#leadership

• No bonuses because you didn’t do Stankey’s job for him
• Pascal and Stankey should be in a home
• The AT&T Guarantee cures cancer
• RTO works but doesn’t work because of employees and we’re starting new hubs
• Be mad at T-Mobile ads, not us

Why does he hate the upstream so much when they make the money. Many of the underhanded tactics are focused on making the profitable upstream like the low cost / low margin downstream. Did he hate Liam so much that he is f us now Liam retired. He has handcuffed any upstreamer that can challenge him. Can upstream ever come back or we on the downward spiral now forever

I know some Senior Leaders have been meeting this week to get updates. I'm not sure how many details they shared with you, but would you be willing to share some general thoughts here?

I don't have a lot of context and I can't go too into detail without giving myself away. I recently overheard a discussion. One party in the discussion was in a leadership meeting and an anonymous site "full of toxic complaining" was brought up. I'm assuming it is this one. They probably won't change anything but at least they may see it when we tell them what awful people they are. haha

during the ATG “live only” event this afternoon.

You never know what illegal / immoral/ offensive stuff will come out of the CEOs mouth.

And that stuff needs to be shared.

At the global town hall held on October 22, a very courageous employee rose to ask the first question. Stating that he "was not a VP yet," he proceeded to ask Bryan Hanson to explain the rationale behind adding additional layers to the ranks of senior executives while engaging in yet another round of Q4 layoffs.

By my recollection, counting our pre-spin days, we had layoffs in 2019, received US government pay during the pandemic to avoid layoffs in 2020, and then followed with layoffs in 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. Now in 2025, we are sacrificing more people upon the altar of growth, while making room for more executives to augment the ranks of our C-suite. That makes the question particularly timely —Hanson fashions himself as a leader, and historically, leaders who can both speak and demonstrate shared sacrifices tend to earn followers. Hanson says a lot of the right things, but his actions indicate otherwise.

His answer was supremely unsatisfying. He provided corporate doublespeak about how we will continuously evolve, and occasionally, that evolution will cause his leadership team to eliminate jobs. That answer is the standard boilerplate C-suite talk that those folks have been spewing for many decades now. But it did not answer the question. In fact, it did not come close.

As a leader who came in claiming he wanted to flatten the hierarchy, he has significantly thickened it. The tie that binds Hanson to his clique is that they all worked with Bryan in years past. Hanson justifies his decisions by explaining that he needs people who have experienced spin-offs before. This argument, however, begs the question. Are Medtronic and Covidian alums the only people who fit that bill? At what point does this become cronyism masquerading as a meritocracy? And given the huge severance packages (Barry, for whatever personal struggles he is facing, likely earned a two-year severance package when his good old buddy Bryan figured out how to eliminate his position instead of accepting his resignation. No bad for declining a job offer.)

Despite all his flash and polish, it is hard not to wonder if Hanson is simply a pirate, out to pillage as much as he can while throwing some bo--y to his inexhaustible supply of friends. It is hard not to conclude they are feeding off what will eventually become the carcass of 3M's health care business group. And no amount of slide editing at 11 pm can paper that over.

This company is pure garbage. I've never witnessed such a debacle in my life. Everything about it is toxic, the commercials, the service, the agents, the cr-p workforce and leadership. I talked to a customer recently that said the same thing and said it appears we are only interested advertising stupid commercials, putting our name on stadiums, stupid Bateman commercials, and paying Patrick Mahomes more money. She said after 30 years with SF she is moving all of their policies because we have become like every other company and could care less about the customer and its employees. She said that she could tell everyone she spoke to sounded absolutely miserable and hated their jobs. She had heard MT got a $24 million dollar bonus while she is getting a 17% rate hike. I couldn't say a word but she couldn't have been more right! Place is a sh-t hole!

Survey; are they any GT teams left that feel supported and content with their leaders, VP’s and above? Or is that a thing of the past?

I'm Former 3M/Solv employee.

