#officepolitics

I was genuinely happy to see that we are finally building a GCC for a bank—something we have all been looking forward to. However, as we have moved into execution, it increasingly feels like a single-person agenda. It no longer feels like a Truist GCC; it feels like a “T-GCC.”
The leadership style has been non-collaborative, with a lack of maturity and, at times, an abrasive communication style. There seems to be a strong personal agenda to maintain 100% control, creating significant friction and politics very early in what should be a long-term strategic capability.
I have always had great respect for SA, but I feel he has placed too much control with T. I am not sure whether he—or others involved—fully recognize how much friction and a negative culture have already been created.
We are already behind on this initiative, and I am concerned the current direction is taking us further away from where we need to be. I am becoming skeptical about moving my function into the GCC because I genuinely question whether it will help us achieve what we intended.
It is also surprising that HR, Risk, GSD… are allowing this to continue. what is our GCC partner doing about it ?
What we seed today will grow within the GCC. If we continue to seed friction, politics, and a lack of collaboration, that is the culture we will ultimately build.

I’ve been working at the San Diego office doing PMIC validation for over two years now. My day to day is mostly testing the PMIC chips, screening for defects, and putting together reports and slides. Honestly, once you figure out what to look for, the work is incredibly easy. You definitely don’t need a degree to do it, yet management keeps hiring people with Master's degrees and PhDs. It feels like a massive waste of talent.

The worst part is that you’re heavily judged here not by the actual quality of your work, but by how the tech leads perceive your social skills. From talking to people in other departments, it seems like Qualcomm in general has this issue, but it feels way worse in PMIC. Maybe because the work is so simple that a test monkey could do it, so managers focus on politics instead? I’ve barely learned anything here and honestly feel like my technical skills are rotting.

I tried casually talking to a few coworkers about how easy the work is and how unfair and rude the leads can be, but they got super defensive right away, so I stopped bringing it up.

For anyone who has worked here or in similar teams: is PMIC validation in San Diego known for being super low on the technical side, or did I just land in a bad group?

Everytime ppl come w rumors from ppl inside, a good chunk of where those ppl get those rumors is this website, not actual inside knowledge. All those rumors spread inside the company and then ppl come and post back what they heard inside from a “director” “manager” “people in the know.”

They always act like they're doing something, they always have to talk about something to the manager to make it seem they're so busy, but at the end of it all, they end up doing nothing! It's the rest of us that do the actual work. they just appear busy. How do you even deal with people like this when they have your manager's ear?

Nah.
You're hiding now
$30 million disaster.

When Rome is burning

So, since they “promoted” 75% of the bank with bestowing bank officer titles to almost everyone, they now require a 30 day resignation notice?

What happens if we DON’T give notice and just quit? Or are only able to give a two week notice?

Running like headless chickens.

I read that uniforms designed by some goober are being released for stores, are they going to (try) make us wear uniforms? LOL

Wish they had a better dress sense for the “Global Townhall.” I’ve seen McDonald’s managers dress better than these executives. 😂

When will they cut people whose main responsibility is to collect information and repeat it to someone else, from one meeting to another? All of them are still here.

is it normal behavior for a director level POS to run around telling people they are jealous of a higher ranking person who has an office?

How many times are they gonna make us portion update on our computer and have it automatically restart when we’re literally in the middle of something!?! I have a presentation in four minutes and all of a sudden, my computer just restarted with zero warning that I need to do an update of any sort! It’s ridiculous at this point.

The MN location I'm out - keeps getting areas reserved for group 'xyz'. And the tool to reserve cubes is never updated to reflect that. The notion that 'you can work in any office' that's close to you..... is a farce.

What are the vibes at the UW golf tourney given the looming cliff due to MSP

I’m in sales at OT everyone is heads down in PTEP SFDC spending all day filing out stupid fields. It’s so cumbersome….. Q1 is a mess anyone agree ?

You can have a strong record here and still find yourself on the wrong side of management. It seems far more important to stay in someone's good graces than to actually do good work.

I'm trying to figure out if it's just my group or it really is the entire company. I was forwarded an email from an entry level manager and the PDF attached claims to be company wide, but I didn't see an email from Bryan or anything. Just wondering if anyone else saw the original request. I'm not really setup to do this all the time, and will need to change my whole office to make it practical. Also not super excited about having to dress up and put makeup on every morning for no reason.

I didn't realize how much people hate this place before I started sharing where I work.

They agree with each other, defend each other, and somehow always seem to land on the same side of every decision. If you're outside that group, getting anyone to seriously consider your idea is a different story. I've seen genuinely useful suggestions get dismissed without much discussion. Then someone from the inner circle says something similar later and suddenly everyone thinks it's a great idea.

