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Has anyone had any luck filing with the EEOC? Please share your story.

I’m in medium business and it’s Time to start telling customers to go to competitors.

"Discretionary Time Off Guidance" by SM confirms the 200 hour cap on "time off" aka combined sick and vacation time. Unfortunately, this cap is in direct violation of the unlimited vacation and sick time policies of L3H and the US federal employment laws regarding compensation for time off. Any attorneys reading this who are interested in a class action lawsuit against L3H for current and former employees?

Let's celebrate the lawsuit in the spirit of EWeek - Transform Your Future

If this company truly wants to grow its market, it must take a hard look at the people directors leading its teams. These leaders have a direct and measurable impact on team performance. Ignoring this level of leadership has not produced meaningful gains so far, and it will not do so in the future. You have leaders that do not show up for work or for their teams. Why would any company pay leaders not to show up? It would serve the company well to undertake the necessary, perhaps uncomfortable, work to address this now, unless the intention is to continue falling short with full awareness of the cause.

And to be clear, this post is not intended to solicit responses from people directors who may feel personally offended by this perspective. The focus should remain on results, accountability, and the long-term success of the organization, not on individual sensitivities.

Hey everyone should put Venmo QR codes on their email signature!! I guarantee you all that you would make more in tips from your customers than in commission!!!!

If so, is there anything helpful you can share with those of us who are new to the process?

Happy Friday! Could someone share details on a recruiter at Comcast that I can contact.

Anyone flip their 401k to IRA yet? What was your experience? Did you choose managed or self directed ?

Change your 401k automatic payroll deduction to 0 ASAP!

If you got laid off, cash is king, don't worry about retirement at this moment - changing to 0 will increase your paychecks for the non-working notice period. If you think you might be laid off or know you are going to be in next round, keep this tip in mind. FYI - if you lose access, you can still get this info via Total Comp Online.

Benefits - Make all medical, dental, eye doctor appointments and refill all prescriptions ASAP. I called my doctor to tell them I was laid off and they called in extra refills for me. Anything you have been putting off, get done now. I had a couple procedures I'd been postponing due to work.

If you have the Vision insurance, it starts fresh every January - it does not matter if you got new glasses in December. I got new sunglasses I desperately needed and my kid got a new pair of regular glasses.

There are a lot of emotions that come with this, so stay strong and I believe we will all end up better off from this down the road. Peace.

I’m sorry to hear about all the layoffs people are experiencing. My advice is that because your experience is valuable, especially you folks who have been working here for 10, 20, 30 years, you should either A) Start your own company (for behavioral health, etc) or B) Do consulting on your own terms.

It’s obvious people with incredible resumes are being let go. It’s time we take our careers back and invest into something we’re truly passionate about.

Wishing you all the best!

I’m sorry to hear about all the layoffs people are experiencing. My advice is that because your experience is valuable, especially you folks who have been working here for 10, 20, 30 years, you should either A) Start your own company (for behavioral health, etc) or B) Do consulting on your own terms.

It’s obvious people with incredible resumes are being let go. It’s time we take our careers back and invest into something we’re truly passionate about.

Wishing you all the best!

So many have been generous in sharing what is happening for them and on their teams in real time. It's gut wrenching to watch. Please take good care of yourselves. If still in the office, get contact info or create text chains for your workgroup to stay in touch. If laid off, don't sign anything until you have a chance to review it. Check your local laws regarding length of time to do so. If appropriate, have an attorney review it. Resist any pressure to sign without those options. If you are impacted, as mentioned elsewhere, it's not your fault, you did not fail. Everyone was failed, right from the top.

Was picked and off payroll in 2 weeks. I didn’t find the PDF they sent very informative. Can anyone who’s been thru the process advise on best practices? What should I look to sign first, what should I handle first? What are some big don'ts ? Thanks in advance for positive assistance.

Looking for suggestions and ideas on ways to self nominate for RIF in the coming round.

Noticed the estimated Lump Sum payout is LOWER for 2026 vs. 2025, which is both alarming and surprising - especially since interest rates declined in 2025 ….. so, I was expecting to see an increase in the Lump Sum amount. Anyone else experience this, and any insight or explanation ??

