#performance

So the new tech leader has been here over 18 months and still no strategy. Counting keystrokes and butts in seats? Those are tactics you use when you don’t have ideas. Come up with some d-mb stat like “our average productivity score went from 6.7 to 8.3!” Yeah, sure. “We shortened some arbitrary date by three weeks!” If all else fails, talk up AI from the videos you watch. Meanwhile the actual things that need to be done are just kind of floating. I get it that it’s hard to admit when you aren’t up to the job but come on. Just take the golden parachute. Why is it so hard to get a good tech leader at WF?!?

I heard quite a few bottom performing L6+ folks got their notice today at AWS…… with a hearty severance. Can anyone confirm?

Does anyone have insight into whether or not performance reviews will factor into decision making or is it just algorithm based or what?

one year returns:

Delek 141%
HF Sinclair 36%
Valero 35%
Marathon 31%
S&P 500 17%
PSX 10%

Can Halliburton continue to outperform and deliver pretty impressive results with less personnel and more anxiety in the work place

“Drove multifunctional team to increase uptime in Colorado gas field from 70% in Dec05 to 100% uptime & record production in Aug06.”

Maybe it wasn’t you maybe it was just the weather in COLORADO is nicer on equipment and ultime in August than it is in December!

A layoff happens when your job role is no longer required by the company or is being restructured.
Being laid off does not mean your performance has been poor, but poor performance makes it less likely for you to find another role internally.

On the flip side:

Being fired due to poor performance is not a layoff…… it’s being fired for poor performance.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

For those who were let go as a result of forced ranking and made up poor performance, did you have any issues with getting state unemployment? I believe state would ask for reason for the job loss? What would BNY say? I understand misconduct could make one not eligible. How about this performance situation?

"When compared to Intel-based systems, it delivers up to 86x faster AI performance"…

I'm imagining the engineers responsible for running the tests finely tuning the test suite for days and days so they could get that number into the press release, lol. There's no way that's a coincidence and someone definitely advocated for that line being the way it is.

2.7 COLA; no corporate factor; no promotions; everyone gets meets expectations.

Overheard someone saying managers are being force to give 25% of bad ratings (below meets expectations).
Have you anyone heard anything like this? Seems to high

The better job you do, the faster you’re out the door? With special “consideration” for anyone 50+? Probably the usual cr-p. Makes you wonder why we even bother.

Given average is 4%, what are your thoughts? G, VG, E, O average?
Only serious discussions. No BTC/KLTC/outsourcing/pip discussion, please.

Not trying to sound alarmist, but after the recent RIF, it’s fair to say things feel uncertain right now. Seeing cuts happen after H1 is definitely out of the ordinary, and if performance targets don’t hit the mark, this could become a pattern. Even if that’s not the case, April isn’t as far away as it seems.

The reality is that nobody ever thinks it’ll happen to them until it does. Staying ready — keeping your resume and LinkedIn current — is just smart practice. It’s not about doom and gloom; it’s about being prepared in case the winds shift again.

Dont count unless you have OT Opps attached to them? They are really trying to make it harder to meet metrics arnt they? Seems like a pre cursor for them to excuse you from your role since you didnt hit their "metrics".

Didn’t take long for us to hit another 52 week low - $3.38 officially registered today.
My guess is we’ll be below $3 by earnings call time later this month. WOW!!

Company is gearing up for more layoffs, this time for Stamford right around performance reviews next year.

If you haven’t already noticed the gates in the garage are now closed and they open at 4pm. They do this on purpose to make you scan your badge when you leave.
Leadership is also keeping tabs of your time (not everyone has been asked to do this).

So! Take the train if you can to work. Everyone scans in when they first enter. When you leave the turnstiles open automatically and they cannot get a timestamp when you left, only if you drive in and leave before 4pm.

We don’t have Columbus Day off, company is greedy with your time and should not be tracking you like this especially with all these reorgs happening.

Has anyone heard back about their PDC results? Selection meetings wrap up today, so results should be shared soon

I am really worried that I will be laid off this year. I’m seeing all the signs of a company wide cut from TR and I’ve been here 25+ years. Performance has been good but they keep changing the standards and performance measurements. How do they usually do these things? What process can the unlucky expect?i

No new ideas so let's just keep flip-doing back and forth on things that don't matter.

I'm sure there are gonna be a bunch of 2s given out, though, to send the message that Bill Brown thinks you su-k but we're not ready to fire you just yet.

is it by performance or bcuz of location, or just pure hatred?

There are enough locations that IF Hertz allowed scheduling based on performance 100% rather than longevity having any merit to a schedule, then you would have your money driven top performers taking the most transactions lately resulting in a revenue surplus.
What grocery store has their oldest cashier who is not efficient just because they’ve been with the company for a long time?
Or do we continue paying these over paid hourly employees to resolve little to no revenue which the company is scraping to attain to pay the positions that are duplicated, tripled, top heavy…

What can we do about it?