After seeing that happen enough times, you start wondering why you bother speaking up. It's not that there aren't smart people here with good ideas. It's that the right people aren't always the ones being listened to. Eventually people get tired of fighting that battle and just keep their thoughts to themselves. And that's how things continue going in the wrong direction.

Please tell me while we were sitting in this smelly, stuffy office, they were not out hauling purple flags to the top of a mountain. Why go all the way to California where there are no Truist banks? They really could have done all that at Stone Mountain in Atlanta, or King's Mountain in Charlotte!

This company is a joke.

Recall the crew that faked productivity, spun up fake emergencies only they could fix, and blocked AI progress with overblown credentials?

Well, I don't since they are all mostly gone. Good deal!

Are we taking it and blasting them to drown out the bootlickers or are we going for low participation?
I feel like repeating the same message as last year and letting him know nothing has changed despite all his efforts might be the best case? What do you think?

Four people are here, working from their company laptops, with one person in a meeting. Why us? Why does our CEO have to be such a pr--k?

I know it's to micromanage us to death but the fact that we need a dozen apps to put cookies on the shelf is hysterical. This isn't some fancy job it's a simple physical job. Order cookies. Put cookies on shelf. It's ridiculous.

So for the past month, I have started wearing "blue" glasses - I can see but you can't see my eyes.

It allows me to go into the office and never have to look at anyone while appearing that I am and when I am on camera I can do the same - why you say - your eyes are the mirror to your soul and I don't want to give away an ounce of what I am thinking.

When asked about it I use various reasons, my eyes were just dilated, the screen glare is really a problem, lights keep flashing in the office, etc. Rinse and repeat. I nod, slightly smile when appropriate. Put my headphones on nod my head. Say out loud "sounds good, I agree, good point...when I am NOT HOOKED UP TO ANY CALL - it just looks that way.
When on camera I do the same thing and if asked about the glasses I pretend this was the first time I had to use them. If challenged I say oh that was probably my reading glasses or sunglasses. Sound childish maybe - but I keep my sanity - quiet quitting

Yes yes look over there and ignore the shell game. Bethpage and Plano will be sold and leased back by the opposite orgs and when the planned bankruptcy stops being the worst kept secret in business, both successor orgs will default on their obligations. But make sure to bring your a-s to work to a desk you had to request with no trash can because that would be too many hours in the cleaning contract. Badge swipes above all. What is anyone even doing here anymore?

comment below. does your boss talk about department succession planning and their desire to be 2 levels above their current role? do they also talk about how much political capital they have above them and that they manipulate people? are they petty and talking about how bad they want someone else’s office? do they talk about how other leaders doing their jobs are threats? do they talk their way into every conversation even when they should not be in the room? do they insert themselves into every decision? do they treat the job like their passion project? do they seem unconfident and not able to do the job honestly?

my boss does.

why aren’t these people chosen for layoffs?

Overheard a leader recommend opening a ticket for HR to review the seating chart since the assigned seating was unreasonable.

That was the most political way I’ve ever heard anyone say to report someone to HR for a flop in assigned seating

Former colleague that supports what's left of our Corporate Properties group has heard firsthand that badge readers are being installed at restroom entrances. The "company speak" is that its being done for employee safety, not monitoring your bathroom breaks ....remember when employees were getting bonked over the head in STL???? The purchase order to get the first 180 readers has been approved, and implementation will start in Charlotte and Minneapolis. you better hold it!!!! SO glad I'm out!

If you went to Rock hurst and had a degree from it. You were given better treatment than others.

Previously, we had a Manager who failed to manage effectively and merely offered praise to the 'assistant' manager on the team, who contributed very little. Now, we have a manager who focuses on overseeing the fonts we use in our emails. Wells Fargo really knows what they are doing.

SPMP season draws nearer, for some Office spice have copilot generated list of random employees as low performers and selected for PIPs. Have this list printed to a random printer in the Houston and let the fun begin

That's it. Performance doesn't matter. The more you are willing to kiss a-s, the further you'll get.

I've noticed that some people can say anything and it's called helpful, but when others say the same thing it's called aggressive. The double standard is driving me crazy. I guess knowing the right people is the most important thing to have your words taken seriously.

A few weeks back I posted about recognizing a few Advent guys in the SJ office (and no they weren’t hanging out in the lobby). My post was taken down because I mentioned names. I don’t think they are done trying to buy us. Time will tell.

Going in to the office is like a dose of human sadness. Of course everyone is all smiles when an exec comes in so dear leader can be happy. But here’s what I see. Rows of grown adults sitting in their cubicles with their heads down scrolling on their phones and jiggling the mouse in their open spreadsheet every couple minutes. No one is talking. No one is collaborating. Most people avoid eye contact. We’re all just waiting for our phone alarms to go off so we can get our 8 hours and leave. Others- post what you see in your office.
Abandon hope all who enter.

It appears as though HR and recruiting is mostly doing their best to protect their function. Make it make sense.