#management

https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/business/ousted-verizon-boss-could-still-pocket-most-of-20m-salary-as-company-cuts-15000-jobs-report/

If we get a RIF notice on Thursday, during our remaining days with Vz, will mgt give us time to focus on job search, or instead have us continue BAU, close out projects and train our replacements?

Any insights as to what the future holds for R2B? Only a couple months into my tenure (Sr Mgr) and very concerned.

I left PepsiCo place because it felt like managers outnumbered the people actually doing the job. Meetings were packed with folks who barely contributed while a handful carried the load. It was all title collecting and empire building with no real value added. Watching layers pile up while workers got nothing in return was exhausting. I see very little has changed in the years since I left. I hope leadership eventually wakes up and fixes the mess.

in R this week. Tell mgmt how much you hate Viya. Meetup workshops for directors and VPs on how to write vague linkedin posts about wanting a new challenge. Everyone else can attend a session about applying for unemployment during the holidays.

Manager meeting tomorrow? Any one know for what ?

Just received a 1:1 with my manager tomorrow. It’s been an honor serving with y’all. You people are the ones who make this company tolerable. Not management.

I have heard that it was about the same as last year.
No faith in upper management, no clear direction etc….
Anyone see the results yet?

Do you think Billy is so out of touch that when he says things like ‘all in’, 'know your brief' and ‘lead from the front,’ he genuinely thinks we’re inspired and in awe of him… when really we’re just thinking ‘bellend'?

Same with old man JC and his 'cool' teeshirts. Cringe off the scale.

They're rich and won't give a sht what us minions think. It's like when an old person stinks, or has food on their face, you hope someone close to them tells them for their own sake.

Working at this bank feels like watching a reality show with no script. Ideas fly around, half of them make no sense, and somehow projects still move forward like it’s all totally normal. I just sit there wondering when someone will notice how crazy things actually are.

And in parallel Naga's fault we still have these id--ts around tanking the foundries

And you can tell. Not exactly the best setup heading into the holiday season. Some Belk stores look amazing, and I know that only happens because people behind the scenes are ki-ling themselves to keep things together. But there’s only so much you can pull off when you’re short-staffed and the manager seems more checked out than actually concerned about performance.

Many directors and senior managers are not really doing anything meaningful. The Cisco Jasper management is the worse in whole Cisco.

Chevron has appointed a new Vice President of Exploration, bringing proven success from outside the company. This is a welcome change, as the performance of most current exploration managers has been consistently poor. Teams such as ERT, Excellence Exploration, GOA, and New Ventures between others, have not delivered the technical or leadership standards required. To move forward, Chevron will likely need to replace most of its Chevron's managers—up to 80%—to ensure stronger results. With new leadership, better times for exploration are ahead.

I've been with Aetna for 7 years in Network; been given more territories to manage while no direct reports or any additional support to manage the inflow.. for example, I have 50 contracts to complete, yet receive 20 emails per day asking me to complete tasks that are emergencies.. I am months behind even if I wanted to catch up, I would work 24 hours a day 7 days a week with no hope.. every year gets worse.. I have essentially given up.. Is anyone else in this same boat? Upper management also is a joke.. those who su-k the best di-k get promoted regardless of their abilities.. It's laughable..

There are no management positions posted on the job board. This time the RIFs do not allow you to look for something internally. If you’re out, there’s no positions to look around for. The only positions posted as of Friday were in retail stores. I’ve never seen this before, it makes things final.

Here's an scheme to detox Amazon:

1) Eject Andy and his entire S-team.
2) Close 80% of offices. Go remote first (i.e. remote like the Cloud).
3) Remove 70% of managers, keep the top 30% based on team feedback/metrics.
4) Get rid of LPs. Stop saying that it's day 1 - Amazon has operated since July 5, 1994 - i.e. at least day 11000 (for those that can count).
5) Get rid of Forte, PIP, and URA targets.
6) Modify the hiring process so that most talented candidates are actually hired! Actually look at/study their background.
7) Reassign ICs to teams where they will grow and perform well.
8) Make comp way more competitive (i.e. Meta, NVIDIA, Netflix) and with actual refreshers.
9) Stop supporting Republicans tyrants!

If you are a full time H.R. and/or H.R. lead working mon-Fri. 7-3, 8-4, or 9-5. Your position is in danger of being eliminated by March 2026, just like the aforementioned post, a list is being compiled and that position is in great danger of being eliminated, and store managers will most like absorb those tasks.

Another Verizon setback is on the horizon. Cuts are being made without collaboration with leadership that is directly involved in the work. Not the slightest idea of who does what and their job function. Dan starts his vision by taking 10 steps back, and it will take many years to get back to where we are at the moment. While AI is the future, it often produces inaccurate results and information that is not even relevant to the data sets it has been instructed to review, summarize, and recommend. Can't wait to witness the lawsuits and chaos it produces.Well deserved to the leadership that is blind to the way systems and technologies are currently working!

A 15-hour (!) outage wiping out $1.1B, because spreadsheet pushers and senior management became dominated by folks that knew almost nothing about how AWS worked. Classy! Keep those layoffs coming!

