#meeting

Newfoundland boy invites you all 5PM eastern

Did other locations get meetings invites for relo?

Anyone got the scoop on what they’re going to say about San Ramon?

I saw this recently.
27 people.
All day meeting ("workshop").
To discuss changing a well design on the sequence in 2027.

I have a meeting with HR tomorrow and I don't know why. All my stats are good, meets+ for sure.

Any advice?

That is all. Whether you make 56k or 250K. You’re still the working class at T . Gentle reminder to protect yourself, get affairs in order. Just be proactive.

What is happenin?

Anything note worthy?

I believe the title says it all. Another week of sc--w-ups followed by upper management and executives acting like school yard bullies in meetings.

But if you get caught not managing resources and tasks correctly, it's just natural to be on the defensive, tell half-truths or complete lies to cover your butt. Or divert attention away and towards another person, etc.

one thing i used to enjoy in corporate sales was the little game of keeping managers away from customers.

it was never about being mean, it was about survival. a manager in a meeting could turn a smooth sales call into chaos. they would talk too much, go off topic, or stumble on details that mattered to the client. i knew that keeping them out of the room protected the deal, and honestly, it protected me too.

every month during one-on-one check-ins, the question would come up: why am i not joining your customer appointments? i would put on a serious look, pull up my calendar like i was searching, and act thoughtful. after a pause, i’d say something like, i might have something next week where your help could be useful.

of course, i never followed up. no invites ever went out. by the time the next month rolled around, the same conversation would repeat, and the cycle kept going.

that small trick kept my meetings cleaner, my customers happier, and my sales life a whole lot easier.

Why do we need several meetings to decide something that should take five minutes? It looks suspiciously like people just drag stuff out to make themselves look busy. Meanwhile, I’m doing real work and stressing about layoffs, and they get praised for this nonsense.

Anyone able to post questions successfully?

Word on the street is managers are not supposed to be away or scheduling meetings on November 7th. Is this the day the hammer falls (layoffs)?

Soooo was everyone weirded out that ADC and PSC had combined meeting? Merge happening in future?

Forget management making you want to quit. The id--ts who laugh and cackle at every thing someone on a team’s calls says makes me want to leave.

How did everyone enjoy that meeting today?! 😳

You’ve got Bd Members age 89, 86, 79,79, 72, 68 and so on. In the past, there were board members over 90 and 100 yrs old. Plus, no term limits. When is the next bd meeting ? Any word on Boca people and property sale ? Outsourcing to India or other countries ? What is the latest on projected layoffs ?

I have a haunting suspicion this week we will get another RIF in TMG. Our all-hands meeting was delayed an entire month with no explanation. Morale is very low at our fab and everyone seems a bit rattled, even mgmt.

To all folks who have been laid off or know someone who was laid off by Cigna, what were the signs?

I’m talking about everything you noticed from management disengagement, anything “off” or not that lead to that last minute meeting

This could be helpful to reduce shock value to a lot of us who will probably get that WebEx meeting sometime in the future.

Hey, can someone tell me what went on in VH's office hours today? I'm hearing some legendary sh-t!

When is he in ? What are going to be first decisions ? I heard there’s a big senior meeting mid September. He may attend.

Rumor is there were offsite meetings yesterday and today between ULT and HR! Is something huge coming?!!

My manager has a team meeting scheduled tomorrow for all of us.

It's going to be like that scene in Animal House with Kevin Bacon.

Utter chaos and our manager will be screaming "stay calm all is well!" F it I'm taking Monday off.

Anything going on next week? Important get together in CT?

Official meeting held today with EBCE and ITV. Consolidating into one testing function within risk. There will be major impacts and a lot to work to make the transition through Q1.

Just walked out of a meeting with my manager. Huge layoff coming tomorrow. Will hit Layer 3 TV hard.

There is a people leader meeting on 9/5 at noon. Any leaders care to share after the call?

Seeing impacts on my team but no meeting set yet. The anxiety continues for another day I guess.

I swear, more and more hours are being eaten up by endless check-ins with no real purpose. Work slows down while we have to listen to pointless updates and calls. Everyone is rightfully frustrated over this - outside of those who have nothing else to do as it is. Letting the rest of us focus without constant interruptions would make a huge difference.

So what's going on at the holiday meeting? Any word?

Did any one got surprise 1-1 meeting invites for Monday, Tuesday or anytime this week ?

I got summed to my managers office yesterday, no warning nothing , HR walks in sits down and here we go again., 3 months notice from today after 8 years of service, the worst package that they could possibly offer , total joke of a company, Potentially 15% going next 6 months they said with more next year. Get out while you can.

Round table w director after Q4 business update. Few months in advance so what could this mean?

Why are all managers currently on an on-site meeting this week?? Aug 11 through Aug 14??? Its convenient considering we just got the RRP email and no one to answer questions... what is happening??