#leadership

Execs doing a great job, motivating and inspiring our employees. Winning in the marketplace.

Cream always rises to the top.

The market reacting accordingly.

Such a great day for Fiserv. She caused more problems than she fixed, and she can’t even speak properly during conferences.

Just looked at Akira org chart. They have more VP and directors than actual employees. This is gonna be a blood bath

FYI - Psychopaths: in corporate America, that number jumps to 3% to 21% for senior executives. This means 1 in 5 business leaders can have psychopathic traits. This is the same rate seen in prisons.

Wasn’t it expected

Lots of commentary here calling for her head and what I expect will be lots of relief, too.

But realistically, what changes do we expect from this?

Nice guy but poor strategic moves. Thank god it’s being cleaned up and Miss. AI gets her golden parachute before she could blow this place up any further

Just announced at 4:22 via internal email. I audibly said "thank goodness!"

What major news or announcements will drop tomorrow on the 2H call? Will there be a new division or group led by MO? Will MO’ s loyalists be promoted?

That bloke is a joke and needs to be trashed.

This is my view of where we are in '26. Take allof this with a grain of salt as I've been wrong many times before. This is reflecting my views and I am not sharing any internal information. And, yes, I am angry:

1. The culture has changd and not for the better.
2. Bottom-up ideas no longer seem to matter. Period.
3. Politics + self-preservation are in, real leadership is out
4. WAY TOO MANY managers, way too little accountability.
5. Collaboration is talked about. it is NOT practiced.
6. Quality people are leaving. Some are waiting for the right time to jump.
7. AI just an excuse to cut roles. OK, maybe has some bus use too.
8. Some teams are way too bloated - some teams have already been cut way too deep.
9. Offshore turns companies to sh-t, it's happening to us to. Poor quality, poor oversight.
10. Value standards have slipped, enshitification is in progress.
11. Come in and work/collaboration in office, but it's OK to ship work offshore. Sick.
12. Morale is low, trust is weak, and it's gettin worse.
13. The old T. Rowe Price is gone.

...bobbin'n weavin'...shufflin' and scufflin', contemplatin'n rearrangin', jugglin' chainsaws'n spinnin' plates, crunchin' numbers'n playin' Tetris with org. charts, tryna make sense of their self-created nonsense...LOL!

They're really got THEIR work cut out for them now.
Besides the money involved, here's probably the next most crucial piece of the puzzle and why leadership is so concerned with "retaining employees due to this mess" during the whole VSP thing:

• "Since ACA, Medicaid, and MA are Federal/state regulated and implemented plans, cuts in staff can lead to CMS and state department of banking/insurance scrutiny on coverage and service."

They've got to deal with BIG LAW ENFORCEMENT breathing down their necks, which has the potential to cru$h them via a$tronomical fine$ and penaltie$, depending on the #s of soon-to-be-vacated job slots, due to so many people now wanting to head for the hills, ever since this VSP was offered. And that's not even factoring in the layoffs they're anticipating to follow soon thereafter. Looks like they cooked their own goose. LMAO!!!

Leadership is surely scrambling and in a collective panic, over how to deal with all of the moving parts. "We need MORE TIME!...This is TOO MUCH!"
Oh well "leadership", guess you should've planned better.
Why don't you have better time management skills? Should we put you all on a PIP?
That's what they pay you the big bucks for, right? Thought you were so smart, what happened? Why is this such a struggle for you now? Feeling pressure? Sorry, not sorry.
Lots of late nights now, where they're actually having to WORK for their big@zz $$$!

Hey "leadership":
Have fun untangling the rat king you all created with this VSP thing!
What are you even doing reading this board now, anyway?
Get back to WORK!
Earn your Keep, "BIG-WIGS"!

HAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!

Another skilled person gave 2 weeks notice today...another skilled top level Engineering manager gone and multiples of teams left in limbo and at the whim of id--ts. No plan, no resolution, nothing from these clowns. I wish they'd lay me off already. 2 years of this has been enough.

Lots of valuable consumer insights in the comments for the "leadership" teams at PEP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhVSww5fzBA&t=1s

Curious what your locations are like around the use of flex office space. As we know these offices should be used for private conversations or meetings as needed and not to be used for a full day of work. Is your location like mine where anyone with an SVP officer title are all self absorbed and have turned these spaces into their own personal offices and not allowing fair access to them? Extreme ego maniacs, you’re not that important!

Fun fact before I forget visiting this site (got a better job elsewhere); my friend did high end catering in San Ramon area. He did a private house and told me “hey buddy, I think I did an event for your company”. Sure enough I opened website to show him leadership and he said it was them. They all have zombie personalities behind closed doors. That politician personality is not just for us, its who they are. Lol imagine that act non stop.

Everyone: one day they will kick you out, get advanced degrees licenses, do projects you want (in 6 months you will get a new supervisor and can lie about your responsibilities). There is a flaw in system, dont analyze it to death here: exploit it. Good luck.

It's truly never been worse here.
There's so much more to life than this place. If the clowns at the top don't change the 'market based culture' (which is just a phrase used to change the subject away from discussing the worst employee culture around) quickly, then the point of no-return is upon us.

The laid off like the BEST people ever earlier this year. Then I see posts lately of bottom of the barrel leaders accepting leadership roles at Cigna this summer. Like why would they hire them and layoff others beats me.

_https://www.linkedin.com/posts/alisonmurphy541_sarah-london-hadnt-driven-her-kids-to-school-activity-7478557950656225280-Sh3E?_

You really can’t make this stuff up. Who approved the article? They should be the first one ejected from this clown car.

