#morale

A crummier company led by cynical, gaslighting people who worry more about "shareholder value" (and value of their stock holdings) than the financial and mental well-being of their employees.

Well, it’s official. We are mandating the use of MS Copilot, at least in my department. This at a time when operating costs remain at a deficit, morale is low, rumors abound, people are losing livelihoods, and revenue is circling the drain. As one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies, I am at a loss as to why we are being forced to adapt to an artificial source of truth (with no guardrails) all to improve efficiency. Is this push in alignment with VSP and other forms of reductions in force to “save money?” What’s next, a return to office mandate to weed even more people out (like those who cannot afford higher transportation or dependent care costs)? I thought CF cared about the communities it serves. Is it blind to the impact of AI on power grids, water resources, and infrastructure? Regardless of the answer, if I want to keep my job, I guess I’ll have to fall in line.

I was certain that once most of the things were wrapped up, I'd be able to enjoy my weekends again. Yet here I am, still unable to let go and relax. I guess we've been under pressure for so long that some of us have forgotten what it's like not to have to worry, at least for a few months.

Curious, does anyone else feel like there’s a “Club” for Directors and above and then there’s everyone else. Our Sr Leadership is so completely out of touch with the reality of this company and have no clue what the groups they “lead” actually do, Managers just don’t care anymore to the point that they’re absolutely useless, and then there’s those trying to get the work done in completely broken systems. Is it the state of the current workforce and corporates, or is it just Enbridge that is COMPLETELY F’ING BROKEN!?!

For several years I have exceeded all on every metric DW didn’t ’k Ow my name’ and didn’t approve a promotion. Which, wtf? I was working, not schmoozing. Now I hear HR is not only not approving, but not responding to managers on promotions which were submitted months ago. I understand this company wants to keep all costs down, but is there really some moratorium on growth? Or is it only those under CAPS? I don’t want to leave, but….

The C-suite/upper management obviously hasn't cared about their employees for many years. One would think they should care, at least a little bit, about work actually getting done so their departments can be profitable.

Nope, those parasites only care about their own image, personal petty grievances, and control over their employees. They are more than happy to fire the best people rather than own up to the problems they created. I guess in their cynical minds it's better to quell any resistance and come out on top, even if just for one quarter before their pathetic decisions catch up to them.

There's no point in loyalty to this company. They don't plan on returning it. Work your shift, have your coworkers back, and don't give Canon a moment extra of your time or effort.

The company has consistently performed at a low 3-star rating over the past decade, and now your main focus will be retention!-) GTFOH

Remote employee, I was called into another meeting and presented with “great news” that where I once was going to be let go at the end of the 3rd quarter 2026, I am now in the next wave which will be Q1 2027

This is probably the forth or the fifth time over 5-6 years I had been told to prepare for displacement only have it explained, that I am being rewarded in some way because my job has been preserved for another few months.

I was long overdue for a promotion which they have now flat out told me will not happen because I am going to be displaced. So I am doing the same job function if not more work than people titled more senior than me and being paid less.

I feel like a contractor, trapped and just wished they would let me go instead of thinking that kicking the can down the road every six months should somehow make me feel inspired.

What is the longest amount of time you have gone with no raise?

This place is a f'n joke! Surplusing employees while vendors (his vendor) are adding complete unnecessary teams (and they are boasting about having him in their pocket and the promises he has made to them). This vendor rep was boasting about it this week right in the center of 7th floor. Many of us heard it! Our CIO is pushing his agenda while long term good employees getting sc--wed. When does it stop? Mark my word- we will all be gone soon. I have over two decades with T and I have never seen anything like this mess. It is not strategic, it is self motivated by our "leader".

Biggest bunch of Muppets I have ever dealth with

Destroyed morale, productivity down all cus they can't just execute a fricking plan regarding layoffs

Worse company EVER

A bunch of buddies who were politically selected walking around campus pretending they own the company in Belgrade and laughing and walking around all day protecting each other and posting pictures on LinkedIn where each sends a like to one another within 5 minutes. Typical drzavna frima behavior, where the general manager has yet to speak with his employees on the floor .. and not to mention the HR Director that has no clue what she is doing, because basically she is doing what she is told lol, but as everyone can see they cant raise food allowance for employees for 10 dollars in 10 years, but what they can do is post pictures how they are going out to diner with very important people ...

