the coffee machine, and we’re all just waiting for the next calendar invite that shouldn’t be there. If you were part of this latest group, were there any warning signs or was it a total blindside? Just trying to gauge if I should be dusting off the resume tonight or if I’m safe for another quarter. This place used to feel like a career home, but lately, it just feels like a waiting room for the unemployment line.

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·1d ago

It’s honestly exhausting watching this cycle repeat. They call it 'optimizing for efficiency' to make it sound clinical, but everyone on the floor knows it’s just about padding the quarterly numbers at the expense of our job security. When you see these rolling layoffs happening every few months, you stop looking at your projects and start looking for the exit. The lack of transparency from leadership is the real issue; they treat us like line items instead of the people actually keeping the lights on. It’s hard to stay invested when you’re constantly waiting for the next shoe to drop.

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·1d ago

I’ve been tracking these notices for a while, and the pattern in Columbia is becoming impossible to ignore. Thirty-one people might seem like a 'targeted adjustment' to the folks in the corporate office, but for those of us actually working these programs, it’s a massive hit to morale and institutional knowledge. It feels like they are intentionally thinning out the staff to make the site look less essential during future reviews. If you’re feeling uneasy, trust that instinct—the way things are being handled right now suggests that this isn't the end of the downsizing.