#hr

DXC is too morally bankrupt to actually do a layoff where they would have to pay severance packages. Instead HR goes around trying to find low performers on the sales team ( which is basically the whole company) and they put them on PIPs. Even if you make the PIP. They then put you on a new one. Constantly moving the goal post. They also lie on the documentation. These people are bottom of the barrel sc-mbags

HR says it’s not reportable. I’m done with this racist enabling company.

Waters hasn't been posting salary ranges for US-based roles in MA and California. Pay transparency, y'all! State fines are definitely incoming. HR is messed up. Live your legend!

As we go into the annual review process, HR is always quick to point out that the employee evaluations have no direct correlation to the amount that an employee might get as a "merit" increase. I have two issues with this:

1. When increases come around every year, the vast majority of employees get a "merit" increases in the 1-3% range. This is essentially a cost of living adjustment. In fact that amount is usually less than inflation, so most of us are getting paid less every year (relatively speaking).

2. If an employee is rated as "developing" they are ineligible for a "merit" increase. Managers are pressured to identify approx. 5-10% of their team who fall into the "developing" category. These employees don't even get a cost of living adjustment, which is, for all intents and purposes, a pay cut because of forced ranking of team members.

HR points out to managers that its ok to label someone as "developing" if they've been in the role for <1 year, so a lot of managers put their newer employees in that category. But based on your hire date, that might mean you may go 18+ months before getting any sort of cost of living adjustment. For managers without any new team members (which are most of them after all the WFRs), they can find themselves stuck tagging a few people who may get a rating they don't deserve and its corresponding pay-cut because of the stack ranking.

Because this has been brought up, HR says they're evaluating the policy on "developing" employees not being eligible for increases, but that opens a can of worms if they do.

More and more, it feels like yet another underhanded way of getting people to quit so the company can continue to fly under any government regulations for lay-offs that exceed a certain threshold number of affected workers. In this case, the idea is that you get lower performing people to leave, however, I'd argue that in some teams, there simply aren't people who are truly "developing" and thus get pushed out because of this manipulative process.

I sincerely hope that this is still just a holdover from the previous regime's culture that will be corrected by the new executive leadership team, but I'm not holding my breath.

Cengage continues to show its true colors and it just keeps getting worse... On May 26th an email went out to people leaders letting them know that employees that made a Transformative or Outstanding impact would receive an impact award (if they are not on the normal Incentive plan). This is typically a small bonus like 5%.

On June 2nd, HR emailed people leaders again saying our bad, that's not actually going to happen. This happening after many managers have already spoken to employees. and now Managers are having to break the news to their employees.

Now, for the people who are on the incentive plan with a 10% - 40% bonus, just need to get achieved (significant impact) for it to pay out. and it is still going to.

In other words, to the people that have a job profile not allowing them to be on the incentive plan but absolutely crushed it this year, I am sorry and unfortunately Cengage is giving you the middle finger and has no desire to walk back their walk back.

Heard something that made me laugh out loud. HR talking about not “buying” technology platforms as we can build everything ourselves via Citi Stylus. Citi Stylus is a good tool but is it to the level of building enterprise level AI platforms? Not a chance. Good luck to us all and dealing with these HR muppets who sit in their glass towers having no idea what’s actually going on. Delusional. Watch the layoffs start as a result of poorly built internal AI tools to only go on a hiring spree to try figure out how to fix it. Incompetence at its finest.

I need to relocate my family of 4 to hub in 2 months. My spouse has lost her job recently and going through tough time emotionally. Anxiety is taking a very big toll on us and I don’t even know where to start with the move. So much to do to in terms of paperwork and I feel like heading to a psych wardl. I need more time to move but HR won’t agree.
Can anyone share their moving experience?

Get those coffee mugs ready. And please be onsite to enjoy the viewing parties in person.
Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.

HR.

I am guessing 3 years since that’s when the statute of limitations on employment lawsuit cases runs out?

Do you maybe know what's the best way to do this for us that were let go this year?

I know I'll have to get it next year but since logins do not work not sure what other options I may have.

I know I can reach to HR and find out but I hate doing this as they tend to be terse and are slow to respond.

And we still have people like Oliver and Octavian destroying our business and staff morale. Joe was promising but seems to have a parrot called Oliver on his shoulder feeding lies and BS to get where he wants.

