Understand the pattern. If you're not in a location where majority of your team is, be wary if: A new team member joins your team in a location where majority of the team / your manager is. That team member immediately starts talking to you... — read more 

I'm actually heartened to see that I'm not the only one frustrated with the multiple layers upon layers of 'leadership' at Fidelity. I recently was told to lead an effort to repair data. It was me and one other EE 'in charge' of repairing the data... — read more 

I am sick to my stomach as I write this and filled with anger, frustration, despair, sadness. I was told this morning that my position is moved to NC from Boston. I have to tell my snake manager by the end of this week if I WANT TO UPROOT MY LIFE... — read more 

I will be moving to smithfield in the next month, if the COLA in my current area is lower than smithfield would I get a COLA adjustment to my salary or would I need to wait until annual raise

Fire all those who come here from the world's largest democracy on scam alphabet work programs. Literally, the worst people to work with. Everyone would love Abby forever if she did this.

Having it take over 30 mins just to get off the Smithfield campus every day each connect week is fing ridiculous. Then you have to deal with a totally congested Rt 7 which has seen a ton more accidents. Someone high up the ladder must be getting off... — read more 

Heard it could be a tough promotion year, since we're already top heavy in the Director and VP roles. Bring on the VBO! What are you hearing?

Fidelity went through changes over the past few years. New blood will be needed to go with the new norm. That being said, new blood as in “new from college” would also be ideal. Programs like Leap and other training programs for new grads that... — read more 

ehh, what can I say? "you, my dear boss, don't do much other than acting as a middle man slowing down things because you try to put your fingerprints on everything"? Am I incentivized to provide the same feedback to my skip? If my skip didn't reach... — read more 

Understand you are new to the team but calm tf down. There are so many of these "yes-man" and "yes-women" types who barely make any progress on their tasks, yet want to stick their nose into other people's business just so their managers can see... — read more 

Since Roger retired, the team is reconciling the track it reports, recommendations he shared for trimming budget across Wealth BU. With that said, Melia seems to be announcing broader cuts starting August, going into end of year due to colocation... — read more 

I’m sick of this sh-t. I need my sun chips and we need more people to advocate for more snacks.

I’ve received different answers within my team: if you have a PTO day or two during a connect week but then have to WFH another day that week, does that matter? Some say who cares you lost the week anyway (about the 60%) and others think it will be... — read more 

US-based Fidelity Investments eliminates 500 job positions in India: Report - World News | The Financial Express https://share.google/LNUIZl4yQB2nyv8kr

Anyone else have a manager who ghosts the team for days but will always try to zoom with you the last hour of the day, just to make sure you hate your evening as well? At first it was just annoying but she does this all the time to many of us.

My group in FI, made up of a few teams, has been losing really good associates consistently for a while and recently we started not backfilling. These are client facing associates had huge firms on their books and no backfill to replace the direct... — read more 

The ones who push for change burn out or get ignored, while the "yes-men" climb the ladder. Hard work means nothing, it’s all about playing the game. They literally turned me into a bad employee because I figured out what it takes to progress here. I... — read more 

My manager seems to be lost when it comes to QCI. my review happens pretty much half way into next quarter where my manager would simply use any latest incident to highlight “I could have done XYZ” instead of actually focusing on last quarter... — read more 

I'm going to be honest, not to sound a narcissistic I feel overqualified for my job, which seems evident as my manager also seems to know that. I have done so much work for one person that so many long timers in this firm can barely manage to do... — read more 

One way to counter those teams or orgs with only one identity is to add diversity as a formal performance metrics for people managers of those teams orgs. If they don't improve on diversity in their team, they'll be punished. If Microsoft can make... — read more 

Noticed there is an "X-X Architecture" epic created on our Jira board. An empty epic with no stories. You can only imagine what's for: the architect assigned to us who does nothing but reverse engineering a few diagrams need to log her time... — read more 

Every other week in office schedule holds! Connect Weeks site and who’s who updated till February. No official announcement yet so I’m not holding my breath.

Why don't you spend that money on updating your cr-ppy, close to failure systems? I'm aware of engineers who don't keep their money at Fido because they know everything is propped up by bad code developed by an under-skilled H1B1 hired for no... — read more 

For a while since I started here, I single handedly carried a team of bunch of wannabe pretenders who would never turn on their cams, never be in the office, never contribute more than bare minimum. I was put into another team to clean up the mess... — read more 

would you rather work somewhere that moves fast but treats you like disposable, or somewhere that invests in you but makes you want to pull your hair out with how slow decisions get made?

I used to think being hard working, honest, smart, and caring about Fidelity's growth and prosperity would be a ticket to professional success. That was when I was an ignorant youngin and here is what I learned (I have left the firm since) Take... — read more 

Your manager is suddenly micro managing, docking bonuses, botching performance reviews? You’re not the only one. Take a look on other websites like Reddit, you’ll see a lot of the same thing happen all across America. This is manufactured by design... — read more 

Why does leadership often seem like it’s part of a clique? When the same people are hand-picked, closely aligned, and hanging out, isn’t that a form of favoritism? Could it also reflect insecurity or a lack of real leadership — avoiding broader... — read more 

A common joke was that FMR stood for “Forever Moving Rooms” might need to be updated to “Forever Moving Reps”

When I first joined, the firm had strong, natural leaders—people who led by example, not just by title. But now, with unqualified managers in power struggles, the culture has shifted to 'That’s not my problem.' Simple fixes are being ignored because... — read more 

No raise. No shot at moving up. So now I'm doing the bare minimum while I hunt for something better. They get what they pay for.

Colocation is going to hit wealth. While the executive CIO stays comfortable with their locations, commute it's the level 4 to 7 who is getting impacted due to colocation. I was told this morning my location is being moved to NC from Boston. .. — read more 

My manager skips 1:1 with no warning, has team meetings whenever they are able to “fit it in” their calendar (seriously wtf) and will not respond to emails from the team. Sometimes trade approval takes MULTIPLE DAYS. How are people with no time... — read more 

Fidelity to cut ~4k workforce over the course of next two quarters. Majority of these will be up to level 6 and 7 individual contributors. First round of cuts will be announced end of Q3 And next beginning of Q4 to report another year of "record... — read more 

Today was it for me. I realized it’s true- no one cares anymore. Where’s the standards of care? Where’s the green line? Does anyone even care what the customers think anymore? Tech issues, website issues, certain department’s service quality... — read more 

I’ll address a core driver: the corrosive pursuit of senior management visibility. Key Issues: Visibility Over Value - Delivery of functional systems is secondary to crafting status reports for leadership. - Legacy teams hoard... — read more 

After 10 years in the IT industry, I joined Fidelity expecting professionalism. Instead, I found the most toxic environment of my career. Here’s my reality: Knowledge Hoarding & Legacy Gatekeeping - Trapped using an ancient "Clueing Manager"... — read more 

I've been here for several years, consistently exceeding goals, mentoring new hires, and taking on extra work. Yet promotions seem more about who you know than what you contribute. Hard work and merit only go so far. If you’re not part of the inner... — read more 

So many managers are in their positions because they are dei hires. Keep them, but if they can’t successfully do their jobs, send them to be a manager of a phones team.