#employeehappiness

Friday tomorrow, you know what that means. I show up at 5AM with my YETI Cup filled up 3/4 Jack Daniels, 1/4 coffee. Get me my hidden back corner desk and throw on Netflix to catch up on my shows. Around 7 I’ll head over to the bathroom to take a half hour dump before people start showing up. Then I walk around and check in with some of the friendlies, say hi, get my FaceTime in, and complain about the company. Now it’s 10 and I need a refill. Back out to the truck to refill my yeti with a Jack N Coke, then have a little parking lot siesta. It is Friday after all. At 11 I clear out my inbox and send a few emails out. Next thing you know it’s 1PM and I did my 8, so the work day is over. Time to head over to the club for 9 holes and a few beers with the boys before heading to my daughter’s basketball game. Man I love Fridays.

Whoooooooo!!!!

I LOVE MATTEL!!!

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End of year review

10/18/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v3USrXS

Forced Rankings

10/30/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vfzdq2Q

Bank of New York Mellon Layoffs 2025

11/3/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vjnRp5X

Severance. READ

11/22/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kanvn6nh

Layoff month?

12/4/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vO1iWQh

Huge layoffs 2025

12/9/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vTPI3uc

Layoffs

12/10/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUclZML

Evaluations are ridiculous

12/13/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vXOz4Cf

"… delayed year end reviews"

12/20/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w4acO3Y

Unethical conduct needs to be exposed

3/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnq61rxs

6/4/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwysz9hk

BNY’S negative impact on Mental Heath

6/8/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jx8e560b

25% not meeting expectations by year end?

6/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxdztagf

Mid-Year

6/12/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxkfd2vw

What are the rankings for?

6/16/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxxnrc83

Forget about ratings and evaluations

6/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jy2bmmeg

6/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jygkgb3m

6/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyyhdrt8

Addressing Age Bias

6/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz0k2f5y

Does anybody still dare to disagree with anything in meetings anymore?

7/2/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz685hcd

What are your options if you have been put on a PIP plan

7/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzkdxpkn

Percentage to be ranked underperforming?

7/9/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzrxwmj4

BNY PTSD

7/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzth57na

Laying off in New York office?

7/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0b93rem

Are we still pretending RTO was ever about productivity?

7/20/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0m7mrrb

BNY Executive Strategy

7/23/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0w0v3m1

Unfair rating

7/26/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k14pynw5

Battle Royale enviroment

8/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k29b61hr

PIPs, rankings, evaluations - they're all just cover for cuts

8/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2b2xzs4

RTO 4 days sept

8/19/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k31tyhgq

Question regarding severance

8/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gk2wwg

8/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hx4sj2

25% Below

8/26/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3jcj2n2

This place is toxic

9/3/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k47t0dan

BAH employee descrimination

9/23/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5vyfa6f

No severence for you!

9/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6bfsb60

High severance employees targeted

9/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6d8ga4y

HR involvement in PIP

10/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k70mfaga

25% of bad ratings

10/15/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7m85xy8

Year end in October?

10/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7rjbb40

10/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7sbwrmj

Forced ranking and state unemployment

10/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7vmtecy

Will I be in the 25%?

10/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7x2wrh3

I'm so tired of outsourcing

10/19/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7yc7yy2

Morale's about to tank

10/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8c8yrqy

December round finalized?

10/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8b8gmps

Forced ratings

10/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8e2kcpa

How is Collateral Management

10/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8sgq033

Got out of jail card

11/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cqbgdr

Some Expectations Rating

11/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kayjyfk5

No forced ratings per HR

12/3/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbjgv9en

Review this coming week

12/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbv0hjhd

How can this happen?

12/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbwpa5w2

To people worried about their reviews

12/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbxp0grw

Let go this week

12/12/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ytkz9

Reviews

12/16/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcn1edkt

Bogus Performance Reviews

12/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcq1468q

Merry Christmas

12/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcrwen6j

Let Go 1 Week Before Christmas

12/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcrydr7x

Bank of New York Mellon Layoffs 2026

12/20/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcx3gtdq

Did anyone receive a bs rating and actually fight it

12/27/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdgeyxj3

PIP In Disguise as Layoff

12/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kds9r52t

I doubt there'll be many more layoffs

12/31/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdt7kszv

Mandatory 10 percent PIP

1/14/2026 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kez989mz

Who else has come to the realization that his/her TI dreams are gone forever?

My best wishes to the people who've already gotten one. I truly hope this turns out for the best for everyone impacted.

6 years at Wayfair and Im honestly ready to quit they have me working a closing schedule with split days off. I have a family to take care of and this feels like a kick in the teeth.