When is Hitachi Ltd going to listen to their main assets, those who do the hard work, those that deal with customers every day, and want the best for the company and not just an ego trip. CSAT is nothing without those on the ground, and if they aren’t happy how can our customers be happy?

Someone high up needs to speak to the people that actually make the business tick over, and not only in AMER, but all GEOs. Find out what’s really happening and stop HR protecting these tyrants.

My neighbors ask me all the time when did Dell become so toxic? I tell them it's been this way for many years. But lately, it's accelerated because our inept, incompetent, inexperienced, nepotistic leadership clowns started thinking it could replace employees with AI chatbots. All driven by greed. Dell leadership or HR absolutely DOES NOT CARE about employees.

I am asked to relocate to one of the hubs with a forced letter. I asked my management for HQ instead and HR seemed to have okayed it. I never got an updated letter from HR confirming HQ as the new location. Now, I am concerned if HR will pull a surplus on me for not reporting to the right location. Not sure what to do.

Can anyone in HR confirm if promotions were approved, your manager would have been notified either way? I’m hearing there was an extension and some might be approved starting July 1.

I was just offered an unexpected contract position and have to take a dr-g test. I’m freaking out because I ate some THC gummies over the weekend. Does anyone know if THC is included in the test and how HR handles the results???

I hope that everyone is prepared for what's about to happen at Dow. The sla-ghter will begin post LPGA tour. Dow cannot afford to mu---r it's workforce right before all their customers and vendors come into Midland. So the bloodshed will happen right after. If you're in leveraged logistics, purchasing, or customer service... You best be looking for a new job.

Remember, Dow isn't a family. Your boss isn't your friend. Everyone is just glad it's happening to you and not them.

Remember, you don't have to sign a severance agreement on the spot. No matter how much they push, you get time to review. Request your personnel file under the right to know act, and never participate in your exit interview.

The last is the biggest.. They don't care about your opinion or your experience at Dow. If they did, they would have asked you before firing you. They are gauging the likelihood of you suing them. Anything you say can be used against you if you decide to pursue legal action. My suggestion is when you get called into that HR meeting, record the whole thing on your phone. Michigan is a 1 party consent state. The meeting will be hard to digest and a recording of it will help. Just don't publicize that you're doing it. Also be really annoying and take notes. The best thing we can do is publish a bunch of termination meetings from Dow to show everyone what it's really like.

HR and your boss already know and have planned your termination. They spring it on you out of the blue hoping to catch you off guard and unprotected. They have a game plan on how to handle you. Nothing you say will change their mind, you're gone no matter what you say.

Looks like I survived another month. Should I be more proactive and schedule a meeting with my supervisor and HR, and ask for my severance?

THe timing of the Pulse survey is straight out of the deeply flawed HR playbook cooked up by MaryYoYo Chardonnay.

https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/28/kyndryl-takes-employees-pulse-while-cutting-off-circulation-for-some/5247246

Is your manager notified if you apply to an internal job posting? Anyone knows?

At Bolt, Breslow said, the HR team “was creating problems that didn’t exist,” as part of “a culture of not getting things done and complaining a lot.” “The problems disappeared when I let them go.”

https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/opinion/bye-bye-hr-lets-hope-bolt-financial-ceo-ryan-breslow-starts-a-trend/

Ineffective. Politics. Curious what your experience is with a 300+ team of HR ‘professionals’?
What is it they do, let employees know to complete a survey and attend pro day?

Is there any advantage to informing HR about retirement plans ahead of time? With the possibility of layoffs and severance packages at Bank, I’m unsure whether I should let HR know that I’m planning to retire in July. I would also be eligible for a half-year bonus since I have 10+ years. Could notifying HR about my retirement plans affect my chances of being included in a layoff or receiving severance?

Rumor has it that leadership and HR are pushing for people to have the Career Story section filled out in MyGPS.
Given very recent RIFs and restructured, this feels very unsettling. Anyone here experiencing this and/or have an insight to why this is?

Recently moved and now I’m apparently 30.1 miles from the nearest hub which is about a 45 min - 1.5 hour drive depending on traffic.

HR says that I’m “within” the 30 mile range.

I’ve pulled maps on my own, it goes from 30.1 to 31 to as high as 50 miles.

