#worklifebalance

I keep asking myself if I actually like this job anymore. The answer keeps changing and not in a good direction. The work itself is fine, but everything around it is draining. I can't remember the last time I felt excited to start the day.

So many folks at Nike don't complain, don't cause trouble, just do their work consistently and on time, and they get rewarded by being buried in even more work. Management sees your quiet competence as capacity for more. I speak from experience. Since I started complaining and saying no to more work, my life has improved significantly.

Been thinking about exploring the market for a new role but wondering now if it's better to just stay here in a chill work life but layoff looming or continue searching and go elsewhere.

How many Dell software engineers does it take to change a lightbulb?

Five: one to write the ticket, one to reproduce the issue, one to say "works on my machine," one to schedule a meeting about it, and one to close the ticket as "won't fix."

One of my friends in merch told me there is a team who is being required to be there from 8 to 5 on RTO days. That was never a requirement before the pandemic and I’m wondering if that true for all of merch. I anticipate everyone will be on 3-4 days RTO soon, but I think specific mandated hours are insane. Schedules shift day to day for families. Is this true? Do I need to look for a new company?

I’m seriously at my breaking point with this company. While i know it’s my choice to stay and deal with it, it still doesn’t take away that the way we are treated here is so gross. The administration, the higher-ups, whatever you want to call them, are once again not filling in roles for people who leave the company. I’m so tired of the corporate culture. They work us to death, they consolidate positions adding more workload and stress without compensating us fairly or not even at all and in return, we get an email that basically says “we hear your gripes so in return, here are 5 more refrigerators for your pantries. Are they effin for real? The people are doing all the heavy lifting, get crapped on while Tony and people 3-4 tiers below him are making a nice salary and bonus. It’s absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. A company that used to pride themselves on work and life balance has back pedaled on that significantly.

All of us who're still here can't even relax knowing we're guaranteed to see more rounds most likely already later this year. We've entered the stage where layoffs are a part of the norm, unfortunately.

Hey bootlickers! Please stop monitoring where everyone sits. Someone reported me that I'm working from the cafeteria. Hey MF you obviously have ZERO work to do to care that much. Joke is in you, my manager don't even care where I sit. And yes I'm gonna sit by the snacks, the sun, away from you. WTF this place is he-l.

Dishwasher. Call center rep. Fast food cashier. Literally anything sounds better than another day here.

Just my personal opinion, but leaving Teradata sooner rather than later was a blessing. It gave me back my peace of mind. I felt mentally liberated, physically relaxed, regained my confidence without having to mechanically follow AI-prescribed steps, no longer needed to constantly exchange AI-generated feedback with coworkers, and could finally sleep well, enjoy the sunshine, and appreciate the simple things in life.

Used to be Dell employees who left Dell would come back at some point to work at Dell, this is no longer true not sure why

That must be someone fckng joking, right?? Folks in these locations are reportedly super happy, aren't they: Canada, Costa Rica, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Poland and the United States. That is so sick given the existing real experience, suppressed by fear in the surveys though.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/kyndryl-earns-2026-great-place-to-work-in-11-countries-and-2-ranking-on-the-global-most-loved-workplaces-list-achieving-more-than-180-workplace-awards-302825920.html

I’m currently on leave- no email. Can’t login to work email.. anybody else?

March 2027 for me, so I'm a bit envious of those who got earlier dates, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth!

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/01/ghost-growth-is-frustrating-and-burning-out-workers-says-new-report.html

https://www.axios.com/2026/07/27/openai-chatgpt-work-specialists
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there are five extended separation dates according to the updated FAQ:

• December 2026
• March 2027
• May 2027
• August 2027
• November 2027

the FAQ details how extended separation dates would impact severance benefits... but being asked to stay until November 2027 is just wild AF to me. my limit is December 2026 and that's pushing it, 'cause I'm over it.

Just send the email dang it! This is mental torture.

It's fun and funny to be off work while still getting paid and receiving benefits. I just wanted to thank everyone for funding my life of leisure.

The only people I know who aren't job-hunting are the ones who can see the retirement finish line. They hate it, but they're hanging on. One colleague is less than six months away, he'd love to be laid off, get a paid summer and unemployment. I keep telling him they won't do him that favor. But I get it.

I'm only here because my wife's job is local. Nobody actually wants to be at Ford.

Is it pay? Job security? Something else?

I've watched this industry chew people up for 15 years. There's a better world out there.

It feels like most of the people who could get out have gotten out. The ones still here are either too scared, too stuck, or still looking. I admit, I'm in the first group. Anybody still here because they genuinely want to be?

Haven't filled out a job application in over two decades and I have no idea what to do with this. If I say yes, they call my manager and I'm outed as a job-seeker. If I say no, I look like I'm hiding something. The manager already made it clear he doesn't want anyone on the team who's thinking of leaving. I don't know how to navigate this without torpedoing my current position.

I do the bare minimum, and I get treated exactly the same as people who go above and beyond and have practically traded their lives for work. Why would I leave? Where else am I going to find a deal like that? And before you all come at me with hate, ask yourselves who's really responsible for creating that mindset.

I'll probably be checking my email at midnight on Sunday lolololol

Please don't be stressed out on layoff, it may be rumour or actual layoff. Don’t worry for things, did't happen yet, be a man and face situation when it comes. Laugh, smile and enjoy your life. Work is work, you are living in USA the most resilient job market in the entire WORLD. Where job openings are available every few mins. Enjoy your life!

Does anyone actually know people who have left specifically because of RTO?
Are they waiting to put their notice in?

Everyone says they’re going to but I haven’t seen it. I’d be interested to know.

Where have people gone who have left the company?

When I got the notice, I thought my career was over. Instead, it was the push I needed. I found a role with actual work-life balance, a team that respects me, and no daily dread. And I'm not alone, I keep a running list of ex-colleagues who've moved on and thrived. Not one of them regrets being let go. It's a strange comfort knowing that getting cut might be the best thing that ever happens to me.

Sorry, not sorry.

If, after all this, Monday comes and I find out I got refused, I think I'm just going to up and quit. I can't handle the mind games this place has been playing with us for months. I guess that could've been their goal, and I hate to say it, but it worked on me. I'm leaving one way or another.

Which would you have picked if you had the option? Charlotte would make sense only for commute to work and cost of living. Dallas on the other hand has lots of companies if T lays you off a year later. Both cities are new to family and kids are still in schools.

Work habits of employees at Oracle has worsened drastically in recent days. Every one going behind AI and trying to assume responsibilities of others.
More like I can also do your work (so we don't need you).

Reduced dependencies inside Team. There used to be a lot of discussions on code base, No one is talking to each other often now.

People using more AI to board more enhancements. But they dont understand how much cr-p they bring.

In my department of 25, at least 10 are actively interviewing. The rest are too tired or too scared to start.

After another sleepless night, I realize that this job has cost me so much mental health that being shown the door with severance is now sounding much better to me than staying here and going through the same thing again and again. So bring it on, I say.

I try to teach the newbies the ropes, but they're on their phones or walking off mid-explanation. Maybe I'm just old-school, but I thought you were supposed to actually learn the job once you join a company. Isn't that the minimum requirement? What's their game plan here?

You are just a drone that exists to serve the Corporate Elites. Will the last bot out please code an AI agent to fraudulently open some accounts.

I have to admit I’ve been feeling a little guilty about spending too much time day trading PSX and talking to recruiters for other companies. But then I heard about the ELT’s trip to Aspen and all the other cr-p that they pull. Nothing is too good for them.
Now I don’t feel guilty at all.