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One thing I’ve noticed is most managers here are completely useless and know nothing about what they’re supposed to be leading. On top of that most do not even pretend to care about their team. I have never worked some place where managers are... — read more 

Based on what a senior leaders spilled over 4000 were/are being let go from Wednesday to Friday. On par with the fall 2020 cuts plus some. NatGen the biggest chunk and an entire site in India included. They had to delay the cuts to add more heads... — read more 

Starting tomorrow, EVERYONE stop using, training AI for their benefit. Dont use copilot. Override any AI systems. Make them useless. The least we can do is not train our robot replacement.

Will such a plan be bad or good for Elevance Health? It might encourage people between 50 and 64 to retire earlier than planned since they would have medical insurance coverage. That would mean losses for our commercial group business. At the same... — read more 

Older Worker Benefit Protection Act The key thing to know: don't sign the severance agreement right away. If the person is over 40, federal law (the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act) gives them extra protections, and a few deadlines come up... — read more 

Residential security has been sold. Will commercial security be next?

This is how we do things now? What a joke!

Now that the Chubb contributions to the Retiree Medical Plans has ended, and the monthly premium for a Retiree and spouse is $5,500+, has anyone looked into or pursued a Class Action against Chubb seeking the Retiree Lifetime Medical Benefit such... — read more 

Were we affected by the outage? I didn't work today

That is good news!

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/bofa-settle-fake-accounts-lawsuit-152441294.html Do these execs think they are at Wells Fargo? "Bank of America has reached a deal to resolve claims that it opened thousands of unauthorized... — read more 

He's very optimistic. The Decisions That Matter Most for Higher Education Right Now https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/decisions-matter-most-higher-education-right-now-kees-bol-9wnhe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via

You can’t argue with the numbers.

It's turned into a joke. I'm now expecting to see it completely disappear in the next few rounds.

We know why you love AI bi--hes and buy it dip sell it high

Sitting on a call and people are trying to sort out various infrastructure issues where they can’t move to NGDC. One issue brought up is simply too many needs chasing too few people too few to do the work. This is must one topic. I see it all... — read more 

Any idea?

It used to be when I asked people for help most of them would go out of their way to help. Definitely seeing a “ not my job” vibe since the layoff announcement. Anybody else notice that too?

Come on down we have bargains for you at the $0.99 store!

Optum has offered him a high-level leadership position.

get ready because they're not done cutting jobs! rumor has it another round of layoffs are coming after thanksgiving. the severance isn't great especially if you don't have a lot of tenure. update your resume and watch your holiday spending. this... — read more 

I have tried for several days to get into Verizon.com to change my plan since my 50% discount is ending this month. It just spins and I can't get in. Anyone else having these issues?

11-11-26 Patterson Companies laid off a number of IT resources including a number of combat veterans. It is especially troubling that it happened on Veterans Day. Clearly an oversight by the HR Team. Rumor is that Patterson will be outsourcing IT... — read more 

For the people that got laid off today is today your last day and what was the package?

A question for current and former QuidelOrtho employees: What was the actual selection process behind the recent layoffs? There appears to be concern about experienced, long-tenured employees being let go while newer employees remain. When a... — read more 

Heard that most of the layoffs are happening in Sales, but a colleague mentioned that his team is safe. Also, regarding the recent H-1B announcement, does everyone on H-1B at IBM have to leave the U.S. by the end of this year, or does this apply... — read more 

well, two people on my team today in Medicare UM got laid off. I don’t know how many other people I’ve been asking around and it seems like no one knows what’s going on and both of those nurses logged off after they found out. I only know because our... — read more 

Seems like remote workers are being layoff in multiple departments

For record some of us actually have demanding job at Ravinia. Loads of talking that all of IT here is useless. This is not case. Are there useless teams here like NPE that don’t do anything of value? Yes. But that is not all of us by any means. Im... — read more 

The email Sarah bellis sent out today where she shared her recent trip (AGAIN) to India and said she is excited for 2027 with that team made me realize that its not AI that we are at risk of losing our jobs to, but offshoring. Look at the significant... — read more 

I have been working at this company for over 10 years, and things are worse than ever across every single department. Management is at an all-time low, playing these tired, old-school mind games. What is the deal? How can someone with top-tier... — read more 

I've heard that triple digit leaders numbers of leaders in casualty are gone.

As the Red Wedding continues, it does not appear any field adjusters or customer facing employees are being contacted. Anyone hearing otherwise?

Layoffs notices were given today with a last day of tomorrow. Allstate says its not to be talked about. Haha.

when GRAND THEFT AUTO 6 comes out? . ^_^

Just an observation, not meant to stir controversy or discriminatory commentary. In teams where people have shared whose being let go, the cis Caucasians gone while lgbt and others are kept. I seen this in 3 teams already where out of two or three... — read more 

It appears these affairs are quite common, how does VZ internal reporting, corporate governance handle this.

So with all the talk of layoffs etc. Why would a distro warehouse completely redo inside? Bathrooms,offices,hallways,breakroom etc. If pepsi is watching $$$$$??? Anyone else warehouse going through this? Asking for a friend.

creating separate thread for discussion for specifically Allstate Health layoffs. Has anyone heard anything yet? Any calls scheduled?

