#advice

How do you answer that in an interview, without sounding like you were fed an answer by ChatGPT?

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING! NO JOB IS WORTH LOSING YOURSELF OVER! 💯 Stop letting a company make you feel like they’re your only option! You deserve better than being worked like you’re in a sweat shop. Know your worth, protect your peace, and don’t be afraid to walk away! There IS something better out there, so NEVER settle for less than you deserve! 👏💯

If you're an advisor, don't get su-kered in like I did to go to their their VIP event or whatever. They call it where they want to show you their platform and take you to dinner. Definitely not worth it. Ask about their fees up front before you go!

FYI the November 120% federal mid-term Applicable Federal Rate is 6.11% for those of you who are ready to retire before age 55 from this company.

Anyone has an experience or something to share about this? I have a health issue and will have to slow down. I am 38 yo. Does not need to be EM. Thank you.

I am interviewing for jobs because I'd like a raise of about 30k from my current ~90k salary, but I'd rather stay on this team because the work is great, we're always busy, I enjoy my colleagues, and our manager/directors/VPs advocate for us. How do I get my leader to give me this raise? I don't think this is a promo year for me since we haven't had those discussions, but I am constantly excelling at my work, got a 5 on my review last year (with a 3% raise -_- ), and have presented on leadership calls and town halls about the impact of the work myself and my team are doing. I've never really been in a situation where I have wanted to stay in my role instead of jumping to a different role. Any advice?

I am one of those who have advanced career after being laid off from Q. My sincere advice to those finding jobs is that never post, share, or like any LinkedIn posts associated with politics. Those who review your cases are much more diverse than you think. Act smartly and remove any such footprints from your account. Sad to see that a junior candidate for my team was not given a chance due to this foolish mistake.

Most of what's on this board is rumor. Nobody here actually knows what's coming, and refreshing this page all day is just stressing everyone out. SM has steered us through some tough stretches, and I trust the direction we're headed. Do good work, keep your résumé fresh (smart either way), and wait for real news from official channels. Log off and take a breath, because worrying won't change anything.

Hi folks ,
I have an upcoming interview at micron supporting Process integration, im done with my hiring manager + sr engineer interview , im now scheduled for interview with director. i wanted to know what i can expect in this interview . Any leads would be greatly healpful

Hi, I’m looking for honest perspectives. I work at UHC in their Medicaid business. It’s never been a great fit for me, but I’ve learned a lot. I’m interviewing for a manager role at Humana. Outside looking in, Humana appears more member-friendly than UHC. How’s the Medicaid business there?

While yes it is true that no one individual can make any real impact to a behemoth corporation with a single comment on some public social media platform or an official registered complaint to EEOC, SEC, DOJ, Attorney General, Congressional persons, and contact employer attorney to file lawsuit for discrimination.

BUT let me share a metaphor with you that hopefully will bolster and inspire movement and momentum.

Metaphor:
A new homeowner when purchasing their first home, may see a single parch of crab grass begin to grow in what otherwise is a beautiful green lawn. So, they ignore it, because what is one single patch of crab grass, after all. Then a couple days later, the homeowner sees a couple dozen patches of crab grass beginning to grow. Still not a big deal. Then, one morning the homeowner arises with their nice cup of coffee and newspaper and looks out the window. Lo and behold, the yard has been utterly taken over by crab grass and choked any remaining green grass. The new homeowner is put in a position to either invest in so much poison to destroy the crab grass while at the same time risking destroying the green grass as well OR doing a complete lawn renovation by completing removing all existing grass and completely reseeding the lawn anew.

Point Being:
By ourselves it can feel daunting and pointless to seek to take any action against these behemoth corrupt corporations. And that is true; by ourselves it is a fool’s errand. However, our efforts when compounded with the single efforts of others WILL truly make a difference. It will! You just have to believe and I suggest that as you take actionable steps, you pray to one that can bless efforts.

I hope this encourages not just a few people but many people. Your efforts are not in vain. The pride, arrogance, and hubris in the hearts of executives over these corrupt behemoth corporations will be their downfall.

Long story short I accepted the vsp and got a match 2027 date. Then reorg assigned me to a new team and my manager was genuinely excited to train me on new tools and start creating reports. I created the reports, and extras because I'm not given enough work. I was told there would be an "all hands on deck" project this week but it Wednesday and I haven't got anything. I even said I wanted to withdrawal my VSP if possible and was told yeah that's probably fine, I'll submit it. Then it was I'll submit it next week, then he said to wait until December due to your march 27 date. I'm pretty sure it's a delay tactic and they've already decided to move on without me. Anyone else experience something similar with advice (other than update my resume and apply like my life depends on it)?

