#communication

With October 2nd just a week away, I still haven't heard when/where/how I am turning in my.company car and equipment, what our schedule will be, or what the plan is since FTOW were told this week that the program starts the 1st. I've also heard of MOD changes as well.
Absolute radio silence from my DM. I have reached out to them and havent heard anything back.
Have any SRs that are leaving recieved any details about next week yet?
I have talked to HR about the paperwork but nothing on the subjects I listed above.

ALL HANDS EMAIL:

The most interesting part of this email isn't that leadership changed the name from "First Friday" to "All Hands." It's the wording itself: "We'll discuss where we're headed, how we'll win, and how we'll work together to get there." That's a great message for a company that's apparently still trying to figure out where it's headed.

Think about that for a minute. Five months ago we were told the new structure was the result of months of planning, analysis, research, modeling, workshops, consultant input, and executive alignment. We were told there was a strategy. We were told there was a roadmap. We were told this was the answer.

Now we're being told we're going to discuss where we're headed.

Those are two very different things.

If leadership had confidence in the structure, we'd be talking about execution. If leadership had confidence in the strategy, we'd be talking about results. If leadership had confidence in the decisions made over the past several months, we'd be talking about growth, adoption gains, customer wins, and operational improvements.

Instead, we're still talking about direction.

That's what should concern employees.

The most successful organizations I've been part of didn't spend this much time explaining themselves. They spent their time supporting customers, developing products, empowering employees, and producing measurable results. The results told the story. The results created alignment.

Here, it feels like the opposite. Constant explanations. Constant repositioning. Constant alignment meetings. Constant reminders about the strategy.

At some point, employees start asking a simple question:

If the strategy is working, why does it need so much explaining?

The reality is that trust isn't built through presentations. Trust isn't built through slogans. Trust isn't built through renamed meetings.

Trust is built when leadership's predictions become reality.

Unfortunately, many of the predictions made around the May reorganization have not matched what employees are experiencing on the ground. That's why skepticism continues to grow. Not because employees are resistant to change, but because they've spent months watching reality diverge from what they were promised.

The challenge leadership faces today isn't convincing people that we'll win. The challenge is convincing people that the people making the decisions actually understand why so many of the previous decisions haven't produced the outcomes they expected.

Because at some point, employees stop evaluating presentations and start evaluating results.

And that's where the real conversation begins.

Help... Cengage is sinking!

I shouldn't be coming to an anonymous forum to learn there were more cuts today. We should know things like that. Good leadership wouldn't be so scared to tell us what's going on, even if it's negative. We're being run by a bunch of incompetent cowards.

Does anyone else feel that a certain group of people take forever to approve the data access request for others ??
You have to reach out to them 10 times before they would even respond.

Can anybody fill me in on key points of town hall today? I’m unable to go. Thank you 🙏

Call starts in less than an hour. Get your 🍿 ready!

Is our leadership aware that we offer Toastmasters? Or continuing education? My blue university???

Their speaking skills are appalling.

Why have no heads rolled? Meanwhile the average employee is out in the bottom of the ranking bin for some BS reason like not communicating technical topics in a non technical manner.

Or anyone wfh still wfh plan late meetings that impact us on the east coast?!!
It’s rude and self centered. Like get some sense of wherewithal. Would you like our early meeting be 630 am for you?! Oh no? Ok then use your brain and not your 🫏 to book meetings it’s bad enough I’m going broke on the commute and food coming in everyday. I don’t care to be late for the one home cooked meal called dinner waiting for me. 😡. Stupid waste of time effort and money but but it builds collaborating! B S 🐂💩

Everytime ppl come w rumors from ppl inside, a good chunk of where those ppl get those rumors is this website, not actual inside knowledge. All those rumors spread inside the company and then ppl come and post back what they heard inside from a “director” “manager” “people in the know.”

Sorry but everyone tries to find the unintended worst in everything. This isn’t like the golf ad with violence on women. Sneakers free floating or dangling has long been a thing.

The next time you see shoes hanging from a clothes line or power lines are we going to claim racism? If I tie my shoes together and toss over my shoulder do I support public hanging now?

This world is getting ridicolous. The fact this was even apologized for is nonsense. It shows Nike fears the negative press and being on the offense is no longer a thing. The big bold in your face brand is nothing more than fluff now.

Nike = be on the defense always….

Leadership has been quiet and no where to be seen the last two weeks. No travel. They are heads down for what is to come. Expected changes coming soon.

Per Modetn Heslthcare- HCSC is cutting the Medicare advantage footprint in half already. Why have we not been told this?

We would like to hear why you love this slogan. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Did anyone take any updates away from it? Honestly it just seemed like a meeting for the sake of it. I don't know what they were trying to achieve and why they booked it in

Any managers in the leadership summit today? I can only take so much corporate word salad and patting each other on the back. Trust, communication, listening, making healthcare affordable. Great talk. Thanks.

Guess I am no longer reachable outside work hours. Nice.

Anyone have a read out on the Mark Hura for North America's all hands call this week? Obviously I missed it being RIF'd on Monday.

Have a meeting scheduled for “candid convos with Nisha” anyone knows what’s that about? Also hearing layoffs in PDO coming?

Some of the choices coming from management are genuinely hard to understand. I've worked in this industry for years and I've never felt this disconnected from the people making the decisions.

If you ask two managers the same question, you will never get the same answer. Never. Not only that, the answers are usually completely opposite. So basically, if you need guidance, just ask one and pray that person knows what they're doing, because trying to reach a consensus will only leave you more confused.

