These meetings are popping up on calendars. I suspect they’ll lay the groundwork for relocation. Pay careful attention. It might be you.
Cash bonus payback?
Has anyone quit this year so far and had to payback their cash bonus?
Severance
So I keep hearing the rumored “Fiserv is out of severance funding”. Is this true? There’s quite a bit of full time remote positions left to be given the axe we all know is inevitably coming. Curious if those folks will just be SOL/filing for... — read more
Cough cough
So um how about a sick-off on May 1st? I think theres a bug going around. Sure would be a shame if most of the company caught it.
R&R is the new WFH
Remember now all those days that you used to work from home will now need to be converted to R&R to stay off the naughty list... Feeling slightly under the weather but can still work... R&R Spouse out of town and you need to drop/pickup kids at... — read more
Fiserv is taking advantage of the approaching recession and it's evil
FB hates wfh and the only reason he wasn't able to get rid of it sooner is because fiserv is still recovering from attrition and can't afford more. But now that it's hard as he-l to get a job, he's leveraging that to pull this RTO nonsense because... — read more
Just one elaborate rug pull.
Frank was having difficulty filling his Jersey office. So they announced a flexible schedule to market at potential employees. Now that Jersey is approaching requirement bo-m.... Rug pull. It's not a shock it was mandatory five days when they... — read more
And there is the email.....
Four to Five days RTO, depending on your manager and clients expectations (WTF that means). AND it sound a lot like if you aren't near your team, you are going to either be forced to relocate or be let go. Interestingly there was ZERO mention of... — read more
Toward Operational Excellence
I really wish our leadership had the same level of eagerness to get people back into the office, Into putting that same level of energy into making sure that file service the best they can possibly be. Return to work and moving people around so they... — read more
Something is happening in fiserver
The Polish branch will be closed. Everything from Poland will be moved to Dublin. And from May 1, you will go to the office 5 times.
Question ....
Does anyone have frequent issues with their desktop monitor frequently freezing up?
Non compete?
Can anyone explain the non compete clause we supposedly signed when we accepted stock incentive award?
This Place is about to be gutted. 4 Day RTO
People will leave. In droves. I’ve gotten 10+ phone calls on this in the last hour. This is the dagger. Very weird hill to die on.
Reasons for not participating in surveys?
I've heard from several people that they do not intend to participate in surveys.
Announced tomorrow - 4 days in office
Tomorrow an announcement will go out that we are moving to 4 days in the office mandatory, Monday-Thursday, and you need to be in 8 hours per day. Rules will go into effect May 1st. They are also moving towards collocating of teams and offering... — read more
OFS Legacy employees don't matter?
FB could care less that there has been SOO many legacy OFS people leave this company due to the RTO/Relocate mandate. I personally know of over 10 people who have had to leave due to this & they had over 150 years' experience between them. Nothing... — read more
Speak your mind next week
We get 1 chance a year to tell management what is working and what is broken. Fill out the survey honestly and let them know. I was super PO'ed last year when ppl on here said I'm just gonna say everything is awesome like I'm in the Lego movie as I... — read more
Did they say on the banking call today 5 Days RTO?
Was there a slide saying 5 days co-location and/or collaboration for this client service initiative? I mean, we all suspect it's coming but did they just confirm it?
Question for current employees…
The co-founder of First Data passed away. I’m wondering if this was acknowledged either via email or on the internal website. I hope so but I doubt it. Frank believes he founded the place.
I use to give 12 hrs a day
I really loved this company. Put 12 to 14 hrs in the home office, I was happy , customers happy. I was pushed to BH office now. Now, I go to the office, I report to my desk like a bi--h, but I only put 3 hrs work. None of my teams or boss here. I... — read more
Ideal employee
Sometimes I wonder what Fiserv actually wants from an employee and what their ideal employee is, because it seems to me that the harder I try, the less valued I am in this company.
