#badleadership

The veep of corporate environment and his analyst are certified donkeys. Operations and maintenance now have one standard for safety while lab personnel have another. The double standard is bad enough but the actual standard is stupid as well. This will not improve safety and will only deter anyone from wanting to do more for safety. Mark my words, off shift, places that are rarely visited,they will follow this as much as people follow the no looking at your phone rule or the use hand rails rule. They should be fired immediately but they won't. Bilbo will probably give them all promotions saying they saved everyone. Stupid people making stupid rules.

The leadership at AT&T is non existent. The fact they would announce building a new corporate campus than will likely cost upwards of $2 Billion while continuing to layoff hardworking, valuable employees is disgraceful. I’m sure this new campus will have all the wonderful features and amenities to highlights its lavish lifestyle existence while the peasant who are so graciously allowed to keep their jobs work in spaces that are old and filthy. Dirty bathrooms, paint peeling off walls, dirty carpets etc.

Stankey and the board are complicit in the corruption and incompetence.

CVS culture is extremely toxic. I left my job last month! There is nothing but corruption, favoritism and cover ups. I love how some employees can end up on performance plans and then moved to different roles to protect their friends, but others if they’re not friends with the manager are scrutinized and micromanaged! If you’re still working at CVS I pray you find something new very soon.

Wow. How is that man the new leader for a tenured sales organization? Technologically challenged right out of the gate and completely unprepared.
Not to mention he made it point to insult those who chose a different path besides college to gain their education. Did he stop for a minute to consider a major of those who don’t have a traditional education most likely served in the military? I can’t see this going well for him.

A post to encourage those who have been impacted and are worried about what is next. It really does sadden me that the company which I used to take so much pride in working for has lost so much of what led to its success. It was a great place to have a career. In its current form I wouldn't advise anyone I know to work for Cargill. Best of luck to those still in the job hunt. Better days will be ahead once you are beyond Brian Sikes and the rest of the clueless Cargill "leadership" team.

Cargill has really lost it's long term vision.

Every year brings new changes but am I the only one who is deeply concerned with today’s announcements of how the company will be restructured moving forward?

MO spent a lot of time trying to explain how Canon has been a company built on revenue and profit. When compared to our competition, he explained how much better we are doing.

The question I have for him is are we? When I wake up in the morning I don’t work hard for Canon, I work hard for me. I made considerably less money in 2025 although my revenue was on par with what I sold in 2019. Granted the GDP goes up 1-5% per year as stated, the ratios of what I sold versus what I made are directly related to one thing. Increased quotas that are unattainable.

To all sales people, he mentioned how the market is shrinking 5-10%. If the market is shrinking, why have our quotas gone up? Simple answer is they don’t want to pay you.

Were you happy with all the promotions they put out to help you sell all the new imageFORCE products? Yeah, I didn’t think so. I don’t trust this company. I don’t trust MO. His example of how a Canon dealer and WTS were engaged in the same account is his way of telling you in the future if that happens and you work for CUSA you will be asked to remove yourself from the deal.

If MO wants to help us, start with reducing quotas and giving us a chance. Secondly, figure out some type of program to help us retain our current accounts.

Takiko in sales planning spoke about how we are landing new business but losing current accounts. Does it really take a Harvard graduate to realize that when you ask your current loyal customers to spend 15%-20% more to upgrade they will go somewhere else.

Let this be the forum for all of us to comment how you really feel.

Pretty much completed ALL training in my area that AT&T offered, great reviews every year exceeded expectations, many special purpose assignments completed successfully, Just all got me laid off..... F U Stankey and AT&T

It's a con game. The company has no incentive to care about your feelings. Any and all morale boosting is just managing useful distractions. They dangle carrots, or vague promises they have no intention of keeping, or soft reassurances of your job security only to stand there at your desk as you cry and put your belongings into the banker's box they've graciously provided to you.

