#leadership

Entire enterprise IT stack for Optum tech down from 10PM to 4AM 100% outage across all cloud providers and regions. Not the first time this has happened. Not the second, or third either. The only way teams got out of it was by completely disabling CloudFlare.

We were forced to shift to this cloudflare architecture in 2025 and it has caused more p1s and enterprise impact by itself in this short time than I have seen in my entire career.

RCA? Pssh. We already gave them the cash. They dont care! Theyre claiming the entirety of Optum got flagged by a DDoS rule. Oops!

Leaders like PW who think moving off of the mainframe and full speed to the cloud will solve IT problems are in for a rude awakening.

1. Continued market share losses across beverages and snacks, last four weeks, last 12 weeks, last 52 weeks, last 5 years
2. GLP-1 adoption accelerating in US, rest of the world is just getting started.
3. A disappointing M&A track record that generates negative shareholder value
4. Executive Leadership that you wouldn’t trust to look after your dog and even worse bench of leaders

You can solve the first three but you can’t solve the fourth one. Investors also have just given up.

Kinetic - Consuner and Business - is doing great. Leadership is strong and supportive. People in sales are happy. Not sure why the negativity here.

Over the past 5 years, the share of American legacy males under 40 wearing Adidas Sambas - or really, anything aligned in direct opposition to CK's explosive 'fro - has gone from 1% to 99%.

Whomever thought the 'Believe in Something, Even if it Means Sacrificing Everything' should literally be dragged to an Aztec temple and sacrificed real time during the Super Bowl Halftime show LIVE.

If that doesn't happen, NKE is no longer a going concern.

Miss Chris Leahy! You’re our fearless leader! We support you! All these Dinos are in their way out and we will pick this company up by the bootstraps! It’s their fault these layoffs happened, not yours! Layoffs are no way an indicator of failed leadership

Oh wait, yes they are. You su-k

Does anyone else feel that Leadership thinks we are a bunch of AI illiterates? AI is in its infancy right now, yes in a few years it will capable of replacing employees. But lets be honest, right now it has a lot of limitations.

Remember, it was you who moved the ball for the company. It was the front line employee who made a difference to the customer base. It was you that made VZW. Not the so called decision makers. That being said, the best way to combat this is to all go work for a competitor, and bring what you brought to make VZW great. Let’s take VZW down by stacking the competition with highly driven, winning-cultured players in the industry.

Am I to understand we're getting yet another Pepsi person at Paradigm? In charge of MDR and AI Products? What the he-l does that even mean? We're just making up executive positions.

And yet another vendor that is friends with G-yatri doing some bad live podcast that he got paid god knows what to do?

More nepotism happening at Paradigm than the White House.

Maybe I'll look for work at Pepsi, seems to be the only place safe from G-yatri's friends at this point.

He was senior leadership in Indirect. They must have hit others and not just retail. I hear he a good guy. Anyone know anything new?

Beware the new CHRO Samantha H
My hubby works for Verizon n says she smiles big n projects positivity n then will turn around and RIF hundreds of y’all
If you have a chance, bask her how many people she layed off at Verizon
She and her people are notorious for retaliating against employees too so be careful

After all these layoffs I might make a president's cabinet next year....

Charlie sounds upset about being asked why every bank surpassed WF earnings He basically said he was tired of this question. Is he feeling the heat???

You are only a number… don’t assume anything makes you safe. The current leadership has 1 priority… Slash and cut.. no master plan, no vision. the AI talk is all a cover to layoff and do stock buybacks.. Best of luck to all impacted today and the ones to come…

TJ read the script like a news reader. It was the first time I’d ever seen her, even though she took over the CXO role six months ago. Sounds like a “true Verizon leader”.
I don’t have much hope left for the future of customer experience team under this leadership.

Rumor of the next round aiming people leaders Sr Mgr, AD, SD, AVP, with less than 10 direct reports in September

Now that I have your attention..,

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna tries to run a tight ship, but his legacy is famously marked by aggressive restructuring, massive stock plunges, and replacing human brains with AI.

Oh, Arvind Krishna sat in his chair,
With billions to make and a plan to prepare.
"Let’s fire some humans!" the CEO cried,"
And sweep our old mainframes all to the side!"

He gazed at the servers, the cloud, and the code,
While trimming the headcount along the dark road.
He aimed for the future with bright, shiny eyes,
But instead of a rocket, the stock took a dive!

He promised us Watson would cure every ill,
But the clients just yawned and refused the red pill.
When large deals all stalled at the end of the year,
He wrote us a letter confessing the fear:
“We failed to adapt, yes, we faltered quite fast,
And seventy billion just vanished at last!”

So here’s to the boss who replaced us with bots,
While hoarding his millions and tying in knots.
Just remember to breathe when your mainframe goes down,
And King Arvind smiles from his deep-learning crown.

Are we really going to silently accept a drop in our real salaries? At the first townhall this year we were told we'd get an update on merit increase by June.
It's mid-July. No update. No explanation. Nothing. Leadership had no problem making the promise publicly, apparently following through with even a basic communication is a different story.

What is the percentage for merit increase for achieving a performance rating of 2 vs 3 vs 4 vs 5?

Does anyone even get a 5? I heard they don’t give out 5s. Or are they reserved for senior leadership?

Good luck to all!