I was one of the good ones who left. They hired outsiders with less experience at higher levels while keeping us at the bottom. I knew my worth and got out. I highly recommend it to anybody who's still on the fence about leaving.

For those who were laid off in New York, when did you apply for unemployment? Did you file as soon as your job ended or wait until the severance period was over?

Here is what I know and what I am hearing.

Recruiting is drop dead last this year for this company. They just had to pay another 30 million in fines for the Chucky Roberts disaster in Sept.

Advisors are leaving, and there will be much more to follow.

Layoffs are being planned.

Hearing New accounts, Help Desk, Stock Records, and Advisory will be targeted.

Who you work for! Look into class action lawsuits. Look into who they advertise with. Look into how they respond to inquiries. Look into who they target.

Gather that information then sit back and ponder if this is who you want to represent or endorse.

Just saying.....

I've learned that it helps to have good relationships throughout the organization, not just with your direct manager. I don't feel the need to weigh in on every disagreement, and I avoid getting pulled into unnecessary drama. When something urgent needs help, I'll step up if I can actually deliver. The goal is simple: do good work, earn people's trust, and don't create problems for yourself.

And it wasn't a small thing, either. My manager already didn't like me, so I'm not sure if I should even try to recover or if I should start looking right away. Was anybody in a similar situation? What did you do?

As one of hunfreds of thousands retired NJB/Bell Atlantic/Verizon employees itis a daily embarrassment hearing how Veizon C-Level/AVP/Director levels instructed staff to turn over personal phone records to Biden's DOJ in artic frost campaign.

Every Verizon employee on an annual basis was/is required to complete CPNI training.

I fully support the firing of Hans... but that was FCC/DOJ demanding.. not feckless Vz Board/C Level Governance.

I have many friends still remaining at Verizon and deserve more accountable Leadership but the pollution of DEI Trojan Horse hirings inside the company will take a Corporate takeover to clean out.

In the short tetm my final piece of advice is hire Denny Strgyl for a 18 month contract and reverse the slide and avoid a $30 stock.

So if your management has you tracking your daily work, upload those sheets there and have CoPilot use them to write your self eval. That way your data is based on hard numbers that you sent to your manager/worktracker/sl--------r, not AI guesswork.

Place your bets

Any experiences you can share? THoughts?

I imagine gunjan is fuming in her office today. Saw much in the news today about the Trump admin cracking down on corporations like Microsoft, cognizant, infosys, etc. for replacing American workers with cheap foreign labor (indians).

Can they look into USB next?

Hate Trump all you want, but if we had a Democrat in office we would be getting flooded with more "talent" from India. At least something is being done to help us.

What would it be like working at Pratt in DPHM or OBPHM? How does it compare to the tech sector or other sectors? What is the technology like?

I am thinking that much like the way AI was recently renamed SI, which as an aside I think there is nothing Super about it. It is totally Artificial “intelligence.”

Anyway, just like we renamed that, because there is not much interest in these so called “Health” Insurance corporation’s Executives in actually insuring their member’s health, perhaps we should consider renaming “Health” Insurance to something like
Profit Insurance
Or maybe
C-Suite Executive Insurance
Or maybe
Shareholder Insurance
Or maybe
Corporate Government Fund Free Insurance

And as for Medi”care” “Advantage” maybe we should consider renaming it something like
Medi-Deny Disadvantage
Or maybe
Medi-Delay Disadvantage
Or maybe
Medi-Free-Draw-You-in-Perks-But-No-Real-Substantial-Coverage Disadvantage

If you can think of some better names, please feel free to add them in the comments below.

Anyone still here from Wells Fargo Financial to mentor me and help me get ahead?

LOL

Ameriprise Financial saw total client net asset inflows in its wealth and advice division decline year over year in 2026 and said it expects advisor attrition to continue into the second and third quarters.

After a few incredibly tough months, I was finally able to find something, something even better.

More than anything, I feel a sense of relief. Relief in being somewhere where I’m not constantly wondering when the next round of layoffs might happen.

I genuinely feel for everyone still there, and I would encourage you to start exploring your options sooner rather than later. If an opportunity comes up that gives you a chance to leave on your own terms, take it.

