Beware they know things

I don't think I have ever seen more people work here that get paid for doing.... What? Some are directors of making you happy and employee feel better activities. Cut the fat and I mean it. If I don't get VBOd, I will have to look elsewhere. I... — read more 

I agree with minority and woman hiring and promoting at Fidelity. We all want people to succeed. BUT... The push to have under represented minorities and women is putting a lot of low talent people into roles that are above their heads. Everyone... — read more 

Anyone else still feeling daily stress due to the following? fall out from 2 VBOs that were a brain drain and SME drain on business logic knowledge migration to Agile leading to non qualified people taking on leadership roles as well as squads... — read more 

Any short term implications

I know people. That is, I know people who know things. No VBO in 2024. Hiring is too tough and the younger workers are a big disappointment.

Hearing there will be additional return to work requirements next year. Anyone else hearing those?

I know not everyone will feel this, but it seems to be a hot topic. Obviously some people are highly compensated, get huge bonuses and plenty for shares. For most of us that aren’t senior management, highly-compensated salespeople, or software... — read more 

After the 2 VBOs and the migration to agile, so many incompetent people were promoted to leadership positions (SL, CL, CAL, etc). They are typically non technical people who were just getting by on who they knew. Now they are responsible for... — read more 

Does Fido now reward employees for posting/reposting corny marketing like stuff on LinkedIn? Find it comical to see colleagues posting all sorts of cheerleader material "I am proud to note that Fidelity is Professionally Reinventing Innovative... — read more 

Rather than blaming the people of India, the benefactors of outsourcing, consider instead the company owner, who outsources jobs to India. Fidelity, a private company, not beholden to shareholders, has an owner with a personal networth of 21.7... — read more 

Title says it all - no details announced yet on duration, % affected, business units or criteria

I am so tired of things breaking left and right, whether it be ATP or the whole system I am just tired of things not working or having to explain why something is not working to clients. For the love of all that is holy, HIRE SOME COMPETENT TECH DEVS... — read more 

Some folks, while commenting layoffs at Schwab, are making it pretty clear that they feel secure from layoffs here. I think that's great but at the same time I'm wondering what makes them so sure that their positions are safe?

Employee of the competition. Wondering what the salary range is for something like this, I’ve had Indian recruiters call me for contract work all week lowballing me significantly... — read more 

Per the dynamic update last week, has anyone/their manager actually received a tracking report of their attendance?

As you read about another round of layoffs at Schwab makes me happy to be at Fidelity. Say what you will but Fidelity is winning right now on all fronts.

I worked at fidelity for about 10 years. I left the firm in March of this year. Best decision I’ve ever made! That company and its management is horrible! They make everyone as paranoid as possible and underpay you every step of the way. Bye... — read more 

I have heard from many people that they intend to leave if Fido insists on returning everyone to the office. Okay, leaving is always an option, but question is where to go next? I have many complaints, but I still wouldn't say there are many more... — read more 

Whaddya know? Whaddya say? 3 days a week IN the office coming in September? I haven’t heard bubkiss.

Perhaps it's just me but maybe Fido has really become a stressful workplace for many of us here? I don't intend to let my health be damaged by everyday stress I experience working at this place.

I’d like to see Fidelity continue to be an innovator and create the next generation workplace. They did extremely well handling the Covid era. Let’s continue and create a new working environment that talented people are drawn to. Offer various... — read more 

Heard about this site, lots of justified complaints and some trolling. Thought I’d add some constructive feedback on bringing people back into office. Now I know old school says “it’s your job get back in and work”, but those times are behind us... — read more 

Any word on when the new dynamic schedule will be released for September? The 900 SMT bldg is completely full each week and that’s with less than half of the full staff located at SMT. Some have said the powers at be for each organization are... — read more 

Mental health is priceless and the stress here is huge so I'm looking forward to leaving. The culture that used to be and the culture here now - are they even comparable? It seems to me that this is now just a shadow of the place it used to be. — read more 

The amount of nepotism here is disgusting with people in senior roles hiring their kids as directors out of school knowing nothing. I'm submitting my resignation this week for much better, I'm done making Abby's pockets fatter as the rest of us are... — read more 

My team is clearly looking to promote someone, and that's their prerogative, which I understand. However, they're resorting to playing games and using underhanded tactics to "promote" this person. It's becoming incredibly frustrating because... — read more 

Two people in management roles in my org said they “heard” there will be another VBO this year. I don’t buy it. We are still reeling from the last VBO and people are taking lateral moves to get out of our group. Backlogs are insane. Anyone hear... — read more 

For all of the talk of stopping anti digital things at fidelity, it seems like we keep putting leaders like RD, BM, EE, MG, MS, RS etc into these roles that will lead the company from the mess they all created. That coupled with all of the... — read more 

"Posting here On behalf of a ex employee who was working at Fid India (as this website only allows posts from within the USA)" I've noticed numerous comments discussing the poor quality of work from Fid India. I cannot deny that these comments are... — read more 

Who got the thank you gift from BA for good participation in return to office? Some Boston people in my team received it while others who were fully compliant with return to office requirements did not get it.

Can you imagine if Fidelity purposefully switched up CEOs every year for the next decade? New business direction, new company purpose, new budget, etc, every year? I'm asking because I've had a new manager more times than my years of service at... — read more 

HR is forcing Directors to give verbal warnings they deem warranted regarding Dynamic Week attendance issues. Maybe some are justified, I don’t know. September should be interesting!!

We all know Pulse survey is not annonmous. The management needs to group results by locations, units etc. However to what extent is it confidential. Who and which grades can see the corp IDs and the answers and comments. We were asked to put more... — read more 

Things have slowed down significantly in my BU to the point where there is not enough work to go around for the number of people they hired. A similar thing is happening where I am (unless we're by some unlikely coincidence the same BU). Is this a... — read more 

and in the meantime, I'm looking for new opportunities. Why would anyone who is underpaid try to go above and beyond?

Anyone in SMT hear anything about what changes will come to Dynamic once we hit September? I don’t know how they will fit people into 900 if we’re going back anywhere near full time. And FREC said we won’t have a presence in 500 some time soon. Just... — read more 

Company shows no loyalty to its employees. Everyone is just a resource. They’ll use you up and treat you like you have no worth.