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As I reflect on my life and career I have learned that no one is in charge except me. Yes there are so so many things we can’t control. You have to adjust and do what is best for you. Trust your gut. One door closes, another opens. Be true to yourself and never give up. We will all get past this. Stay positive and resilient. Wish all you better days, it will come, just have hope!!!! At the end of the day we are all human no matter what position you have or what money you make.

Is “Advisor” the new Exxon retirement plan?

Every week I see another Advisor, Advanced Advisor, Senior Advisor, Expert Advisor, Strategy Advisor, Effectiveness Advisor, Change Advisor, etc.

At what point does a company have more advisors than people actually doing the work?

Asking for the engineers, technicians, operators, and researchers who are somehow expected to absorb the workload every reorg.

Should I leave a competitor to come work for P66? I currently have 8 years where I’m at now!

The why……Currently unhappy with the politics and d-mb ranking system. I know every job has a downfall but unaware of how P66 operates!

I’m excited about my new role but I need help updating my LinkedIn profile. You better send me good suggestions if you don’t want to end up being eaten by sharks with lasers. Here’s what I have so far:

Visionary leader with a proven record of getting agreement and buy-in from all stakeholders. Skilled at tough negotiations. Recognized the world over for his outside the box and creative solutions to difficult problems.

Citi is on a path of steady decline. It will keep shedding employees, it will keep shrinking until there's barely anything left of what once was. And then even that small remaining piece will collapse and take whoever is still there with it. So here's my advice. If you're smart, you won't wait around for that to happen. You'll be long gone before the end.

I’m considering a move to Truist. By the looks of it, Truist has high managed account fees, unattractive compensation grids, leadership turnover, etc. What are the benefits for being a financial advisor at this organization?

Any actual advice on how to successfully get more money from this company. I know most of you will say to leave/find a new job but real advice will be welcomed.

I just started a couple months ago. I love my job, coworkers, and even my boss. I finally enjoy what I do at work but then this happens. I could have an option to work as an apartment manager but I would probably have to leave before August. Is it worth staying? I would hate being an apartment manager but seeing how my last job ended with a layoff I saw recently how horrible the job market is.

Cringeworthy LinkedIn profiles for regional vp’s.

Staged store photos of everyone holding bogus awards or giving the camera the number “one” sign. (((Cringe)))

Describing jobs and management positions as “amazing opportunities “. Using words like “golden store”. “Winning team”. It makes my skin crawl. (Cringe)

It’s so misleading it’s actually very sad

Yet some poor soul will believe this and apply for one of these jobs

If I accept the VSP, do I have a better chance of being accepted then if I were to accept on Jul 1?

Somebody asked this in another thread with no answer so far. I'm hoping somebody here might know since I'm curious about it as well.

Give us the scoop on Lyons. Already sent corporate email to all of Truist saying hello. More info coming soon. We are ecstatic to get rid of our current CEO to a forced retirement.
What does Mike think about hybrid. Working from home 2-3 days a week?
From the Fiserv message board, looks like he joined Fiserv to be an axe man, now he is dragging his axe out to the next victim (Truist bank).
Does he realize most companies, especially in the financial sector are very top heavy.
Does he get rid of management, or the people at the bottom doing all the work.
Thanks for any advice you can share.

What would make you think, hey, this might not have been such a bad thing after all?

I'm considering taking a job working with Rx health plan clients. Is this a good department to work in? Any information is greatly appreciated because I don't want to leave my job for a worse opportunity.

We could have ended up with somebody who has absolutely no idea what he/she is doing. At least there's that to be grateful for.

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Here in Houston HR likes the staff to be young from top schools. Now they will face challenges as XOM looking for gas. XOM knows something is about to occur and gas assets are more fungible than oil in today’s market.

Making your boss look good is a time-tested strategy for climbing the corporate ladder at all companies not just Verizon.

It doesn’t matter if they’re incompetent, or dishonest, or a je-k. Try to accomplish whatever goal they’re being graded on in a highly visible way. Don’t worry about the consequences of poorly thought out plans. That’s not your job. Pay lip service to whatever they’re paying lip service to.

This advice also applies to the Pulse survey. The correct answers are always everything is great.

I’m not being facetious. This is 100% real advice!

As a fresh grad. when I joined CDC design Verification (DV) , team used to have a great, merit based culture where technical decision were driven by logic and data.
Recently, a leadership change at the top for DV ruined this dynamic. The top lead lacks a technical verif. background, makes unilateral decisions, and pushes aggressive deadlines just for his upper visibility and no techincal contribution for him.
We went from a collaborative team to a strict "no questions asked" environment.
Feeling highly demotivated and could sense the same with my peers and leads.
need advise - is it worth speaking about this to the lead? is this kind of one man pushing his view normal across Qualcomm or is it a major red flag and i should start looking outside QCOM?

I left and now I regret it. This place isn't perfect but it's still better than most.

https://presentofcoding.substack.com/p/please-switch-to-python

Stata can’t. SAS can’t. SPSS can’t. MATLAB’s answer is “call Python from MATLAB.”

even where these tools have some capability, it requires calling Python, or expensive licenses, or both.

