#morale

Just when you thought the revolving door couldn’t spin any faster, here comes the 5-day RTO mandate starting 1/1/2026. Truist-wide hammer drop, no carve-outs. Grant spilled it to a handful Audit earlier today, claiming a bunch of folks will be thrilled and floating “feedback” that’s DOA. Delusional, out of touch, or just the yes-man script from a guy with zero audit experience who got dropped in to mop up DD's disaster?

Stings worse when you zoom out: nearly half (44%) of the department was hired over the past 12 months—all under the latest “intentional flexibility” BS promising at least one WFH day. D-mb as $hit, especially after it got chipped away from three days (or whatever loose vibe it was post-COVID), to two, now this—straight zero. Crystal clear they don’t give a d@mn about teammates.

And for those whose teams are scattered across offices? Purportedly the buildings won’t be total ghost towns, but good luck if you’re showing up with a floor full of random Audit bodies and zero from your actual team. Still grinding through 1+ hour commutes, just to fire up Teams for the exact same virtual pull-ups you’d have from home. Wasted time, zero upside—except awkward small talk with strangers over the Keurig.

But the real gut-punch is the burnout carving us up. Teammates who used to light up the room with laughs? Now overworked zombies, stressed to the brink, ducking out only for bathroom runs—no time for chit-chat, in-office or after. And yeah, it shows: more than a few have aged a decade in a few years, faces etched with the grind. Our team’s a powder keg, with mismatched placements forcing the rest to pickup endless slack amid accelerated deadlines, while many of our counterparts coast. Describing it as a dumpster fire is kind; we’re a skeleton crew teetering on collapse.

While many of us may have been hanging on—some because d@mn, we love the actual work; others because options feel slim right now—and props to the handful of directors who still give a d@mn, even that crew’s thinning out fast. But let’s be real: this grind’s unsustainable for the long haul, and 5 day RTO’s just the shove over the edge for too many. Expect a wave of us dusting off resumes soon, though I imagine that's the entire purpose of the new mandate. I'm sure this isn't isolated to Audit and that other areas are probably staring down the same sinking dread, swapping wild rumors, or scraping for silver linings that don't exist.

I am from legacy tsys which global payments ripped apart after acquiring and got rid of alot of americans to give the jobs offshore. This company is about to take over tsys issuing which global payments su-ked dry and is now dumping. From reading these threads, I now have little hope for my friends who are there. They are all hoping the transitions would be positive.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/1ob8igx/i_work_at_an_intel_fab_as_an_engineer_and_half/

Great place to work no headaches and no winebags like bwhite and bcloud to have to deal with. BELLEVUE IS DONE.

It's been a long time since I've been in PDD (left long ago) but how are things going on after the "ReImagining" done years ago? Any designers/engineers specifically wish to share?

For the souls who have been mistreated, misaligned, belittled, humiliated, discriminated against, unfairly laid off, and/or had their confidence rocked by this sham of a company, please know you worth are so much more and capable of so much more. Please do not let the selfish, misguided decisions of this business affect your sense of self worth or purpose. You are amazing and if the ‘leaders’ of this company choose not to see that, then that’s on them. Hang in there everyone and focus on your own self care and integrity. This misery will pass.

Penny brought Hoda Kotb in to speak at a conference for six figures while she is laying people off, demoting people, and sending American jobs to India. Where are Penny's priorities? Penny is managing partner to make sure the work gets done. Penny is supposed to be a steward of Edward Jones' assets. How is spending six figures to bring in Hoda Kotb being a good steward of Edward Jones' assets? I am a partner at Edward Jones. She is using our capital to bring these people in. Penny is wasting money while cutting good people who were doing the job needed. Now she is laying people off knowing full well the people left over cannot properly absorb the work of everyone who has been laid off. All Hoda Kotb said was word salad like she said on the Today Show for years. Hoda is fine, she just does not give any insightful points that is relatable to business at Edward Jones. Hoda's "jewel" was "Do not hog your journey....share it with others." Six figures for that pearl of wisdom? How does that inspire a smaller work force to do more work due to Penny's poor leadership decisions of slashing jobs and punishing the survivors to do more work for less money?

As an employee of this bank for 10+ years, I had zero interest in looking for a new role at this point in my career but the pettiness here is just so astounding, I just can’t tolerate it anymore. I now have a second interview with a smaller company that treats their employees like humans which is what this company used to be about. I will even have my own desk if hired!!! Can you believe that?? Bottom line is while the grass isn’t always greener and every company has their issues, don’t let complacency stand in the way of perhaps enjoying the remaining years you have.

Talented people are quitting left and right, pay isn’t even close to what it should be, and somehow we’re all supposed to do more with less. Even the tiniest tasks take forever, and the stress is constant. Clients are annoyed, everyone’s on edge, and some days it feels like we’re just trying to survive the chaos rather than actually get anything done.

