#officepolitics

As a former manager that got out, I will definitely not miss the super toxic year-end antics that go into performance review cycles. I'm sure it must have gotten worse, with the fake less-than-meets ratings that ruin career trajectories, forced stack ranking, and the peacock level posturing that the brown-nosers have mastered.

Enjoy, Wells Fargoers!!

Everyone is at risk, although it would be insane to assume everyone is at equal risk. I'd expect more reasons than I list below, but these are the ones I saw when I was there.

Reasons people get picked off one by one:

• You just aren't meeting the job requirements - it seems obvious until you realize how many high level "engineers" are assigned low level bug fixing and therefore aren't actually allowed to meet those requirements
• You are meeting the job title requirements but raises move you out of the viable salary range for that level of work
• You aren't in favor of those with political power
• A manager decides they have an "in-group" and you aren't in it

Reasons people get picked off in whole groups:

• Your project is being cancelled
• You work at a lesser site on a project with teams at a primary site
• A political power play between teams where the winner keeps their own people to pick up the work of the losing team
• When projects reorganize they can package people for any of the reasons people get picked off one by one into a group and then let go of them as a group

Since the goal is typically a reduction in cost if you have a low rank and corresponding pay and you contribute above average on an important project with strong (politically speaking) management it's probably as good as it gets, but it's still no guarantee.

Don't underestimate the power of being under the wing of the powerful. Many people have sc--wed up costing Cisco fortunes and the punishment was a promotion,.

Bumped from @j4+1m6w4czph.

What I hate is all the politics, horrible management, and the constant cuts to benefits.

Oracle is going in Downward spiral. It has to break before rebuilding itself in certain areas. Some of the top management is ruthless as they are packed with their targets to meet.

But as a leader how much you tried to save your team ? or just accept the numbers proposed by your manager ? You guys know Oracle pays very less to team and you are not affecting one single person but a family.

I know there are lots of politics inside Oracle but tell from your heart how many individual's life you sc--wed up for your own ego and benefits and then felt for your mistakes ?

Karma will back-fire

Feels like more and more people are focused on keeping their jobs rather than actually delivering results. There's so much internal politics going on, and it seems like managing perceptions has become more important than making real progress.

Too many talkers, not enough doers. Instead of finding ways to grow the business, people seem more interested in managing expectations and coming up with excuses for underperformance.

At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if next year's financial results look pretty ugly.

50% the people around here spend their days sitting in airconditioned offices drinking free coffee, sittn in meetings about other meetings and moving numbers around in excel. all while collecting 6-figure salaries.

yet everyone is miserable because the guy down the hall makes $100k or $500k more. so what?? bob makes $350k doing practically nothing and you make $250k doing practically nothing. you're BOTH doing fine.

meanwhile there are people working outside in 100-degree heat making a fraction of that. i'm not saying dell is perfect (far, far, far from it). but some of you have turned one of the cushiest gigs imaginable into a personal tragedy because someone else got a bigger bonus or a better ranking or some exec has a plane.

maybe, just maybe, the job isn't nearly as bad as you think. maybe you've just gotten so comfortable that you've run out of real problems... and aparently bob getting promoted is now your biggest one.

Ive been stalking LinkedIn since everything on here is so vague. One manager in particular that is lazy and I'm not sure how he got where he is, is still there commenting on others posts that were laid off, saying he will miss them. smh. Was hoping he would get the boot.

Certain people left and crickets...

Has anyone e heard of the tracking sensors coming to a floor near you? Supposedly they will be in the ceiling and under the desks for tracking. Charlotte has them going in on the 35, 30 and 27. Watch out big Gunjen is getting bigger.

My manager still sits in the office with the door closed. I guess it thinks its safe as long as it hides.. Anyway, when they shutter this place, I am pretty sure my maanger will never know until the next day, when the potato chip bag is empy and it goes out for more supplies and cant get back in. Meanwhile, the q cespool ferments .

On a scale of 1-10 how much of a cr-p shower will it be?

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Not sure if this applies to all offices, but in ATL just noticed today the elevators are seem to require badge scan to go to lobby area. Maybe this is just an anomaly but if they’re requiring a badge swipe to ride the elevator down to lobby, that’s insane. Just when you think this can’t feel more like a prison…

Happy Tuesday!

Our leader looks like a ghost. Arms crossed rocking back and forth, and reading off a page while speaking.

If these people arent technical, arent they supposed to at least have social and people skills, and business acumen? This is like watching a high school science fair.

Got invited to link up with my boss who I’ll be in town..anyone got the skinny. Odd timing

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.

AT&T vs. Starlink is shaping up to be a Blockbuster vs. Netflix moment, and we’re going to watch it happen in real time with a front-row seat. Get your popcorn ready!