Just like the managers that pit their employees against one another, it's all about keeping you occupied so you don't notice the water creeping up to your ankles on the sinking ship. Go rearrange those deck chairs, this Titanic will look presentable!

Just stop. Leave. No notice, no new job lined up. Do whatever you can to expedite the implosion of this company by removing yourself from their clutches. Go sling coffee, bag groceries, start an ebay reseller gig, anything but continuing to enable your abuser. They won't realize anything until they are forced to and when they only have overseas cheap labor to depend upon, it'll really be fun to watch this place crater. If India wants these jobs so bad, let them have 'em. Watch what happens.

Go. Be happy. Be anywhere but here, your mental health will be better, and you can leave this bucket of tu-ds in the rearview mirror.

“I hope you spent Christmas and New Year thinking about work and not enjoying yourselves.

It is your duty to work harder and longer hours for the company, we own you and you will obey.

Do not expect any acknowledgement for doing a good job or going beyond, it is the minimum requirement we expect from you.

There will be no raises in 2026, if you have a variable income we will find any way possible to minimise any bonus or commissions due to you.

Happy New Year ( although it won’t actually be happy, as we will be laying lots of you off ).”

When are heads going to roll for the ev fiasco??

Finally get rid of leadership that practices favoritism, over buys when we don't have the sales (expects tms in prep rooms to salvage the rotten product) , they believe their far superior to everyone else on the planet.

To all of those who are treated like cattle sitting in small stalls all day while the elites sit in their offices with their doors closed…emerging once a day to say hi to the little people while deciding who to layoff off (mainly based on politics) God Bless You.

To all of you who sit in those offices who have never been laid off thinking you’re better than the rest filled with entitlement, arrogance and ignorance for not knowing how your decisions hurt others and the smugness of thinking you’ll never be laid off because you are somehow so invaluable…may 2026 be the year you yourself experiences this for the first time.

A layoff damages and impacts people in ways you can only know if you experience it first hand. It’s your turn.

Many who were competent and delivering got shown the door while useless people who do nothing survived and failed up. Majority of Directors/VPs don't know the ABCs of engineering of managing people - they are just good su-k ups, liars and back stabbers. Bad behavior and failure gets you promoted - IDK. Note I did not say everyone, there are brilliant, kind, great leaders who are worth every dollar they get paid, but they are the few angels around.

An on point post by @f8+1kc1fdxvs.

My net worth since leaving. Frees your mind up to opportunity when leaving that soul crushing environment. Seems to attract nothing but Bill Lumberghs who get promoted. Seriously ATT Management are drips and blockheads.

Why does my manager never seem to know anything? I ask a direct question about deadlines, budgets, or strategy, and I get a blank stare or vague promises. It's beyond frustrating.

I've been an employee for a very long time, and when I first started, this was literally the best place I had ever worked in ALL of my endeavors. Even throughout covid they took care of us and our customers - It was brutal, but tolerable.

Now, they've demoted some of their best performers, only to replace them with off-shore id--ts that have not one clue what they are doing. They tell the customers the wrong thing, or they tell them they ordered a replacement or issued a discount, but they did not - leaving MC to clean up all of their messes. MC has been a catch all for the last 6 months. We are large parcel, we are managers (without the title), we are frontline, finance; but yet we don't have the tools to take care of the customer. For a company that wants us to practice the CARES transcript to better assist our customers; I'm not sure they know what that word means. I give everything I got with our customers; to make sure they have a good experience or to better the issues they had, but when tools are constantly taken away from us to deliver that customer experience - That shows that this company does not care - About our customers or us. And before those of you get on here and say. "if you don't like it, find something else." - you think it's that easy? You're still here aren't you? And you can't be having a good time unless you're getting paid an above normal salary or in upper management, where you're making up these ridiculous margins, that are somewhat impossible to achieve or maintain. I'm old school when it comes to customer service and again, I put my all into it - that's what the retail business is about... Retaining customers and building relationships with them. Wayfair, you're losing more customers than your gaining and retaining. That's not on your employees, that's on you and upper management who quite frankly doesn't know how to manage squat. I'd get your act together or there won't be a Wayfair. It might hang by a thread for a while; but the more offshore takes control, the thinner that thread becomes.