2 Wisconsin-Based Employers Make Fortune's 100 Best Companies List
Shocker Fiserv ain’t on that list. Say it ain’t so Frank! I can’t fathom what you are doing wrong and why everyone just doesn’t wake up with pure joy in their hearts to drive into the cesspool that your turned Fiserv into. Just wow.. All my hopes... — read more
Being in the office is terrible
I'm definitely thinking of quitting now. Just a quick question: is anyone feeling more productive since returning to the office than they were working from home? My motivation is zero.
Any input?
Just requesting an input, not a legal one. I am remote for more than 10 years, 100% care giver for my mom , mom is 90 and moved with us. We don’t believe in nursing homes. I do my job very well and take care of Mom, can Fiserv compels me to RTO. I... — read more
55 Miles away from the office
Oh well Frank pushed me the office. I drive an 1hr 20 mins to get to the office , I spend an hour having breakfast, an hour catching up on the stock market , chat with family , attend few meetings where everyone is in another location, an hour lunch... — read more
Is Fiserv seriously trying to hawk crypto to its associates?
Has anyone else seen the offer to learn more about investing in Crypto on the Fuel site? I bet it's like agreeing to a time share sales pitch in exchange for a free steak dinner. I find it extremely irresponsible for a financial services company to... — read more
Frank needs to wake up and smell what he's shoveling.
Great article about why bankers make lousy tech CEO's. Frank line by line checks the boxes for what's wrong with how fiserv is being run. https://sifted.eu/articles/traditional-bankers-fintech/
Stock/shareholders take note
Please carefully review the email you receive about voting in the annual meeting. #5, Shareholder proposal requesting an independent board chair policy is especially interesting.
Frank - what a jerk!
A new strategy in 2023 to avoid paying severance: 90 days notice for a remote associate to accept relocation package to a hub of their choice or separate from the company with a severance package. If associate accepts to relocate, he/she has... — read more
Ready...fire...aim
Seems like the approach taken by this OFD leadership on everything. Guess what, you will never hit your target. Maybe that's why you fail on every plan, every project, everything!
Wasting time dealing with matters of secondary importance
It gets really frustrating. Have you noticed how our bosses, instead of dealing with real issues such as how to increase productivity and how to make clients more satisfied, they deal with completely secondary, not to say irrelevant, issues? — read more
? for ceo
based on the 20 pov post, do you really believe a new hire in the office is anywhere near as productive as a 20 year associate who works from home? How long do you think it takes to learn 12 different core banking systems all of which have... — read more
20 years - my pov
CEO is obsessed with RTO and Relo; not obsessed with doing right by those of us hired 20 years ago in remote or now closed locations; not obsessed with client care and service...it should be simple to understand with an ounce of intelligence that... — read more
Manager Sums it up….
If you want to be a manager, I’m happy to promote anyone if they’re willing to move. For my team, there is no good reason to go to an office. We’re all spread across the country. It makes no sense. I know I’m preaching to the choir. But unless you... — read more
Complete waste of time
From Mark Dixon, CEO of IWG: “There’s tjis assumption that people like commuting into a central business district. They don’t it’s a complete waste of time and money, and they don’t want to do... — read more
Your backgrounds are ugly and they are not ergonomically designed
If they are going to force their ugly eye hurting backgrounds on us at least they could put some development in them that makes them look good. I don’t know who gets paid to make them but they need some ergonomic training and some design training. — read more
This is business as usual
New processes are rolled out that take triple the time to complete as our old processes. Clients have noticed. Every “upgrade” has to be rolled back at the last minute because testing is rushed and downstream impacts aren’t discovered until the... — read more
Empty promises
It's become very clear to me that I would get a promotion sooner if I went somewhere else than if I stayed here. Manager's empty promises for a promotion not only demotivated me, but were was also a great source of frustration. I understand that... — read more
Learn to roll with it
Fiserv is properly staffed. The problem is that your standards for quality and productivity and higher than Fiserv's. You need to change yourself to match the leadership. Once you learn to 'embrace the suck', you will no longer be worried about... — read more