#morale

Nothing better to do with your corporate time then waste a couple days a week/hours on going to a store? No work to do? Come to the stores and just get in the way and have no idea of things. It's beyond comical. Talk about a waste of time. Must be nice.

Some of you are frustrated and that’s fine. But if your posts are primarily aimed at tearing the company down, you’re not “telling the truth,” you’re creating noise. Noise doesn’t fix systems, it just drains energy from people who are trying to work. If there’s a real problem, bring it in a way that can be addressed:

• Name the issue clearly. (what happened, where, when; no broad rants).
• Describe the impact (who is affected and how).
• Offer a path forward (what you want changed, and what you’ve tried).
  And if you’ve concluded this place isn’t for you, that’s your decision. Make a plan to leave, silently, professionally, and on your timeline. What you shouldn’t do is stay and keep adding toxicity, then act surprised when morale drops and the workplace becomes worse for everyone.
  Be specific. Be responsible. Either help build the fix or exit the problem.
  This forum has recently been nothing but toxic negativity. Prior to coming to Centene I was very unhappy working for a company that was not a good fit and what did I do? I left. It took over a year of searching but I got out. Centene has been an amazing workplace for me. If you think this is the only company that has toxic employees or issues you are sadly mistaken. Look at all the other big healthcare company forums they all have problems. So do yourself a favor and be part of the solution. If you are unhappy and hate your boss I’m sorry this is happening but take control of your career. These corporations don’t care about your problems. They are paying you to work. So come in work and leave. You will be happier in the long run.

Anything expected for Oct/Nov?
In my C&S state over the past year, we have had elimination of bonuses, 1% raises despite performance scores, decrease of our 401k match frozen hiring including not backfilling staff who leave, and a few small layoff/reorg. Morale is low because the increase in workload is mathematically impossible, and no amount of mandatory participation in “culture week” will change that.
Will this continue??

Living like this is not healthy. If this continues, I might start hoping to be laid off to get a paid opportunity to find something where layoffs are not omnipresent.

I’m assuming people with the moral code of the ELT were probably pirates or slavers in those days.

This is not Ned's Fidelity. It's extra cut throat these days and most of the L3s and above don't even bother to feign like they give a sh!t about the majority of the associates, except a few of their special people and anyone else who's been deemed worthy by their peers. It really doesn't matter what you do to try and get a great rating, bonus, and stock. 90% of those "leaders" are only going to keep doling out the real $$$ to their friends, regardless of whatever you did this year. I don't blame the associates who have a bad attitude. I'm starting to really dislike the environment here, but even if you have great AI skills, it's a bloodbath out there. See Microsoft VBO 25%+ of their employees. Maybe it's time we unionize or protest like the kids in France. It's not going to end well as we shift into AI overdrive. Even for a backwards company like Fidelity.

People who are being laid off have their badges going inactive on Thursday but are employed until 12/31. So they essentially get to work at home while we have to go into the office 4 days. Nice way to reward your dedicated workers Comcast!

Making way less with the rise in insurance
Quotes are up
Commissions are down

It’s a great day to be a Verizon executive… but not a front line employee

Ace Ventura held us together, Dennis the Menace sold us

Seemed like it was getting a little better around here and now this tu-d just go flushed. Damn.

Not because I want people to be laid off, but because I was hoping it would all be done today. Now we get more stress and anxiety as we wait for the next round or three.

This is my last week in Verizon (Europe). In some ways I am sad, as I will miss my colleagues that I have worked with for the last 25+ years. In other ways, I am happy, as I will not miss what has happened to Verizon and what it has become, especially with amount of staff who have already been let go and those that will be following soon. Good luck to those who have managed to survive the latest cull.

When you say you don't expect the majority of savings figure to come from staff reductions - We know you still mean 49% vs 51%. - We aren't stupid.

Also, F u-k you!

You would not believe it. There's about 30% of people working their a$$ off.
The remainder either put mouse wigglers on so it looks like they are working 24 hours a day or are just mia.
There is z e r o accountability. No one ever gets in trouble because mgrs just turn a blind eye to it.
I know it's a bad place to work, but come on, have some considerations for your teammates.

