Looks like these people are way too exploiting psychopaths so they want their slave humans to ask AI for solutions! So engineers you will never lose jobs, they will smoosh each other and milk companies saying stuff about human to human contact!... — read more 

Remote employees were once again showered with lavish gifts and people in Milwaukee got nothing. The only give TG the Grinch gave local employees was the gift of paying for more gas to commute, paying more for parking, and extra time in the... — read more 

Who do you think is an awesome boss at NM, and you’d bend backwards to work for him or her?

Word is LTIMindtree might be on way out finally.

Why isn't the tech space allowed to join the OPEIU chapter?

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/nov/24/northwestern-mutual-insurance-jobs-hiring

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/eeoc-says-northwestern-mutual-wont-hand-over-information-dei-policies-2025-11-20/

With yesterday's announcement of the T&D reorg there were a lot of people laid off, but it's hard to know the scope since they don't announce anything anymore. What's everyone hearing? I know of four tech VPs that were let go, and it sounds like a... — read more 

Anyone know how long the lease is on the NYC campus? Just wondering how long the talent out there needs to keep commuting in, so many have expressed displeasure regarding the onsite requirements.

But they have 100’s of them with labor department fake jobs LCA applications for H1B indentured servants

AWS outage yesterday took them all down https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k814hebf

I see no job postings! Any rumours about layoffs? But they are posting through sweatshops for cheap labor https://h1bgrader.com/h1b-sponsors/northwestern-mutual-life-insurance-company-m2m6611701/lca/2025

The tech team’s culture is a masterclass in exploiting the need for networking in the field while treating actual engineering like a thankless chore. Most “management” here are too busy kissing up to non-engineers and flaunting their “connections”... — read more 

https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/dislocatedworker/employer/tools/notice/wbcml-overview.htm Covered employers must provide written notice 60 calendar days in advance of a business closing or mass layoff or reduction in hours. Employers generally are... — read more 

There's a proposal for 25% tax on US firms' payments to foreign outsourcing companies. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/h1b-visa-shock-first-in-double-blow-indian-it-spooked-already-by-tax-proposed-on-outsourcing-from-us-101758368109647.html — read more 

within DSE we had 4 eliminated roles this week, one person forced out (morale is super low). What’s happening in the other parts of tech?

Companies have to be competitive by relying on cheap indentured labor or outsourcing work to sweatshops. If NM don't, fall behind in the market. To see real change, elect politicians who will protect American jobs by banning H-1B visas, reducing... — read more 

If anyone missed they are reducing the 401k / cash balance plan by 2 percent. SLT values young employees over tenured ones saying over 10 year employees receive too much vacation. KC you are the mini me of DR.

What is this obsession about cramming everyone into city traffic? Frankly Franklin campus was the best asset. I smell corruption

Seems that the IT staff is all going offshore. Infosys is taking over again. We all remember last time they worked. The field is going to love this.

What’s behind the quick dismissal of DG? And what happens to the USAA prodigies, aka the Price Is Right models?

No update other than they can’t figure out the parking problem but they want to pass the cost onto employees. The good news is there will be 40 parking spots for when the new Walmart opens in the tower next to the 5th version of Starbucks and the 7... — read more 

he has no direct reports and he's the only person reporting to DG.

Lots of business areas have their own agenda! They just want to cost themselves to retirement! So now the engineers have to make wonders for them to beat competition by maintaining the century old legacy systems built before Internet age

Management used to mean something here - leaders knew you, understood your role, and genuinely cared. Now, it’s just a rotating cast of executives playing corporate chess with our jobs. They talk about transformation and innovation, but on the... — read more 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/15/alexa-von-tobel-has-high-hopes-for-fintech-3-0/ She is also selling a bridge to nowhere and tickets for rides on her magical white unicorn.

Why aren’t we in the fortune 50?

In 2022, McKinsey was paid $55M to advise Warner Brothers to combine with Discovery. From 2022-2025, McKinsey charged Warner Brothers Discovery $37M by advising the company to change HBO to HBO Max, then to Max, then back to HBO Max. In 2025... — read more 

Why is the network quality in the tower is poor? Is bald ghost AR worthless?

WIT overseers exploit engineers. Why a WIT engineer to oversee other engineers? Absolute redundancy to the management! WITs collude with DEI fanatics to run this scam. These scammers completely exploit and leach off other people!

It's called The Reorg! JS got the entire company swaying to that crazy reorg beat. CM grabbed his dancing shoes and showed everybody how to really shake it down. Reorg! Reorg! When you are a leader and don’t know how to deliver, Reorg! If your... — read more 

Our best manager got pushed out for someone who su-ks up but can’t deliver. Now our group is drowning while all the new guy does is take credit. Instead of noticing what’s really happening, leadership just eats it up. Who exactly is this benefiting... — read more 

Who will we obsess about now? :(

Need I say more?