LinkedIn posting liking commenting and dressing like they are on a runway at NSM. No wonder nothing of substance ever happens at this company. Lfg Deadtronic

I don’t know how else to say it. The major rise in stock has nothing to do with what we actually produce. It’s got everything to do with layoffs, politics and marketing.

We’ve got government officials like our president making major stock investments in the company and then publicly backing it.

The corruption is embedded throughout Dell.

Imagine having such disregard of your employees and company that you’d be so pathetically corrupt to literally do anything for a buck?

They got rid of anyone with any ethical value at the leadership level at this point so you’ve just got a bunch of spineless, cowards at the c-suite and SVP level who will literally do anything for a buck. Anything.

These guys are legends in their own minds though. At the end of the day, when they go into Home Depot, they’re just a guy in Home Depot. That’s what they hate.

Pathetic, pathetic life.

George Kurian's legacy won't be maybe hitting $10B in revenue at some point. His legacy, along with Beth O'Callahans, will be constant layoffs and total decimation of the NetApp culture that had been built over the years. Beth's legacy will be the same since she is a big driver behind the new forced distribution performance rewards and the in-office mandates. Sadly, the direct reports to them just blindly follow along.

I salute you. You are victims of an inept strategy and an inept and self-congratulatory leadership who clearly do not have a clue about how to turn around things. Anyone who is Band 4 or above should hang their head in shame, complete losers

Any news on what happened here?

I am seeing a lot of people sharing recent leadership that has left recently with no announcement just no longer here. Please share who you know has left and it will give us all an idea on how many.

Today, announcements were made to directors regarding who will be assigned to the newly formed Tri-State region. Not a surprise at all—leaders who report to Trevose, a popular site in the Freedom Region for HQ employees who’d rather avoid central Philadelphia, were significantly more likely to retain their roles. From Keystone, only one VP was kept, and fewer than a third of directors were retained.

This good…..

Cisco Systems Inc. President Jeetu Patel said artificial intelligence is likely to reshape the global workforce by creating more jobs than it eliminates

"I've been saying this for months, and the early data is beginning to support it. Five years from now, I believe AI will create more jobs than it eliminates,"

Is there one other person saying this? Certainly not CR with all the layoffs.

It's very clear by the town halls that he has been in the forefront of that labor force reduction is his goal. Someone needs to get this guy sensitivity training or put a mouthpiece in front of him. He's making it very clear that the people doing the work are of little long term value.

Any updates on RCM?

Wasn’t there for leadership meeting today and curious what was spoken about

Two by two, three by three, four by four, and there they go. Replaced by Dan's new army. Farewell Jeff C.

So AC is leaving. And VA consolidating power under him and empire building by adding VPs under him.
Honestly though what were ACs accomplishments? Heck what were his R&Rs? I never really understood what he did.

Today is a difficult moment for IBM, its employees, its shareholders, and its leadership. Sharp market reactions are never easy, and there will undoubtedly be tough questions in the days ahead.

That said, I have confidence in Arvind. Leading one of the world's largest technology companies isn't about one trading day or one earnings report—it's about making decisions that position the company for long-term success. Every CEO faces setbacks. What matters most is how they respond.

IBM has overcome major challenges throughout its history because its leaders stayed focused on execution, innovation, and serving customers. I believe Arvind and his executive team will learn from this, adapt where necessary, and continue building for the future.

Setbacks are temporary. Leadership is measured over years, not a single day. I'm confident IBM will continue to innovate, compete, and succeed over the long run.

If you’re a Band 6 people leader in the CXO, you’re impacted. About 90% of Band 5 is impacted and already informed on Monday.

At this rate, I don’t have much hope for individual contributors. I also don’t know what Tanya is going to do with her VP, Digital Channels title.
Good luck everyone

I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you. A world without CEOs,, VPs, politicians, fake markets, fake wars and, A.I, without borders or boundaries. A world where anything is possible.

CEO said

‘If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, employee morale will decrease, and I sincerely doubt employees who fear that they may be laid off will be able to develop software titles that could impress people around the world.”

Regarding why we have not reduced the number of the personnel, it is true that our business has its ups and downs every few years, and of course, our ideal situation is to make a profit even in the low periods, return these profits to investors and maintain a high share price. I believe we should continue working toward this ideal. If we reduce the number of employees for better short-term financial results, however, employee morale will decrease, and I sincerely doubt employees who fear that they may be laid off will be able to develop software titles that could impress people around the world. I believe we can become profitable with the current business structure in consideration of exchange rate trends and popularization of our platforms in the future. We should of course cut unnecessary costs and pursue efficient business operations. I also know that some employers publicize their restructuring plan to improve their financial performance by letting a number of their employees go, but at Nintendo, employees make valuable contributions in their respective fields, so I believe that laying off a group of employees will not help to strengthen Nintendo’s business in the long run. Our current policy is to achieve favorable results by continuously cutting unnecessary expenses and increasing business efficiency. Thank you for listening

https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/130627qa/03.html

Why is the Women Lead session being lead by a Man? He rewords what she says and does most of the talking. Can someone tell him to he is not a woman? Another example of Optum not getting it right. I just want him to shut up.

During my time at FIS, I observed instances where individuals with limited technical knowledge were placed in leadership positions over highly skilled resources. It highlighted the importance of having the right expertise and leadership approach in place.

So why wouldn't we be notified of the people leaving or changes in leadership if we work in PHCO? Also I don't have a town hall marked in my calendar for the 29th either..is this corporate or specific PHCO departments?

These questions are making him a little jittery. Bless it.