I left a few weeks ago without another job lined up, and I’ve never felt lighter. That place ate away at my confidence day after day. Some jobs aren’t worth the paycheck, especially when they make you dread waking up. I’ll figure things out, but at least I can breathe again.

All those years of hard-earned know-how just vanish overnight. Some leave on their own, some are kicked out. The new hires mean well, but they don’t have the background to keep things steady. You can’t replace decades of knowledge with a two-week onboarding. It’s scary seeing how fragile the whole system really is.

As I enjoy the peace and quiet of the office at 7am I’m reminded of that scene from Braveheart. The English charging on horseback. William Wallace and his merry band of highlanders waiting for the inevitable sla-ghter.

Wallace imploring his warriors to HOLD the line, HOLD … and then bam up come the long spears and the tide is turned.

We must do the same my friends. Do not give into these cowards, those that want to take our freedoms and treat us like children.

Do not resign under and circumstances. They will be forced to capitulate if we stand together. Want us to quit DF? Kiss my hairy ar$e.

Everybody is laughing at us and at this leadership team that clearly has no idea what it’s doing. I can’t wait to leave so I can laugh too, because right now all I can do is cry at what this place has become.

Why do so many of them lack common sense? What’s the criteria for promotion? Inability to form a full sentence or what?

I am in Lenox. I have reserved a different conference room for the entire day every day this week. I will be selling co-ktails out of that conference room to supplement my income. Depending how week one goes I will continue. Bourbon, Vodka, Gin, Whisk-y, Tequila all top shelf stuff along with beer, wine, and seltzers. Roadies(Discreet To Go Containers) will be provided as well. Bailey's and Coffee for those in the AM hours who want to take it easy. Let me know if you are interested and I will provide details on location. We have to stick together in this environment and campaign of te---r against the employees. Nothing like getting loosened up and kicking back. Cheers!

Since the onset of COVID-19, Dell has undergone significant changes that have made it an increasingly difficult place to work. Leadership appears indifferent to the strain and exhaustion employees are experiencing. The ongoing rounds of redundancies have created a sense of instability and mental fatigue, while the workload remains relentless. Employees receive little recognition or appreciation for their hard work or the personal sacrifices they continue to make.

The implementation of upcoming projects next year is expected to result in further reductions to the workforce, exacerbating an already challenging environment. This is no longer the company I once joined with pride; it has become an organization that seems to have lost its regard for the well-being of its employees
Are other sectors just as bad ?!

The tech’s impressive, I won't lie, but the culture’s another story. So much internal drama and empire-building, it was exhausting. I still can’t decide if I should be grateful for the experience or angry I stuck around for as long as I did.

Accenture is the definition of burnout. Same outdated systems, same empty promises, no real path forward. The layoffs are just the cherry on top of a very stale, very bland cake.

Every day I wake up dreading logging in. I’d honestly rather scrub floors than do this job anymore. That’s how far it’s gone. The stress isn’t worth the paycheck.

You do your best, put in the hours, deliver results, and still get ignored while someone who spends lunch gossiping with management gets promoted. It’s disgusting. I’m done wasting energy trying to prove myself to people who reward bootlicking over competence.

It feels like working in limbo. Everyone’s just waiting for the next round of cuts, going through the motions. It was never fun here, but it used to be friendly. Now nobody talks, everyone’s just waiting for the other shoe to drop. It’s so draining that getting laid off almost sounds like a relief.

I was so proud to say I worked at Cisco. Now I just change the subject when people ask where I work. The place has turned into such a train wreck I can’t even defend it anymore.

The so-called leaders play politics and mumble through meetings and promote people who don’t even understand the work. Things are getting worse every day and nobody seems to care. Sometimes I feel like I'm watching a slow collapse of a once great company in real time.

Anyone else feel the same?

I just hope no one still here is taking this place seriously anymore and that everyone’s looking hard for other options.

Great. That’s really going to do wonders for morale.

Verizon is a train wreck stuck in mud. They have not improved or learned anything in years. Different year same leadership mistakes. They need a Maga like shake up and stop being cheap on infrastructure. From network to systems they cheap out and customer and employees live with the failure. Taking the cheap road has allowed T-Mobile to pass us and customers lining up to leave. Our credo is fake news. We run from success. We hide from challenges. We strive to be cheaper today than we were yesterday. We blame our employees. We removed job satisfaction and replaced it with fluff and selfishness. News flash: This isnt changing so su-k it up buttercups.

I was wondering if they were going to cook the books on the engagement survey. Either folks were scared that any negative reviews would be traced back to them, or they only took the survey results from Sr. Management. I don't know a single person who gave them a good response. Complete sh-t show.

