#leadership

Nothing would surprise me anymore. I wouldn't put it past this leadership.

For those of you left behind, narcissist Leahy is going to hang on (at least) until the end of the Games of the XXXIV Olympiad. Good luck keeping the lights on while ducking the ever lowering deck of the CDW tractor!

Remember how the company lifecycle works:

1. Founder/Engineer – Builds a great product (Krasny)
2. Salesperson – Figures out how to sell it and grows revenue.
3. Professional Manager (MBA) – Scales the organization and optimizes operations (Edwardson)
4. Accountant/CFO – Focuses on efficiency, margins, and cost control (Richards)
5. Lawyer – Tries to manage the lawsuits, regulations, and decline (Leahy) <== You are here

for example, the head of Microsoft Security

Yes, Richard Fairbank, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Capital One Financial Corporation, is a billionaire It’s like do your job they will eventually walk you out

https://courtindex.sdcourt.ca.gov/CISPublic/casedetail?casenum=26CU024888C&casesite=SD&applcode=C

https://www.makaremlaw.com/blog/2026/06/illumina-press-release/

We were told a completely different story about a leadership exit in Finance. Total lack of transparency. Shameful

Is this going to be Nike's independence day? Check out the unforced error discussion here.
Come on marketing and merchandising leaders... You can do better!
Will we ever learn and improve? No one at the top echelons ever pays for their mistakes, do they? Instead the rank and file suffers.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/nike-self-inflicted-wounds-risking-070000329.html

How come the stock price is the same since dan joined? doesn't seem wall street believes verizon is an AI company....does this mean Hans will be back?

Williams-Sonoma is now a full fledged quiet firing culture. Leadership is knowingly participating in deliberate bullying and sabotage practices to either get you to quit voluntarily, or “justify” firing you while they smile with absolute glee over their plans to replace us all with AI.

Who'd you have as CEO and expect some improvement?

I keep asking myself when things started going wrong. I've been here long enough to remember a time when this company actually valued its best employees, when merit actually meant something, and when the people who worked hardest and produced the most were the ones who got rewarded. That feels like a different lifetime now. These days it's all about who can talk their way into favor and who knows the right people. That's it. That's all that matters. The ones who actually do the work are either ignored or shown the door.

You heard it here first! Grouping the ROW together simply doesn't work!

New Geo Structure;

North America / Latin America - VP, TP - HQ: Beaverton and Mexico City
Europe / Middle East / Africa - VP, CG - HQ: Hilversum
Greater China / Asia Pacific - VP, CS - HQ: Shanghai and Seoul

Simplified to 3 Geos and taking advantage of geographic proximity.

Does this remind you of someone? 😉

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/bosses-obsessed-with-ai

When Chris Leahy became CEO it was all downhill after that. Krasny was the best leader ever at CDW.

Buckle up. Due to lack of meeting business needs VP shake up w large team shake ups & possible layoffs are on the table. Business behind all of it

Wherever are fearless/feckless leader is spending the 4th, just know that you have made thousands of people and their families miserable this year. And yes, you definitely give off Swiftie vibes.

https://pinnbc.com/the-scaling-leaders-brief/f/166-billion-mistake-why-boards-wait-until-its-too-late

3 yr cagr / maybe kick his backwards @$$ back to Montana and get a real bell head in control !!!

Shell’s Wael Sawan has been briefed by the security services about looming security concerns in the UK. Shell has enhanced its leadership get out fast procedures. Top Shell economist also forecast significant economic challenges which would negatively escalate the UKs attractiveness.

Estimate when Shell changes domicile to the USA or even Dubai.

Proud to be in Uncon. Working for the best, corrupt, useless leadership. All they care about is posting in LinkedIn how great they are. Seeing supervisors and managements treat their people like slaves day in / day out and wait for the ranking results … We all know a supervisor or manager; they really don’t do a sht daily. They look busy.

Mornin' all
For anyone interested - here's our review of Episode 3: Purpose
https://underthetable2026.blogspot.com/2026/07/episode-3-purpose.html

Anyone else feel like management has been trying to build a case against them after a reorg?

My org has gotten really toxic. I’ve been hearing PIP talk, but I honestly don’t think they have enough to put me on one yet. My past mid-year and year-end reviews have been strong, my attendance has been good except for a few system issues, and I know my job well. It just feels like leadership decided they don’t want me around anymore.

If you’re in this situation, is it more likely they’ll eventually fire you for performance, or would you end up getting surplused first? Or maybe a PIP is a way to set the ground for a surplus (as a way to tell HR “Look, he is on a PIP because he doesn’t work very well, so he is our chosen duck to target for the layoff).
Curious if anyone has gone through something similar. Is it possible to fight it?

You get to determine the direction and fate of bp wells just you brilliantly did with the minister of people and culture. These two managers come with skill sets, challenges, and positive and negative attributes. How will Wells perform moving forward. The more you share the more the needle moves…sounds weird but it’s true

Lucid is replacing almost its entire executive team under new CEO Silvio Napoli. This leadership overhaul follows the struggling EV maker cutting 18% of its workforce. The company also recently withdrew its 2026 production guidance. New hires include a Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer, and Chief Customer Officer. Lucid is also creating a distinct business unit for robotaxis, AI, and advanced technologies.

