# Does anyone feel safe from layoffs right now?

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/does-anyone-feel-safe-from-layoffs-right-now/
- Published: 2026-11-10T14:30:56+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T21:11:58+00:00
- Original publisher: CNBC (publisher lean: Centre)
- Original article: https://www.cnbc.com/make-it/2026/11/10/layoff-announcements-are-slowing-this-year-workers-are-still-worried.html
- Topics: AI, Business, Technology

## Key points

- Layoffs can continue despite strong company results.
- AI and pressure to cut costs may contribute to job reductions.
- Meeting targets did not protect one sales worker from redundancy.

## Summary

Some technology and finance firms are cutting jobs even as parts of their businesses perform well, leaving workers anxious about their security. Management professor Jo-Ellen Pozner says pressure to deliver results, alongside AI and automation, can make reducing headcount attractive to companies; the resulting uncertainty may undermine employees’ creativity and focus.

Microsoft offered voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees in October, shortly before reporting 19% year-on-year revenue growth for the quarter ending 30 September. American Express and Barclays each announced cuts of 5% of their workforces. Colorado sales worker Sam Epperson says he closed $300,000 in deals after being told his team was behind target, but was laid off before the end of October.

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