#leadership

Every week another solid performer walks out due to the uncertainty and constant cuts. Anybody who has options is heading for the door. The brain drain is real, and I don't think leadership even sees it. Or they see it and don't care, instead they're celebrating the attrition without severance.

I've been here long enough to see no strategy, no vision, just random decisions. Prove me wrong.

Has destroyed my will to work anymore. This place is a he-l hole that will not get better until CR is fired and his entire ELT. This latest round is the d-mbest sh-t they have exposed us to.

Received an email today about the changes in Isolation. The current president hasn’t even been there a year. What is going on?

Heads up: if you're on UMV, many of the senior leaders are leaving. This is one of the orgs that will get RIF'd and moved offshore with Cognizant contracting.

Leaders who took Voluntary Separation Package

Kristen SVP,
Nicole VP,
Jeremey VP

and many other managers and engineers.

Maybe they know something you don't? If you don't have a plan, start planning now.

https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news/cognizant-lands-centene-mega-deal-worth-over-500-mn-report

John can you please tell us why the pensions rarely see an increase. Social security receives increases, teachers pensions and many others get good increases but no not with you John. You line your pockets while not giving a dam about anyone else. Your’e a washed up low value suit that has added absolutely NO value to the company. Your’e ego sickens those around you. You don’t even realize your’e not needed. Things will change for the better as soon as you are gone you goon!

Let me tell you a couple of three things: forget the excuses, forget the value Lyons managed to erase, and forget the corporate incompetence that put Fiserv in this position.

Takis took that stock—weak, embarrassed, wandering around like it had no leadership—and brought it all the way back to where it was before Lyons left. Frankly, it’s an honor to be surrounded by shareholders who still believe in execution, discipline, and making money—and not incompetent executives like Lyons, who should’ve stayed in whatever management-development program he crawled out of.

The future? I’m optimistic. Takis has restored respect, restored confidence, and most importantly, restored the stock price.

As far as Lyons is concerned, my estimation of him as an executive just plummeted.

With all the executive turnover, it feels like this Forum is going to be rough from a client messaging perspective. I'd be seriously questioning if there is enough actual leadership to move the company forward.

Also, the conference website shows only two featured speakers, Takis and a behavioral scientist I have never heard of. In years past there has been former presidents and major celebrities. I hope more is going to be announced soon because that is a very weak lineup.

Arizona is led by a VP of Network and Contracting who seemed completely disconnected from what it actually takes to build successful departments. Every decision bottlenecked at the top, progress stalled, and problems lingered until they became the norm. Yet somehow the answer was never better leadership—it was always another initiative, another slogan, another “Mission Simplify.”

Mission Simplify wasn’t a solution. It felt like an admission that the executives couldn’t solve the problems they were paid to solve, so the burden was pushed onto the very employees who had been carrying the organization all along. Workers were expected to innovate, fix broken processes, absorb impossible workloads, and still somehow drag leadership across the finish line.

That’s the real tragedy: executives collecting major salaries while frontline employees did the heavy lifting. Then, when the consequences arrived, the people who built the company were the ones shown the door.

Leadership isn’t measured by titles or résumés. It’s measured by results. And when departments crumble under poor direction, accountability shouldn’t stop at the people doing the work.

There’s a certain poetic justice in discovering that a title alone doesn’t create value. Eventually every leader has to face the same reality as everyone else: your paycheck should reflect the impact you make, not the position you hold.

I’m part of the first group and my PL seemed very stressed out about that. said they wished I was staying longer.

my thing is I am done. my PL has piled on more work for me while allowing pi-s poor performance from others (and I have been doing their jobs for the last three years).

I have listened to my PL give every excuse under the sun as to why others can’t do better, including the fact that I can do the work faster and with high accuracy… so?

I know this is not a unique circumstance and high performers are usually given more work while others continue to coast. I’m beyond burnt out and exhausted.

