#morale

Now I don't understand the value of ally award, my friend got nominated for q3 ally award and they laid him off this week. Company is giving so much false beliefs, no matter if you get recognized or not for your hard work. Everyone's days are numbered.

The only thing left for them to do is cut some more. There’s no turning this sh-tshow of a company toward the future.

As if we’re not all on edge already. Come on, this isn’t a joke for most people here.

I don't care if you are union or management. I don't care if you are wireline or wireless. I don't care if you work in HQ or in you home. I dont care which political party you support. I hope that everything works out for all of us.

I have come to the belief that the packages going forward are going to be significantly smaller if at all. From the grapevine i hear folks just waiting. Tell us we can leave with a half package and watch how many throw in the towel. No mas! No mas!

Sure is fun to see all these pics on LinkedIn of Partner Summit. Our fearless leader and the executive minions living their best life while sinking this ship and ruining peoples lives. I hope the steaks at the Golden Steer were amazing.

Honest question, why do you like working at Schwab? There seems to be so much contention about poor management, legacy technology and vast pay differences. What is it that keeps you here? Especially those of you that have been here for so long. Are you hoping for things to go back to the good old days?

From 6 to 8th largest bank. Management reshuffled. Worker bees fired. Morale in the toilet.

#ChampionMindset

I wonder how many relationships/marriages have ended due to the last few years of chronic stress at Intel. The chronic job insecurity will take its toll.

Job and relationship loss cover 2 of the 3 types of major loss events that throw people off balance in their lives.

There’s no more talk of “Intel Family”.

With all eyes on 18a and 14a, doing employees like this is the worst thing you can literally do for the company success.

I’m almost convinced, by actions, that Intel leadership wants Intel to fail.

but we don’t give a flying ** about your job, you’re just another number. True values of this place :D

They’re protecting margins, not morale. How many of you enjoy coming into the office?

Internal Assessment: Performance Culture and Operational Risk

The Broken Social Contract

The organizational message has consistently promoted a "performance culture," establishing a clear, transactional agreement: hard work, the achievement of critical objectives, cost reduction goals, and sustained engagement equate to job security and merit.

The recent workforce reduction, however, has fundamentally violated this contract. It is widely observed that the cuts targeted a significant number of high-performing individuals who possessed unique technical knowledge, institutional insight, and critical skill sets. The perception among the remaining workforce is that the cuts were driven by factors other than individual performance, rendering the concept of a merit-based culture entirely hollow.

Unsustainable Operational Mandates

Following the reduction, employees are now expected to execute the full scope of previous deliverables on original timelines, despite operating with a substantially reduced workforce. This "do more with less" mandate has escalated from a cost-efficiency goal to an unsustainable operational requirement.

Projected Consequences and Risk

We must challenge the belief that sustained productivity can be achieved through coercive management and the threat of punitive performance reviews (the "all stick and no carrot" approach). Such tactics will only accelerate the departure of the remaining high-value talent, leading to the necessary replacement of core staff with less-experienced, third-party contractors who lack the essential institutional memory.

The organization, by demanding pre-layoff output levels with post-layoff resources, has critically overcommitted its capabilities. This mismatch will inevitably be reflected in compromised product quality, delayed program dates, and systemic failures.

For managers attempting to enforce this unsustainable workload: be aware that the workforce now views the official "performance culture" narrative with deep cynicism. Threats of placing high-potential employees into the bottom performance tier will be met not with increased output, but with a further decline in morale and commitment. Accountability for the inevitable program failures that result from this strategy will ultimately fall upon the managerial and leadership structures.

It appears that top leadership has been making frequent visits to this site. While their presence may be intended to demonstrate oversight or support, it has raised concerns among employees about the underlying agenda. Many perceive this level of involvement as a form of micromanagement, which can be demoralizing for the broader team.

These visits are often conducted with significant comfort and catered hospitality, perhaps to maintain favorable impressions. However, this creates a contrast with how resource allocation is handled for employees at operational levels. When project teams need to travel overseas, cost-cutting measures are strictly enforced, with limitations on the number of travelers and budget constraints. This imbalance can lead to frustration and a sense of inequity.