EH can evangelize “we’re all about sport” all day long. Duh.

Wall St street and former shareholders like me are over it.

Tired of the excuses. Just Innovate! Without it Nike is uncool in this era.

1 Year Return:
Valero 19%
HF Sinclair 17%
Marathon 15%
Phillips 66 (0.4%)

2 Year Return:
Marathon 19%
Valero 17.5%
Phillips 66 14.3%
HF Sinclair 4.5%

Since Mark L. Became CEO (July 2022)
Marathon 32%
Phillips 66 19%
Valero 17%
HF Sinclair 8%

some might say that he has not been back enough time to make any changes and show results.
Whereas some might say he is not working out.

I would like to know what most of you think of his performance and about Nike's future?
Comment is greatly appreciated to build consensus of EH administration in this site.

My take is that his administration is failure.

If I was worried about losing my job. I would make sure I was doing what I was supposed to be doing, and where I am supposed to be. If you leave the building and don’t clock out or lie about it that’s time card fraud. You will be put on a PIP and volunteering yourself if there is a next layoff. Also, time fraud will get you the boot so fast you won’t know what hit you. So, if you’re super worried about your job I would do your job.

Manager got promoted for the work I did. I took on more scope due to colleagues being CPM’ed. Manager already dismissing my work, likely I will get successful rating with pay increase not even covering inflation. How to expose manager ?

less than 2 billion for the multiple year in a row??

don’t be scared !

Right... PTO is for taking time off. BUT BUT.... when you start measuring 15 minute increments to adhere to the new rules....sounds like clocking in to me! Give me a break people - those of you who have not yet experienced the wrath of the RTO.... yep you just wait. Sounds like Chicken Little syndrome.

OK then. Call later when you are dinged at review time for stupid infractions that are measured by.....UH HUH....the key card.

"Gosh Blake....you didn't meet your in-office requirements on 10/30/25. Its in Workday. As your manager, I'm REQUIRED to drop your rating. Before you did everything we expected and I had you as a MEETS. But by HR requirements I have to drop you to a "INCONSISTENT MEETS". I'm sorry Blake, I like you, I really do. But I have no choice in this matter."

"But Sir, Sir! I've done everything! Even when my first born was coming out, I was working an issue for the bank!"

"Blake, it doesn't matter. I'm sorry. There is nothing I can do. You should have clocked in earlier or came in for another day for a longer period."

"In fact, we are on a bell curve. This means I have to rate everyone, and you, because you missed 15 minutes on a 3 day period, you are now summarily dismissed".

"But Sir!! I've done everything you've asked! I stayed late! I didn't bottle feed my kid because you needed me! My wife (bless her soul) had to stand in!

"Isn't my sacrifice worth anything? Anything at all?"

"No Blake, I have no choice in this matter, I'm sorry. Pack your stuff, you are done"

Fade to black....yep. That's it folks.

IMHO

Seems like there’s a much bigger emphasis this year on explaining how you’ve met your goals and objectives that were submitted at the beginning of the year. Still need to work on day-to-day tasks and can’t always be expected to meet every goal. Seems like they’re looking for reasons to get rid of people.

YTD, 5 year, 10 year returns in abolute percentage.

Fds. -40. -12. +77
Msci - 7 +60. +840
SPGI. -2. +32. +450
SP500. +14. +100. +250

Lots of full time employees that are Leads don't know how to code, only thing they know is to take credit from the work the contractors do.

C'mon ATT. You've sent plenty of good people packing, yet somehow missed a significant number of freeloaders who haven't worked an honest day in years. Those Detractors bring down the performance of everyone around them, always complaining about a policy or a meeting or Visa workers or the current leadership. Profitability would increase by reducing the distraction of employees who clearly don't want to be here. We aren't short on headcount. We are short on employees who are willing to work. Build a better workforce.

MG is coming for your pension. Total comp is also going to be based more on “performance.” Aka, your mgr will have even more impact on your comp.

Why is BP trading treated like royalty when there returns on trading are abysmal. Can AI and a pack of Indians improve profit margins? The majority of trading staff appear to have a superiority complex that is not warranted. Could leadership pressure staff with performance results tied to salary?

My management structure has not allowed me to move forward. I've had top performance awards.....but it doesn't matter. My current manager has put in bogus evaluations on my mid-year that I didn't even work on in 2025!
I filed with HR and they basically found that my claims were "unsubstantiated misconduct". Oh boy, do I have a ton of info on that one!!! To be sure, HR, is not your friend and they'll say "I'm sorry but due to confidentiality reasons, we can't say" to ever question you might have.
My advise? HR will not help you. As the victim, I've not even heard what they did, who they talked to, and what came of it. And yet, here I am.