I used to love my position. But over the years they have turned it into a soul su-king job that makes me feel like I'm terrible at when I used to be one of the top performers. And I've been in roles at WF that have done that before. So do I know that there was possibility for something that felt more fulfilling. I know I'm probably preaching to the choir but it's also just so disheartening. There are no other open positions that seem to match my skills and the outside job market is gross... Just looking to commiserate because the last year or two have just beat me down.
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@a6 Stop being top performer. I’ve realized going above and beyond gets you nothing here except more work. I’m tired of seeing all my India colleagues be lazy and get away with it while I pick up the slack. I’ve stopped working OT. I do what I can in my day and if it doesn’t get done then so be it. They shouldn’t have let people go expecting me to pick up the slack.
Most of these responses are so genuinely compassionate. At Wells Fargo, we'll go far
@ac define top performer. You do know you can’t be the top performer every year, logic dictates that someone will always out do you at some point. If you have been a top performer every year( doubtful) then you were in the club. Now that you are out of the club you are ticked off. Welcome to the real world.
You said one of the toughest things- this atmosphere robs you of your confidence! It’s one thing to be able to “navigate ambiguity” but a whole other thing to operate in total ambiguity year after year. It’s hard to be good at something or build something when there is rarely a leader to chart the way. It’s a good lesson to keep working in its own bucket and focus on the other hours of the day without this sludge. Hang in there- you certainly aren’t alone
Just admit you're mad about not being able to sit on your couch all day and stop with all the woe is me nonsense.
A couple things have really shifted in the last little bit that have moved me from lukewarm to absolutely despising my job.
The hours-in-office metric is absurd, and that's coming from someone who didn't really have an issue with days in office. It's just incredibly rigid and unforgiving, where before there was pretty reasonable flex to accommodate both work and life priorities.
I've been reorganized 3 times in the last 9 months, including one large team that had headcount cut by ~50%. I think I'm in a relatively safe position at the moment but the depth of that headcount reduction really made it clear how much the exec team is gunning for US workers
I'm not sure how universal this is, but my role has shifted to heavy emphasis on AI. Instead of spending my time talking to SMEs, building consultative relationships with leaders, carefully crafting recommendations and project plans, I'm spending like 80% of my time staring at a copilot terminal trying to train AI to do my job. The outputs are absolute trash but they look sort of halfway ok to managers who only ever skim decks anyway. And the expectation for how fast you can get things done because AI is "helping" have gone parabolic, there's zero appetite for a measured approach anymore
Job market is trash, I'm looking but with low expectations of finding anything comparable on salary or PTO. I have enough saved that if I am laid off or even terminated I'd be fine for quite awhile, which is the main thing helping me maintain a positive mental outlook. Honestly would welcome the displacement if it came
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Ok.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
I was a top performer and on my notice period now.
Totally agree I liked my job before this year. Our team got dismantled and now doing busy work that is not aligned to what I was doing. At this point I pray every Tuesday to be put out of my misery. Sadly as a top performer I don’t think it will happen anytime soon.