To rebuild trust and morale, leadership could focus on transparency in their purpose for site visits, demonstrate genuine engagement with employees at all levels, and ensure that organizational policies reflect fairness and shared responsibility.

Curious if anyone else in support feels miserable. What's your experience?

Best senior leader you have encountered and why?

There’s been talk, from a source I trust, that leadership has been exploring workforce reductions. The numbers being floated include cuts of 15% up to roughly a quarter (25%) of staff under each director across most departments. The focus appears to be aggressive cost savings, and part of that includes looking at compensation levels and where employees are in their career timelines. Officially, they can’t say that’s a factor, but it’s being quietly discussed.

What’s even more concerning is that some highly skilled employees are being targeted not because of performance, but because they don’t fit in with their immediate manager’s preferences, push back against the status quo, or are seen as difficult simply for having a different perspective. If someone isn’t aligned with their leader or is viewed as inconvenient when numbers need to be met, they become an easy choice.

It’s incredibly hard on the people who consistently show up, do exceptional work, and still go unrecognized especially when they’re not being supported or advocated for by leadership. This year feels different. The impact will be left on the shoulders of the people that are left behind, overwhelmed, burning out, and losing their sense of pride in the workplace. But with cost cutting being seen as 'essential' to the business, this is the direction things seem to be heading.

It’s pretty clear that there is a direct correlation between the company turning its self around and the non viable employees being thrown over the rails.

That there is a direct correlation between the stock price and the continued turning of the ships heading.

The Farther it turns, the more employees that then go overboard, the greater the stock price..

Looks like the business world, likes what Kate’s doing!

Looks like the internal folks are losing out to the mercenary contractors.

You know the people who get paid for their results vs those who get paid to be a demographic..

"We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, for so long, with so little, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing."
---Konstantin Josef Jireček---

It’s pretty stupid that after knocking out my work, day after day I have to sit in my chair and wait to get my “8 Hours in”. Is 7-7.5 hours going to be enough to stay off the list? Or, are they really going after people who have 7.5 hours in office? I’m already incredibly annoyed by this d-mb rule and I can’t believe we’re being treated like teenagers! Hopefully this nonsense ends soon

hey if you get riff'd ,theres nothing you can do,pick yourself up and move on crying about it on this site does nothing for you.

What do you think? Are they all as shockingly bad as mine ended up? Email yesterday said 70-90% in line with current responsibilities, mine is literally 0%. It was clearly written for an entirely different industry.

It's frankly embarrassing how disconnected HR is from the reality of what we do.

Gotta love how the management that got us in this mess are left untouched while the common men are affected.

Prayers for those affected, remain positive... Control your thoughts, don't let them control you. There's light always at the end of the tunnel

The Inside team is full of terrible leadership. If you enjoy low morale, harassment, and being talked to like a dog, apply today! High turnover, low pay, the typical CCI way! The new CEO has his work cut out for him!

First you have to search for a parking space.
Next after the parking lot experience, your search for a desk will be pretty much fruitless so you work in a break area.
Then when you have to go you have to search for an open stall.

Three hours at a ballpark is manageable but 8 hours of trying to find a usable toilet is utter craziness and then to have your manager ask where were you I see you were away from your computer for 20 minutes.

As we continue to feel strains and increased costs as a company perhaps looking at top exec costs would help cut off some of that. Are there business travels at that level that are really needed or lunches for those in those positions that really need to be paid for? How are leaders paid more and advancing levels when others are not? How many additional senior leaders do we really need? Our members need to be able to reach live, direct workers. Happy employees lead to happy members and business which organically leads to overall better business. Telling associates benefits are more, AIP is less, and growth will not really happen is tough for lower ranking associates. I wonder when that piece of the puzzle will be realized by the business. Further consider these associates are also members trying to make it in the world today.

I mean, at these point executives have not only become tone deaf but truly cynical. At least we know that these surveys are completely worthless. No matter the results, they will label them as "opportunities".

I have been part of the business for nearly two decades, and it’s clear that the IT department is in need of a significant overhaul. The current approach of allowing offshore teams to make critical decisions is creating disconnects with our actual business needs.

