I can vaguely remember when we used to work toward something, had real team cohesion, and felt a sense of accomplishment after solving complex problems or delivering exceptional results. These days, it feels like we’re just getting ground down, and everyone around me seems completely and utterly demoralized. It’s as if our misery is the point. Creating an environment where people perform well and don’t hate their jobs clearly isn’t a priority anymore.
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My technology manager is so insecure, they swap people around so the manager can act like a hero when issues arrive. Everyone is always in a new position to eliminate any threat to the d-mbbell manager. Management in technology is made up of failed programming or BA careers. Employees who specialize in st-----g their boss's egos.
@15v Bingo. The management here views their employees as threats, not assets, and they will restructure you to silence you.
Most colleagues who actually enjoyed their work and were actually very talented at their craft have already been terminated and are now performing quite well for our competitors, fintechs and other startups. The management and leadership at USB view happy workers as a threat to their lofty position, which they did not earn or merit, and that is a significant reason why the bank and its business divisions find themselves in the non competitive/no growth track,compared to its peer group, losing customers and relationships to the competitors all day long. Leadership matters. Poor leadership destroys.
My manager and their manager share a passion for extinguishing happiness, swapping people around to prevent any expertise, viewing everything through the lens of criticism and failure.
@dj 9 months, wow. Tough job market.
“vast employee misery is this institution's main strategic initiative”
It’s not a strategic initiative, it is the byproduct of bad leadership, leadership so bad in fact, that it will have consequences for every employee when a merger with unfavorable terms for employees takes place. How is Pittsburgh this time of year?
I love my job, which is why I've dedicated my career and professional development to this line of work.
However I very much dislike working for U.S. Bank and I've spent the first half hour of every day for the past 9 months searching for a new employment opportunity elsewhere.
I do agree on one point - vast employee misery is this institution's main strategic initiative.