Casa Grande, Arizona

https://electrek.co/2026/07/02/lucid-c-suite-overhaul-napoli/

I’d like to get everyone’s thoughts on Wells Fargo leaders that are taking over in technology. Starting with Steve Hagerman down as old BB&T and SunTrust leaders are pushed out they’re being replaced by folks from Wells Fargo. They keep hiring their friends from Wells for HUGE money and most of them are getting exceptions to work remotely even they are enforcing the policy that all new hires need to be in a Truist office. They seem quite toxic leading by fear and are turning our culture into the terrible culture they created and left behind at Wells.

Sri Hosakote has a reputation as a ruthless decision-maker, and anyone who worked with him at Nile knows exactly what that means.

For the ESG folks, the easy days may be over. The rough stretch has begun.

Better start polishing those resumes.

Lets break down the Calgary office and layoff decision

• Quarry Park built and move in Sept 2014 (Cost $416.8 million)
• Quarry Park sold 2026 (Sold $60 Million)
  Net Loss $356 Million

Assumed an office would be built at Scona (too bad its inside the blast radius), now Leasing Stantec Tower

Announced layoff of 900 people (20% of above field staff) but 81% of Calgary office

R&D center 'donated to SAIT' - $37M donation

Meanwhile 'strait of hormuz' closed and changed forever and Canada is exporting more oil and gas to Asia than ever imagined

Instead of leaning in and leading Canadian energy IMO now won't be invited to the table

Congrats to the executive leadership team, a pancake breakfast will make it all better

Anyone got some details? Actually liked him.

What’s with the absence of a comm for the 4th? You would think our leadership would push out a message to commemorate this milestone for the USA, being that we get one for every other holiday

We at Fiserv are so grateful that the the empty suit, cowatd Mike Lyons has moved on. He destroyed the retirement accounts of so many people, was the master of vapid nonsense- coordinate, collaborate, execute- blah blah blah. No work ethic, lazy and entitled- good luck Truist

Sounds like there has been rolling layoffs through some depts over the last week or two, and we all remember what happened in the week following the 4th in 2024.

I don't know what next week holds, but don't forget what we've all done for this company over the years. If layoffs come next week, remember that it's not a reflection on you. Layoffs are a failure of senior leadership and strategy, not the employee base doing the day-to-day work.

Enjoy your weekend, CUSA team! I hope the beer is cold, the grills are hot, the A/C is powerful, and the explosives safe and hilarious! I look forward to lambasting senior leadership next week if talented people lose their jobs to the Ai fantasy and vendor pool. (If it's any consolation, I used a hoard of Canon's Ai tokens on pointless nonsense today because I could and we were told to use Gemini, right? LOL)

Have a good weekend Canon team.

There’s no better way to celebrate independence than at Verizon, a great American country that has granted independence to thousands of employees! From our former CEO, former President of Consumer Group, former CHRO, former Chief Communications officer, former President of GN&T, 2 former Presidents of VGS, 5k VSP takers, and 13k and counting riffed Vteamers - there’s no shortage of independence from Verizon to celebrate. We are a winning team, and I’m honored to follow such great leadership that powers and empowers the way we work, live and play as we play to win. Simple matters! Better matters! And we are truly the best. The results speak for themselves. Verizon is the very best of America. Proud to be VZ!

What is the point of keeping SVP+ ICs in high cost locations while full teams are being laid off ?

What is their exact contribution?

since Leadership has seemed to have completely f*ck this up, what are some benefits you think would incentivize you to stay?

for me, it's the PTO policy. 18 days use it or lose it is ridiculous. and not getting another week until 8 YEARS of service?

how about 23 days to start, with flexibility to carry some time over. change the years of service requirement to earn an extra week.

and... as for the Directors and above not having a PTO bank? reel that in, 'cause my Director takes off a minimum of 8 WEEKS EVERY YEAR. clear abuse of the policy.

The plan made by the leadership is insane. In the name of outsourcing to India, VZ is cutting jobs and restructuring work among the existing employees. In India, we have only a very, very limited number of team members, and even among them, many employees have been let go.

Has anyone who was not a leader (band 5 or higher), actually been let go? I only know of leaders getting cut today - seems like the 16th will be for everyone else.

Long story short: Narcissism
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/22/opinion/office-work-wfh-bosses.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20260702&instance_id=178092&nl=from-the-times®i_id=303219294&segment_id=222430&user_id=e62dd592dff74950d232459131314d71

And so it begins! The long standing tradition of the Managing Partner sending an Independence Day message seems to have been left to DC this year.

What’s next?

How's that working out for our executives?

How many layers of executive management exist between the CFO and a person who actually does some work? I'm looking at an example now that shows 5 layers, all based in Houston, all execs and none actually doing anything other than talking about other folks work. It's embarrassing to see the greed given the pain they're causing the rest of the organisation. Too many snouts in the trough and it needs to stop.