I’m so anxious about them prolonging my departure instead of putting responsibilities where they belong, back to the people whose job it is. my actual responsibilities can easily be distributed, the work I do is not that complex.

the difference with my colleagues covering my work is I won’t be here. I covered theirs while they whined and complained about every. little. thing. they sat and got paid. I did it all. I’m done.

Should we even listen in to this? With everything that has been changed and twisted the last six weeks I doubt they’ll paint a true picture of what’s happening. I find it interesting the forecast was so off but yet this go around they know exactly how many of us to offer VSP and ISP. I have no faith in this leadership any longer.

On July 1, 2007 , Stephenson's first day as CEO, AT&T's share price was $37.62.

Keep patting yourselves on the back.

People who are approved and were given dates in late 2026 and beyond can still be laid off in involuntary layoffs? Is this true? I would be so, so pi---d if this happened to me. This feels like psychological warfare at this point. How much more inhumane can this leadership get?

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to clear a few things up based on some of the talk going around here.

There are no layoffs happening or planned at Teradata right now. We’re still focused on the work, our customers, and supporting each other through everything.

Also, for anyone wondering about the positive comments that show up: nobody from corporate, HR, or the leadership team is posting anonymously on these forums. The positive takes you’re seeing are coming from real people who just want to share their side.
Let’s try to keep things positive with each other. We can disagree and still be respectful... it goes a long way for everyone, including the leadership team and our coworkers.

Appreciate all the hard work people are putting in.

OT hasn’t done anything to make any meaningful (or simply, ANY) change. The “Bored” and so-called leadership are former CEO nepo-babies who don’t care a whiff about anything but their own “standing” with King of the Bored Jenkins. What do we know?

Can’t get a quote. Never could. Can’t sell with SAP, we lose 50% every time. And for what!? Short story. If we were laid off it would be the bonus. But they won’t do that. PIP’s and firings. Lay offs are for closers!!

What else can we say? If you own the stock, take your losses now. It’s going lower. Much. Much. Lower…..

I just refreshed the executive leadership page and Pete C is missing. Also one of the guys with the Turbans is gone. Man people are dropping like crazy off that page. I wonder when Guy will finally drop off.

Rawool not even hiding it anymore, the new "President ai and innovation" was his intern out of college! Surely this has everything to do with competence and nothing to do with placing your own people to high paid positions while people who have dedicated their lives to this place get nothing. The jokes write themselves.

Steve On The Spot returns from the World Cup after another successful display of cameras, travel, and self-promotion. Hopefully, the next appearance brings a little more leadership and a little less performance, especially as employees face the uncertainty of possible layoffs.

FactSet Announces Appointment of Chief People & Workforce Transformation Officer

https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/ai/articles/factset-announces-appointment-chief-people-200500847.html

Verizon is now more valuable than us as of today. Tragic news. Oh well.

Sr. Director? Managing director? SLT? ELT?

She came off as a complete mo--n at the all-hands this morning. WTF is she tasked with?

https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/cr--ker-barrel-ceo-julie-masino-step-down.amp

Oh AK, you rascal.

https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/ibm-ceo-krishna-2-percent-software-ai-risk-stock

Recent layoffs at ESPN have highlighted significant issues in how the company communicates with its employees. Several prominent figures reportedly learned of their terminations through indirect channels, such as social media or news reports, rather than directly from management. This lack of controlled communication has led to a breakdown in trust and raised questions about leadership's execution of these difficult decisions. The article emphasizes that while layoffs are a necessary business function, the process of delivering the news should be handled with professionalism and respect. This incident serves as a cautionary tale for all organizations on the importance of managing sensitive information effectively.

https://barrettmedia.com/2026/07/27/espn-layoffs-what-managers-should-learn/

Wish the IGS boys and girls luck at AIP .. hopefully Trew can get the company back in shape after the big H destroyed it.

