SF is NOT the SF it once was. SF was a company that was respected and everyone begged to be part of. SF was the red carpet of insurers. Today, I have not run into any employee from the VP level down that would recommend a friend nor a family member to seek employment from SF. That speaks volumes. Coming from the noble era of State Farm, it is literally a slap in the face. I am not saying we didn't have disagreements, but we were willing to sit down and resolve them. Today, I fear the company is so divided and so selfish it has gotten away from what made the company a powerful insurer. Sad!
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@3els+1bdwyOOb OH NO! Those aren't the only choices. Be like them. Be smart! Educate the public to their game. ;-)
Why keep talking about the past........to be honest to show the "kids" what once was isn't anymore. To be truthful. To be honest.
@3onc+1bdwyOOb FACT!
@3els The problem is leadership doesn’t act like State Farm has transformed from a great American heritage company into the Chinese factory or whatever you want to call it that it is now. Talking about all this Founder’s Day stuff for example. As if anyone working to death in a production environment at State Farm can take any amount of time to celebrate that. Leaders also talk about the picnics and other celebratory stuff that used to happen all the time. Why??? We do not do any of that anymore that I’ve seen, so why keep talking about the past to people who don’t experience anything like it working here today.
I have a question, and I’m not trying to be a smart azz - if you know SF is not what it once was and never will be what it was, what are you going to do about it? Are you going to sit around and tolerate it or are you going to move on? Because those are your only choices.
I’m saying it now nobody likes you or wants to be around you. Now there's inclusion at its best. Must be one of those cancel culture types who thinks their opinion is above all others. To the back of the bus little one!
I really worry everyday about everyone wanting me or trying to be like me. KMA!
@1eol+1bdwyOOb Hey dude nobody cares about your opinion. You want us in offices? That’s fine enjoy what’s left once the smart people adapt from not living a life style like you.
I’m saying it now nobody likes you or wants to be around you.
@mok If you don't know where you're been, you sure as h-ll don't know where your going d-mb-ss!
I would like to see them all go into the hubs. No WFH. Regroup to get everyone on same playing field and train, train, train! At same time get rid of the 6 digit plus politicians who don't earn their keep.
Its not about wanting to return to a past that isnt possible these days, its more a return to the values and culture that made the company great. SF has totally abandoned its culture and replaced it with metrics.
The rhetoric of “oh....they are old or illiterate in tech” is a ridiculous but heavily used justification for some and most of the things SF and vendors the partner with do. “They don’t like change...”
Stupid analogies or HR and Management narrative that slides close to calling folks stupid or not critical thinkers and it’s clear young robots are their tech and system fiasco direction.
You a commodity and high school
Student. Nothing more.
I hope and pray the damage to SFs reputation is reversible for the benefit of those who will have to carry it into the future. Change that reputation younger generation. We trust in you not them!
Putting third party shady vendors in Management in systems and other areas compromised SF in a bog way.
I understand nothing was what it once was, change, adapt, improvise, etc. Non issue and a given. It's important and acceptable; however, to compromise your reputation for change is inappropriate.
Since we're being honest....NOTHING is what it once was. Trying to cling to the past has never ever ever worked, and it never will. Doesn't mean we have to like it. Doesn't mean we have to stay where we are and pretend to enjoy it. The world changes. Always has, always will. We have to change with it. And that might mean we move on to something entirely new. But whining about what used to be; nope, that's never gonna bring it back.