#pressure

And stress. And worry. And some might quit on their own under pressure. Which, something tells me, might be exactly what they're hoping will happen.

Is this normal? Is it expected? I know it's not a lot, considering some folks work 60, 70, and longer hour weeks, but it's their choice. I feel like I'm required to work extra.

I'm starting to think my manager might be trying to push me out without actually firing me. I've had a good record here, but lately I'm being excluded from discussions I need to be part of and getting criticism I never used to hear. On top of that, I'm being handed last minute work with deadlines that seem impossible. Maybe I'm reading too much into it, but the change in treatment is hard to ignore.

Stock lost more than half the value. There may be pressure for layoffs. Hopefully not restaurants who’re understaffed.

He ruined Arby’s when he was there and now ruining Chipotle. Investors should focus on Scott’s track record and performance instead of handing keys to destruction of Chipotle from within

My mgr often pressures and publicly yells at me over deadlines (which by the way were never communicated). Constantly changing project priorities and responsibilities outside my control... I'm pregnant and the stress has become way too much... I can't afford to quit right now. I'm considering escalating to my skip-level manager but I worry it will backfire - any suggestions?

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The constant pressure is making people consider leaving on their own, and I can't help wondering if that's the point. Fewer formal layoffs would mean a smaller number to report.

United Way is part of the VLO cult. Doesn’t impact earnings or stock price. But an attempt to influence communities and the company image. Especially around refineries, for when there is an explosion / fire / release of material. You will be required to contribute and told the amount.

After you leave VLO, they will tell United Way, and in a few weeks you will receive a letter from United Way suggesting that you continue your contributions. If you don’t contribute to United Way directly, they will tell VLO, and you will be contacted by VLO with “encouragement” to contribute to United Way.

The cult is like the Hotel California, you can check out, but you can never leave.

That's what it feels like lately. Just pile on more and more work =until we break and walk out.

I was genuinely happy to work here when I started, and now I can't wait to get away from it. The constant pressure and threats have completely worn me down.

At this point, I don't think retaining the good people is even on the priority list. Someone leaves and instead of replacing them, their work just gets dumped on whoever is still here. Then the deadlines get shorter and the pressure gets turned up another notch. There's always that unspoken feeling of "do it or else," and I'm getting really tired of it. Maybe getting laid off wouldn't be so bad.

With Amazon's recent announcement of investing 230 million in pay and benefit increases I bet Robin and the EC team will feel some pressure to also increase benefits.

Of course I get sick on day 2 of RTO. I don't care anymore I'm WFH like you should. None of this stupid pressure and fear of losing my bonus. If they are threatening to take it away its probably already gone.

I have this recurring fantasy to swap roles with my boss for a month. Let them try to handle the workload, the complexity, and the constant pressure. Let them see what it's actually like. I'm pretty sure they'd be begging to trade back within a week. But they'll never know, because they'd never survive.

They always want us to do more with less. Until there's nothing left to give.

Once again, each team must come up with 15% of its total employees minimum who are rated as not performing. Think about that. It is a must. There's no pushback. Extreme pressure from the ELT to not buck this system. Not every team has employees who are in this category which means they have to lie and pretend that they have underachievers.

Anyone else hearing rumors of changes coming to the current in-office requirements?
I’m assuming they’re just looking for ways to ratchet up pressure to get more people to leave voluntarily instead of continuing to pay severance packages.

Ameriprise Financial, the Regional Recruiting Director role experiences high turnover due to intense industry competition, aggressive growth quotas, and demanding performance pressures.

I am curious about was the LR and pressure is in this sub org on sbg

With stock price getting down, there will be heavy push for AI driven automations every day pressuring employees to automate.

Note that once you automate your position is gone

This is a time where rumors say more than facts. HPE pushing people out the door?

I've been working long enough to know that every job comes with pressure. What I've never experienced before is feeling this mentally exhausted all the time. The workload just keeps growing, the expectations never ease up, and it feels like everyone is running on empty. I've reached the point where I'm looking for something else because I can't imagine doing this much longer.

My office location is being shuttered and staff are being transitioned to a “nearby” city based office location. I am an associate type with an analytical desk job and now I’m being asked to move and fill dozens, upon dozens, upon dozens of boxes of paper documnts for long-term storage and/or transfer to new office location. I don’t think I could physically do it but I’m being pressured to fill these boxes along with my small team. I don’t think this was ever in job description. Comp. not hiring moving staff to do this work. what should I do?

I know you are feeling sad and tired. Exhausted from having to actually do work. It’s okay, that’s what a resignation does. It helps eliminate the toxic waste in a company and allows you to go to other publishers and su-k the life out of them. If you can’t make your numbers, resign. If the pressure is just too much, resign. If you’re just plain old incompetent, resign. Resigning is good for everyone - you don’t even need a new job, resign so you can use your full set of high quality skills and apply them to landing your next sale - making your future employer believe that you can deliver. Happy resigning!

