#management

Management is pushing for all metrics in various reports to look pristine. One project had a tasks at 100%, which was questioned as the project is most likely, with accurate reporting, in a red status. Response was that the initial jobs or tasks were ran. When it was pointed out that many of those items were incomplete still, the response was well we listed that on another sheet. Got it. Hiding the real results so the reports look good. Never mind that the overall project will fail.
Told today to close out a project that was marked as on hold. Asked why and how to track. Oh just note it yourself, maybe with a stick on note. Seriously was told that. Just wanted it gone so report looked nice. It would be karma if I am gone when this is resurrected, because that note will be gone as well as the project plan.
This place is a joke.

Although survey results have not been published, leaders are already touting it as a huge success solely based on the number of teammates that responded, which is up from years past. As has been mentioned before, it does not matter how bad the actual responses are, if they get high participation, executive management sees it as a win; they see it as teammates caring, engaged, and believing executive management listens (and will do something about issues).

I've been in a couple meetings late last week and management Sr director, ADs, SMs all mentioning the site as if our fear isn't valid. Basically they all were saying everything here is fake and no one really knows. Just strange that higher-ups mentioned the site by name and wanted to discredit everything on here. Who's know what is true on this site but for leadership to acknowledge it shows even they know some layoffs are coming.

I have noticed during my time here that HQ has a really high tolerance for poor performers. We definitely have a few in my area that just skate by and hardly put in any effort. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they all survive Tuesday. Management protects them so much. Is this toxic cultural trait common on a lot of teams?

my manager are delusionally promoting and spending a project which has no value or use. millions have been spent and there is no use case or demand for it. when i try challenging, they start commenting on my capability and character. when anything fails, which it is bound to in many steps, they say its your fault. can someone please advise how to deal with such a psycho in EM speak? i do want to keep my job, but it ki-ls me inside to hage such a stupid egotistic manager. and fee others around them who just keep promoting an obviously failing, money down the drain project.

Nov 21st - Has anyone heard about some leaders told to keep Nov 21 open for something. I am not sure what...nothing good or just a management meeting? I saw a post here a while back that mentioned it but wondering if there is an update with more information.

As a shopper of Target, it feels like the real issue is the quality of experience in your stores. Not sure how this gutting/reorg at HQ will solve any of the true problems that exist. The reality is the cleanliness, organization, employee availability/guest interaction, and in stocks have all fallen off the cliff. These are retail fundamentals that have nothing to do with speed in making decisions at HQ. Just last night there had to be 4 to 5 key grocery items not in stock. This is driving me to go to other retailers which are starting to become my #1 shopping location due to them have products in stock. Hopefully your senior leaders do actually monitor this to get the message. They don't listen to normal feedback channels.

Anyone know if officers were able to review and adjust who is impacted? I would assume that’s the lowest level that could have provided guidance. It’s hard to imagine cuts being done without some level of direct knowledge.

So the new tech leader has been here over 18 months and still no strategy. Counting keystrokes and butts in seats? Those are tactics you use when you don’t have ideas. Come up with some d-mb stat like “our average productivity score went from 6.7 to 8.3!” Yeah, sure. “We shortened some arbitrary date by three weeks!” If all else fails, talk up AI from the videos you watch. Meanwhile the actual things that need to be done are just kind of floating. I get it that it’s hard to admit when you aren’t up to the job but come on. Just take the golden parachute. Why is it so hard to get a good tech leader at WF?!?

Finance already runs super lean and has many lower level analyst spots open. Will it be spread even thinner in the lower positions? Will Sr Managers be mostly affected? I would assume that it isn’t the first to be cut..

Stock at the lowest levels at management continues to abuse employees with rampant racism in abundance

The sh-t people left at intel is staggering, senior manager screaming at others in a meeting today while his direct reports present. This place is a horror show, InfoSec in for an awakening with the HR complaints.

Why they give me only 2 weeks?

I put on my resume that I’m management material. How long before I apply for greatnes?

I heard the office was a hoe down show down ya feel. When we going back?

I have no insider knowledge, this is just my theory for what could happen on Tuesday:

F&B reports up separately from other pyramids for pretty much every function (Merch/Planning, IM, Store Ops, etc.). Eliminating that separate reporting structure could remove some duplication of work and a lot of middle managers. For example, Food Supply Chain would be absorbed into what’s left of GSCL.

Thoughts?

So know the Freight Flow Managers starting pay is 27 dollars and hour 🙄 😑

https://journalrecord.com/1997/07/17/walter-leaves-att-after-fallout-with-allen/

Has anyone managed to work out what Ramnaths latest email on his new initiative, GrowthX, is all about?
I can’t quite work through his management-speak word salad well enough to truly understand what this program is aiming to do.
I’m genuinely interested and will suspend my usual cynicism until I can understand the email.
Confused.

I haven’t had my mid year check in, though I just noticed in my Managers diary his other direct report has his booked in. I‘m guessing this isn’t a good sign for me and I‘m going to be affected by the layoffs.

Blake has ruined the company. Sure. Stock price is up but so is everything. 2 years ago, there where 9000 NEW people and all the GOOD leaders had left. BECKHOFF and Siemens are delivering way more new products. Blake keeps overpaying for underperforming assets. The board is worthless.