3M has been doing so well - Look at their Q3 results! They are growing faster than SOLV and expanding margins.

SOLV just constantly seems to downsize and make excuses.

It is hard to manage these complex portfolios - that is the job right now with SOLV margin issues. Dental and Medical are basically industrial companies.

Be interesting to see if this new hire from Baxter can make any progress. Problem is probably similar to Tyco, maybe Baxter.

Things can't get any worse.

Stankey tried to put lipstick on a pig but wallstreet isn’t falling for it.

Down another 5% at the open.

When will the dysfunction end?!?!?

They tell lies to us through official channels. Remove Corwin and Donley.

How has SAP grown in employee numbers since 2019?

Average employee turnover is 6 to 8% add in redundancy numbers.

Is there any credible leadership in this company?
2023 107,602
2022 111,961
2021 107,415
2020 102,430
2019 100,330

GF's stock and market cap continues to shrink. The analysts finally caught on to the same BS story TC continued to give as CEO, they bought the story long enough for TC and DR (former CFO) to cash in a bunch of their stock at higher prices. So where does GF go now? At around $35/share their market cap would be like $17.5B. Intel offered $25B before the IPO, Mubadala is probably wishing they took that deal now. Let's be honest, GF SLT is like a retread tire, they landed here because nobody else wanted them, none of them were really successful elsewhere. So, what is the solution? The only solution in my opinion is hoping the US govt gets involved, redirects most of the US mfg chips bill dollars to Intel. Intel then spins off foundry as separate company and then with govt funding buys GF and makes them a US owned company. Get rid of all the GF SLT, bring in a totally new set of execs for the combined company and climb the mountain of making Intel Foundry a great company that can battle TSMC. TSMC is good at mfg ramping, but they aren't great at R&D, the engineering staff is technically much stronger and brighter in the US. Intel and IBM were way ahead of TSMC in the past. If things are done right Intel foundry could jump past TSMC for technology competitiveness. However, when the US gov't can't even stay open, the probability of them putting together a smart Chips Bill is very unlikely. I see this scenario as the only way out for GF, otherwise the ship will just continue to sink and eventually submerge!!

same as the old boss?

October 23, 2025 there will be a No Queen's rally on public property at 12555 Manchester Road. St. Louis, MO at 2 pm protesting Penny Pennington's terrible leadership. Signs and petitions for a vote of no confidence will be provided.

If you’re not in the inner circle, your ideas get crushed before they even leave your mouth. They protect each other at all costs and make it impossible for anything new or useful to actually get done. I'm about ready to walk away because this has become unbearable.

For managers with >10 direct reports, are you able to see who it was on your team that answered a question a certain way, or provided a comment, on the employee survey? Or is it truly completely anonymous? I'm trying to determine if the survey is simply "confidential" or if it's "anonymous", and whether managers with a lot of direct reports can narrow it down to who said what.

SAP keeps getting rid of all the seasoned employees because they’re too expensive and wants fresh, young people to fix the company. Problem is, nothing about the way SAP works changed after any layoffs. They just swapped people and called it innovation. And now it's shocking it's not working out.

That is all. Thank you.

Avaya told one of the largest customer bases in the world to "F-off", except for the 1500 elites. This screams "Invest in Avaya and we'll always have your back, except when it's advantageous for Avaya". So I'm sure after the mass exodus is complete, the customers will have had the final say.

met him for the first time the other day and i couldnt believe how this guy got to this position. another example of unqualified people getting promoted to sr leadership. omg.

Now we all know our executives are extremely incompetent, everyone knows that.
An underrated part of how incompetent they are, is the “modernization” effort to transition from on prem to being Microsoft’s bi--h on Azure’s pricing leash.
Now you see, Jensen Huang, Meta, innovative companies, buying and building these data centers,
We sold our house in 2009 after the crash, people won’t think about it now, but data centers are only increasing in value, and we sold at rock bottom as always.