Should I even try to fight this? How far are you from your hub within that 30 miles?

Anyone else read the corporate jargon email from Mr. Tractor today? The ELT wants us to build on three enterprise skills….which will lead to us being rewarded with what exactly? No one can be promoted anymore because of our terrible new HR model. What is the incentive to improve exactly? Don’t say VCIP either, that is turning into a total joke and has become essentially whatever the leaders want to pay. If we can’t be rewarded, what is the point of continuous improvement? That only works with companies that actually reward performance. This company is doomed until we have a real leader in HR and someone willing to stand up to the CEO and CFO.

Just found out that they drill up to location and grade level on survey results and HR sees even further. Do not take the survey as you just put the target on your back. Anonymous my a-s.

Layoffs can create significant safety risks for organizations. HR professionals are uniquely positioned to identify early warning signs in distressed employees. These signs often mirror predictors of su----e, linking workplace safety and employee wellness. Effective collaboration between HR and security is crucial to prevent escalation. Careful planning and empathy during termination meetings can mitigate potential dangers.

https://hrexecutive.com/when-layoffs-become-a-safety-risk-hr-is-the-first-line-of-defense/

UK payroll messed up. I knew things were bad but not this bad. We might get paid the day after tomorrow or whenever. Will heads roll in HR for such a massive error? In any sane company yes.

Rules for thee, not for me….. seems to be the mindset around this place. But I guess when trying to get the union to decert, everything is fair game on the company side. Had a tech get fired for not telling the truth, because it violated the company’s core values. But yet local managers that were the driving force behind the decert effort, have gotten away with bashing peoples religious beliefs, calling out employees family values because they supported the union, and even threatened physical violence towards employees. And yet HR complaints have disappeared, HR gets involved and then looks the other way or just don’t care. Get one tech not tell the 100% truth and Hr on top of it within a day or two and fired within a week. Manager does all this, and months of crickets from HR. BC is such an outstanding example of rules for thee, not for me. But then again, that’s what JS preaches to his managers. And they wonder why people hate this place

https://fortune.com/2026/05/19/bolt-ceo-ryan-breslow-cut-hr-department-causing-problems-fintech-startup-turn-around/

Just a P.S.A. that bears repeating: Even though it feels like it would be better to quit since EJ has become such a toxic work place / environment, do not quit. If you do quit on your own volition, you are giving up many legal protections. Make them fire you. Learn the code words for ageism in disguise: "over-qualified," "passing the torch," "new perspective or cultural fit," "fresh energy," "doesn't want to learn the new technology" to name a couple. There are more and the company will dress it up as a compliment.

HR is NOT your friend.

Can someone please put so.e light when will receive the severance money for someone let go in March? I don't understand can't they just have a process or automated update? There is no response even if you write to HR..

Heard a rumor that there will be layoffs this Friday, and we’ll be asked to WFH that day. I didn’t put a whole ton of stock into it, but I was sent a photo of all of the CX and MX leadership going into a 2.5hr meeting today and it was set up by the HR generalist. Safe to say I’m officially anxious and not feeling good. My source is as an associate and a leader in the a space at BTD.

Anyone else heard anything concrete?

Going to be tough doing reorganisation due to tons of long services staff. The company compensation would be sky high if they do it.

HR sleeping in their job let it grow out of proportiate w high numbers of long service. Most of them have no drive at work

How does a risk and compliance manager who has no background in risk or compliance get hired in the 1st place?

Secondly, that very manager had to move from the BL she was hired to support due to complaints and has zero respect from anyone she interacts with because she lacks the very respect necessary to build relationships.

SHE HAS DRIVEN OUT 6 EMPLOYEES IN 2 YEARS!!!! YOU KEEP GIVING HER VICTIMS! How does she continue to be approved to harm another employee!?! When is enough enough? She is a liability to the company you are here to protect!

On that other site when you get banned because you got reported by company shills, you get a two day ban! I didn't remove the post, someone reported it. I really hope it's HR otherwise let's all consider our loyalty.

Turns out when HR shills report your post, you are also banned for two days-- this does explain why so many OPs go quiet when their posts are removed. Anyway, that's why I've gone quiet.

I did not delete the post "Making a list of what we know." It was reported. Not unfairly, I might add!

Sincerely, OP

I just want to see if they made any changes since the last round.