With connect weeks schedules currently only available until Feb plus so many CIO's having off site with regional leaders , the outcome of colocation push is not too long. The decision has been made already, non performing contractors will have two... — read more 

End of Q3 we will see first round of layoffs impacting enterprise group, which will include some architects, CL's, squad leads. There's too much chatter going on to ignore, these are no longer rumors but confirmed cuts. Q1 2026 will have another... — read more 

How pathetic you guys are to target individuals roles, responsibilities? Everyone in this firm has mortgage, rent to pay, families to take care of. They all have same life situations to deal with, they were all part of layoffs, job cuts in past in... — read more 

I have chronic migraines but still show up to work and don’t think my issue would get approved. I could get a doctors note but I don’t think it would qualify me for fully remote and could be used against me I assume. One of the members on a team I... — read more 

A glorified 'yes-man' , minimal technical skills, zero initiative, and a submissive mindset that prioritizes compliance over competence. No vision, no real expertise, just blind agreement with whatever nonsense comes from above. The lower your IQ... — read more 

Hi, I was laid off in 2024. I found this site because as I was trying to cope with the situation. I give my condolences for anyone who lost their jobs with Fidelity recently. I really liked Fidelity when I was there. I haven’t 3 questions. I had... — read more 

Massive layoffs are coming, and architects are on the chopping block....rumors say over 20% cuts. This is dangerous because the architecture group holds our tech together. Meanwhile, many GCLs and tech leaders are weak on actual tech skills. Please... — read more 

In all seriousness, has anyone heard anything about upcoming layoffs to Fidelity Institutional? Either Custody or Clearing? Absolute skeleton crew and service model changes have people speculating layoffs will follow. I hope not. Need the health... — read more 

~3k roles to be trimmed across Wealth / brokerage this fall. Some impacted individuals will be communicated end of Aug as immediate separation . Some folks will be asked to stay till end of October basically giving them 2 months to find a new job... — read more 

I’ve worked in my tech area for a few years and it is now probably time to leave. Americans don’t get promoted in this company.

I was really trying to remember what it was about this company that I loved working for. Turns out I haven’t had a good day in 3 managers. The department changes them so fast until you get stuck with the worst of the worst of people skills or... — read more 

My boss asked me to reschedule something I took PTO for, in advance,because they didn’t want me taking time off to become a trend. My manager proceeded to take off two dynamic weeks after that.

She has 36 billion dollars in net worth and is listed as the 6th most powerful woman on the planet Earth. Abby, you can literally become a world-historical force for good. You need to step away from Fido and do something actually important (I... — read more 

Do we really need this role?..They just come to the calls and talks same nonsense over and over again

Everyone was expecting the new schedule that dropped a few weeks ago to require us to be in the office every week with all the secrecy and commotion Fidelity had around it. When they realesed the schedule and it was the same as irs been a lot of... — read more 

I so much appreciate the connect weeks as I've connected once again with another cold or flu virus. I realize this is not just a Fidelity thing that a lot of companies are having workers return to office on some basis but it's amazing how when... — read more 

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 

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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.