Nike will report its full fiscal year earnings today. Analysts predict a two percent revenue decline and a 21 percent operating income drop. CEO Elliott Hill faces mounting pressure due to continuous negative sales growth. Nike's stock has fallen 34 percent this year, reaching an 11-year low. Investors are impatient despite Hill's long-term turnaround strategy.

https://sportsverse.substack.com/p/a-fateful-day-ahead-for-nike-ceo

https://iowastartingline.com/news/labor/40-of-iowans-cant-afford-rent-and-bills-iowa-workers-almanac-layoffs-and-news-for-june-25-2026/

Maybe we have been too hard on Dan. He has been walking a tightrope since he entered the role. Verizon is struggling as a company, and you can’t expect leadership to be fully transparent because that could create panic and trigger a stock selloff. That’s bad for everyone, especially when you are carrying around $175 billion in debt and backed heavily by institutional investors.

A lot of those institutional investors are tied to retirement accounts, pensions, city employees, and everyday people. A company like Verizon stumbling would not just affect telecom, it could shake confidence across the market. Imagine a major telecom provider, something most people view as a basic utility at this point, struggling to sustain itself. Rational people would immediately start asking what other companies are being held together by perception instead of fundamentals.

I genuinely feel for the employees and managers carrying the pressure right now, but some of what we are seeing may be the result of years of bad positioning, losing market share, and delayed course correction. None of this happens overnight.

Is anyone else’s anxiety through the roof as we approach 6/17? Are those in Dallas in the clear or are we also at risk? I am in Dallas and I am feeling the pressure.

Hey AML personnel, why are we letting them step all over us? Threatening to fire us if we don’t meet production. Implementing AI that doesn’t work. At the end of the day (well probably year) we will be laid off for the AI we are ultimately training. Let’s stop doing so much. We can only do what we can do!!! Layoffs are inevitable, and you know that.

This situation is deeply disheartening. I have not encountered a single employee here who is genuinely happy with their working conditions. What is even more concerning is the complete lack of external coverage or awareness regarding what the staff is going through.

​While no job is perfect, it is demoralizing to realize that we are all unhappy, yet nothing changes. Instead, we just face increased pressure that makes us feel entirely disposable. I truly hope this workplace can organize and unionize in the future so that employees have better protections and receive a fair severance package if they are let go.

It seemed like the appropriate phrase to start the week.

Or every week.

Stock up on ginger ale or the electrolyte replacement of your choice whichever keeps you hydrated and soothed under pressure/distress.

Show up for yourself most of all then you can put your head down with a clear conscience. Be present for the ones that you love.

You heard if first, ask your leaders, everyone should be having some type of call month “towards end of the day”, check your google calender its there! This company is truly a sinking ship since starlink and the other one taking over! Verizon cannot compete anymore basically telecom is dead unless they figure out a way to get something orbiting in space fast! Everyone under pressure at work, SR managers running around WILD with no direction, work is no longer coming in, major budget cuts, everything is being handled mirco, Basking Ridge in CHAOS, tmobile exec came over as a last ditch attempt to save the company with “AI” but yet again tmobile about to outsource to india, spring rifts, summer rifts, fall rifts, holiday rifts get use to it!!..TAKE THOSE AI trainings FYI, it will be on your midyear and end of year you dont complete them trust me you will be GONE!!!

In IT&V, the pressure to produce is increasing. Good thing most of us came from public accounting. Time to start eating time like a pro!

“Following the rollout of AI, supervisors appear to have increased pressure on work output and results. They now seem to expect near-perfect performance from a hybrid coax plant that is fundamentally imperfect.”

Anyone have any information on potentially manufacturing plant layoffs or closings coming up? I know pressure has been high lately.

Our group runs on pressure, politics, and people watching what they say, but the second somebody higher up appears, suddenly everyone’s smiling and pretending this is a great place to work. I never understand the performance because it’s not like executives would even care how employees are actually being treated. What's the point of the theater?

The only thing rising around here is the pressure.

Managers acting like street goons in corporate clothes.
Every small thing turns into LR pressure just to force output from employees.

Data Center BU has become mad corrupt.
No transparency, no professionalism, just power trips and internal politics everywhere.

For META, Oracle and MSFT it makes sense for LR as they are stuggling to get back to ATHs.

I dont expect Cisco CEO to be under any pressure from the board right now.

My manager is still constantly breathing down my neck all the time. If I need to be under constant pressure and control, maybe I'm not exactly fit to train that wretched, hallucinating AI.