Recent org changes have made long standing structural and leadership issues worse. The problem isn’t the teams it’s a pattern of short-sighted leadership decisions that keep adding inefficiency and ki-ling morale, SP and MM ARE NOT the right path. Both too self-important and ego driven for any clarity possible. The number of people on this page alone is an indication of how bad it’s gotten as MM has been a topic on this page for years, those who openly questioned aren’t here anymore, not a coincidence.

Structural & Leadership Gaps

• D&D expanded under leadership with weak technical grounding and poor operational judgment.
• Decisions are based on optics and “culture first” over scalable, efficient delivery.
• The result: redundant tools, unclear ownership, and wasted spend doing the same thing.

Talent & Morale Erosion

• Many skilled hires walked into instability they didn’t cause and can’t fix.
• People are burned out, disengaged, and blamed for inherited problems.
• Leaders who manage up well but not down are driving the decline blaming everyone but themselves.

Culture & Reputation Risk

• Morale is at a breaking point.
• Expanding the remit of a leader with no relevant knowledge or skills tied to these issues sends the wrong signal.
• Continued inaction risks more and operational instability at a critical time.

What EMT Needs to Do

• Launch an independent review of leadership effectiveness and technical capability, ask the staff in a truly anonymous way because trust is gone.
• Simplify tools and processes stop paying for redundancy.
• Rebuild trust with transparency, consistent engagement, and measurable goals tied to outcomes, not self-serving politics.

The situation is still fixable only with top-down action. EMT needs to step in now to stabilize the org and restore credibility. If not, the erosion will only accelerate.

Things are so bad that people who used to care now just do the bare minimum to get through the day. And management is somehow shocked that productivity is dropping. Who would have thought that a toxic work environment goes hand in hand with mentally exhausted employees who barely give a damn.

Anything? I'm so tired of only ever hearing about layoffs and shutdowns and PIPs and lost benefits and who knows what else.

When Mike dumps all over the employees does he at least wipe? We all know he doesn't flush unless the company or employees are in the toliet!

They have mastered the art of rewarding cuts instead of effort. Executives keep cashing in while employees lose benefits and customers lose patience. Every quarter it’s the same flashy story for investors while the rest of us deal with the fallout. It’s hard to see where any real future fits into that plan.

Just seeing how fast MN and his admins jump to downvote this!

This new 8-hour presence requirement is wrecking morale on my team. This is worse than what we had 20 years ago.

Need to pick your kids up from school? Forbidden unless you badged in at 6:30 AM.

Need to go to a doctor's appointment? Better not come into the office then or you'll lose your 8 hour average.

Want to come in an extra day this week to briefly support a team event? Not unless you want to get put on a PIP and lose your bonus.

Imagine thinking that hybrid "flexibility" is choosing which three days to sit in traffic.

All this, not because it improves performance, not because it helps clients, but because some crusty old executive can’t stand the thought of people being trusted to work like adults.

Mike laid down a massive log on the employees. Is he done or is he going back for seconds?

another program that didn’t do what was promised to string us all along again. I am going to just start calling myself a new title and see if anyone notices.

State Farm has turned into the neighbor and neighborhood that you move out of because your housing values are going down, school system has now been taken over by the state and your car has been broken into twice this month. The cops are always down at your neighbors house and every one on your street does not mow their yard, has painted their houses purple and has a broke down Tahoe or Malibu sitting in the driveway on 24s! You hear g-n fire every night and you rarely go out after dark. Most of the houses are now rentals, all the old people are scared for their safety, and black Jake is selling more and more SF policies! 2040, the future looks so bright!

well.. the good options anyways, gone are the good options like the airline/hotel giftcard, tiffany's jewelry, or even a giftcard to cdw itself (giftcards to anywhere are no longer an option). 10 years at the company (my friend who had their 20 year also had the same options) gets you the lovely options of: a two way radio, a dvd player, a golf club set (junior sized only, there is also a singular golf club..), and my personal favorite: a paperclip necklace.

So anyone approaching their milestone anniversaries get ready for those hot ticket items. "You Deserve IT!" the pamphlet says, but I'm pretty sure they left out an 'sh' somewhere..

He thanks everyone for an incredible year and all the hard work.

He also says not everyone will receive their full, earned bonus. Some will; others will receive less.

Let me put this plainly, Mr Chief Executive: if employees receive anything under 100% of their earned bonuses, we will lose critical talent with irreplaceable institutional knowledge—losses compounded by past redundancies. They’ll vote with their feet.

Others may stay on, but if they’re paid only 60% of their bonus, expect about 60% effort going forward. Think very carefully about the next move, PD. Can Avaya really afford to lose more legacy talent? Won’t that hobble the plans you and the Board have—plans that reward specific leaders with bonuses tied to a single target?

Think. Very. Carefully.