22% raise while the masses get ran off to pay for it. Every single employee is a pawn, a commodity to be used traded and discarded at will. You are no more to her than stapler.

AI promises were made and it did not work out. It will eventually but AI did not bear the fruit (money) that was promised. We’ll have AI in place and it’ll replace “x” number of employees this year. It did not work but even still gotta run off the people to save at least some of the money that was promised. So…YOU are on the chopping block.

Meanwhile, Jane raise\bonus is locked in at the cost of your job. She’s laughing at the fact that you are paying the price and not her.
Those that are left behind the carnage will be worked to death to pick up the slack and again she will chuckle. You guys need to get past the point that she does not care what you do, say, think, suffer through or feel. You are such a non-concern to her much like a discarded bottle cap that you and your well being does not even register as a thought to her. She came from McKinsey for which their sole purpose in life was to help CEO’s determine the best way to sell laying people off for optics.

My advice to tech….leave on your own terms as soon as you can. Be willing to move elsewhere for the same pay and maybe even settle for less but at least you won’t be blindsided. Yes, I am aware it takes a very long time to find something so start searching now rather than after the axe falls. Skill up and go. Either Citi sees the value you bring to the table or they don’t and some other company will. Try branching out to other sectors. As said before a tech person at Citi is not exclusively locked in only to the banking sector. There are other sectors that also use PowerBi, SQL, Exchange, various vendor firewalls, routers, switches, cluster, AD, etc….. crazy, I know, but Citi is not the only ones that uses various technologies. Give other sectors more than a passing glance.

I wanted to see what the global experience is with admin staff? In my local office, there’s an assistant that complains all the time about having to take cover multiple teams (a bit over a dozen people). On paper it looks like a lot but it’s often very low touch, even no touch for some.

She says she only had to take care of a few people a few years ago. Which seems crazy. Is she being dramatic and inefficient maybe? Or is low touch assistant work for a few people with doing expenses for a dozen people too much?

i know plant closures and layoffs are coming.
Any advice to ask hr or just make the transition better?

Since we all headed there...

All rural fiber needs to stop being placed . Satellite is the most cost effective and starlink is about to take on a lot of new country fans after seeing starlink advertisements during the NASCAR race ! I need my T stock to go up and I just don’t think we need to place fiber too far past city limits for a couple connections. It is not cost effective… I know because I am in C&E in the South y’all. Does anyone have starlink tha could compare the service to fiber ?

This is more for my CSG folks but holy fu-k I audit csg chats and calls from time to time and global agents/managers need way better training! From the lack of being able to follow simple articles and policies, to telling clients promises that cant be done, and managers just ignoring any escalations, Dell support is just fu--ing terrible! Literally just saw an agent trying to help client fix her canon printer on a live audit. Stupid!

It's pretty much certain that RIFs will happen this week. As someone impacted by a recent RIF, here is what I can share. What's done is done already. Regardless of what you colleagues or business partners think of you, your manager has already decided that you are gone. Brush off that resume. Research competitors who may value your skills. Apply to positions where your skills fit and/or where you want to go in your career. If you get an interview, even for a position you don't really want, don't turn it down. Some of the best advice I got was from an old manager who had recently separated from the military who told me how he had been applying to positions he knew he couldn't accept because he still had a year left but he wanted the interview experience and hadn't interviewed anywhere in almost 20 years. When the time came, he was a pro and landed a job in his first interview after his military retirement. Optum isn't the military and you can leave whenever you want. If that amazing offer comes before severance, don't hesitate to take it. Best case, you line up both at the same time and walk away with a nice bonus that you earned for all the stress and BS this place has put you through. Good luck to everyone. It will all be okay.

Be related to the DMs friends or their inner circle.

Holier than thou, sanctimonious sc-m of the earth.

Slam, cram, brown nose and lie your way to the top and when HR asks, put the blame on anyone that calls you out.

Wondering how the next few months usually go during this time of year.

I plan to hand my notice in within the next month, any top tips for things to make my escape easier?

