#culture

I've finally realized that doing a good job doesn't protect you here at all. The worst part isn't even offshore teams, it's the local managers and coworkers who dump their mess on everyone else and somehow never get held responsible. They expect everyone underneath them to work themselves into the ground while they get to look good and collect their bonuses. I'm just tired of playing that game.

Please tell me while we were sitting in this smelly, stuffy office, they were not out hauling purple flags to the top of a mountain. Why go all the way to California where there are no Truist banks? They really could have done all that at Stone Mountain in Atlanta, or King's Mountain in Charlotte!

This company is a joke.

I’m surprised nobody posted this article.

https://www.fierce-network.com/broadband/verizon-ceo-dan-schulman-describes-himself-pretty-intense-guy

Little Secret: WF abuses the best & promotes the worst.

I don’t get this ft rto for some but not for all its arbitrary and unfair
So bc our area has the space we get to slog into Boston with our costly commute while other areas that likely cost less to commute get to wfh?!?
How does that build collaboration knowing some of your colleagues sets up a phone meeting just as you would like to leave for your commute all the while they’re sitting on their 🫏 at home with NO COMMUTE?!!!
How is THAT not a hostile work environment?!?
Yea I’m po’d

Nuff said

You are all out of your mind nothing but good news happened. Raises. Better insurance. Free prime. No more JDs for regular TM just automatically 5% you all panicked for nothing don't you all feel stupid now because you should bunch of panicans

Please Stay. Not because life is beautiful, but because this moment isn’t the whole story.

Recall the crew that faked productivity, spun up fake emergencies only they could fix, and blocked AI progress with overblown credentials?

Well, I don't since they are all mostly gone. Good deal!

Why is song or whatever they now call it becoming dumping ground for id--ts flunk out of VP jobs elsewhere?

I was in a meeting this week and 40% of those in the room were principal engineers or senior principal engineers. Collectively they knew zero about what was being discussed. There was me and one other person who actually understood the technical details. After the meeting he shared that he too had been rocketed to the bottom of the assessments.

Good luck to all once you get rid of those of us who actually understand oil and gas.

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

We new employees have been meeting and chatting on other sites and with each other. Now that most of us have started working here, we agree with the current employees. The leaders here are terrible and the company is highly dysfunctional and there is no way we are busting our a-s for this broken place. The executives don't have a clue and show us things and decisions that we learned in business 101 that you never do. Many of us are already looking for other jobs and wondering how all of you decided to stay here as long as you did. It is a testament to your efforts because there is no fu--ing way we would. So let me speak for most of us new guys in saying we apologize and you were all right. CDW su-ks and is not an honest nor caring company to anyone.

what a shyte show!

never been part of such disastrous, dysfunctional, unorganized place in my 30 years of corporate sales.

We will always remember & never forget.

BofA is going to be left in the dust with AI big time. Their technology team is locking workers out of AI tools so that only tech can create them. Why you say? 80% for their own job security, 10% control and 10% tools are new to them. It is a sad day when their own job security will cause a company this size to lose the AI battle. We were already behind and tech’s selfishness will ki-l them.

BofA Leadership - wake up to this fact before it is too late!!!!!!!!!!!

Jim

Throwing stuff against the wall & expecting it to stick. The company hires contractors for things nobody wants to do and nobody can do. Where is the logic there? They treat people like C***p too. No respect. TRAIN your own people & GET RID of the idle Middle Managers that know nothing & hire the consultants.

The company is packing too much negativity into too small a time frame, continuous impacts of layoffs and PIPs coupled with failing projects, executive hubris and nitpicking cuts. The untouchable exec class are failing and it's the peasants that take the hit over and over again. XOM is heading towards a cliff edge.

Are we taking it and blasting them to drown out the bootlickers or are we going for low participation?
I feel like repeating the same message as last year and letting him know nothing has changed despite all his efforts might be the best case? What do you think?

Not a single caring word from management. Feeling nothing for laying off employees with babies. May their children be laid off when they have babies. May no one extend kindness to them when they are in trouble. Fair enough!

Clown show.