While CenTeamers are trying to figure out if buyouts, layoffs, reorgs, and product exits are coming for them next, LinkedIn gets a heartwarming leadership lesson built around Sarah London’s stress.

To be fair, this doesn’t look like Centene PR. It looks like an executive coach using Sarah London’s story as a leadership-content hook/executive pitch for women about “non-negotiables club.” Which somehow makes it even weirder.

In the story, Sarah was stressed out, Sarah got a coach, a reset, and a nice little inspiration arc. “CenTeamers” got uncertainty, canned talking points, and their own version of non-negotiable: take the exit or wait for the system to decide for them. And it’s non-negotiable…

Someone else mentioned this in a previous thread. The internal podcast is called “London Calling.”

Perfect.

The Clash wrote a warning song about systems breaking down. The song was about disorder, pressure, uncertainty, and the sense that the people in charge were not really in control. Centene turned it into her personal executive branding. Nailed it!

Sounds like a great follow up LinkedIn post to spike the football on how to be ruthlessly non-negotiable. “Lean in” on the non-negotiable nature of executive leadership in the months to come. Spin it as growth or sumthin’. It’s an opportunity!

The chorus:

The ice age is comin', the sun's zoomin' in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growin' thin
Engines stop runnin', but I have no fear
'Cause London is drownin' and I live by the river

Maybe the next episode can offer breathing exercises for “CenTeamers” hearing “we need to shift,” explaining layoffs to their families, and wondering if their login still works next month.

Inhale: “we value our people.”

Exhale: “your role has been impacted.”

Inspirational stuff. Bring the puffer jacket. The Clash warned about the ice age coming, and somehow she’s turned it into a leadership moment.

Hybrid work should be evaluated on outcomes and deliverables, not solely on days in office or commute distance. If managers are meeting their commitments and supporting their teams effectively, a 2-day in-office cadence can be reasonable under current policy. Where concerns exist, they’re best addressed through documented feedback via HR or leadership channels, rather than informal assumptions. Let’s keep the focus on accountability and results for everyone, at every level.

Verizon's decision to move the majority of NS IT work to TCS and Infosys is a high-risk mistake that appears to ignore the hard lessons from previous transitions. The last major Infosys-led engagement created significant disruption, operational challenges, and loss of momentum, yet leadership is choosing to repeat the same strategy without addressing the root causes of those failures.
This decision reflects a growing disconnect between executive leadership and the realities experienced by delivery teams, system owners, and business stakeholders. Instead of learning from past outcomes, leadership is reverting to a familiar outsourcing playbook and hoping for a different result.
The consequences could be severe—loss of critical domain knowledge, deterioration in service quality, slower execution, and increased operational risk across NS systems. What is most concerning is that these risks are well known and have been experienced before. Ignoring those lessons today will likely create far greater costs and disruption tomorrow.

We did an internal poll of several hundred plus employees...

Majority of 88% say they dislike the direction of the company and the CEO is not fit for the job.

Who would have thought?

Am hearing through the grapevine that the board is seriously considering making Hans ceo again after the Dan disaster show. Anybody else hearing this?

The large disconnect between Truist Messaging and the way it treats its employees and clients has to be the greatest hypocrisy of any marketing campaign. Employees are being set up, thrown out, and reputations smeared. Clients are getting over engineered loans and being pushed out aggressively for no reason. This doesn’t seem to fit anything w purpose? Certainly isn’t making better lives and communities. Definitely not unwavering with care!? How can you throw some many lies out there and think the public won’t figure it out? Great job Bill. You get an F for CEO. Failing grade.

I can’t believe the lolcow that is this executive leadership team.

The email on change fatigue is the biggest joke in this company’s history. I think this is all intentional to force people out

Mr. Walton was the CRO for Fiserv pre-merger. Then one day he just disappeared. Does anyone know what happened to him?

fire vps and directors of all levels. get serious about earning your bonus Dan!

I've noticed that layoffs only get announced if the affected group leaks it. Otherwise they just pretend it didn't happen. It's absurd.

Is there anybody in senior leadership who could actually turn things around if they were given free rein?

I've never seen morale drop this low. It almost seems like leadership is doing this on purpose and I can't understand why.

I'm wondering if there are any decent managers still around. Mine barely rates a 2 out of 10. What about yours?

I can't stop watching Verizon spiral downward. All the talent and potential being wasted, people going through so much, and the leadership just doesn't care. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

I noticed some changes in the Customer Service area. I think that the main guy that came from Cigna, a VP in Customer Service, is no longer with HCSC. Is this a one off thing? Or is the trend now to replace leadership coming from Cigna with HCSC leadership?

In CLT technology and told the employee survey was bad this year. Are they really surprised? I bet BE’s explanation will be that the 12,000 people in her org are wrong and it’s not her. They just don’t get her “leadership”. Anyone else getting any information?

Why is Law experiencing another round of layoffs in 2026 after a previous round in 2025? Why do our leaders continue to demoralize?

I have been working in a mildly successful IBM product for the last 12 years. Some years ago my boss at the time warned me about something I am now experiencing first hand: Well connected higher ups work on the flashy IBM fad that almost always fail (block chain, cp4d, Watson health, Watsonx….) then a layoff happens, the base workers and the first line take most of the blow, and these professional bosses are parachuted into a more established product. It’s been 8 months since a big layoff impacted my team, the layoff came with new bosses, all of them from failed products. They know nothing about my product (and are not willing to learn), but keep making decisions that they are not (remotely) capable of understanding their consequences , they all came with big attitude and egos; always ready to hoard the travel opportunities and post in LinkedIn at every turn. They will surely sink the product and jump to the next one. Have you seen this as well?

There have been several in my department that were told indirectly that the need to take the VSP. People know way more than they were letting on.