This guy is the best CEO since McKnight. 3M is humming along under his brilliant leadership. Huge earnings. Morale higher than ever. Lazy people are leaving. What's not to love here. Now get back to work you quiet quitting clowns.

Remember when CK claimed he would invest more in India, and now we’re facing layoffs instead? The board seems to be in a comfortable position, making decisions without any real accountability. A decade ago, it would have been unthinkable for them to alter performance measurement or halt a program like MOVE SAP, but now they can do so without challenge. Their only apparent strategy is to use layoffs as a tool to boost stock prices, showing a lack of genuine direction in their actions.

Meanwhile, Germany is experiencing significant political shifts, with the AFD gaining traction and many citizens expressing frustration over the representation of non-Western individuals in various roles. This discontent is not rooted in racism but rather in a sense of lost opportunities and stagnant wages.

CK and his board seem to be aligning themselves with the AFD, likely hoping for increased bonuses under their potential leadership, while they continue to earn far more than the average SAP employee. What are your thoughts? Should we advocate for a salary cut and no bonus for CK and the board? How do we go about it? Should we have a general strike?

I’m earning a little less now but I'm working under people who actually treat others with respect. No one’s nitpicking my expression or power-tripping for attention. If you’re being mistreated like that, don’t wait it out. Just leave. It’s amazing how much lighter life feels once you do.

It's not as if we haven't been lied to by the leadership before.

Seems Senior Management is in office this week. Have any departments been advised of their last day yet?

Seeing more important people leaving every week. Even our senior management seems to be making plans of their own to bail. Hope it can last until the first of the year when hiring picks up so that I can leave too

Billy couldn't run the Lions. hand it over too your smarter sibling that edured the criticism and a chorus of boos then brought success to the families football team. Sheila should be CHAIRWOMAN of the board at Ford. Signed--- not BCG.

Get your hands on a set of the new orgs charts out today. Dozens of newSVPs and new VPs. The top just got heaver w/blessing of new EVP of perpetual conference attendee (HR)

What do these Ford Executives do all day long?

The fired all the GMs in the USA and the COO Derek. Couldn’t happen to a better group of low performers. Hard to believe all the brass they couldn’t manage a glorified shoreline. Glad to see them gone we are much better off.

CVS Health plans to lay off 72 remote employees due to the loss of a contract, which will also effectively end CVS Health's Aetna Medicare Medicaid Program for Ohio residents.

CVS Health said in an Oct. 17 notice filed with state Department of Labor that the layoffs will affect remote employees who report to Aetna's headquarters at 151 Farmington Ave. in Hartford. Most of the effected employees live in Ohio, with one employee residing in Michigan and another in Kentucky.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/cvs-health-to-layoff-72-remote-employees-after-loss-of-ohio-contract/ar-AA1OQ2b9

FLD - You Have A Decision To Make By The End Of October 2025

Do you continue the financial charades to keep the stock price up for maybe another 6 to 8 months, or do you do what is necessary to make F5 a world class Security Firm.

There are many of us that were RIFd over the last many years that would like to come back and make F5 a world class Security Firm.

Wait longer than 10 days and it will be beyond the timeline to make F5 a world class Security Firm.

“Drove multifunctional team to increase uptime in Colorado gas field from 70% in Dec05 to 100% uptime & record production in Aug06.”

Maybe it wasn’t you maybe it was just the weather in COLORADO is nicer on equipment and ultime in August than it is in December!

Can't wait to see what Uncle Maurice tries to hide.

Instead of wasting M's on Total Wireless and other cr-p brands, why are we not focusing on Verizon and that brand's problems! We have no prioirtiy in this company.

For the souls who have been mistreated, misaligned, belittled, humiliated, discriminated against, unfairly laid off, and/or had their confidence rocked by this sham of a company, please know you worth are so much more and capable of so much more. Please do not let the selfish, misguided decisions of this business affect your sense of self worth or purpose. You are amazing and if the ‘leaders’ of this company choose not to see that, then that’s on them. Hang in there everyone and focus on your own self care and integrity. This misery will pass.