#corporatedoublespeak

Hi guys, JW here. It is now near the end of the transformation notifications and I just want to say that I am truly proud of everyone for showing up to work.

To those we severed and to those we are forcing to leave (in one form or another), I’d like to say thank you for maximizing shareholder value. Thank you for the long hours and free labour.

To those who chose to stay and were notified of fulfilling positions, the company isn’t done draining the life force out of you. We will eventually and in due time also cut you out. Extend our sincerest thanks to your family for uprooting their lives to move and support your ending career.

And just a reminder to please refrain from disclosing or sharing any confidential or proprietary information outside of the company you love and trust.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

https://www.campaignlive.com/article/verizon-fiercely-committed-diversity-inclusion-across-spectrums-says-ceo/1684973

They should make a Nobel prize for acting

I just read a post on LinkedIn from a female CEO praising Cisco HR “leader” for sharing how the shutdown is designed to let workers connect with their families by not having to work. What a crock. Anyone who knows anything about how things work at Cisco knows it’s cost savings. A few days of payroll savings is worth millions. And the reason for the timing is so they can control personnel who would likely be asking for the same days off anyway. Furthermore, if mental health is a concern, why have people work on Christmas Eve? And how do you explain the July shutdown in 2024. Honesty is a wonderful thing; even when it’s not convenient

Read the title 🤣

An email went out today from CC with the 2026 Enterprise Priorities as if this is supposed to excite us and motivate us to work harder.

"Modernize, transform, and consolidate our technology" (translate: make more job cuts, rely on underpaid incompetent overseas workers to work around the clock, burn-out anyone still here by making them do the jobs of those who were cut too)

"Turbocharge data, analytics and workflow innovation" (translate: a pile of BS which means nothing but sounds good)

"Streamline and modernize our operations" (translate: Don't worry OneTru is our life saving measure and the answer to all our problems, but we still don't have the hang of it yet. But.. getting there, we think, maybe? Hello, is this thing on?

"Evolve our Go-To-Market approach" (translate: keep focused on plans for 2026 layoffs, with less expenses, our bottom line will look better and we can go on more fun excursions!)

"Drive AI innovation across all areas of the business" (translate: the sooner Ai can replace human jobs, the more money we'll put in our pockets from their salaries that no longer need to be paid! Fist-bump!)

Sorry but I just cannot read a list of enterprise priorities and not see the greedy corporate truth behind this veil of deception.

Reality: Will there be continued confusion, rearrangement of organizations with no benefit, outsourcing, gaslighting, propaganda, customers leaving, post it notes and RIF's? Yes. And now you are up to speed.

What you will hear: "We are set up for success in 2026 after making some tough decisions last quarter. We will continue to decrease cost and add customer value through the implementation of Artificial Intelligence. Our network continues to outperform our competitors and we continue to provide value to our shareholders through quarterly dividends. We are talking to the Union and working on that contract and feel good about it. No I cannot provide you any information on the new structure and how the work of those RIF'd will be handled. Here are some interns to tell you how great Verizon is. Last but not least, we would like to recognize employee X. This person worked hard and sold something last year. This does not mean they will keep their job, but does allow us to demonstrate how we are really great leaders by publicly recognizing someone."

If you find yourself clapping, using noise makers and waving a foam finger, please seek help.

What piece of art would you select - I vote for we are a family...

Every message from leadership sounds like a template written by someone who never met a real employee. They keep talking about strategic focus and long-term vision while people pack their desks quietly. Talk about a disconnect.

I keep getting dragged into so-called alignment meetings that reveal absolutely nothing. Hours upon hours of buzzwords and vague reassurance with no real clarity. It feels like they are delaying bad news and hoping we do not notice how nervous the managers look.

“Things are great!”
“Intel is winning!”
“No more raises.”
“Nvidia is investing!”
“LBT’s golf buddy is your new boss!”
“Stocks are doing great!”
“You’re never getting those benefits back.”
“Holiday party!”

How!?!

What's your #1 pick... My pick: "We are a family"

I'll go first: "Let us operationalize cross functional synergies to maximize stakeholder value."

Of how well BFCM went / how JC & MD manned the phones to help out. YOY increases and the usual BS that it was the best year ever ?

For all those that need a reminder, while FB and his merry band of c-suite minions were making money off your backs and fluffing investors , they were demanding you badge swipe 5 days a week or lose your job, do 9 hrs not 8:58 or lose your job, work excessive overtime or lose your job, make sure you are on your computer for 8 hrs or lose your job, move or lose your job, get a jab or lose your job, cut bonuses two years in a row while collecting their fat bonuses, slapped each other on the back for doing so well in Argentina while the people suffered with sky high inflation, do the job of 3 people or lose your job. They use you while they collect millions for doing a horrible job. We were running a company!! No you weren’t it was a smoke and mirrors so they could get richer. The BOD is complicit as well. Useless group. Got it!! Stop caring and live free.