Anyone else think that this week’s productivity will reach an all time low? Is there any hope of it improving the following week? The only chance management has of rallying the workforce is to significantly cut the bloated layers of management. Leaving the old CEO on the board for another year sent a loud and clear message regarding Verizon’s non-commitment to change. That was a very stupid move! Telling the entire workforce that they would find out in just three weeks if they still have a job is just off the charts D-MB! If Verizon cuts front line employees without cutting significant management you might as well lock the doors and sell off the assets.

So once their done destroying the management already heard rumors that the unions already cut a deal with the company to settle the contract .They already came up with a plan to sell it to the membership as if it was the best they could Do .It will be just more of the same .Anyone thinking that their going to get all kind of concessions from company is nutz.Company nor the union want a strike

Is hr or the boss giving us info on Munday

Shameful waste of marketing $ over past 5 years. Using almost anybody from SNL. We lose Hans but gain Franz. Really??? SNL full circle

Why do we have a US leadership and Indian leadership in IT.
Possibility to trim the fat..

There's entire chains that remain on the foundry side absolutely disconnected from any actual engineering or manufacturing beyond the occasional random h1bs or DEI hires reaching out with obscure nonsensical requests. It's clear that these people don't know what's going on, often can't speak English , and contribute nothing to the foundries, and yet it's these tumors that remain while oblivious Middle management cuts the people actually doing things for the floor...

If our manager was cut, does that put us at a higher risk of being laid off? I see people mentioning this but I have no idea what is true anymore.

Was anyone above the individual contributor level affected? Manager / director / ED?

https://nypost.com/2025/11/14/business/ousted-verizon-boss-could-still-pocket-most-of-20m-salary-as-company-cuts-15000-jobs-report/

By being special advisor for a year, Hans will still get his $20m bonus

From everything I’m hearing I’m retail there will be a massive shift incoming. Here is everything I’ve heard so far:

1.Operations and potentially VBG will take massive cuts and be rolled into existing retail framework. With ops/SMB leadership taking on way more stores each.

1. Store closures which cause re-org/re-districting - Re-districting will cause Sr. Directors will get assigned more stores per territory and there will be a 15-25% cut to Sr. Directors.

2. Once the re-org takes places Directors will take a massive cut. Directors will go from 6-8 stores each to 12-18 stores each, which will cause a 50-75% reduction in Directors. (Directors I know that left within the last 45 days were not backfilled and some of our directors are running 12-15 stores since last month. Then at the beginning of this month we’re told not to expect a backfill)

3. This is just the first wave. During Q1 there will be additional store closures to remove repetitive locations, mall locations, and unprofitable locations. Also during Q1 layoffs stores will be asked to go to 1 Assitant Manager with keyholders shouldering more responsibility (following the T-mobile model here).

This is just what I’ve heard in the position that I am in and wanted to share what I know.

That once we shed 15k people, things will suddenly turn around, we'll become more profitable, the stock's going to skyrocket, and all that jazz? Because we've had layoffs before, and all they ever did was leave the people who stayed with even more work. That's it. Oh, and the people at the top got fat bonuses. Which explains a lot.

The past few years at Clover have exposed the full extent of failure in engineering and product leadership. Decisions are reckless, priorities constantly flip, and nothing ever gets executed properly. Every new “initiative” collapses into chaos because the people in charge can’t think ahead, can’t follow through, and seem completely out of touch with reality. Teams are left to pick up the pieces while leadership pretends everything is fine.

The lack of accountability is absurd, the same mistakes keep repeating, yet nothing changes. If real progress is ever going to happen, serious action needs to be taken at the top. Clover leadership needs a hard reset, and the company can’t afford to keep operating with this level of repeated mismanagement

Who thinks assistant managers are on the chopping block?

And the company has gotten rid of this exorbitant percentage of management employees? Who's working strike duty and who's running the freaking company?

This 15000 is only the 1st round of layoffs mostly lower management.The next round in new year will be upper management levels .Its real and happening if you survive this round done get complacent.You need to start preparing getting situated financially mentally and looking for potential jobs.This does not end well for a huge majority of management levels especially once the frontier merger finalizes

So serious question.As an associate I never understood the hate management had for especially union folks.When these huge layoffs continue to happen year after year wouldn’t some of the management employees understand why we need a voice.I mean honestly this is all about moving out the old and moving in the new paypal CEO own buddies to high level positions .I mean just can’t even understand the complete dedication some of the management has to being completely terrible to associates.All for what a company that has sunk itself wasted more money then most and really could careless about you kicking you to the curb during Holidays.If I was a management person I would not give to damns about anything other then getting a check till they gave me the boot like they plan to do to so Many!!Ra Ra V Teamers or soon to be ex V Teamers

Lack of motivation: Peter states that there is no motivation to work harder because he "don't see another dime" if the company produces more units.

Meaningless work: The film criticizes a workplace where employees are unfulfilled and their work seems meaningless.

Corporate frustration: Peter's frustration is a direct result of a top-down structure with incompetent bosses and a system that punishes mistakes without offering rewards for success.

"I just don't care": This famous line is the core of his argument, explaining that his inaction isn't due to laziness but a complete disconnect from his job's purpose and his company's goals.

Intel PEs and Senior PEs are worthless commanding $400K+ compensation but delivering grade 8 work. Most need to go.

If you are a sales team / MTM/manager and the store manager is asking you to work on your day off but THEY STILL get two days off and are leaving by 4 or 5, file an internal grievance with corporate HR and document everything in detail and in writing with dates. this type of conduct has to stop, belk needs to be aware of these good for nothing store managers.