Anyone? Since I have to come in everyday and no one sits in my corner except me (why am I here) at a min having them come by was like ok…. Guess I’m at least here to receive that 😐😂

I usually go home around 2pm to avoid traffic and continue working between 2:30 to 6:30. Now I have to stay until 5pm and feel stressed out due to the heavy traffic. Since I stayed until 5pm, no more work at home.

My working hour is less than before after the 8 hours rule is enforced.

Lots of harr-assment & Bull-y-ing. Very disorganized. They treat people like cra-p

I'm so tired from doing too much work for no reward that I'd see being cut as a blessing. Bring it on, I say.

I gave my two week notice Monday morning, and I just want to share this message if it helps even one person. We all have different circumstances which I understand so this won’t be for everybody.

I feel relieved. Not scared. Not panicked. No regret.

I actually felt this huge emotional release after i hit send, like when you’ve been holding something in for way too long and finally let it go. If that sounds soft- idc.

For the first time in a long time, I felt like I was taking back control of my life instead of just reacting to it.

If you’re unhappy, burned out, or feel stuck, don’t ignore that voice forever. Fear keeps a lot of us frozen, but sometimes the scariest step is also the most freeing one.

Just wanted to put that out there for anyone who needs to hear it.

I left 2 months ago for a competitor and didn’t even get so much more in salary, but I do not regret it at all.

The culture out there is so much better in many ways. No one is breathing down your neck and expecting you to work every moment. I feel respected and heard here. I hope you guys make it out too!

Am I imagining this? Has the cost of eating the cafe gone up dramatically over the last year or so? It seems like my same lunch used to cost around 650-750 is now 10.50. I think the firm used to subsidize the cafe to keep the cost down. Wondering if they took away the subsidy as part of the cost cutting or to pay for the overly lavish Trailblazer cafe.

They havent been reading The Layoff much.

I am just trying to understand what positivity anyone still has towards their job or this company after the constant hits to morale.

As a long time UMAC, I can truly say since this centralization my mental health has taken a sharp decline! The new processes that change every 15 minutes, it’s just too much!

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The execs should really take a look at all the posts on here. Half of us are talking about how much we hate it and are looking for other jobs. When your entire workforce is trying to escape, that's a pretty big sign you're doing something wrong.

It's brutally hard to find another job. I've been trying for a while and can attest to that. With most of us constantly on the brink of financial ruin and costs only rising, the fear is real. But this time, I'm not anxious about losing my job. I'm just exhausted and completely burnt out. It's probably time to move on, and if they cut the cord, it would almost make it easier.

I know quitting without something lined up would blow back on me, but staying in this work environment is wearing me down piece by piece. The manager who replaced one of the best bosses I ever had, before he was cut, is wildly incompetent and masks it by yelling at everyone over everything. I’m beyond tired of it.

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.

The non-stop layoff drama has led to my complete emotional detachment. I don't want to lose my job, but I also can't bring myself to feel the stress I used to. It's not normal, but it's a strange kind of relief.

What’s the deal with retail branches with this winter storm. I’m in an area that got over 12” of snow. And then freezing rain on top of it. Are they going to make us to go in? Who is coming out of their houses in this subzero weather to the branch?

Of course, under Alvind and the Pipmunks, IBM didn't make the top 10 companies to work for in the US, but maybe they were #1 in India for Alvind's National Vindaloo Curry Toilet Infrastructure. And don't forget the Krabanaugh contributions.

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Michael Jackson- they don't really care about us

This sums up citi and all the posts regarding this.

Act accordingly, decline work without training, refuse to chime in for other people's role( you will be graded for their work while they skate away from work), clock in and out 8 hours, use your vacation and sick, take care of health, when it gets hard take mental health day and don't compensate by working hard rest of the week. Do not disclose your medical problems no one is your friend, NO ONE. Do not train anyone on your team for anything. This includes anyone in lower cost locations. For whatever reasons you have to stay at shitibank, play the game but sometimes know this isn't life and doesn't define you.

Shitibank has Eric trumps account since Oct 2025 and explains the Dec 2025 partial lift. You can count on consent order going away very soon. It's all a facade anyways. If you are in this role delay, stall and get out as fast as you can.

F shitibank!

I can't deal with going to work in Dell tomorrow morning. So depressed.

I got to say Uniti and Windstream has been great to me. I love this company. The people, the employees. All of it. Customers love me when I show up and tell them they don’t need to switch to Fiber and can stay on copper. They give me a hug. I love you all.

They form a new skunkworks that’s secret and isolated from Ford.
They hire alumni from Apple and Tesla.
This is going to be the bright future of Ford.

I mean what does this say about Ford employees? Keep up the good work, and meanwhile we are hiring some smart people to build the next generation tech.

Does anyone feel like they have been working hard , working late night to do something, and yet not getting enough credit or praise or call out for doing it?