For working heads up even with all the uncertainty about future
All this with the unworthy and incompetent leaders

has anyone seen any recent formal communication regarding enforcing the 4-day in office requirements at HQ for everyone? Can some teams still do the 2-day a week on average for the quarter and still be in compliance? With all of the re-orgs anticipated I'm wondering how this could affect people moving from a more flexible env to a rigid one or vice versa.

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.

Looking back. Looking forward

"May this serve as a reminder of our identity as one V Team and our steadfast, enduring commitment to the communities we serve"

"When lower Manhattan was silenced by the attacks on 9/11, 14,000 V Teamers ran to the rubble..."

"Take pride in our history. The legacy of that day lives on as an enduring reminder of our unwavering commitment - we run to a crisis"

I always feel funny when anyone mentions 9/11 in the context of "We are great because of how we responded".

NEWSFLASH

Everyone that could respond, responded.

People that couldn't respond still did what they could from wherever they were across the globe.

In that moment we were not special.
In that moment we were not unique.
In that moment we were not individuals.
In that moment we were not Verizon, T-Moblie, WalMart or any other company name.

In that moment we were Human Teamers taking care of each other as best we could.

I am pretty sure those 14,000 would have run to the rubble regardless of who signed their paycheck.

Maybe it just hits different for me because I, like so many others, can almost remember that entire day by the minute and I don't recall every thinking about who I worked for.

Unspeakable

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

She says it's because I don't give her enough attention but she doesn't understand core Cisco principles, and that contributing to increased collaboration in the office & increasing shareholder value is my life's purpose.

I asked Circuit if it can help me but produced no helpful results.

I have too much responsibility in the company, I cannot afford to start any later than 8am and finish any later than 6:30pm, that and being on call every weekend, which I cannot miss out on as the company depends on me.

What is the solution to this P1 incident?

Looking over all the bad decisions that VZ has made regarding the direction of the company since Dan has taken over with the direction of using AI has only really proven that, he should have replaced himself and most of the leadership with AI. The decisions that have been made have been horrible that even a 10 year old could have seen the outcome, from shipping many of the Engineering and Network Engineering positions to India to laying off and closing sales, Just stupid. So, I ran the last years events through Chat GPT as a model and asked for the a 12 recommendation of business direction. Funny, or not funny, top recommendation, eliminate Dan and most of the top team, and replaced with AI! LOL. He-l, definitely can't do worse and would save millions as well as save thousands of jobs and customers. However, like through the the years as I have pointed out known questionable and later proven fraudulent activities within the company and been told every time to "Stay in my lane". This time when it could save billions, and not just millions, and thousands of jobs, I have been told to stay in my lane. To bad Dan won't stand up and be a man and follow his own advice, and follow AI, and step down!

Under the “able” leadership of Ben and YL, Shell appears to be setting in the West like the sun. Before Shell finally sets, it is worth taking a hard look at what Shell Bangalore has actually contributed to the company.

Beyond facilitating cross-postings for Indian employees, enabling some to eventually become naturalized Western citizens, and creating opportunities for a number of 35- to 40-year-old Indians to move into JG2 and JG1 positions, what tangible value has Bangalore delivered to Shell’s bottom line?

Supporting projects during the Assess and Select phases is hardly a unique or differentiating contribution. Other P&T hubs, at least, are tied to country-specific assets and operations. Bangalore has no comparable asset base.

There is also a legitimate question about the impact Bangalore has had on international talent mobility. Since its establishment, Western engineers appear to have had far fewer opportunities for cross-postings to Southeast Asia and the Middle East, while Bangalore has increasingly dominated these assignments.

If the primary beneficiaries of this model have been employees in India rather than Shell as a whole, then the fundamental question is straightforward: has the establishment and expansion of Bangalore actually created value for Shell, or has it primarily redistributed opportunities within the organization?

After two decades, Shell should be able to answer that question with hard numbers—not anecdotes, headcount, or internal career progression, but measurable impact on the company’s bottom line.

