#culture

Thought this was only for project managers?

It has been indicated, here, that upper management is responsible for a lack of growth caused by a lack of vision and innovation. Further, this lack of growth coupled with inflation causes reductions in the workforce (i.e., packages, attrition, and layoffs).

Blaming upper management for this situation is disingenuous. Any person at the company could have innovated on their own and brought about a different outcome. Management facilitated this possibility by providing Innovation Day for creatives to demonstrate their genius. The lack of effect implies little about management and speaks more to the dire lack of contributor capabilities.

It could have been a different world.

So we here in the colonies have lost pretty much our entire schools publishing and content team. The rationale is that global content can be mediated to local curriculum requirements. This is patently untrue. The ANZ market for secondary school material is seriously insular, and anything that is not created by local writers will be looked on as second rate nonsense. They are moving us to the Pearson model, which as anyone who knows our market will attest is doomed to failure.
The best bit of this though is the fact that we only found out about this via a: people who had already been dumped but still had relationships with those canned and b: the actual email that went out was addressed only to the team who were mostly already being canned. There has been no messaging to the rest of the ANZ team despite us working closely with most of those involved over many years.
Gold standard in intercompany comms.

Only in the company a few months. Chaos everywhere, nothing works as it should, layoffs , Reorg and no CEO. People treated like cr-p and MGMT are the worst I've ever seen

What a dump , I'm lucky that I've enough savings to last 2 years so I'm thinking of walking out

My manager pulled me into a last minute meeting with zero context and kept a straight face the whole time. It turned out to be small talk, but my nerves were shot for hours after. Do they not realize how on edge all of us are?

I used to be the calm one, and this job’s slowly beaten that out of me. The pressure never lets up, and it shows in how short I’ve become and how checked out I feel. I hate that work’s turning me into someone I don’t recognize, but there's not much I can do about it.

I swear, if another person tells me this, I'll scream in their face. Is the bar really that low? Seriously?

Is there a secret department at UCR where job descriptions go to die?

Because after watching this place operate, it is convincing, that a solid chunk of long-tenured personnel have absolutely no idea what their job duties are - despite having occupied the same chair since the Bush administration.

The environment is peak toxicity, propped up by a nonstop flex of credentials:

“I have a master’s.”
“I have two master’s.”
“I’m certified in 17 things that don’t apply to this role.”
“I attended a webinar once.”

Cool. So… who’s actually doing the work?

Apparently no one - because whenever accountability shows up, it’s immediately chased off by a blizzard of excuses that have nothing to do with the task at hand:

“That’s not really my responsibility” (it is)
“We’re waiting on alignment” (with whom?)
“Process changes” (none occurred)
“Bandwidth” (translation: vibes are off)

These are jobs they’ve held for years, yet somehow every request is treated like a surprise pop quiz in a subject they’ve never heard of. The degrees get louder, the excuses get stranger, and the actual output remains… theoretical.

Accountability? That left the building a long time ago — probably reassigned to a committee that never meets.

At this point, UCR doesn’t need more certifications. It needs a basic refresher course called: “So What Is It You Do Here, Exactly?”

Stock is down nearly 20% today and the message from the top is about mission and culture and embracing AI. Only one sentence about Medicare rate notice. If anyone watched the Capitol Hill hearing from last week, both parties are gunning for us. Yet leadership is going on about re-energizing our culture (whatever that means). So tone deaf.

Central station made a poor call on being open today. It’s apparent its solely for the sales launch. Fossil is risking lives over a day of wining and dining international partners.

An organization full of quiet people is not calm.

It’s resigned.

And resignation, unlike conflict, is very hard to reverse once normalized.

As a senior woman at this bank, I am appalled at the handling of the bully and harasser Andy Sieg. The HR team here is the absolutely worse. In fact, Sara told us at a meeting of senior women that she knows nothing about HR and is just "fake it till you make it".
Jane, do us all a favor and go hire someone who understands the important role HR can play when led by someone with integrity and an ounce of employee advocacy.

No overtime for RTM positions. Just so you know the company is going to fully expect you to work 50-60 hours to complete the job but only pay you 40. Dont fall for the trap. Take the severance if you can.

Rumour has it some of the old guard are coming back and rebranding into a new processing shop - hands up who would abandon their ship to join ( my hands are up!)

I was hoping for better than my last job. But that didn't happen. It's as if I never left the other company. Broken promises, a bunch of hot air and bunch of pretenders.

Does anyone even buy anything on Be Magenta!? Like what’s the point? For one, everything is expensive, also, why would I want to buy any T-Mobile related merch and get lay off the next day. What? Use my $80 T-Mobile hoody as a pijama and make myself feel worse by looking at the logo of the company who didn’t care about me?

Sending an employee survey the day after massive layoffs is so tone deaf and par for this company. No point in even filling them out as it’s obvious senior leaders don’t care.

Excellent corporate strategy playing out in the Marketplace division.

“If your job allows it, we encourage you to work from home”

So they realize that there’s onsite workforce who needs to be present and customer facing workforce who needs to be present.