Do you know anybody who did? Is it worth even trying?

There are many posts about RIFs and advice often posted on social media is to watch WARN trackers. I checked several major states and don’t see many, if any, Elevance notices. But I know people in some of those states were RIFed and given the 60-day notice. (Everyone was remote so I checked physical state and IN.)

Has anyone ever actually been tipped off with the WARN trackers, specifically for Elevance?

Anyone have examples of people doing awesome things after leaving Exxon?

seems like someone opened up jak and typed "how do i turn uniti into frontier" then proceeded to follow the instructions provided.

How is IBM this in efficient. Is this a known fact?

Am I to accept the efficiency and move on.

Help!

Lots of opinions y’all. And grief towards either the past or current state. Can’t change the past and no darn sense complaining about today.

What are the top five things to get us back on the right track?

Finally, SLF seems to have found something she's really good at: sending the stock CONSISTENTLY down at the speed of a failed SpaceX rocket. Time for some put options, because when the FT news is public, and James has to guide the investors, you can make some serious money when the stock sinks below 35! (This is NOT financial advice, though!!!). Say hi to Bob T!

SAVE YOUR PTO unless you are in an absolute necessary role that will not be reduced or eliminated.

Based on previous layoffs while at VZ I made it a point to max out and save my vacation and personal time year after year.

I still Took all my vacations I planned throughout the years and just combined it with weekends to minimize pto usage early on in the year so I had enough time to work my way back up to the max. My manager constantly tried to push me to use more towards the end of the year and I knew not to do that.

Thanks to that I received an extra 2+ months worth of pay in addition to severance. I strongly believe that people maxing out on vacation time year after year and having to pay out on so much vacation time was a loss to them with layoffs was the reason why the reduced the amount of hours you could max out on.

Also take your VPL!! don’t let leadership guilt trip you into not taking it they do not care! You only get that time once in your child’s life. Use it or lose it . I knew people who only took 2 weeks of VPL because they were applying for a promotion and not only did they not get the role but their leader pressured them into not taking the rest of their VPL.

Why are all the Reddit posts on the r/Waterloo page? We need our own page. Would have been eye opening to read through prior to signing my contract. But now I get to sleuth this website and random others for any insights. Huge loss and su-ks for anyone considering this place to not have a consolidated resource to read through

For active layoffs happening now, it’s probably too late. For others, how do you survive at a company like Nike for more than a decade? What tips or tricks do you have?

There are two types of people at Xerox: (1) those coasting to retirement who are likely 55 and older who don't need another job, and (2) those with a career ahead of them.

If you are in group (1) then congrats on your upcoming retirement, it's likely to happen within the next year.

If you are in group (2) then I really hope you have your resume up to date, and are at a minimum exploring opportunities. Make connections to recruiters and other companies who are in your area, or who offer remote work if that's something you do. It can never hurt to get your name out there, even if it's simply to practice the interview process if you've spent most of the last couple decades at Xerox.

Group (2) might have years left, or days, you really never know. It's much easier to find a job when you have a job, than have to be under the stress of interviewing when you have no income or healthcare.

And no matter what, keeping your skills up to date is up to you. Xerox is unlikely to invest in you, but if you can find skill sets that compliment what you already know, or better yet help Xerox so you can justify continuing to build up those skill sets, then go for it!

Good luck to everybody tomorrow. I have a feeling that it is not going to be that large, but we'll continue to see these targeted reductions throughout the year.

I quit the company in April 2025 and need my W2 to file taxes. I tried to call myHR Phone (844-DFS-myHR or 844-337-6947) but I keep getting sent in circles by the Discover/Capital One automated voice messaging system.

Can anyone help with this?

Hey guys, I’m just trying to get a feel for the overall take of the position that was offered to me. Long-standing experience in banking, but the last seven years in payment processing. Anything I should be aware of? Be candid my friends - I’d appreciate it!

I received an offer today, and I’m planning to meet with my manager tomorrow to give notice. I’m wondering whether a full two weeks is necessary. I want to leave professionally and on good terms, but I’m also ready to move on.

Any tips? Things I should ask?