When layoffs become the sole tool for every problem, it shows management has no real plan. It's a clear sign of failure and desperation. I've started my job search, and you should too. There's no future here.

Please stop peddling “the five gears of change.” The HO team is trying to push this concept (and subsequently the work) down to Service. Instead of trying to sell this concept, these GPs and Sr directors should think about how they are actually going to do the work. If not, may be they should be considered for next cascade.

I have yet to experience a reorg or set of cuts that actually resulted in leaner, more efficient teams. The bloat always seems to stay, critical roles disappear as a rule, and the workload ends up being distributed in ways that make even less sense. If they are planning a major reorg now, I dread what things will look like on the other side of it.

I can vaguely remember when we used to work toward something, had real team cohesion, and felt a sense of accomplishment after solving complex problems or delivering exceptional results. These days, it feels like we’re just getting ground down, and everyone around me seems completely and utterly demoralized. It’s as if our misery is the point. Creating an environment where people perform well and don’t hate their jobs clearly isn’t a priority anymore.

How does one inherit a multi-billion dollar chemical company and reduce it to a lemonade stand that recycles..then lays off a thousand (yes a thousand) skilled legacy employees while hanging on to yes-men director level leadership who are just as complicit.
Check the stock price - ripe for a fire sale.

It’s been a long time since the last reminder that the “leaders” of L and D are still not accomplishing anything.
They are trying hard so I guess they deserve a participation trophy. Bless their hearts.

Synovus will ruin Pinnacle IMO. Sorry for anyone that works there.

My direct manager got promoted with zero training and no real leadership skills. I was micromanaged on minor tasks, while big project decisions went unchecked. Communication always felt passive-aggressive, and any mistake I made got used against me in performance reviews. Favoritism ran rampant. People who constantly flattered the manager got all the praise, while those actually performing well were ignored. And he's now in an even higher position. Make it make sense.

Sometimes it feels like we’re stuck in an endless loop, all pushed to the edge by exhaustion just to pay our bills and keep our homes. Management couldn’t care less. The way they run people into the ground gets packaged as “strong performance.” Meanwhile, we’re the ones carrying the load and paying the price for it.

In the last several years alone, we've had nearly a dozen rounds of layoffs and constant team shuffles. They took away stock options for most employees, cut a ton of benefits, and bonuses are a joke. At what point do you just admit the writing is on the wall? It feels like we're all just waiting for the next bad news to drop.

...of my former co workers and fellow ex-empkoyees.

Except for the current and former executives and board members. May you all rot in the he-l your soulless carcasses deserve.

I mean that's really it. Billion dollar company. Our manager didnt even gift us some measley points for Christmas.

if you work at belk in a store. do the absolute minimum. they dont care about you. why should you bust your butt for them? these people that bend over backwards for belk are id--ts. they think belk cares about them and belk and corpoorate does not.

It was a farce from the beginning. The organization selected incompetent and unqualified individuals to LCS. Instead of choosing the right people based on skills, selection was based on politics…you help me and I help you. It’s an organization full of backstabbers/ credit stealers who are adept at managing up but achieved little on their own. What’s worst is the nonsense they spout inside and outside the company. A layoff there is needed.

I work at 228-the villages Florida and it’s a 💩 show. It’s atrocious

Merry Christmas to my underlings,

Let’s be clear: your output this year has been underwhelming at best. You have not fully committed to inspiring and building better lives and communities; and frankly, it’s embarrassing. I need you to work harder next year so my bonus doesn’t suffer because of your mediocrity.

Despite the fact that none of you have earned it, I might throw you a 1% raise, and that’s a big might. That goodwill evaporates the moment I hear another word about the 5-day RTO. I’m beyond tired of the whining, the entitlement, and the endless complaining. Do your jobs, show up where you’re told, and keep your opinions to yourselves.