Is this the most miserable company - and it’s not because of new people

probably even worse ... people are leaving

After reading so many posts about toxicity, internal politics, work culture, terminating good employees and demotivation. I am curious as to what is the leadership mindset? Have the good leader beed fired too?

These Town Hall meetings should be shown to people with insomnia so they can get some sleep. Brutal.

Are people freaking out or has the excuse making and delusion started? I feel bad for the poor souls who are still there...

When the Storm Hits, Stand Tall

I know there is anger. I know there is confusion. I know there are people walking into this week carrying disappointment, fear, and a whole lot of unanswered questions.

Layoffs hurt. Watching positions disappear and seeing people you respect suddenly face uncertainty is hard. And honestly, it is hard not to want to lash out.

But as we walk through this storm, remember something: you are bigger than this moment.

Take the knowledge you gained. Take the experience. Take every challenge you overcame and every lesson you learned, and use it to build what comes next.

It is okay to be angry. It is okay to be hurt. Acknowledge those feelings, but don’t let bitterness become the thing that carries you forward.

Because bitterness doesn’t hurt the company. It doesn’t change the decisions that were made. It only weighs down you.

So show the world what you are made of.

Be the leader. Be the supervisor. Be the mentor. Be the coworker who reaches back and helps someone else stand up. Be the strength that so many of us have already seen in you.

Hold onto something during this difficult time. Your experience. Your character. Your family. Your faith. Your dreams. Your next opportunity. Whatever gives you a reason to keep moving forward.

And remember: sometimes a company’s loss becomes the beginning of your greatest opportunity.

They may have made a decision about a position, but they do not get to decide your worth, your future, or what you are capable of becoming.

We are stronger than the anger.
We are stronger than the disappointment.
We are stronger than this storm.

Let them have the corporate game. We’ll take the lessons, keep our integrity, and build something better.

Hold your head high. Keep moving forward. And when you come out on the other side of this, make sure you recognize the person who refused to let a difficult chapter define the rest of the story. ❤️

Fear tactics, low morale, revolving door, broken trust... All of which BNY leadership has hit, and then some. We need a completely new leadership if things are ever going to improve.

Every day we have to deal with gaslighting, intimidation, and bullying. It's not occasional. It's every single day. No wonder morale is in the gutter.

I'm the only one on my team who isn't terrified of losing their job. Everyone else is a robot, keeping their head down, acting submissive, silent, and never pushing back. It's depressing to see.

What happened?

They care about their own paychecks. And they're very good at it.

So nice to see that our intrepid CEO took time away from his busy travel schedule to appear on the field at Yankee stadium. Always love getting these updates on our jet-setting, pl----y, CEO who does no actual work aside from finalizing decisions on how to pay us all as little as possible.

When I first joined, there was a real sense that people cared about the work and about each other. That's mostly disappeared now. Years of changes have completely stripped away whatever it was that made the place special, and we're now at the point where loyalty and experience don't count for much. It's depressing watching a company lose the culture that made people want to stay.

Poor decisions, no talent, no accountability, pretty much every day is a disaster. Layoffs are just the end result.

fun times!

I work as a nobody sitting on the SLT floor everyday. They don’t even like using your bathrooms and call people that don’t work on the SLT floor “the people down there”. Do you think they care about anything you write here? They are too busy group texting each other d-mb selfies from sports game suites.

Rumour has it that a core lead in the India Data org is resigning. Morale is at an all-time low under the current Sr. Director, and long-standing team members are already looking for the exits. The domino effect is about to start.

This place, it's stress, having been on so many teams, underpaid for years & realizing my loyalty means nothing, my never make mistakes in the work means nothing. I'm a 43yo man literally at his desk in tears because I can't make ends meet.

I got a notice about student loan repayments - mine will go from previously $50/mo to $850/mo after the SAVE fiasco. I will no longer have money for food, if I pay all my other bills & rent. Forget ever buying a home, just at the cusp of being really able to save in life, now this. This place has fu---d me over financially for YEARS & I've been unable to get out from under it.