This zero-innovation management team would be gone yesterday, and employees at all levels (management are also employees) who think spending 8 hours a day being in an office building translates to 8 hours a day of productivity would be culled in favor of those who understand 80% of your results come from 20% of your effort.

Effective employees avoid the other 80% of effort because it's almost always useless. AI could hold an earnings call and draft a better earnings email than any of the current management team. It would certainly sound more professional than WF's Chief uhm-ahh Officer.

It is very easy to see the UM Centralization Leadership is realizing they have messed up! Easy to see they are reading these post! Take
Some responsibility and admit this is a mess!!!

They are looking at redundant groups. Watch Management!

We haven’t heard much from PG&A lately besides the new intranet “improvement”. Everyone I have met from that organization seems like they are 21 and have no idea what they’re doing. Have also heard how toxic and backstabbing the culture can be. Can someone help and tell me what they do all day besides gossip on campus all day?

Our teams work so hard even being short staffed. Last week we had a great visit from our regional! Then this week our market manager came in and ripped us! The club looks the same as last week! So if a sign is a little crooked, or a pallet not on the line, we fail. Is it like that everywhere?

Do we know how the selection was made? who made the call and how much our direct mgmt influenced the process?

And they’re doing this by allowing manager discretion with missed hours. Several folks on my team were pulled into a special session to reiterate the new rules last week. As we scanned the room, we quickly realized a common theme: we all have kids.

Meanwhile, coworkers who come in late due to doctor or dentist appointments or counseling or physical therapy are allowed to skirt the 8 hour rule. It’s clear that parents have been singled out as the low hanging fruit during this recent crackdown.

I’m finding it hard not to be resentful of those around me who aren’t being held to the same standard, and I’m beginning to think that’s Just how WF wants it.

I'm almost at the point where I hope layoffs happen, just so I can move on from the constant thinking and stressing over it. It's inhumane to say layoffs are coming and then just...what? Let us wait? Hope the stress is enough to get us to walk out on our own and save them some money? Is that what's happening here?

We start one project, abandon it halfway, and jump into the next shiny thing. Management can’t commit to a direction for more than a week. It’s a miracle anything gets done.

A bunch of people said a while ago they were no longer giving it their all and have started quiet quitting. I'm curios, how's that working out? How did your manager react, if at all? Have you been put on a PIP or is everything still functioning as usual? This is an honest question. I'd love to do the same thing, but I'm too scared of losing my job.

CVS Health plans to lay off 72 remote employees due to the loss of a contract, which will also effectively end CVS Health's Aetna Medicare Medicaid Program for Ohio residents.

CVS Health said in an Oct. 17 notice filed with state Department of Labor that the layoffs will affect remote employees who report to Aetna's headquarters at 151 Farmington Ave. in Hartford. Most of the effected employees live in Ohio, with one employee residing in Michigan and another in Kentucky.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/cvs-health-to-layoff-72-remote-employees-after-loss-of-ohio-contract/ar-AA1OQ2b9

Do you know how stupid it sounds to call your demoted manager a Lead in front of the customer?

We don’t have managers anymore when it comes to escalations and I wouldn’t be looping in a director because it would look even more stupid to the customer.

What are we supposed to do when the customer wants to speak to the manager? Did the leadership think about this at all???

Manager
Associate Director
Director
Sr Director
Executice director
Asst VP
VP
Executive VP
Sr VP
Chief officers

Meanwhile lean and mean operations in markets . Something that resembles a belly fat with skinny legs.

Why do so many of them lack common sense? What’s the criteria for promotion? Inability to form a full sentence or what?

It wasn't always like this, but recently, thanks to having mostly new people as managers, every one of them in my department seems to live in their own little bubble. You ask for direction and get five different answers, then somehow you’re the one at fault when things collide. It’s becoming laughable.

This is real talk!!!!

Ilumina keeps beating its head over with useless PLM and MRP tool upgrades that neither add value to the company or increase the speed to get products to market. The only group to benefit from these activities is the workforce in India that has substantially grown ever since Jacob has taken over. Consequence will be our competitors taking over our market share and making us irrelevant, an afterthought. These useless initiatives are being spearheaded by our clueless leadership and middle management that neither have the best interest of the shareholders or employees, only their determination to maximize their own paychecks. Management teams like those that fester at Illumian are the ticks that ruin a company's value and culture. If there was a way to replace Middle management with AI, sign Illumina as #1 customer.

The day before I left Target, leaders were discussing if they should “update” the slides for her (the company needs a real supply chain officer that understands basic supply chain concepts)
Nice should not be the primary qualification. Just like her, Rob has also only worked at Walmart, but he is the real deal.

Things are so bad that people who used to care now just do the bare minimum to get through the day. And management is somehow shocked that productivity is dropping. Who would have thought that a toxic work environment goes hand in hand with mentally exhausted employees who barely give a damn.

Chainwide..
My sales definitely are down.

Getting rid of many of our buyers without looking at what actually sold has made many of customers have to go online or just say forget it. As we should've had what they wanted. I saw sales at LVMH up here . Yes because they can get the product to you without the hassle . What a novel idea. Meanwhile Bloomingdales sales up 5 percent too. Unreal