#feedback

Cengage (and all textbook companies) have a major culture problem. These aren’t serious people. Everyone outside the companies talks about it.

What they deem as productivity measurements are distractions disguised as productivity. Constant Slack check ins by managers with emojis like a parent checking in on their children, the million Slack channels that are created, the utter useless salesforce boxes that have to be checked- and they wonder why they have stagnant growth. Teams Meetings that could be emails where everyone is in the chat sending gifs, getting asked immature d-mb questions and they want you to put your answer in the chat. Absolutely NONE of these items drive growth or productivity. It’s a culture of immaturity that are checking boxes that make them look like they are working and contributing. The hours wasted are immeasurable.

Everyone knew Slack was a massive distraction and doesn’t drive growth or sales 10 years ago. It should be used for acute things, not on the daily. Always behind the curve.

I know all the negatives, but I can't think of a single positive.

Any word on this being reverted? Do they actually care about our attendance? What the heck is going on and why wont they talk to us.

Is it me, or is EJ making absolutely terrible experienced FA hires? I have met a few and most have not brought over significant assets and probably were on their last leg at the firms they came from.

One actually said that they joined EJ because of Moneyguide. Not to service clients better - or for better options to grow a practice - and certainly not the culture. Simply because the firm uses MG.

Another one I met makes odd comments in meetings (totally off topic) and appears to have some personal hygiene issues (the type you smell).

Like, what is happening? Is this just hiring to keep Chubak happy? Or is this the best the K-Mart of wealth management can hire?

any Vteamers want to chime in? Feel free to express your concerns or complaints?

honest and real feedback wanted!

Well, just wondering what else folks think..

Jack_Attack! has like zero charisma.. Like 0. After a few meetings seems like we hired a dud, like dud dud. Anyone else have thoughts? I just don't feel any enthusiasm or like this guy could usher everyone into a life raft on a sinking ship if his life depended on it.

At least re-Joyce loved Schitzcreek! <---- but she was still a cheerleader, and a dud.

Watched the SAP Sapphire keynote. Embarrassing.

Speaker after speaker, palpable stage fright. Forced enthusiasm, unnatural pauses, reading slides like middle school presentations. You'd think a $30B+ company would invest in actual public speaking coaches, not just PowerPoint designers.

How you say it matters more than what you say. Every awkward "game-changing!" inflection ki-ls credibility faster than a missed quarterly target. Audiences aren't stupid. We see the anxiety. We feel the disconnect.
This wasn't visionary leadership. It was a $500k production budget wasted on executives who can't connect human-to-human.

Fire the presentation trainers. Hire actual speech coaches.
SAP sells trust at enterprise scale. Start with your keynotes.

Thought it was just another troll post on this board but it's mid-May and there's no mentions of mid-years on Teamworks. Are they really not happening?

They have been completely useless for years now. Try to remember the last time we learned something useful from a town hall. I can't and I doubt anybody else can. Just ignore them. They're nothing but a waste of time.

I've been unemployed since Cisco showed me the door in the last round and I'm starting to question everything. I see job postings everywhere, but I'm not sure any of them are real. I apply to five or six a day. I've done this for months. I've gotten maybe a handful of responses, all rejections. And every rejection is the same generic form letter. No feedback, no explanation, nothing that could help me improve. Just sorry, moving on with other candidates. If they're not actually hiring, just tell us. If I'm doing something wrong, tell me what it is. The silence and the mystery are making me crazy.

If you are disappointed with Fidelity then don't limit your posts to a hidden forum like TheLayoff. Go to Glassdoor or other more public review sites and share your experiences there. Yes Fidelity can and does game the system but even a few negative reviews can help someone avoid a mistake and maybe bring the score closer to where it belongs.

I don’t know what’s your sentiment about Cisco IQ, but it doesn’t seem to be a big success given the fact that CX has started an extensive action to make customer onboard to this.

Our leadership has never sat where we sit. They don't know what it takes to get things done. They don't understand why certain things take as long as they do. They're completely disconnected from the reality of the people who actually do the work.