By coincidence but this weekend I discovered a movie on Tubi called “The Company Men”…gives good perspective about the corporate shenanigans many of us have been caught up in. Recommend giving it a watch.

So here’s the story, folks. This company, a very smart company, didn’t care about security for years. Total disaster. Then bo-m! They get hacked. Suddenly, they “find” all this money for cybersecurity, like it was hiding under the CEO’s golf clubs. Now they’re bragging about their “massive investment” in security and even rolled out a shiny new “promise to customers”. Very touching, very emotional stuff. But behind the scenes? They cut the budget for training the people who actually use and develop the systems. Brilliant strategy! They say it’s about protecting customers, but everybody knows it’s just about protecting their image. “We take security very seriously,” they say. Sure they do. About as seriously as they took it the day before the breach. Sad!

Looking at the feedback and followups from the flaccid ‘fireside chat’ meetings, you will see that Eliza was used to collate responses and determine what the outcomes were. There are bullets that spouted off management groomed responses. All you see is that all BNY working people are excited and thrilled with the direction of the company. Then Eliza somehow determined that people agree with the direction of management and our mission. Lastly, people felt the top level communication was very informative and appropriate.
Let that sink in and ask yourself, does anyone believe this speaks for the majority of people working here? Anyone?
It’s now official. Eliza is a lying BS tool that truly is artificial ‘intelligentsia’ at BNY’s elite management level. Not intelligence at all.

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One of the most overused phrases I have heard at U.S. Bank is “I appreciate you!”.

Word to the wise, stop using this phrase. You sound like an insincere fool. If you truly appreciate someone, show it in your ACTIONS not with empty words. Vampires 🧛.

Take a sip every time you hear:

• We've got more work to do

• We gotta make the hard decisions

• Xerox is BACK. We are here!

• The Street is loving us/The Street is excited

• I will answer that later

Nothing else matters

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/us/politics/frank-bisignano-fiserv-stock-price.html

Thoughts?
We are paying RW how much to write his emails with AI?
Buybacks su-k and should be illegal.
“We don’t plan to cut benefits”. I’ll save that one also with the cr-p RTO quotes from years ago.

The company used euphemisms like “as part of our ongoing evolution” to “strengthen our roadmap” to describe a plan that introduces a “voluntary career transition program.”

https://www.thestreet.com/employment/ubisoft-soft-layoffs-expected-after-latest-announcment

"talent" is a just another annoying office word to describe anyone sitting at a table with a plastic box saying "pivot" and "bottom line" over and over

EM linkedin posts read like glossy fluff minus real talk, all buzzwords and self high fives while REAL questions get ghosted, because if results were REAL they would not need so many superlatives, so say something specific, show numbers, take questions, admit tradeoffs, name what faild, or keep the vibe the same high gloss, low trust, max cringe....

So what is everyone thinking after today's meeting?

What's the point of them when nothing useful is ever said?

Another performative meeting. Same fake smiles, same empty hype. The opener must’ve said “I’m so excited” five times — and I couldn’t tell if he was convincing us or himself. These things are so staged it’s painful. Nothing real, nothing transparent. At this point, soap operas feel more honest. At least actors admit they’re performing.

In today’s SETH opening remarks, MW’s finished talking about all the great work underway by saying that “what underpins all of this is our culture and workforce, the very best in our industry, and I wouldn’t trade them for anybody else’s.”

When he said that I immediately thought of all the US employees (the workforce he wouldn’t trade for anybody else) he fired so that he could hire someone into the same job in a different country (so basically traded for someone else)…. Did anyone else hear it that way?

It'll be a one hour word salad. Drink plenty of water to avoid a headache.

LL must’ve asked Mike this question at least three times; each time he gave a garbled 3-minute response with no clear message. Something about being safe and selling assets was mentioned. How revolutionary. “Doing better”. Idk.

If our leader can’t articulate a strategy, how are we supposed to execute?

A 1 hour nothing-burger. How much money did we waste in employee salary hours viewing this town hall? $2 million?

This could have been an email.

They never address employee issues. Only "your feedback matters"...yeah right.

MW: “the puff piece i commissioned in the wsj was supposed to be bait for investors, but exposed how unselfaware we are. I don’t accept responsibility for the second part, because at Chevron LT accountability is not a core value”

Get fu---d you gas lighting clowns

Any suggestions?

Let the gaslighting begin

I mean John Stankey pretty much ignored the survey results of everyone working at T, told us we were in the wrong, our priorities were mid-aligned of the company, and that we are going to be in a market based culture.

Aside from being a buzzword, can someone clarify what that actually means. Does that mean we were not market-based before?

Sounds like I’m going to start ignoring the id--tic messages they send my way. I already have email filters to delete all these endless corporate company-wide emails we get from McElfresh, Robertson, etc.

Oh and to think they sent me a $25 coupon to buy something from their brand store. The last think I want is another branded shirt.