A coworker gave PayPal long days, excellent reviews, and barely took time off, but she was still laid off. She's raising two kids on her own, so don't put work ahead of your family thinking it'll pay off someday.

And yet I don't know if I'll be let go this week because even when they say cuts are based on performance, we all know by now it's anything but true. It's sad that these days, being good at your job means basically nothing here.

At this point, I'll be honest, being laid off would be a relief. This is not the company I joined 14 years ago. I used to love my job, and now I'm miserable most of the time. I wish I could volunteer. Maybe that would help save the job of somebody who actually wants to be here.

This goes to show Ford can't do anything right.

I hear there might be layoffs this week, I become hopeful I'll be among the lucky ones to get a paid ticket out of this place. Long gone are the days when I was worried about layoffs. You know, the days when we were actually a good company nobody would want to leave. Now most of us can't wait to get out.

Finally got off the losing train. No hard feelings, but I'm not riding coach on the Titanic.

The announcement that there would be no more LTIP for anyone below the T6/Director level, delivered shortly after Roman’s retirement, was admirably clear: if you’re a worker bee, don’t bother dreaming about LTIP. That nectar is now reserved for the management hive only. Why? Well, let’s consult the sacred tablets of hard data.

Over the past 15 years or so, promotion velocity in management has been running at roughly 1.5 to 2 times the speed of the bench. You know, the people actually doing the messy little work of inventing the technology and shaping the product ideas ! Meanwhile, every Tom, Di-k, and Susan who somehow managed to ditch the bench ( mostly utter failures as technical folks) , then climb into management after hitting T4 or T4.5, can apparently fast-track their way to Director in 12 to 15 years with astonishing efficiency. A kind of corporate alchemy, really.

By contrast, if you remain in a nonleadership role ; 3M’s charming euphemism for “the people still making things happen”, then after 15 to 20 years, your reward may be a T5, if the stars align and the universe feels generous. And for the tiny fraction, perhaps 2 to 3 percent, there is the distant and glittering possibility of reaching T6 or above, where the LTIP finally appears like a mythical prize at the end of an especially uneven race.

Unless this issue, among several others, is addressed, morale will continue its slow and consistent descent. It would hardly be surprising if Q2, Q3 2027 brings a lively exodus from the T4.5 to T5 ranks. Perhaps a little alarming attrition will finally send a message to the highest levels..... much like during Covid, when a wave of technical talent left 3M and, quite sensibly, never came back. To its credit, 3M eventually did learn something from that episode and made promotions a bit easier from T3 to T4 and T4 to T4.5. A touching example of institutional memory, however briefly it may last.

@15y+1m5adfe2d said it perfectly.

We are calling it D Day B Day.

I hope that made some of you laugh and I’m sending positive energy and thoughts to all of those impacted or not.

(I have no idea who what or when this is all happening by the way)

I'm old and retired from CMCSA but was laid off from another large telecom company before joining CMCSA.

Hopefully the following will be helpful if you are laid off;

1. It's NOT your fault,
2. You WILL find another job,
3. The culture at that new job may be very different (like CMCSA was for me),
4. Take this as a lesson to save as MUCH as you can on the new job as there
   is NOTHING like being able to walk away on your own terms.

Corporate America can su-k but take advantage of them.

https://www.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/s/5xdW10ZiJ0

Is this true?

Executives have done a great job destroying employees in HC10 countries. Everyone has zero confidence in the management and worries constantly about losing their job to India and being unfairly PIPd before reaching retirement age.

It’s completely demoralizing seeing junior McKinsey types—who have never spent a day in the trenches—making high-stakes cuts. Honestly, having seen it firsthand, I wouldn't be shocked if their playbook is just: protect the fellow Wharton MBAs with cushy VP titles, and sacrifice the salt-of-the-earth talent with less fancy degrees.

Parks Canada is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 500 full-time positions due to a significant budget reduction. The agency confirmed this workforce adjustment will occur over the next three years. Nearly 3,000 employees have been notified that their jobs are at risk. A union representative expressed disappointment, highlighting the impact on staff morale and park services. These reductions are a direct consequence of a $145 million federal funding cut.