Pretty much sums up corporate planning and ideas. Maybe people would forgive our mistakes, if we offer 40 channels on the CB ?

Yeah ….Right good Buddy …

Why are there MDs arm-twisting their staffs to complete the code of conduct that we have a month to complete? Same with the feedback theater. Is this what scores points now - harassing staff to get meaningless things done ahead of the deadline?

Did you notice how the TTUS feedback they actually paid attention to included the continued demand for assigned seats? Subtext: They will use that as justification for sending us back in five days a week, mark my words. They'll claim it's not achievable otherwise. They don't care what we think or feel, they only care about what serves them, and that serves them.

Great job everyone. /sarcasm

I’m hearing that it was mostly US employees affected.

Input from overseas origin management drove much of the selection process.

Why is it so difficult engage with the executive during the town hall? So much skirting around. Just get straight to the point.

My entire snapshot was empty except for a yes that I’m on track to meet or exceed expectations, my teammates had theirs all filled out. Do you think I’m on the list?

I used to love working here. Now I hate it, and I can't pinpoint when the shift happened.

I mean, this site is a gold mine for the management. I am assuming they care about what's in the employee's head (and I might as well be very wrong) - reading this board paints that picture fairly well. Figure out what main themes on layoff.com and measure engagement, do the same thing with LinkedIn. If you were to average the two that would give you a much better picture about what's going on on the ground. The board should mandate execs to do this instead of fake survey's that are massaged to the Nth degree. Food for thought.

What the heck was this boring useless and common sense drivel?????

Hot mess….

Nobody knows whats going on with it…

Doesnt usaa know that a good portion of employees do not deal or interact with members?????

That's it, that's the question. Not sure where to look.

1) Do you feel you understand how we will move forward? 2) Do you think we are just getting started with layoffs? In my view 1=no and 2=yes, also, execs 100% botched communication on this one.

I used to love coming in on Friday because the office was empty, the manager never showed up, and it was a peaceful productive day. Too many of you are now thinking the same thing and coming in on Friday now and I need you to go away lol. That is all.

Why the fluff is the active use of AI even a parameter for the feedback we need to give people? Eliza is actual garbage and they’re really force feeding us this so they can layoff the next group that doesn’t use it. Stay woke

What did we think of Meg this time round?

Time to ignore this site again ?

At the risk of the endless comments of, 'There is no merit', 'get back to work', etc. etc.

Does anyone know when merit will be announced this year? Two years ago was for June 1, last year I think it was end of June....any insight?

It’s no surprise that in his first team wide comments since his disastrous all-teams, that he fell flat on his face again. From the cringy and unnecessary SNKRS comment to rolling out the same exact leadership structure that has accomplished zero over the last 18 months.

Tech deserves better than this clown. The guy is so out of touch. Meanwhile his whole org is ready for him to start talking about all the start-ups he’s worked at and actually accomplish something at scale.

When recently getting told I would likely be laid off later this year, I conveyed to my manager that I was smiling and happy. They told me the last time they had to give that speech the person was elated as well.

Speaks volumes about the work culture Charlie Scharf has created.

How many of yall actually answer truthfully? Do they really know who submits each survey?

Have to be two of the worst AI tools I have ever used

No wonder these pieces of cr-p are the ones fiserv mandates

Build a Rocket Boy recently laid off an undisclosed number of employees. Reports indicate 170 staff were affected, leaving around 80 remaining. This marks the third round of layoffs for the developer in the past year. Previous cuts included the closure of BARB France and 300 UK-based employees. The company is undertaking a "reset" for its game MindsEye after negative feedback.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/build-a-rocket-boy-reportedly-hit-with-more-layoffs

It’s crickets out there. What’s the feedback? What are we doing to MOVE with URGENCY and address feedback?

I should NOT have to watch a video on how to get time off entered. Why the he-l do we only have videos for training??? This is actually dog sh-t