But everyone else, we realize your job allows you to work from home just as effectively … but go in the office 5 days and play pretend “collaboration” on your teams calls, chats, and emails so we can prop up Blackrock and vanguards corporate real estate portfolio so they don’t yell at John.

This place is a joke. The hypocrisy is sickening.

There was a time when people were proud to work at Ford and leadership valued the team. That sense of shared purpose has completely vanished. Good employees are exiting constantly, replaced by a culture of fear and spreadsheets. They've lost sight of the fact that the workforce is the company's real asset. The loyalty they once earned has been spent.

It's crystal clear that advancement here is based on networking, not merit. If you're not part of the right circles, trying harder will only result in burnout. Trust me, been there, done that. My tactic now is to be as quiet and consistent as possible. I complete my tasks on time but avoid any projects that would make me stand out. It's a defensive play to ensure I don't become a target while I figure out my next move.

Just curious! Could you possibly simply get a very low bonus since you still met some expectations? Most know what a tough place this is to work for many areas. If you are an employee who always got meets/meets and then one time its meets/does not meet -- is it manager's discretion?

So, received announcement for POD 3.0. It seems to be a “every account for itself” model and creating technology silos. If a POD needs XYZ skills; the POD is supposed to build that skill, even though it may be existing somewhere within Kyndryl. Current practices that support multiple industries being broken down to fit this POD model.

I have to ask, with everything that's been happening, is there anyone left at this company who is actually happy with their job and optimistic about the future? I'm struggling to find anyone.

My heart goes out to everyone who was let go last week. With the economy and job market like this, I don't think the timing could be worse. The company's disregard for people's lives is shocking and cruel.

why do we keep filling out pulse surveys to never see the results? why bother with the charade?

How clueless management is. Smh...Developers are leaving left and right. There is no pushback, just approving work constantly. New hires have zero training. Everyone is burnt out. What happened to comp days when your job forces you to work all weekend? Some managers ok with it, some managers not? And whats with the Meaningless calls 8-5 non stop every day? Who can stop this? Who can make change because its miserable to work like this.

The rest are to work in very limited squads and save money. GT Sr LT - do you really work like that?

It is clear that the ELT is grasping at straws. Retention and Growth are stagnant as our overall service level has fallen to never seen levels of FA disappointment . The promised efficiency of Salesforce and Moneyguide for branches has never arrived.

We are all living the agile worst case with broken systems and products that will never live up to the hype. If this is finding our Rich then count me out.

I remember when this was a company people loved working for. The culture and morale were positive. I really miss those days and often wonder where it all went wrong.

What do they get from it? I'm genuinely curious.

Nurses working at Humana are NOT valued. Simple but true statement. The Nurses in upper management in the Utilization Review area are clueless regarding UR but wonderful actresses playing like they know the jobs and care. They care only for themselves and their careers. Since centralization it has been a sh-t show and circus and it continues. Change of hours with no consideration of the nurses , impossible metrics and horrible PTO policy. More change coming is the news I hear. Work life balance? Not at Humana.

• You hold "Tribal Knowledge": You are the only person who understands a specific legacy database script that would break the entire project if you left.
• You are willing to Relocate: If you are remote but offer to move to a Hub (e.g., Waterloo or Gaithersburg), they might keep you.
• You are "Cheap": If your salary is significantly below market rate, you might fly under the radar.

Bumping this from @ac+1kfv3g2sk, I think this gets it right.

Same BS? Or are they better employers to work for?

Pure sick looking at LinkedIn and everyone's promotions nearly all VP, Senior VP, Directors and Senior Directors. Not saying theyre not deserved I'm sure some of them are, but when you sit in a location closing later this year, knowing that other locations in the UK and Ireland closing, seeing people boasting (the same people who work from some of these locations but know their jobs are safe) its just disgusting.

I better see MW and MN in the office tomorrow regardless of the weather because we’re all BETTER TOGETHER!!

After more than 13 years with the company, I can honestly say morale has never been lower. People are exhausted. The general feeling is just complete defeat and a desire to get out.

I hate the company culture and all the layoffs, but I have a fantastic manager and great coworkers. That's so rare and it's the only reason I'm still here. I don't want to risk that, even with everything else.

Anyone else having the joy of working with NextGen AEs straight out of school?

I work with a few, and the spectrum is… spectacular. A tiny minority might actually grow into the role. The rest have perfected the art of delegating everything except praise and self-promotion. Responsibility? Experience? Insight? Optional. Ego? Olympic-level.

Dell seems to be placing a bold bet on these kids. In reality, it’s like handing a Ferrari to someone whose only driving experience is Mario Kart — thrilled, clueless, and fully expecting the finish line to magically appear ahead of everyone else. Meanwhile, the rest of us are clinging to the brakes, praying we survive the ride.

And management? Don’t get me started. They sit on calls nodding like bobbleheads, drinking in everything these kids say as if it were brilliance, blissfully unaware that the actual work is being done by everyone else. Talk about knowing your business — more like blind leading the blind.
Dell is a house of cards… and I’m just waiting for someone to sneeze.