No kids, never arrested, no points on my license, excellent credit, did all the right things in life, no illicit substance use, almost never drink, only for this company to underpay, overwork, & sc--w me simply because our Indian CEO can and will ship my job abroad for a third of the cost. This arbitrage isn't what I signed-up for, I signed-up for a fair progressive career.

So here I am, crying at my desk at Hopkins, can't take a sick day because Qasim is a sociopath & I'm on 'a list' of people who use ssl (what the actual fu-k, it's disgusting). Come find me, maybe help push me off the 3rd floor parking deck later, I'm not that heavy.

You read that right. This place is the root of all of my life problems. I'm a loser & deserve what's coming.

This post on Reddit has a comment that someone’s husband was offered 100k counteroffer retention bonus when he tried to resign. Base pay 600k.
https://www.reddit.com/r/unitedhealthgroup/s/PfEIguU2fk

So the company that is laying people off throughout the year and gives pennies for raises to most of its employees will give a 100k retention bonus to what is probably a lower level exec who tries to resign (assuming lower level because the higher up execs make 7-10 figures.)

Message for UHG/UHC/Optum…. Your executives are not the face of the company, the people whose jobs bring them into direct daily interactions with your members are the face of the company. Minuscule raises that can’t even keep up with inflation, elimination of bonuses, rising caseloads all lower morale. You can’t improve your public image when the face of your company has low morale. No amount of company culture pep talk will fix this because your own employees don’t feel valued.

Overworked teams, siloed decision making, two inept VPs. When will things change? These changes post re-org have made everyone feel miserable and the work has suffered.

The company has me in a state of mind where being laid off seems preferable to staying here. Just imagine how bad things are if somebody who's been here for over a decade is thinking that way.

That's our sad reality.

How demoralizing is it that we have gone from no active sho-ter training to training in how to respond to now training on also how to identify potential active sho-ters. Not a good sign. Demoralizing to see the screens all around campus encouraging everyone to identify potential active sho-ters. What is this place coming to!

You Chevron haters are just deadweight. You’re pretending to work while hating our company and contributing to cr-ppy morale. Why don’t you just leave? If you’re so unhappy here… Just leave? We don’t need your Dunning–Kruger effect, grandiosity and inflated sense of your contributions and importance. This victim mentality is a tired and boring look. Don’t let the door hit you in the butt. #Bye-bye.

Will re-join the sandpaper lab this fall (worked there 8 years ago). seen lots changed in 8 years. All managers, from VP to supervisors, are new faces from CRPL, and all senor technical folks are new faces. Talked with some folks in the lab and they are not much friendly. Met few old friends who are still working there but seems not very happy either. not sure it is a right move.

The remote and wfh accommodated employees are not having to deal with any of this BS. Isn’t that discriminatory to able bodied employees? They are making more money ,too, not having to commute, etc. I mean no wonder morale is so low! People in office are tired of the whole thing. We are not all playing on even turf. People that do the exact same job are required to be at 60% or more while the majority are at home raking in the savings! Boooooooooo! US Bank has some issues that need to be addressed asap!

I find it so disturbing that there is NO communication going on about who has been let go, what the more global impact is going to be. The layoffs WILL affect every team at Centene in one way or another. My team had several take VSP but no lay offs (this time or so far)....they haven't even publicly said who on our team would be leaving by VSP. Absolutely zero communication from manager and above on any impact. I mean, we all know things will change across the board for folks still here....yet it feels so hush hush....meanwhile the VSP folks sit and wait until late next year to actually leave......assuming Centene is still around to pay folks out by then I guess......But lets keep preaching about that transparency......

At what point do we employees just stop playing along with this ridiculous RTO policy?

Seriously, what happens if we collectively decide that enough is enough and stop treating 5x RTO like it’s some sacred commandment?

They can’t fire everybody. And if they tried, they’d have an even bigger problem on their hands - like a massive talent and productivity disaster worse than we are already seeing.

The irony of this whole thing is “leadership” has created a policy so unpopular that the only thing keeping it functioning may be the assumption that everyone has to comply individually.

Maybe it’s time to start asking what happens when employees realize they have leverage too.

Five-day RTO isn’t inevitable. It’s a BS policy no others in the industry follow. A policy we didn’t even follow ourselves for decades before Covid, and policies can be changed. Maybe that’s what it takes.