#career

I see that they rearranged the deck and the person that used to be the head of the connectkee is now in some x foundri. Word to the wise the music will at some point stop and there will not be a seat for you - not because you weren't professional or your program wasn't profitable or had a metric ton of Clients using it, it's because x doesn't use logic. Cyber security is way better anyways they are hiring big time where I landed...

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.

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?

I’m currently interviewing for the Account Technology Strategist Strategist (ATS) role and trying to get a sense of what it’s really like. My background is AE for other large SaaS providers. Seems like this role is sales at its core. Anyone here an ATS and can give me the run down? Is it a good career move?

Any experiences you can share? THoughts?

After months of unemployment after being cut and a brutal job search, I finally have an offer in hand. I'm still processing the fact that I can actually stop applying.

You can't assume good work will automatically put you in the right place. Speak up about what you want, build relationships, and make sure people know what you actually contribute. Just doing good work has long stopped being enough.

If you've been here for years and you're unhappy, maybe it's time to see what else is out there. Experience doesn't mean you have to spend the rest of your career in the same place. There are places that will make you happy. Go and find them.

Oracle Layoff -- Stop being bitter and angry after 20, 30+ years of loyal service and getting laid off! You made a good living and a decent salary and RSUs. No doubt, Oracle has a very brilliant and talented workforce.

I'm tired of hiring the sad stories here and LinkedIn. You should have moved on and joined a start-up, Microsoft, AWS, Google, and many other companies. Stop blaming Oracle. Take charge of your career and your destiny. Move on.

Two people have moved to ?GM One just started a couple years other been at Ford for than 10 years.

Went to GM.
I hear many out o other companies including GM,

Is there any point in waiting to see what's going to happen or should I just start looking right away, considering predictions for tech?

How bad would it be for me professionally if I just say I quit and walk out? I really, really want to do just that.

Veteran talent agent Samantha Crisp has joined Artists & Representatives. This move follows recent layoffs at The Kohner Agency. Crisp previously worked at Kohner for 25 years. Another former Kohner agent, Amanda Glazer, also recently moved to a new firm. Crisp will be based in A&R's Los Angeles offices.

Los Angeles, California

https://deadline.com/2026/10/samantha-crisp-joins-artists-and-representatives-kohner-layoffs-1237144546/

Has anyone used the free career services provided with our VSP? What’s your experience?

I did everything I was supposed to and just like that it ended in a split second. After almost three decades of commitment it all came to end so abruptly. Without warning, without cause, I’m doing the right things yet here I am… jobless. Today was the day ya’ll, they finally called my number. What’s next for me?

It's been a year since the work transformation announcement! How time flies! I just want to hear how you folks are doing, either have successfully moved on, waiting for the right opportunity, taking early retirement or something else. I'm still in this sinking boat waiting and figuring out what to do next.

What are the new career objectives and how do they map to the old ultimate potential? For example POT38+ is now a Career Objective of Senior Executive/Corporate leader

The real vulnerability in the AI‑driven shift in software engineering isn’t the 20‑something just starting out, but the 40‑year‑old already deep into their career, with a mortgage, dependants, and an identity built on years of hard‑earned expertise; juniors can pivot because a few years isn’t a career, but mid‑career engineers face an existential threat with no structured retraining path, conflicting advice about whether to re‑skill, and pressure from an industry that won’t slow down for them, even though what they uniquely bring—judgment, pattern recognition, scar tissue from failed migrations, the ability to sense risk, define success, and avoid tomorrow’s tech debt—is exactly what AI cannot replicate, because AI can generate code but cannot carry responsibility or consequences, leaving the 40‑year‑old at risk of losing the very career they spent decades building, and that is who I’m most concerned about.

I didn’t think it was possible but we are hitting new lows with AC. Never in my career at Nike has it been this bad.

How much longer can this go on?

a high-visibility internal consulting and executive ghostwriting/presentation role

Who else saw John Oliver last night?...Boy did I back the wrong horse in my career choices.

If Chevron offered another EOI tomorrow, would you take it? Include years of service and approximate career stage if you're comfortable.

I see many colleagues serving as judges, chairs, and co‑chairs at ACS and AIChE conferences. Does that actually help your XOM career ?

Yes sir. After trying other opportunities and nothing clicking, I have decided to move for the company. I hope it will be a good one for the family, as we will get a lot of social life, good housing and better opportunities than where I stay. I still got 20 years to retire. So let’s see how it goes. Wish me luck!

Ok, time to get real.

What career objective really matters? Is it only Senior Leader and Corp Leader? How can you tell who is on what path? Any milestones or roles vs age that people would look for? Any examples?

Does Executive Leader matter anymore? Is Career Objective of Chief and Sr Principal still around? Is it worth anything?

What CLs are each of these?

Anyone know about the csm role potentially getting. A recruiter reached out a buddy of mine for a one year contract as a CSM for servicenow. We’ve heard the CSM is going away?

The Bleeding Starts With the Math
BNY associates aren’t imagining the hemorrhage — the offshoring cuts to Pune, Chennai, and Wroclaw are real and accelerating. And the wound is wide open because the math is brutal. A mid-level engineer in Pune earns $10–20K a year while the same role in NYC/NJ costs $110–150K+. Senior U.S. engineers can run $285K fully loaded, compared to $28–50/hr offshore. Data analysts are 80% cheaper, project managers 79%, customer support 94%.
With numbers like that, the Executive Committee doesn’t see people — it sees savings. And when leadership smells a 7–10x cost reduction, it smells blood in the water and bonuses in their pocket-lined gills.