I know we all freaked out when we received the letter from Optum Financial with the COBRA info, but I want to make sure everyone understands that is NOT our out of pocket premium.
Here is what you need to do (I just did it):

• either mail the form in or, following the instructions on the letter, go online to complete the registration (I think it’s best and safer doing it online).
  Use the Registration ID they provided on the letter.
  Once registered, accept the terms. Make sure to save a PDF of your acceptance. DO NOT PAY!
  What will happen next: they will notify CNC that you accepted the terms. CNC will then send COBRA the subsidy information. Once they receive that they will update your record with the amount that is due by October 1st. This amount should be around the same as you had deducted from the 9/11 paycheck (it was doubled so it covered for the month of September). It takes between 7-10 business days, from the day you accept the terms, for this process to complete (that’s why I suggest doing it online).
  You will receive a letter from Optum with your update premium then, but about you can always go back to your account online to check on the updated premium.

I called them a few minutes ago and the CSR asked me if I could share all this with my colleagues as they are getting tons of call for the same reason/concern.

Just wanted to have a clean thread to calm your hearts (I would have had a heart attack had I had to pay $1,700 a month)! ☺️

If layoffs are coming, just tell people and let them make their plans. This endless uncertainty is worse than knowing where you stand.

I just noticed that locations of associates are no longer displaying next to their names in Teams.

Truly sad how incompetent the middle management is here at Oracle. Especially in the US Government / Education space. Also quite spineless that the layoff is communicated via email - true leadership at its best!

I don't see much leadership here that makes people want to give extra effort, like it was 20 years ago. Some of the newer leaders even struggle to communicate what they actually want, so we barely have any sense of where we're going. No wonder things have deteriorated so much.

Hi everyone, I've been following this thread for about a year and figured I would introduce myself. I'm a reporter with WatersTechnology and I'm interested in understanding what is going on with the LSEG D&A/Refinitiv/Microsoft relationship. Please email me at nyela.graham@infopro-digital.com and I'd be happy to have a conversation.

New Executive Vice President ,could not even understand him .Video had to have this brother under subtitles .Lowe's future is bright .boogaloo ja bo

Appears a decision was made to lock accounts first rather than risk OWAN access for affected employees. Expect an email to your personal address on file and possibly a call from your manager.

they just lock everything and thats it no communication wow !
slack is already down by about 4k person

You will always know when a post has hit a little too close to home and has said more than Verizon wants you to know.

The employees paid to post disinformation are just an annoyance like that gnat that wants to fly up your nose while you're flipping a burger on the grill.

Then there is the downvote brigade. They will downvote every comment that is negative against Verizon as fast as they can. I have watched downvotes roll down the screen in real time across multiple posts that racked up four or five votes per post in less than a minute. As if somebody sent a text with a link asking for back up.

If the post is particularly accurate and informative the downvote brigade will flood both positive and negative posts with downloads. I saw one thread get annihilated with about 10+ downvotes per post within a short amount of time. If that's only one person, that's impressive.

If the post is uncomfortably accurate, which must have recently happened, the downvote brigade becomes the nonsense brigade. Trying to hide the posts under downvotes won't work. So suddenly the threads get overwhelmed with nonsensical posts that have no point and go nowhere. There is so much mess that you are more likely to avoid reading any posts in that thread.

Then tapping older safe threads with a nonsense post resorts the "active" so older posts get put at the top and the one they want to hide get slowly moved down the line. It's absolutely diabolical. Imagine if they put that much work and enthusiasm into making Verizon better.

Whenever I have dug in and found the thread with the most mess, I pick it apart and there's always at least one post with a legit and important message. And usually I start hearing that message in the news a few days or a week later.

Recognize the nonsense for what it is and use it to your advantage to stay informed.

Or not. You do you.

Executives publicly say Guyana is a once in a life opportunity and then beat up teams internally and compare everything against Guyana. It makes zero sense.

https://www.ogj.com/general-interest/companies/news/55404137/barclays-conference-chevron-sees-venezuela-as-a-factory-development-exxon-says-operators-matter-more-than-ever

Wife went into store for another problem. Rep talked her into trying Internet Air and gave her equipment to return if we didn’t like it. Told her our current provider was cheaper and met our needs. She returned per instructions. Got a notification this morning account was delinquent and would be turned into collections agency. This is 2 weeks after returning. Rep I spoke with this morning saw where the equipment was returned and it might take another 2 weeks to credit my account. Do they only have 2 people handling this process for the entire company.

Visionary Realms CEO Chris Rowan admitted that recent combat and progression updates for Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen did not perform as expected. This led to a restructuring within the development team, resulting in unspecified layoffs. Robert Crane has been rehired as project manager to improve development processes. Rowan takes full responsibility for the management failures that allowed these issues to arise. The company plans to continue work on new zones and core game experiences while promising more open communication and an updated roadmap.

https://massivelyop.com/2026/09/11/pantheon-rise-of-the-fallen-suffers-layoffs-as-it-promises-to-refine-its-develoment-processes/

Did he really just dismiss the empty formalities or he no longer cares to pretend that he cares?

Remember not to participate. Immediately send the email to the recycle bin where it belongs. They clearly have showed that they don't care, so, why even participate? If the responses are low maybe they will do something. The responses have been negative and they clearly don't care.

Does he still work at PayPal? What are his hours? Will he grace us again with his words of wisdom? Interviewed like he’s on a talk show?

Seriously this guy is the worst leader. He’s leaving the management up to everyone else, and everyone has the same questions. You would think that after a layoff he would get up in front of the company and talk about the next steps. Get everyone excited again.

WHERE ARE YOU ENRIQUE?!? You asked for this de-layering but nothing has changed for you.

It’s so weird. We are still trying to work with whatever we have but there is no direction or communication from leadership.

For mass layoffs in departments, for this round do they have the manager come talk to you one by one or will everyone get an email and meeting invite since it will be so many meetings?