I can only imagine the horror in the new leadership's faces when they finally get an unfiltered view underneath the hood-- Chad and Girish were probably smart to stay behind.

I am under no illusion that things will be better at another corp or MCO bc this is how these things work often but in NJ we just got an email from leadership saying that we have hired two more “experienced leaders to the leadership team” but this is terrible optics. We are ALL confused, anxious and left with little to no information which is how speculation and rumors start. And the day we are waiting on our VSP and people who are staying are nervous about getting canned we get info that they took on TWO (I’m sure very well paid) “leaders”- not a great look.

Where I work the L and D “leaders”at HQ messed up our operations training so badly that Operations had to take operations training back from HQ. Now the training is almost as good as it was prior to 2023.
This is just one example of how Malformation has been a total flop.

Am I the only one who is worried about Q3 results and what that'll mean for us? We know this leadership will use all and any opportunity to justify even more layoffs, and this could be a prime one.

Since the EU gave approval for the merger and the US petty states are getting restraining orders. To make the Ellison's bleed a little bit longer. Which is pointless as pretty much the Ellison's have a suit of lawyers. Ones that have gone to the highest courts.

Get ready for our upper MGMT (directors and above) to be getting AI memos and toupees mug shots. Trying to claw a clear pathway on the rungs on this ladder.

The deal is done. Merger approved. A bunch of bloodbaths coming soon near your next dynamic broadcast. Stop holding on.. on second thought. Join those in news who keep trying to inflict 60 minutes of pain. Maybe you can all hold hands and pray and move the show to Saturdays, instead of Sundays. If you get my reference.

Enjoy!

Just wondering how long you have spent or plan to spend in your current role? I have been with the company almost 20 years and in my position for a good portion of that time. I used to really like it. The last few years, not my immediate director, but the next level up has become extremely controlling. It is to the point that I don’t even know what decisions I can make or not without vetting it through both levels. It’s incredibly frustrating and has led to burnout for me. Theres always a chance for turnover I guess, but I am also considering moving to a different group. It has been quite a while since I have tried something new.

There were several posts about the rumors of SMgr, AD, D & SD. Are they still on the target lists for the 2026-2027 RIFs?

Seeing the Iraq pics on Campus, it looks like Dan Amman will become CEO soon (2026, maybe 2027 latest). His presence was definitely noticeable. And reading his background, he seems next for the CEO job.
Does that mean DW is done soon? With Dan’s financial background, he’ll want an industry leading CFO, not Neil, so maybe finance org will get some relief too. Change is coming!

https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/4757276/Profile-Dan-Ammann

Anthem -> Carelon b/c that’s where the growth was supposed to be. Now nothing but infighting is going on at Carelon - I can’t get a straight answer on what to do and it looks like everyone is moving back to Anthem? I wonder if my old boss will take me back? Of wait, she was RIFd :(

BP ex-chair Manifold planned to remove Director Amanda Blanc

https://www.marketscreener.com/news/bp-ex-chair-manifold-planned-to-remove-director-amanda-blanc-ce7f51dcd889f52d

If this is true, and with dead weight in management just getting heavier, we'll be in major trouble very soon. When you lose most of the people who know what they're doing and you add useless managers instead of trying to replace them, things are bound to start breaking sooner rather than later.

To keep our mental health intact, our team meetings have turned into stand-up comedy about how broken everything is. The only time people perk up is to trash leadership or joke about organizing. Morale is so low that laughing at the chaos is the only thing keeping us sane.

Recently attended an Agency travel trip with the top SF agents in the company. The common feedback shared with Chairman’s Council and other executives during the trips sessions was agents have lost TRUST with SF senior leadership. Wow….That speaks volumes for the >20k agents selling and servicing SF products.

You should be thinking like an executive saying to yourself how much can I strip out of this company while contributing as little as possible.

What do executive sponsors do to help the chosen ones?

And if helping with the ranks is one of their main roles, what happens when the person stops reporting to that specific sponsor?