And the manager or team lead favoring certain people and being biased ?

This crumbles the confidence and just gives constant anxiety to prove yourself, work longer hours and constantly doubting yourself.

In speaking to others during my lunchtime, we all agree that technology is going to be the biggest area that will suffer. And when technology suffers, the customer base will suffer. No one, and I mean no one is going to bend over backwards, work evenings, or weekends anymore without work/life balance. A lot of good talent will leave. And remember, even though we are replaceable, good talent takes time to find and bring up to speed. We are talking months! Who is going to pick up the slack? The managers? They can only do so much. They are already over stressed and overworked putting in so many hours.

The worst thing as well, is the media will get wind of this confirmation of a 5 day return to work requirement and PNC’s reputation is going to suffer. Mark my words. It will make them look bad. Why couldn’t we just be a leader in the banking industry and keep it at 3 days a week? Why do we always end up being the follower? Can you imagine the talent we could bring in with a good life/balance plan? At the end of the day, when employees are happy, they tend to go above and beyond for their employer. That’s a known fact.

Waters come in 75th on the happy place to work list and that's only in Boston.in ireland it didn't even make the list.

The pulse page shows that Carelon global solutions is one of the best place to work in India and Southeast Asia. Totally giving a middle finger to all those that got riffed to offshore work.

Recently things have been looking up for me. I had a bad run at Oracle. Was sabotaged along the way and eventually left when others were getting credit for the work I did. It's a bad place to work.

After leaving I had time to think about what had happened at the company. I posted several things on this site thinking that I might be able to warn some people who were still there. Perhaps some of that got through, perhaps not. It's difficult to tell what the result of that was, except for the harassment that ensued from trying to warn others.

But, I find that that harassment has a silver lining to it. I have learned a great deal about what was done to me and also about the people who were involved in it all. Over the years I have learned more about others who are associates of those people.

I have also learned a great deal about how they manipulate people, both at the company and elsewhere.

And in the past few years, after leaving the company, I have found that there are others, probably not in their network, who are using the same set of skills as they were. It has become very easy for me to pick these people out, as they all look for the same things and all function in the same way. Trivial really, once you know what they do and what to look for.

I have done some studying of my own, lots of DVDs, etc on the subject are available. I find it very interesting, although, I probably would not have pursued it without the steady stream of harassment that has come my way.

Recently, I have created a list of others that I have found with similar skills. Seems like everyone, really. It's really an epidemic although most people are unaware of it.

I have decided to pursue my list.

I am hoping that as I produce information on each one in turn, I will be able to share that with authorities and hopefully gain the trust of authorities with my skill in exposing those who manipulate people in this way.

I think it can be done, and really, these people have left me no other alternative.

I start this week and am really looking forward to it. No money involved, but there is knowing that I am helping others and that is very important to me. Maybe a couple of books might come out of it? Who knows?

Good luck to everyone.

Retire here
Can some one tell me if employees / retirees are no longer eligible for Star reward status ? I spent over the amount in 2025 to be platinum but I just noticed on my statement it says I need to spend 1200 more to maintain my status after 2/28/2026 . Did they change how it works for employees ? Or just the calendar of purchases made to move up a status ? I’m so confused ! As retirees we don’t get any information about changes or extra discount have to rely on here to get that info ! Thank u in advance!

Moral is so bad and everyone is so miserable that i fight to log on and stay on daily. This has to be intentional by these mo--ns running this place into the ground. Holding out as long as possible because of the pay and the fact so many are struggling to fund other jobs but dont know how much longer i can do this

You can tell the state of a workplace by what people joke about. The only time you hear people genuinely laugh or smile is when someone's making a joke about how terrible things are or complaining about management. It's the one form of morale we have left, I guess.

I read a Forbes article on employee happiness and company performance, and it feels very relevant right now.

The research is clear that companies with higher employee happiness consistently perform better over time. Not just culturally, but financially. Engagement, innovation, productivity, retention, and customer experience all improve when people feel supported, trusted, and connected to the work.

Right now, it’s hard to ignore that employee morale at Nike feels low. At the same time, the stock price reflects broader challenges and uncertainty. Those two things are often more connected than we want to admit.

The article reinforces that compensation and perks aren’t the main drivers. Leadership trust, clarity, purpose, growth, and how decisions are communicated matter far more. This feels like an important moment for EH and TH to seriously reflect on how employee experience is being navigated and how it’s landing across the organization.

Nike has always been strongest when people believed in where we were going and felt proud of how we got there. Rebuilding morale isn’t just about culture, it’s about long-term performance.

For anyone interested, here’s the article:
https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2024/10/04/happiness-at-work-the-new-competitive-advantage/

Wow man, what a drag.