Rick refuses to answer most question directly. There were numerous questions he completely danced around and avoided answering during the corporate update despite saying "Ask me the hard questions". On one hand, he's a master at this. On the other, it's so obvious he is completely avoiding. Do better, Rick.
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We know the answers to the questions he won't get asked or will circumvent in response. The company doesn't care about you, your career or your challenges. They will lay people off, play political games inside and out, and rake in massive bonuses for the Board.
He didn't answer how often he gets his oil change for his memory chips replaced. "Guy" is a fu--ing android
@1kt+1jt3scv3h I could access the pigeonhole from home, from an anonymous browser and from a VPN. These were 100% anonymous questions.
Schwab's entire townhalls are scripted. TDAs were not. The difference is staggering. Final note on the open question with upvoting at TDA: Not only did it make meetings much more engaging, but opening the forum up before town halls gave us a chance to pay a lot of attention to what was on the minds of others. Our leaders handled it so gracefully, even questions that were combative. Those are leadership skills worth having.
There were literally Reddit Style upvote downvote anonymous questions right after the TDA acquisition and it lasted less than one quarter because people started asking questions about ROCA which could not be explained by dipsh-t management. Funny how those questions were never addressed and they stopped taking questions in that format afterwards.
@1h5+1jt3scv3h What makes you believe TDA’s were genuinely anonymous or unmoderated? If someone ever something bad enough you’d see how ‘genuine’ it was… or rather you never would? Hmmmm.
TDA allowed anonymous questions at every all-hands held. Guess what? It worked wonderfully. Hard questions were asked and answered with no fear of retaliation. This is simply not allowed at Charles Schwab, which is why every question is a softball.
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The questions were submitted and voted on publicly. Anonymous will never happen for a significant forum like that. Even if being anonymous was an option, I have a feeling you still wouldn't be satisfied. You will always have something to complain about.
Propaganda 101. If I want to challenge a rumor that layoffs are cultural I attack the rumor. All submitted questions are evaluated for selection. It isn't an open process or forum.
Make it public, voted on and genuinely anonymous.
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The questions were definitely not pre-approved and prepared responses. One called Schwab out for having a layoff culture… and they read it live exactly as written. Another question was accusing the company of forcing ReLo’s. Not exactly good-looking questions to even be asked, so it wouldn’t make any sense if these were pre-selected.
I don't care what anyone says, Rick is fine a.f. He can answer questions or not answer questions, just as long as I get to look at him. The only criticism I have is he keeps himself too covered up. Summer's coming, lose the shirt pleaze!
OP is complaining that the few questions used are edited, sanitized and restricted. Answers are pre-written and absurdly ambiguous.
TD and Schwab used to get real answers to tough questions. Now it’s two steps removed from a White House cabinet meeting praising Dear Leader.
What question(s) did he not answer? I thought he answered everything. Even things I didn’t expect they would actually ask from the pigeonhole submissions. I may not have liked all the answers, but they were answers. And if you’re nitpicking that an answer did give exact details, then I’m sorry but you’ll never be satisfied with any job anywhere.
Worster Wick is a clown. He doesn’t care and insulates himself with McKinsey nonsense. It’s a big club and you aren’t in it.