#leadership

This was too sudden?
Or maybe it was being planned behind the scenes for a while.
Dan is temporarily for sure.

For years, I said Hans Vestberg was the wrong guy. I said the “best network” narrative was smoke and mirrors, that billions in 5G spending without a monetization plan was corporate malpractice, and that leadership had no clue how to run a 21st-century company. And what did I get? The usual chorus of Verizon fanboys and PR parrots laughing it off and calling it “AI talk.”

Well… the “AI talk” just pushed your CEO out the door.

All those corporate cheerleaders who swore everything was fine — the ones who worshipped at the altar of “Ultra Wideband” press releases and internal town-hall buzzwords — are suddenly very quiet now. Because the board just did exactly what they insisted would never happen: they fired the architect of this slow-motion train wreck and replaced him with someone who actually understands platforms, partnerships, and profit.

Let’s be honest: calling it “AI” was never about the technology — it was a cheap way to dismiss what you didn’t want to hear. Because if you admitted the analysis was right, you’d also have to admit the leadership was wrong. And now, here we are: the leadership is gone, and the analysis you mocked is the new corporate strategy.

So keep sneering about “AI talking” if it helps you sleep. But know this — the future spoke, and it just fired your hero. All your PR spin couldn’t save him. All your LinkedIn cheerleading couldn’t rewrite the numbers. The truth bulldozed through the talking points… and left your corporate fairy tale in the dust.

The CRO is hiring all his buddies from his former company and firing or pushing out the tenured RVPs and AEs. The GC mysteriously decides to retire. The weird announcement about MM. Should we all be concerned?? What's the story with TG leaving after 9 years at Appian. Who is taking over the west?

Golly gee, look at all the former Gainwell leaders looking for new jobs!

I just wanted to have my own topic to go with the other twenty saying the same thing.

Until such of time CEO switching to marketing base culture I am given not one single instructions.
I do the reading all day all of even nites to become savvy on the marketing. So frustrate as I can do no such marketing in current role. I also do the ask to chatting gpt and even it can not give good direction, Frustrate!

There will definitely be changes. Given his track record, he might actually introduce some positive ones, but he could just as easily roll out sweeping changes that hurt all of us. Never forget who CEOs really answer to. We’re always at the bottom of the list when it comes to anything but cuts.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0271

A few hours since the announcement and the doom-and-gloomers are already out in full force! He’s too woke! He’s not woke enough! It’ll be the same! It’ll be worse! I swear, people, you’re looking for things to stress over. There’s just no satisfying some of you. Give it at least a day, for fu-k’s sake, before you decide you know exactly how things are going to be in the future.

New ceo said hard decisions will be made when discussing how we will win for shareholders... Layoffs? Lots and lots of layoffs? Yup

Friend just received a skip level meeting invite with a VP.

Should they be concerned?

Ah the results of RTO are upon us!

Look at all that productivity!

That’s a 20 Billion dollar loss. Way to go Stankey and BOD!

Don’t delude yourselves into thinking this might be different. There’s no such thing as an employee-positive CEO. They’re all beholden to shareholders, even those few who don’t think about their own pockets first. The only question right now is how drastic the cuts will be.

Leadership's pursuit of personal short-term gains fosters a culture of self-interest that undermines the organization's long-term success. This mindset spreads downward, encouraging employees at all levels to adopt similar behaviors, such as avoiding risks or long-term projects that don't yield immediate benefits.

Dell is the epitome of managerial hypocrisy and short-termism, lauding remote work's efficiency and sociability, only to pivot to hybrid work with false promises of promotions, then enforce full-time office attendance, all while surreptitiously laying off a large percentage of the workforce and overburdening others to evade severance costs, prioritizing savings and control over employee trust and well-being.

Hans is stepping back to pursue his passion of assembling IKEA furniture and moonlighting at the cafeteria, where he will excel at cooking mediocre meatballs.

What do we think of the new CEO? More reorgs, more woke, more su-king?

Getting rid of Value, asap

During the 2018–19 United States federal government shutdown, Schulman initiated the idea for PayPal to offer $500 in interest-free cash advances to furloughed U.S. government workers, committing to provide up to $25 million in interest-free loans.[14] In 2019, Schulman unveiled PayPal's Employee Financial Wellness initiative to help struggling workers by lowering healthcare costs, and creating avenues for employees to receive equity in the company to promote long-term saving.[15]

Verizon names former PayPal boss Dan Schulman as CEO

Verizon Communications on Monday named former PayPal boss Dan Schulman as its new CEO, replacing Hans Vestberg in a leadership transition aimed at steering the telecom giant through slowing growth in the wireless market.

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/verizon-names-former-paypal-ceo-dan-schulman-ceo-2025-10-06/

I am frustrated regarding the company's return-to-office policy with a disparity in its application. Employees are required to be in the office at least four days a week, with consequences for non-compliance, while some Directors are permitted to work from home. I know three Directors who work remotely, one of whom was recently hired back to Ford, with the other two working in Chicago and California. The upper management should lead by example and adhere to the same policies, advocating equal treatment and respect for all employees.