While the competition evolves, AT&T leadership is busy tracking badge swipes and forcing employees into the office five days a week for absolutely no good reason. Now everyone is burned out, checked out, and increasingly indifferent to what happens to this company. Just 8 and skate and collect your paycheck. That’s the culture Stink has created.

The market is changing, the technology is changing, the competition is changing. Apparently, the only thing AT&T leadership wants to change is where its employees sit, seemingly hoping they’ll become miserable enough to quit on their own.

AT&T “leadership” is a fu--ing joke.

Are all CM departments this micromanagey? Like having to tell the whole team when you’re going on breaks/lunches, group texts on personal phones if they’re running behind etc??

Good riddance. Any interesting stories from folks who worked in Greenspoint over the years?

I was in GP8 throughout the '90s and early 00's and was mugged in the parking garage one day after getting off work - a relatively minor incident compared to some of my other co-workers. Company security was a joke and many of the police were afraid of actually performing their job in the area.

I recently realized that pointing out an obvious mistake can cause more trouble than the mistake itself. How did we get to the point where leadership cares more about status and keeping people happy than getting things right?

In the last 48 hrs this board went from people sharing and looking for real info to remote vs. office and sales vs. ops. Meanwhile leadership is reading this over drinks at the Four Seasons with McKinsey, laughing.

We argue over BS while they make their moves.

Pathetic

I am new to campus. I can’t find anywhere to sit! Every time I sit down in a desk people scowl at me and eventually walk over and say that is so and so’s desk or this neighborhood is for so and so’s group only. I went to my supervisor and they told me to just sit anywhere but wherever I sit I am told I do not belong there. Why doesn’t anyone admit this open seating experiment is a huge failure? My supervisor and manager sit in the same desk every day and clearly “lead by example”

She's opened with a mention of Uma Thurman's character in Ki-l Bill wielding a sword and there was a mention of a "ki-l list". Heads are going to roll. Soon.

Where is this little rat of a CEO hiding?

Maura is ousted. Abby acquiescing for Maura and her massive budget being tax revenue forcing us to be cattle going to sla-ghter.
This FT RTO is a joke.
Productivity is going to go down people are late leaving early because we all have obligations with family children pets it was better wfh because we turned on our laptop right on time instead of sitting in traffic looking for parking getting gasoline trains trolley delays.
Maura needs to go we can’t afford this Abby needed to bring us in for tax revenue. Such a pig. Vote Minouge get us out of this he-l hole.

ESRO
IT
Mac Support
Zscaler

I would say ALL OF THE ABOVE, whatever teams they represent.

Imagine having to beg for a tablecloth to do community days or having to drive hours to meet a peer to get one. This company is a JOKE.

The workplace has become more political, with little room for employee ideas and almost no accountability. No wonder good people are looking for the exit as fast as they can. Who in their right mind wants to stay in this environment? I had high hopes when Hans was replaced by Dan. Those hopes are gone now.

Oh, brilliant! Let’s give a standing ovation to whoever decided that the entire AM organization desperately needed a play-by-play on India Innovation Day, because nothing screams "peak productivity" like getting your inbox relentlessly flooded with promotional spam. Truly a masterclass in corporate communication.

From a few years ago. What ruined us?

I want to be up to date with the gossip and also want to know who to avoid.

Some Store managers in my region are banding together planning a mass exodus hopefully before thanksgiving. Many interviewing at other companies.Some planning on taking some good associates and managers with them.😂😂😂😂.

lol....have fun eating starlink for lunch lmfao, what ya gonna do now T?

Ok, all you coffee badging, Costco shopping, laptop leaving, anti-collaborating RTO deniers, the con is up. The Stank is going to know how long you spend sipping your latte, getting your steps in, perfecting your golf swing, working on your penalty kick or kayaking on Lake Stankey. The Surplus Squad will not need a name on an office to find you when it is time for your layoff.

With Nov 2 fast approaching, what’s the news on folks deciding to return (or not)? I heard the exception of having few colleagues in the office is sketchy, comments?

My attitude toward this job has changed completely. I still care about doing things properly, but I don't have the energy to chase approval or get involved in workplace politics. I come in, do what I'm responsible for, and make sure my work is good. That's enough for me now.

You know what to do. Over and out.

Looks like there are talks about being required to be in the office of YOUR assigned BOA location as it shows in Corporate Directory. If you must go to another building that you are NOT assigned to you may have to start signing up as a "Visitor" and no longer may have permanent access to multiple locations for which your LOB is paying for assigned building for each employee. Thanks to those who have been abusing and finding away around the misuse of drop in spaces at Ballantyne. I hope this doesn't occur because I don't want to have to pay $150-$200 a month for parking uptown Charlotte. Anyone heard anything about this possibly rolling out across the bank?