Go ahead and enjoy whatever time you have with your families now, because starting next week your time belongs to me. Don’t get comfortable, don’t get ideas, and don’t forget who signs the checks.

Sincerely,
Bill

The people who could actually make a difference are the ones being let go, while executives keep making the same mistakes and rewarding themselves. The board should be stepping in, but it feels like no one’s paying attention. It’s exhausting to watch a company with so much potential get mishandled over and over.

I worked at National Oilwell Varco for nearly three years and gave far more than was ever asked of me. I consistently worked overtime, stepped up whenever needed, and sacrificed my own time to support the company. That dedication meant absolutely nothing in the end. There is no real path for growth here—no clear outline for advancement, no meaningful raises, and no incentive to actually perform at a higher level. Unless you are part of the “good ol’ boy” club, you will remain stuck in the same position indefinitely while promotions are handed out based on favoritism instead of merit.

I was passed up for a promotion in favor of someone who left the company for an extended period of time and was simply allowed to come back and leapfrog others who had stayed loyal and continued to carry the workload. When layoffs came, the decision was not based on skill, value, or contribution, but on a so-called “totem pole” system. This is especially insulting considering I was part of a very small team and knew how to do everyone’s job, making me far more valuable than others who were retained.

To make matters worse, the company chose to lay off someone who showed up every single day, never abused time off, and consistently did the work, while keeping employees who regularly burned through PTO, had attendance problems, and had even been written up for not showing up. That decision alone speaks volumes about how NOV truly operates.

National Oilwell Varco does not live up to the values it proudly claims to stand for. Loyalty, hard work, and accountability are clearly not rewarded here. Instead, favoritism and internal politics determine who moves forward and who gets pushed out. I genuinely hope the company collapses or is completely sold off to another organization that actually values its employees and operates with integrity—because in its current state, NOV does not deserve the people who give their time and effort to it.

Way too many woe is me post, I never saw it coming posts and how can they do this posts.

What world do you live in where a company has your best interest at heart?
Let’s level set. Citi has never cared about their employees, its all about the bucks.
Citi never takes into account your feelings on no promotions, no raises, no bonus’s or layoffs. It’s about the number and perception. How does it look to the shareholders is all that matters.

Quit acting all shocked and surprised if you get the axe. Always assume that you WILL be let go, its just a matter of time. This puts things into perspective and helps you prepare.
It’s just a job guys. Its not a religion. Its unwise to bank (play on words) your whole future on always working here forever or I’ll always be getting a raise. Just remember, they could care less about you. You are a commodity, an asset to be used and discarded at will. By Citi’s own actions, you’d think you’d have caught on by now and have realized this.

My entire net worth is down!!!!!!

To all the managers that are giving bogus reviews and letting people go before Christmas, rest well... You could be next! Your job can be moved offshore at any time too. Keep drinking the Kool-aid they are serving. They are NOT for the employees. It's all about GREED! Merry Christmas!!!

Everyone knows they are making up bogus performance reviews and attempting to fire people with little to no severance based on said bogus reviews. I no longer work there but still in close contact with many. I was told by legal counsel the made up bogus reviews themselves while beyond unethical, not technically illegal. I would be curious if anyone else has had success legally fighting them on that basis alone? Outside of my curiosity, any information may help others. I went after them based on protected class issues that are illegal - discrimination, retaliation, etc. That worked. They wrote me a check for a year within 2 months. They caved easily. No effective internal counsel whatsoever. They were all fired too so they farm out to junior staff at Reed Smith. The whole thing is disgusting but nothing we can do to change it other than keeping one another informed. Maybe will change someday when legal action is so frequent becomes untenable for them but don’t hold your breath for now. To all of my friends, former colleagues, and to those of you I don’t know who still work there, I sincerely wish you all the best.