Where the Bleeding Hits Hardest
Tech engineering, QA, reconciliations, onboarding, client ops, shared services — these job families are already losing blood fast. Under Robin Vince, the playbook is predictable: expand India and Poland, shift repeatable U.S. work offshore, backfill optics with visa hires and state college grads, then quietly “realign” experienced U.S. roles. The wound keeps widening because the wage gap keeps widening.

What Associates Can Do to Apply Pressure and Slow the Bleeding
These aren’t magic bullets — but they are the only levers that have ever moved banks to action.

1. Document the Operational Damage
Offshoring creates errors, delays, compliance gaps, and client escalations. Document them. Quantify them. Escalate them. Executives only respond when risk and client impact outweigh cost savings.
2. Push Issues Through Risk, Audit, and Compliance
These groups have veto power. If offshoring introduces control failures, missed SLAs, or regulatory exposure, file formal issues. Cost cutting collapses fast when regulators start sniffing around.
3. Use Employee Resource Groups & HR Channels Strategically
Not for “feelings.” For retention risk, skill loss, and operational continuity. Frame it as a business problem, not a morale problem.
4. Organize Cross Team Feedback
Executives ignore individuals. They don’t ignore coordinated feedback from multiple teams showing the same failures.
5. Update Your Resume — Quietly
The wage gap (India tech ~$10–20K vs. NYC/NJ ~$110–150K) isn’t going away. BNY’s direction is clear. Your career mobility should be too.

I used to worry about losing this job all the time, but I've gradually stopped letting that control me. I've kept my resume current, built up skills outside my normal responsibilities and made sure I have options. These days I'm not trying to climb the ladder here anymore, I gave up on that. But if a layoff happens, I'll deal with it and move forward.

So what's the road map after Lumen is done laying off and restructuring the company? I'm just an IR guy and I'm not sure if I should make a dash to the fiber splicing teams and learn that - or just exit telecom all together. It seems like every week my coworkers are waiting for their name to be called for a layoff.

Ive seen several postings on the Fidelity Career's site, but dont see any requirements of years of experience , any idea what the average/expection for a principle systems analyst is? Is it greater than a senior analyst?

Will there be a career month in the USA, like India’s ICC Capability Roadshow?

I've been here for many years. I do my job well. Not "above and beyond." Not "wearing 17 hats." I mean I do the job I'm actually paid to do.

In all my years here, I've seen exactly ONE person on my team get promoted. And, they have a different job title than me. My reward for sticking around and doing my job? Same performance review every year, bonus and tiny raise. Rinse and repeat.

So at this point, I've accepted that employment here is a transaction. I sell my time and skills, they give me a paycheck and benefits. Pretty straightforward.

I don't see a promotion in my future, so I'm not really sure why I'd voluntarily take on a bunch of responsibilities outside my job description for the privilege of... getting even more responsibilities.

What I find hilarious is watching some people on my team immediately volunteer for literally anything leadership throws at them. "Can you take this on?" Absolutely. "Can you also do this other person's job?" Sure. "Can you work on this project that's completely unrelated to your role?" Of course. "Can you stay late?" Where do I sign?

And then somehow everyone acts surprised when those extra responsibilities become permanent.

A lot of these people are older, so I've genuinely wondered if this is generational. Maybe they were raised with the idea that you work hard, prove yourself, and eventually the company recognizes your loyalty.

Meanwhile, my millennial brain is sitting here thinking: You want me to do a different job? Cool. What's the new job title and compensation?

Because I've watched enough Truist "career development" to understand that "great visibility" and "opportunity to grow" are sometimes just Truist corporate-speak for congratulations, you now have more work.

Maybe I'm cynical. Maybe I'm transactional. Or maybe I've just figured out that doing 30% more work for 0% more money isn't actually a promotion.

Curious what others think. Are people from different generations really approaching work differently, or are some of us simply less willing to donate our labor outside our job description to Truist?

If you're still there, I'd start looking around now. Even if the job search goes nowhere at first, you'll be glad you didn't wait until you were desperate. And we all know more layoffs are inevitable.

Have seen so many ex-stripe employees got into Anthropic or openai but not getting luck when trying to apply.

If you get an offer while on garden leave what happens?

How high will it go? I sold most of my CVX years ago. I still have a good chunk but def not one of those all CVX EE’s. I’m mid career and already looking for the off rap. Building that 401k and pension till the next lay off. I’ve gotten nearly 20 years and this is a totally different company. Just going to take my job the best I can and ride it out as long as I can as well.

The old idea of spending your entire career at CDW doesn't make much sense anymore. This place has proven it will reorganize or eliminate your position regardless of how long you've been here. These days, switching jobs can be the fastest way to increase your salary and take on a better role. How times have changed...

I hope everyone is utilizing their quota for Astra tokens to update your resume in various formats and perhaps cover letters for specific positions to apply to right away.

I retired at 65 after 35 years, and I have absolutely no desire to go back to corporate life. At least the career gave me the financial freedom to walk away for good, which I'm not sure newer employees at Xerox will have.