I’ve rarely met anyone who learned Python or R after switching from Stata or SAS and said, “I wish I were still working in those.”

Probably the only way out of this mess is to make FOSS illegal or legally cripple its usage within the country and, if possible, around the globe. There are movements afoot…

With headlines buzzing about SpaceX and other high-profile private companies, it is tempting to rethink how we invest for retirement. But should that excitement push you to self-manage your 401(k)?

For most investors, 401(k) plans are built around long-term stability, not chasing hype. Broad index funds remain a reliable foundation because they spread risk and track overall market growth. While standout companies can capture attention, they are often inaccessible or highly speculative, especially in retirement accounts.

Self-managing your 401(k) can offer more control, but it also demands discipline, research, and a clear strategy. The real question is not whether a company like SpaceX is exciting—it is whether shifting away from diversified investing improves your long-term outcomes.

Before making changes, consider whether your motivation is strategy or simply reacting to market buzz.

One of the most frustrating things about searching for a new job is the rambling and vague job descriptions.

You typically have to wade through two long paragraphs describing how absolutely awesome the company is and how they’ve revolutionized their industry only to reach the vaguest of job descriptions and a laundry list of requirements that no single person on earth possesses.

Things would go a lot more smoothly for the recruiters and the applicants if they:
1- Reversed the order: job description and required skills first followed by bragging about the company and the benefits they offer
2- Separated the desired experience and skills into must haves and nice to have

If they did that, potential applicants could easily decide if they’re a good fit or not and there would be fewer unqualified applicants for the recruiter to reject.

Any tips for dealing with this?

Please be very careful if you are going to go to a link in a post on the site. From what I can see most people are just doing it to try to be helpful but I hight recommend against just copying, pasting, and navigating to the links in posts asthey could very well be phishing attempts or other things of the sort....

People ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most. It’s crazy to take little in-between jobs just because they look good on your resume. That’s like saving s-x for old age. Do what you love and work for whom you admire the most, and you’ve given yourself the best chance in life you can.

Verizon Business Group is riding its managers until their legs fall off. They’ve turned this department into the USSR. Every call is monitored down to the second, including time between calls.

At this point, Verizon Business should be viewed as a stepping stone to your next career move. Since taking the B2B SAM title, my LinkedIn inbox has gotten a lot more attention. Even R2B titles are being converted to B2B.

Get the experience, build the resume, sharpen your skills, and leverage it into your next opportunity outside of Verizon. Corporate America will use you if you let it. Make sure you’re getting something out of it too.

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Either gonna quit or possibly just thug it out

Left two years ago, just came back on this board to see if things have improved, and it's clear it's all exactly the same. They're still offshoring everything, thinning out US teams, and piling more jobs onto fewer people. My advice is to leave if you can. The grass truly is greener.

Has anyone got an extension to stay beyond the reporting date at the new location?

So they tell us to use AI, your review next. Year will be dependent on your AI Adoption. Then when they figure out how expensive it is and they say oh you only get so many tokens now.

So what is it. My job depends on AI Adoption or my job depends on AI Tokens.

Please make it make sense.

Down with AI!!!!!!

Highly recommend Incorruptible by Eric Ries.

Then again- our leadership is too obtuse to actually see themselves in it. We would rather ask Maurice his favorite ice cream.

Does anyone have recommendations for a reliable moving company with minimal damage? We are planning to box up most of our home goods but will will need help loading and unloading heavy furniture and large boxes. We are prepping for a mid-summer move. Any known discounts would be a plus.

There are tons of people who want to see you fail. It makes them feel good about inactivity on their part and when you succeed, jealously sets in. Most posters here will apply their situation as a blanket across the regions and make the bold insistent claims that its impossible to find a job outside, well, not so much. Among all the noise here and all the hecklers, one buddy of mine is leaving at 30% more and another at 50% more. Yes, that’s right a whole 50% more.

Their secret, head down, research, search, apply, move on to another job board and don’t give up. 6+ months later, they are moving on. Don’t listen to the clowns on this board who’ll try to verbally beat you down and manipulate you into not even trying.

I’m hoping for some honest feedback. I recently applied for a role in the Retail IT department at Walgreens, but I walked away with a really bad feeling about the hiring director and the overall environment. I’m wondering if pursuing this opportunity might be a mistake.

Hi Wells Fargo friends,
I am with Edward Jones and here for some info & advice.

As a remote employee (not in St Louis), I feel that my days are numbered because Edward Jones put in place 4 day return to office.

As Wells has had return to office for longer, wondering how they had handled remote employees. Were all remote employees terminated? Did they run a survey to ask who would relocate and terminate those who said no? Or was there a different criteria?

I appreciate any insight you can share. My sense is Edward Jones will copy Wells and other industry peers in how they handle remote employees.

I’m planning to submit my resignation tomorrow with same-day notice. Before I do, I want to make sure I’m not overlooking anything important.

What are the must-do steps I should take before submitting and heading out?
Thinking about things like documentation, personal files, benefits, HR, or anything you wish you’d handled differently.

Appreciate any quick advice or lessons learned.

So few doing something about it. Start looking. Move on. You'll be so much happier.

Any advice?