The UP dispatchers submitted enough A- cards for a vote but the cards were not formatted correctly so no vote

Way to go ATDA

https://youtu.be/5ArrYBP8YMk?is=sEriiLMWXGQv9cR3

With morale being at an all time low, how’s everyone feeling about Target Together? Will everyone be able to fake it on our red shirts at Target Center and applaud the executives for 3 hours? Will be tough not to laugh while they pat themselves on the back for another amazing year

Manager ask you for something by end of day? Get it done by end of HOUR.

Manager needs it by end of hour? It's already in his inbox, unread, marked urgent, sent from your phone while you were being wheeled into a routine outpatient procedure!

There are 24 hours in a day. Sleep is a SUBSCRIPTION and I've cancelled mine. You people act like you never pulled an all-nighter in college and took a final on three Red Bulls and a stranger's Adderall. That was PRACTICE. This is the exam!!!

Cisco routers run 24/7 with 99.999% uptime. Are you telling me a METAL BOX has better work ethic than us? Heck no!

Cisco hired you for a reason. WHO'S GONNA CARRY THE ROUTERS?! AND THE LOGS?

CISCO ON THREE!

One.

Two.

Get back to work.

Just making up new titles again!

So now they hired a "Culture Activation" Leader to join HR after destroying the very culture that got CDW to where it was before current C-level took over and ruined 30 years of growth.

They're trying to "activate" culture lol
Goodluck with the buyin as everyone's pay is cut but workloads increased all due to self-inflicted wounds.

We'd be better off if we used Ai to replace our CEO and the rest of C level. Ai can't do worse than the incompetence we're seeing.

Once upon a time, WFB was a great company to work for. I worked through many bank mergers and changes. Most all team members worked hard but were recognized and rewarded fairly. In late 2019, things started changing. Layoffs, change in benefits, Severance times were reduced, etc...then the pandemic happened. My biggest regret is not seeing the writing on the wall. I regret working 12+ hours/day for days on end to meet quarterly deadlines. I regret not speaking up to advocate for others and myself. I regret not job searching early on, thinking I'd be able to reach full retirement age. at WF I regret not moving my 401K to another institution as soon as age permitted. I regret not contributing more to Roth vs. conventional 401k (biggest regret!). I regret not furthering my education to pursue other opportunities.

What I don't regret are all the amazing people I worked with over the years and still keep in touch with to this day. I sure miss the company WF used to be. The Holiday parties, office lunches, employee-family picnics, bowling and softball nights...it once was a lot of fun and an enjoyable place to work. I looked forward to going into work. Unfortunately, today's generation will never know what that kind workplace culture.

After 30+ years, I was displaced before I could reach FRA. It's been over a year since displacement and after hundreds of job applications, not one interview. Yes, I've worked with job coaches, AI, etc...but unfortunately young senior's are not wanted except for Wallmart greeter type jobs.

I loved my job and the people I worked with, received great reviews, tolerated little if no raises, but would have been grateful to say I was able to fully retire from there. I don't miss the RTO mandates, feeling like big brother was constantly watching, the micro-managing managers the last few years, constant manager turnover, and just the overall toxicity in the office. This is my last post, then I'm off this site. Not looking for any mean or sarcastic comments. I just wanted to vent and get my thoughts out so I can move on and not look back. Good Luck to all of you who are still working, especially the long-timers if there are still any 30+ TM's out there.

An actor with the initials MW famous quote:
"My theory on Feds/replace with employees/ is that they're like mushrooms-Feed'm sh_t and keep'm in the dark!"
Sounds like LT's new company plan.

We are spending money on this?
Today, our group of 10 Truist leaders begins our Yosemite Leadership Expedition—three days of challenge, connection, and leading with wellbeing.
This year also marks a special milestone: our first female executives joining the annual leader expedition!

Our journey takes us toward Clouds Rest and then Half Dome, where we plan to summit on the morning of September 11. On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, we will carry the American flag, Truist banner, and Truist torch in remembrance of those we lost and in honor of the courage and sacrifice we will never forget.

Of course Hagerman is front and center of this nonsense. What could this bank possibly hope to accomplish with this stunt? A Truist torch taken across the country and even the mountains of Italy. Make it make sense!