I loved the Swoosh. I was proud of the work I did and considered myself a high performer, but the last round of cuts made it clear that, at the end of the day, a lot of it came down to names on a list.

Being laid off affected me more than I expected. It diminished my sense of self-worth and brought on imposter syndrome in areas of my life where I had never experienced it before. Looking back, I wish I had started applying sooner and given myself the opportunity to leave on my own terms.

I still have a lot of respect and appreciation for the people I worked with and the experiences I had at Nike. But looking at where the company is financially, I don’t believe another round of layoffs is going to fix the underlying problems.

If you’re still there and you’ve been thinking about making a move, don’t be afraid to take that step.

The grass really can be greener.

Let’s be real for a moment. Posting rants, slamming, or bad-mouthing EH, VA or others doesn’t actually change anything.

It might feel like a quick emotional release in the moment, but in reality, it rarely accomplishes anything positive. Worse, it puts a massive target on your back. Anonymity online is rarely as secure as people think, and if your identity is ever traced back to you, the fallout in this market isn't worth a temporary venting session.

To everyone denigrating those of us who are resting and vesting, please send out a list of all the high tech companies that are hiring.

There are a lot of VZ people who really have no clue and should talk to a financial advisor well before you are thinking of retirement. Trust me, it won’t hurt and you will get very informed.

M7 MBA here. You do short term cost reductions on a company that isn't profitable. Nike IS profitable.

We have this constant pressure for growth, as any publicly traded company has. The economy isn't at its best years, sure. Nike can and will improve its supply chain. Makes sense.

But they are missing the core problem: (1) how to make professional athletes inspire the new generation of sports apparel user (2) what products are relevant to these geographies we want to grow

Number three would be how to make the WANTED products are available on the right places. Then I agree with the supply chain improvement narrative. But fix the first two product problems first.

We're still doubling down on iconic personalities like Michael Jordan, Cristiano Ronaldo . These are relevant and crucial to our past growth, but they will be less and less relevant , especially worldwide.

Top chasing the tail. We need ki-ler products and personalities to inspire consumers

Truist is not a democracy! If your not in a position of effect change or a major voting shareholder, you are wasting you time writing/complaining to Santa Clause on this website. Only you are in charge of your career. If you are unhappy or your boss/leadership puts themselves first, you need to do the same and move on and look for something better. Waiting around for things to get better or the next layoff is a fools game.

I have followed this advise and rest assured, your job will be posted within a few weeks for the next su---r to come along. Your replacement will figure things out and the cycle will continue.

How can you move to PACE when it’s so obvious everyone will turn that into “you need a PACEMAKER”? Bad PR move.

I want to post my story,but here's the thing...I'm not an employee or a former employee, however I am a victim. A victim with receipts showing their apparent cover up in interstate/ federal crimes.

I feel posting here could possibly result in in my story leaking elsewhere which could be helpful. What do you people think?

PS: I have absolutely no fear of them suing me as truth is an absolute defense.

Let me be clear, I admire and really enjoy all my coworkers from India. They are so happy and super smart. But investing in India as a sports company is not the right move. They don’t really play any sports at all high level other than cricket. They aren’t represented in world cups, in Olympics, in any of the major sports, in fashion. VA talks about this being a big bet, but that’s exactly what we don’t need right now. We don’t need to bet, we know where our consumers are, let’s focus our resources in those areas and continue to expand there.

I'm convinced that the top executives get some kind of curated list of the feedback that is written here.

I saw several complaints in this site that "there is no long-term plan". Maybe there is, maybe there isn't... but now EH is claiming there is one. He specifically quoted we "are not reacting quarter to quarter". It's the first time in a while I see a narrative like this.

Time to write something constructive. Don't say "fire department X"... now is not the time to point fingers at colleagues. They are still probably figuring out what to actually do, what will turn the ship.

People are so lazy. They know the resources that we have and they know that just about everything can be found on Flagscape (or in a policy on Flagscape), but they will still reach out to their peers and partners to basically ask them to go to flagscape and do the research on their behalf. Use the search bar and type out what you’re inquiring about FIRST! If you are this person stop, it makes you look absolutely incompetent.

And while we’re at it… if you need that access or need someone else to have badge access, GO TO GUARDIAN! Literally every single employee is allowed to request badge access on behalf of themselves or another!

We should all be professionals.. what’s act like it. You’re not the only one doing the job of 14 other people… we are all too busy to deal with it!

If you get to be in the driving seat for this turnaround, what is the "one thing" you would do to make it happen quick?