Even a rough idea would help. Everyone around me is guessing, nobody has a clue, and the anxiety is through the roof. I can't focus at all.

You can work nights and weekends and they'll still blame you for the next tiny thing. The worst people sit right next to you, take credit and disappear when there's a problem. I'm completely finished with it.

We get a schedule every six months but nobody ever says it’s set in stone, so the bosses can change stuff whenever they feel like it. That makes it really hard to know what to work on or even plan anything outside of work. The “perks” and rules keep... — read more 

Is it March 10th? Are we really doing this again with the whole "second Tuesday of the month" purge timeline? We literally just went through this in 2024.

Especially since they cut the perks at work :(

Topping the list: not turning off your audible notification for Teams messages. Or letting them pop up during zoom calls.

So I am hearing tech leadership is moving up the ladder ?

There’s a lot of rumors, and we are all worried. If anyone has information, please share.

We are wrapping a big initiative and will be soon in enhancement mode. And I'm not in same location as my manager and noticed we hired someone from other team who is in same location as bulk of the team. While I feel this new person has a lot to... — read more 

This isn’t to be negative or to drag Fidelity Abby or the company as a whole. As a younger employee I certainly didn’t get to enjoy the Ned times, by the time I joined the green line was fading away as the main marketing tactic. Nonetheless... — read more 

Hi. I’m a Fidelity alumni, trying to help another Fidelity alumni get back in Fidelity. This person is a software engineer who left on their own free will and on good terms some time ago, and is open to returning to the company as a software... — read more 

The asset management industry is changing rapidly, and staying ahead requires more than incremental adjustments. One area that deserves close attention is the layer of middle management. Many of the managers responsible for executing strategy appear... — read more 

It’s been a year since DEI stopped (not taking about race, I’m talking about people who are unqualified and will not put in extra effort to be good at their jobs). Fidelity put us in this position because they promoted the least qualified people for... — read more 

There aren’t going to be layoffs, that would actually solve a problem. Fidelity will not do that.

The ever moving second Tuesday of the month timeline to get rid of associates? Back in 2024, we survived the axe which happened on second Tuesday of March. Water cooler chat is also buzzing with Friday the 13th March horror. As always brokerage... — read more 

When did every week become potential-layoffs week? And why are we okay with it? Why are we just accepting it?

I visited here last year when there was a reorg and am now on the outside, so wanted to leave a few things I learned. There are a lot of useless managers and just as many su-k-ups to match. Don’t expect them to ever do the right thing, they... — read more 

Will AI make AI team redundant ?

Abby couldn’t manage people and let the company go down the toilet. She was afraid to lay people off and that is what’s responsible for the current culture.

How does one deal with managers pets who are super annoying???? Maybe I'm new to the corporate culture but this individual has been annoyingly pushing themselves into everything just to show off and have their "fingerprint" on everything. And since... — read more 

Will there be a reorganization where certain technology teams from brokerage and wealth management are moved to the enterprise ?

I've heard of folks being let go for not staying the full day at the office and leaving early... supposedly HR is checking as of the past 6 months. Any truth to this? Has any managers heard of this?

What functionality still runs on the mainframe and what has been ported to Cloud?

I'm in PI and feel like it's only a matter of time. They already introduced an ai system that tracks and grades all of our calls last year... wouldn't be surprised if they're training an llm off of thousands of the top rated calls catalogued across... — read more 

Something big is to happen in PI ?

Why is everyone so obsessed with patents these days? Do these patents and white papers that people produce hold any value? .Most of them seem to be junk

An uneasy calm is there

Head of wealth silently departing says a lot about Bob and what his minions are up to 20+ years of Wealth platform building and only to suddenly disappear shows you're just an A# for this firm

Seems brokerage and wealth got hit by multiple flash calls this morning and RIF updates. Some folks in our team were given 3 months to find a new role within fidelity, contractors are also impacted, post June end it won't be renewed. Any other BU's... — read more 

I was in the corporate world for 18 years and I heard that stupid "reach out" term for 15. It sounds like 'reach out and touch someone' and I wish that term would disintegrate into the trash bin of corporate junk. Reminds me of the AT&T commercial... — read more 

Who will be affected ?

has anyone noticed company treat H‑1B employees like rare Pokémon during layoff carefully protected while the rest of us get tossed like common cards?

Water cooler chatter at NC building 1 has been buzzing with potential RIF being announced mid March. Can any other BU confirm?

Been part of the green eco system for over 8 years but this is the first time in my tenure I can say Fidelity work culture, ethics and associate satisfaction is going down the drain. Managers are making associates "compete" resulting in instances of... — read more 

Fidelity has now turned to a systematic process to create a hostile or intolerable work environment that has forced many long term tenured employees to quit or resign. While there have always been the dinosaurs that hung on for purely the comfort of... — read more 

Lately I feel like I literally have nothing left to give. The relentless pressure we have to deal with non-stop and the constant stress have drained me completely dry. I'm absolutely exhausted. The one and only reason I'm still here is that finding... — read more 

A notable portion of self-proclaimed "leaders" are, in fact, insecure and intellectually limited, and they actively suppress genuine talent due to feeling threatened. These managers frequently enforce strict hierarchical adherence and exhibit extreme... — read more