Edmonton

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/parks-canada-layoffs-jobs-9.7392697

The priorities keep changing, the managers are overwhelmed, and basic work is harder than it needs to be. A one percent raise doesn't make that worth putting up with.

How sad is it?

Does anyone actually run this company? And what do they do all day?

If their actions contradict what they say, you're being lied to. It's that simple!

They say they want to have the best network and delight customers. They say they are bursting at the seams with integrity and they're dedicated to treating employees fairly.

Do their actions support these lofty statements? In my experience they do not and it's not even close.

For anyone early in their career, I'd seriously consider other options before settling in here. A job should help you develop, not leave you feeling worn down and stuck. I've seen the enthusiasm people start with disappear over time. There are many, many other places where your ambition might be put to better use.

So far, I've seen and heard

What we know so far:
L&D,
HR,
TA,
Sales,
Data Analyst,
and Project Management.

were all hit on 10/21 and 10/22.

If you have confirmed information, post it in the comments. Include the team, the date, and your source. Label anything unconfirmed.

Leadership is claiming middle management and above.... It's a lie and don't believe it. We need to focus up and help each other through this. Help those who deserve the help with getting their resume together and prepare for the worst to come. I am wishing the best for most of you who are an integral part of this company, that lead with moral value, integrity, and technical in your respective backgrounds. There's hope for you still, this place does not define you. You define you, and I know that is all easier said than done, but we are all in this together.

Comcast failed us.

Now we try to help each other up through this mess they made and find our own solitude in the job market.

Watching LP and his cronies dance their way onto the stage, desperately trying to hype up the partners, was beyond cringe.
Sure, the partners were all smiles for the cameras, but you can bet the conversations around those tables told a very different story. Imagine celebrating on stage while those same partners are calling their Xerox contacts, only to discover the people they've worked with for years are being laid off at the exact same time.
The disconnect is staggering. The ultimate definition of tone-deaf leadership.
Go ahead, Xerox/Lexmark, put all your eggs in the partner basket. You'll soon discover that partners aren't nearly as loyal as the employees you've discarded. Partnerships are transactional. Loyalty is earned, and you're burning through decades of it.
You're doing a remarkable job of steering this ship straight toward the iceberg, all while dancing on the deck like everything is fine.
Years from now, this chapter of Xerox's history could very well be taught in business schools as a textbook example of how to destroy employee morale, misread the market, alienate your own people, and execute yet another failed corporate pivot.
The Titanic had an orchestra playing as it sank. Xerox apparently has LP dancing.

I was just talking with an old peer who was impacted at Discover. She has been there three years. They gave her 7 months severance. My cousin was recently impacted at USAA. He was there for less than 2 years and was given 6 months severance. They also got warn notices and paid on top of the severance for the warn period. Citi gave me 3 months plus the warn period.

Citi is absolutely horrible. Do better, Citi! The job market is absolutely horrible. It is just going to get worse. Start taking care of the people that took care of you. You are turning huge profits and sc--wing your most valuable resources.

That'd be it - that's the post. I really hope I do not get affected. Good luck all.

Anybody else not staying in office the full day? Or anybody having random people on the floor stalk you and report to your manager about not being in 8 hours/full shift? lol this place is all jokes

WHO ELSE IS TIRED OF THE AMAZON SURPRISES?

Just a heads-up to everyone at Whole Foods: apparently, there’s ANOTHER BIG announcement coming from Amazon on 11/10. 👀

No details yet, of course. Wouldn’t want to give the people actually doing the work a little transparency ahead of time, right? 🙄

Another round of hiring freezes before the holidays? More labor-hour reductions? More unrealistic productivity expectations? New rules handed down by people who haven’t worked a single shift on the floor? Or are they about to find yet another way to squeeze more out of the same employees while telling us how much they “value” us? Newsflash - they don't.

At this point, it could be literally anything, and that’s the problem. Every time there’s some big corporate announcement, employees are left wondering whether it’s going to make our jobs harder, our schedules worse, or our stores even more understaffed.

Maybe it’ll be something good for once. 😂 Yeah, I know. Wishful thinking.

I hope everyone impacted get their new gigs soon. Take care.