Oracle’s strategy is firmly established from its earnings notice, with a clear commitment to continuing as a leader in the infrastructure space. The key upcoming changes include:

• Expanding headcount in data centers and OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Doubling down on OCI initiatives
• Phasing out legacy applications
• Transforming select legacy apps into more modern solutions
  To remain relevant, you will need to align yourself with one of these focus areas. Please be aware that there will be significant reductions in management and leadership roles in the near future. These cuts are expected to occur continuously over the next two years. Now would be a good time to start updating your resume. People who were laid off recently will struggle for a while but eventually settle in. So plan ahead.

Meeting with boss gets moved twice, then cancelled. Then receive at WhatsApp that's its been moved and everyone is waiting for you...to...turn...up. WTF is this place.
This happens every few weeks, I have tried to train the primates on how to properly manage time, but they seem incapable. What kind of circus is this?

https://youtube.com/shorts/ROHUBawQAPo?si=-37CT0-QZAOs7TOU

One of the best. The speed at which we managed to go from there to near the bottom is astounding and should be studied in schools as an example of what lousy leadership can do to a great company.

Sacking someone who made you a trillion, reshuffling entire top leadership only to make associates go through anxiety, uncertainty and depression all over again????

Pulse survey can’t come sooner, fido leadership is dead

Does ELT know how much their employees despise them or are they kept in the dark by the boot lickers below them? The BOD needs to realize how much of a failure they are and how they have completely lost their employees and fire them all.

A lot of medtronic sites doing cost saving but VP level still can have business trip with just to have meeting on site, why can’t do online meeting which can have cost saving

some might say that he has not been back enough time to make any changes and show results.
Whereas some might say he is not working out.

I would like to know what most of you think of his performance and about Nike's future?
Comment is greatly appreciated to build consensus of EH administration in this site.

My take is that his administration is failure.

My manager got demoted to IC and their direct reports were moved under the director (by the director themselves). How come the director has this much power? Why are the directors never demoted?

I like my manager much better than the director.

Now the director will have around 30 direct reports which is suspiciously high number. Looks like many people in my team will get laid off eventually.

We’ve been losing competent and skilled employees for a long time now. Not just those in critical roles, but experienced, reliable people across the board. What’s the plan here?

The additions to the C-suite are part of Philadelphia-based Five Below's self-described "reset."

https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2025/10/01/five-below-executive-changes-recovery.html

It’s a rhetorical question, no need to answer. Leadership doesn’t see us as people, and they couldn’t care less about our families, debts, health, or the stress and uncertainty they’re putting us through. Many layoffs have gone underreported, and more are coming despite management’s attempts to convince us otherwise. What a way to treat the people who actually do the work and create the value and profits.

Nobody can seriously believe that. The vast majority of employees, whether in the office or remote, have worked hard and responsibly, and that’s easy to prove. RTO was introduced for real estate utilization, control, and, most of all, as an attrition tactic. There are already studies showing it was designed to make people quit, a free way to reduce headcount. Even some managers and leaders have admitted as much during research. So don’t blame your coworkers, blame the ones making these decisions for the wrong reasons.

I doubt it.

I found out last week that the leasing contracts have all been sold off to various companies around the world. Europe was recently sold in the last months and North America was sold a while ago to a company called Peak. All the employees are gone from that group and Xerox doesn't have any equity anymore. We don't own anything anymore, we don't pay our bills even close to on time, if even at all (from what I have heard) and the employees are all disgruntled. On top of all of that, this company has a ton of C level execs for some reason and more high end managers than people that actually do work.
Great job Steve B! What leadership he's displayed running this company into the ground. Thank God the debt machine of Lexmark is here to save us! LOL I so look forward to Kim Kleps BS emails and the fireside chats of nonsense. Steve B getting an award weeks ago is the cherry on top of this sh*tpile.

We must reduce the corporate surplus population!!

What are the odds JW and DL were visited by the ghosts of Imperial Past, Present and Future this weekend?

October 2023 : “ By 2026, Xerox projects a rise in operating income by at least $300 million (€285 million), reverting to double-digit adjusted operating income margins”.

October 2025 and the stock price if a quarter of what it was at the announcement time above, already having dropped by half over the prior 5 year average.

SteveB will say it is on track, he will say the Lexmark acquisition is key to the future growth, but this was not in his plan two years ago.

Does the. Lard really believe the continuing change of rhetoric from the CEO. The SLT all nod with appeasement, no one dare disagree, but all happy to take their pound of flesh and stock options ( although each time a worth less and less ).

No merit increase, frozen 401k.

What belies the future - will we get anything from the upcoming Q3 release ?

I heard Board is talking to someone from T-Mobile to come in.

https://www.beckerspayer.com/executive-moves/unitedhealth-group-taps-ai-chief/