#employeehappiness

Nothing would make me happier at this point than being paid by them to leave. Give me the money and I'll be on my way. Hopefully to a less toxic, better run company than this place.

My boss basically told me I'm needed too much in my current role to get promoted. So apparently, being good at my job is the very thing holding me back.

Is it just me, or does it seem to others as well that's what's happening here?

I think you all suffer from occupational mental illness. You spend 40 hours a week, sometimes more, at jobs you don't like, surrounded by people you also dont enjoy. Then some of you go home and spend even free time thinking about how much you hate our job. Now imagine if you LOVE your job. You wake up excited to go to work. "Good morning, everybody! How are my favorite peeps today?" You love your coworkers. You love what you do. You go home happy, enjoy your evening, and can't wait to do it all again tomorrow. You'd be happy at work and happy at home. Every day would practically be a blessing. Instead, you normalize spending half your waking lives somewhere you wish you weren't. And you call this being a well-adjusted adult. Its not.

Lay me off, don't lay me off. I don't give a flying fu-k. Working here used to be my dream but not anymore. I'm now numb. And I know there are plenty who feel the same way I do.

At this point, I'll be honest, being laid off would be a relief. This is not the company I joined 14 years ago. I used to love my job, and now I'm miserable most of the time. I wish I could volunteer. Maybe that would help save the job of somebody who actually wants to be here.

No targets, no customers, no headaches. Approve PTOs, time cards, and weekly check ins that no one cares. They rarely get LRed or PIP.

Today will be a hard day in more than one aspect. I don't think I'll be able to focus on work at all. Despite that, I'm still hoping it's over and done with by the end of the day. I'm tired of waiting. Both my mental and physical health could really use some clarity, whichever way it goes for me.

Granted there was bureaucracy at some levels, but nothing as what we see now. I'm seriously missing Juniper. Ofcourse nothing that we can do..

just remembering good old days

Who else feels the same??

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Most of you seem to hate this place more than a healthy amount, and yet you are constantly worried about being cut. Why? Wouldn’t it be in your interest for State Farm to pay you to leave and find a place that would make you happier? It would certainly be good for your health to leave a place that is making you so angry and toxic.

IMO this company is engaged in crimes against humanity. Not only for its surreptitious undertaking of replacing American workers with foreign subintellects but also its drawn out conclusion leaving a multitude of human beings in fear of their future and anticipation of their fate.

Am I really the only one? Because reading these posts, it seems like everybody else hates Intel, with a vengeance.

You're exhausted from years of surviving. There's a difference. Get out if you can.

• Take your lunch break.
• Clock out on time.
• Enjoy your days off.
• Use your PTO.
• Take sick days without guilt.

You agreed to give your time and skills for a paycheck and benefits.

• You didn't agree to give up your health, your peace, or every moment of your life.

Honest question. How are we supposed to work and live like normal when our reality is anything but?

Things are tough right now, morale is down SO MUCH on the greater team I am in, in the US. Teams rooms are quiet, people aren't engaging on calls, and so much quiet quitting and real quitting happening.
I found myself googling "companies that care about their employees" because Cisco has proven, time and time again, we're replaceable. I've been here for 7+ years and this is the worse it has been.

Does it get better? Is it like a wave and we ride it out, or is this how it will be forever?

Has Five9 turned into a burnout factory to just burn through good people with no thought about maintaining our ability to complete our mission...

I know, I'm still employed, getting a paycheck and health insurance so that's a great thing, but working at O is such a drag now, I just can't stand it. New boss(es), new tasks, a ton of work, the same old "come on guys, we can do it" pep talk even though everyone is completely demoralized. It just su-ks - I almost wish they would put me out of my misery so I can just retire.

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Our team is doing activity tracking and we are averaging 7+ hours a day but apparently that’s not enough and we need to be at 8+. So subtract our lunch time, bathroom runs, taking a water break or just a minute where we are not clicking away and we need to be at the office 9+ hours to meet this number. WF is not a tech company and they do not pay us enough for this type of treatment. No wonder people hate it here

The hardest part isn't one particular layoff anymore. It's never knowing when another one is coming or whether your team will be affected next. People spend so much time worrying about job security that it's difficult to focus on the actual work. That's not a healthy way to spend your working life.

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.

resigned today. Best. Feeling. Ever. to be out of this absolute mess. Out of textbooks. No more professors and stupid bookstores and tech that doesn’t work.

Sometimes I think I'll never be able to find any decent job. I feel like I should give up searching for jobs completely - I guess I am just depressed.

It's easy to look back through rose tinted glasses, but I've been around for 6 years now and never known it as bad as this, everyone is checked out

I used to love my position. But over the years they have turned it into a soul su-king job that makes me feel like I'm terrible at when I used to be one of the top performers. And I've been in roles at WF that have done that before. So do I know that there was possibility for something that felt more fulfilling. I know I'm probably preaching to the choir but it's also just so disheartening. There are no other open positions that seem to match my skills and the outside job market is gross... Just looking to commiserate because the last year or two have just beat me down.

Been quiet since the announcement to add jobs, add two new holidays and as we know,,,, not done yet! For the first time in a long time it actually feels like things are getting better.

We are only 3 weeks into this ridiculous RTO policy and I am completely burnt out. Anyone else feeling the same? I don’t know how I’m going to manage this indefinitely. I have no energy once I leave that place, my household chores are going untouched, and I barely have the energy to cook dinner for myself. Surely this isn’t the American dream?…

Is there a single positive thing left to working here? We've so far lost competitive pay, many benefits, good working environment, and job security, among many other things. What's left?

I already had 35 hours for the week before I set foot on this cr-ppy Lenox campus. I will be done for the week when I go to lunch today. I think I will go to Sam's and Costco before hitting the links today. Y'all have a great weekend!

FOUR YEARS...

This week Sep 21-25 is International Week of Happiness at Work. How ironic!

https://internationalweekofhappinessatwork.com/

Instead of making everyone use kiosks for ordering because some employees were busted shoplifting, how about we pay people enough so they aren’t tempted to shoplift at work?

The workload, uncertainty, and constant pressure pushed my stress far beyond what I could manage. I ended up on short term disability after experiencing blood pressure over 180, chest pain, and other physical symptoms. Please, be kind to yourselves and don't allow the same thing to happen to you. Pace yourselves. You don't need to work 60+ hour weeks, no matter what your manager says. You don't need to lose your weekends and holidays to work. They just want us to think that.

I truly do. It's making my life a living he-l. But I desperately need a job due to a health issue so there's literally nothing I can do about it. Fu-k my life.

Work has started affecting how I feel about everything outside the office. I need something to change before the stress follows me into every part of my life. Work should be about providing for me and my family, not about turning me into somebody they might want to walk away from.

Some people talk about sixty hour weeks as if they're proving how committed they are. I don't see it that way. If you're spending that much time working, you're giving up a huge part of your life for the job that will most likely reward you with even more work and nothing else. That's not a lifestyle I envy.

I am not sure why these corporations are doing this to us. But jist wanted to say, in case someone out there needs to hear it, “hang in there!” I think it will be alright.