#morale

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.

The thought that those PL/ managers/ directors whatever title that had to complete notifications. I can hear their boss praising them with a GOOD JOB!! Makes me cringe!

The vast majority of people who remain here are just waiting for MR75 or to see what happens with leadership.

There are a lot of employees hoping that when Stankey is gone and a new CEO comes in, one of the first things they do is take a hard look at this completely overextended RTO policy.

Because if the new leadership comes in and decides to keep five-day RTO, I don’t think we’ve seen anything yet.

There are a lot of people who are tolerating this right now because they’re hoping the policy changes. Take that hope away, and you’re going to see a lot of people make their exit at the same time.

And that’s when we’ll find out just how much talent this policy has actually pushed toward the door.

AT&T can change course or keep doubling down. But I genuinely believe the consequences of this decision will become impossible to ignore by 2028.

This company may sink or swim based on what happens with RTO. You ain’t seen nothing yet!

Has anyone heard anything about possible job-title changes within Payment Integrity? I’ve heard there may be an effort to consolidate or standardize multiple roles under fewer job titles, which could potentially result in compensation adjustments, some employees may receive increases, while others could see reductions.
There also appear to be employees who accepted the VSP but are now choosing to leave before their assigned separation dates, even though leaving early may mean giving up their VSP payout. That raises additional concerns about morale and what may be happening behind the scenes.
Has anyone received more concrete information about the title changes, which positions may be affected, the anticipated timeline, or how current employees pay would be handled?

I really hope everyone is able to leave this toxic af company. Can you imagine working somewhere where earnings calls are a place to celebrate the value the company has delivered? Every earnings call here, the more numb I’ve become to wondering when the next LR will hit.

and she is firing people again. Is not insane!
IT IS DIABOLICAL!!!! IS A DEMON!

It's been a pleasure working with you all I had some great times and consider myself an overachiever but these last few months have drained all my energy. I wish everyone the best, specially those that stay behind. Over and out.

Honest question. I see so much dissatisfaction here. Im one of the dissatisfied too. I know execs come here to read what we really have to say. Maybe we can take a sec to anonymously tell them what would help and see if they actually care to listen and do something. So what would improve your experience at FIS?

What's the point of giving anything beyond the minimum?

It's losing its reason. It used to be a way of life, then a career, then a job. Now it's just an insecure paycheck. The current management seems focused on running it into the ground, and nobody's fighting to save it. Watching a once-great company circle the drain is brutal.

Fear doesn't motivate. It just empties the building of the people you actually need.

Isn't it magical to work at a place where we only have one day to worry about every two weeks? Like, how lucky are we? /sarcasm

I hate this place.

I get the anger, I've certainly felt it myself, but I don't understand people who want to see Dell crash and burn. What good would that actually do? It would saturate the job market, leave thousands upon thousands of families scrambling, and solve nothing. I want things to improve, not explode. I'm not sure what hoping for destruction is going to achieve for any of us.

I'm strangely indifferent to it. I guess I've given all the fu--s I could give up until now, so now I'm in a "whatever will be, will be" frame of mind.

And it never gets easier. I'm now almost hopeful about getting laid off just to put a stop to it. Almost.

Mission Simplify: layoffs, outsourcing, and offshore hiring (through Alorica and JobHai). Employees ask: who's really benefiting?

Mission Simplify cuts jobs while offshore hiring grows. Employee trust and morale continue to erode.

As U.S. jobs disappear and offshore roles expand, many see Mission Simplify as anything but simple.

$365M in severance. Offshore hiring expands. Employees question the direction of Mission Simplify.

The bridge between leadership and employees weakens when layoffs and offshore expansion occur together.

Mission Simplify: American jobs out, offshore jobs in. Workers and members are taking notice.

Someone in India is more valuable than you right now.
Londons Bridges Falling Down!

It's started here, sad to share, we've received an email today, whole my team. I thought my role in sales is secure, but it been told by HR that this time is most of pre-sales and 30-40% sales will be ripped.
15 years and always overachievement means nothing. even president club award 6 years ago.

So my boss left last Friday, and not gonna lie, I think a lot of people are wondering what happens to the team now. He was basically the person driving most of the strategy and a lot of the ideas, and he was always pushing us to question the process or just find a way around it if it was getting in the way. Which honestly was sometimes really helpful, but I also think it rubbed a lot of people the wrong way and he probably burned a decent number of bridges. I’m still pretty early in my career, but it’s hard not to look at all of this and feel like the bigger issue is that there just isn’t a super clear strategy from the org. I’ve heard way more people frustrated about the lack of collaboration and alignment than I would expect, and now that the person who was basically setting the direction is gone, I think everyone is kind of sitting here wondering who’s actually going to drive things now. Feels like the writing is kind of on the wall....

Any you talk is just depressed & no way out.

I was told the ISP is done for my department so I'm safe. But makes me wonder for how long. I just started at Centene in April after being laid off from another company. I'm so burnt out. I'm acting happy and taking on extra work but my morale is gone. I don't know how much I can handle the lack of ceos caring about their employees.

Will MW be man enough to discuss the dysfunction and terrible morale he's caused at Chevron?

How’s morale California employees… SMH

Way to run a company !

I’m a former Jones associate who was laid off through a VSP. I was at West County Mall Saturday with a friend who also used to work for Jones, but left long before the current nonsense. After we parted ways, she stopped at Michael’s and ran into Penny, then shared it in our group chat.

My first thought? Damn, I wish I’d gone with her. I would’ve loved the opportunity to introduce myself as one of the many associates she helped send packing over the past few years. 😂 Especially since she seems to have perfected the art of disappearing into her “secret garden” on the 10th floor of the West Tower and rarely showing her face around campus.

Missed opportunity, I suppose. 😂

so no money for hours or repairs, equipment for belk stores? but sure do have enough to buy 2 more company's? are you serious. clearly the pi-s poor belk owners don't care about belk and are running it into the ground.. sad. yall have fun . I'm out! good luck!