I was laid off back in March. I am fortunate that I was able to land well with a great company. But we are seeing clients now scrambling during and post go lives because they are being "ghosted" by support - even if they had a support agreement in... — read more 

Revenue grew Yoy 21% to 7.8 billion. Discretionary assets grew Yoy to $7.9 Trillion, up 1.1T. “These achievements reflect the confidence our customers and clients place in us.” Tell me again how RTO increases productivity? This growth was... — read more 

Can’t access outlook or the career page. Is this a company-wide issue?

There’s a global outage in case anyone was wondering. https://www.khq.com/news/syndicated/microsoft-confirms-outlook-outage-affecting-customers-accessing-email-services/article_ffa2005b-13ef-4f30-bd62-9e2e058f3cde.html

I never looked at this stuff until they decided employees like myself were no longer needed. The Centene corporate website says that Elizabeth "Betty" Brinn is the founder of Centene. Nope! Not even close to reality. Elizabeth "Betty" Brinn... — read more 

I missed the employee mtg What did they tell us now?

I cannot be the only person in the company to find it ODD that there is time between calls in 4th quarter. It's that feeling as if we(as in corporate employees) are just put here on the phone to take the calls that are overflowing in the que. The... — read more 

Isn't that illegal?

I’ll just bullet point it so to speak. Got my “let’s catch up meeting” and was given the news. Got a email about 2 days later from HR with instructions Created my account to securely access email from C HR. Downloaded a ton of paperwork... — read more 

I got picked! I am actually thrilled. Since Allstate bought out NatGen, it’s been a sh-t show.

Start preparing for the next round coming soon

So there’s a business analyst role that was opened on my team, and no one on the team was never told about this opportunity. Leadership decided to hire a random person for this role, without giving anyone else a chance to apply. Is this an HR issue

If they really want to lower US headcount they'd get a little more creative. if they'd just bump me up/credit me the 10 years for the retiree medical. I'd take any EOI they'd offer. As is I'm 3 years years away and holding on for dear life.

The last time I was in the same state as a teammate of mine was in March 2020. I go into office, no one talks to me and I talk to no one, then I badge out. Depressing.

It doesn't matter if those posts saying ppl were poor performers or have poor mental health came from bots (which is kinda worse since it implies the company itself may be behind them) or from actual trolls, OT should care enough to shut this down. I... — read more 

Only really poor performers who wouldn't travel to office are being let go The company is stronger without these people We are office based and a high energy workforce that is growing rapidly

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.hud.gov/news/hud-no-26-081&ved=2ahUKEwjovsrG5oKYAxXnK1kFHdHQOVYQFnoECCMQAQ&sqi=2&usg=AOvVaw3YMKidn74RhKWlCzioM9Rh "The black talent pool is limited." Requirement... — read more 

So i got offered another gig, how prudent would it be to give 2 weeks notice before the bonus gets paid out? So for example the new firm wants me to start asap but open to me starting in january or early feb. Just worries these ppl wont pay me and... — read more 

Colette Kress was at Cisco from late 2010 to September 2013. She was the Senior vice president and chief financial officer of the Business Technology and Operations Finance organization. This is what she got to experience during her time at... — read more 

A moment of silence for the folks at the company f.k.a. AuthMind. https://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/IBM+acquires+AuthMind+to+expand+AI+agent+identity+security/27331211.html

Anyone else think it is asinine that we have Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield or Cigna as our offerings for insurance? Even Centene thinks their insurance su-ks. What a bunch of cr-p.

I’ve noticed on my team under the umbrella of National Buying, every now and then, we hear that XYZ is no longer with the company, effective immediately, no further explanation. And then their role doesn’t get reposted. I don’t know if these people... — read more 

Alright team, instead of the usual vague “it’s coming soon” posts, let’s actually put dates on the board and argue them out. Drop your prediction in the comments (or just reply with the letter). Feel free to change your mind later if new rumors... — read more 

Super quiet in my group with a few folks burning unused PTO.

They overhired for the model remediation. Then they promoted the managers to directors. But there is no need for this level of data scientists. Most aren’t even doing model building, but remediation over the past 2 years and haven’t been doing data... — read more 

Ford has lost over $17 billions in Model E since 2022. Model E will lose $4 billion in 2026. Ford hopes to break even in 2029. If you are in a business knowing that your products are bad, people don't want to buy it. You are hoping that you... — read more 

Anyone know exactly what tax percentage would be for those who have accepted VSP and severance?

Does anyone know if the package being offered to ANI folks is the same as it used to be and what was posted recently here?

How long you all been with the company? Does layoffs usually affect claims too? I see they still have many openings and currently doing layoffs?

a large number of lay offs are coming for underperforming reps and managers…. the writing has been on the wall

What are your thoughts?

Pulled from the bottom of this article: https://www.ccgcatalyst.com/thought-leadership/commentary/one-year-after-the-worst-day-what-fiservs-earnings-told-bankers/ Funny how they ignore employee attrition/layoffs for improvement and only concentrate... — read more