Recently, a data engineer who had been associated with AAP for 11 years on contract was let go with very short notice. Before his departure, he was required to train other team members for several months — far beyond a standard knowledge transfer. This decision not only undermines morale but also poses a serious risk to business continuity.

From a humanitarian perspective, the timing of this decision is concerning, as finding new employment during November and December is extremely challenging. When employees feel insecure about their positions, their performance and commitment inevitably suffer.

Morale is horrible across the board. Unless you’re in leadership or close with someone who is, you’re on your own. U.S. employees are treated like they don’t matter, while offshore teams get better support, flexibility, and recognition. It’s discouraging and unsustainable- and yet no one seems to be able to stop it. US employees (not in leadership roles) need to unite and demand changes immediately.

Getting kinda scared by the figures some folks are quoting on here…if 20 or 30% of Verizon is leaving then what does that mean for those left behind? I think some employees will not be able to cope with that amount of change and a huge shift in workload

It’s been five years since John Stankey took over as CEO in July 2020, when AT&T’s stock was around $23 a share. Since then, it’s dropped as low as under $15 and today it’s barely above where it started, roughly $24.

Five years. Billions in spending. Countless reorganizations. Massive layoffs. Zero value returned to shareholders or employees.

How does this guy still have a job? At what point does the board finally admit this isn’t working?

If this is what “leadership” looks like, it’s no wonder morale and performance are at rock bottom. The numbers don’t lie it’s time for real accountability.

Super sad to see what TR is becoming and just corporate in general. I can’t say who or how I know due to confidentiality but I found out some managers goals are to reduce people on their team by implementing AI/automation. It is literally apart of their performance review. I was sad to find this out. My morale is shot.

My boss spends her entire workday talking. All day, she is “stakeholdering” with people, then comes to us to get all the actual information. After that, she passes that half-baked information to superiors behind our backs, making it look like it’s all her work.

Many times, the leaders above don’t even know that we have spent countless hours solving problems or working on a solution. On top of that, she is too lazy to even put it together in slides — she expects us to do that so she can go behind our backs and present it to her VPs or what not ?

Do we need her ? I do not know but she will stay and people who are doing actual work will be fired.

I've said it before if they let me go I'll see to it they never win root again or any other awards they may use instead.

We just lost some of the best people on our team, and it finally hit me that no matter how hard you work or how good you are, the people at the top still see you as replaceable. From now on, I’m done putting work before my family just to feel secure. No more missed birthdays, no more late nights trying to prove something that doesn’t matter in the end. I'm done.

Last year we were on a 3-day RTO schedule and things were working fine. Then, because of the (now admitted) broken presence report, everyone was punished with a 5-day mandate. Since then, leadership has acknowledged that the data wasn’t accurate and that the small group of actual abusers has already been dealt with. They’ve all either left or been terminated.

So why are the rest of us still paying the price?

It’s time to end the punishment and bring back a balanced 2/3-day model. The people who stayed have proven their commitment to this company, even through frustration and burnout. Rolling back to 2/3 days would be a genuine show of trust and a much-needed morale boost.

If leadership truly wants to rebuild culture and retain talent, this is the simplest and smartest way to start.

These people gave each other the leg up and none know what the other is doing! I was impacted and frankly I’m relieved! I know the workforce is hard and we all need our jobs but a couple of months paid to figure it out sounds better then the BS Ive been dealing with! I wish you all the best and my prayers go out to all impacted! But since this new leadership has taken over over it’s been a disaster and the ones who laugh at the ones impacted, the ones who were kept, undeserving if based on metrics and performance, your time will come! You survived not for being a leader but for kissing the right butts!

What’s the point of these celebrations when the very people that made this happen are let go? No meaningful strategy when it comes to these layoffs. Those at the top are coasting while those who do the actual work are treated like cr-p. Trust, confidence and motivation to drive is lost and they really expect us to be excited about these “celebrations”?

long gone is the morally, ethically right culture of Transunion. Say hello to layoffs for thanksgiving.

All these layoffs su-k. They absolutely su-k. But I think in time for those of us still here, it’ll eventually be OK. I just hope these layoffs don’t start to tear away at the culture.