They laid off an amazing guy loved by all of us to replace him with somebody at least a decade younger with no people skills. Half my team is now planning to quit as soon as we can, and the other half is not far from making the same decision. They ruined our team, and for what?
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It's not just the Amazon influence and impact. There's an old guard in several M6 roles. One specific GIU comes to mind. There's also deep poliitcal 'friendship' circles of protectionism. I've watched it play out in real time over the last several years. I'm still here but actually done on 12/15. Running toward the fire exit door. Cant wait to be done with this place.
@cx
Same here. Ex Amazon leaders are the worst, and they have no idea how to do the job. When they fail they blame everyone but themselves. I have no idea why or how we hired so many. They are a cancer and have made Oracles manager culture awful.
Most tech managers will be gone by 2030.
I wouldn't suggest to anyone to try bragging on LinkedIn their "managerial" skills. They are not needed anymore.
The tables always turn.
Sorry this is happening to you and your team. Sadly I would bet it is their plan. It’s an easy way to reduce headcount without paying severance.
@bj I hate to be a Debbie downer, but I was an EM who had my teams back. They had no idea how many times I had to stick my neck out....my boss was ruthless (ex-Amazon, go figure). My boss ran out every manager they inherited, brought their own leaders in, and then dumped half of them. Engineer turnover has been constant.....they don't care. There's zero strength in numbers, if you have a leader like this they'll gladly shed the team if it means bringing in folks who will back them 100%. You're just a number for them.
@OP wow. It's unfortunate that you're dealing with this. I have the same issue. There was a guy here that really knew his s***. He always stuck up for the team and did his best to get a lot of us promoted or recognized. There is power in numbers. If the team bands together and takes it as one issue to leader in a step up meeting. It has to get addressed.
I'm here until 12/15 and will then no longer have to deal with this company or its b***. Politics. Simply can't wait.
@b1 You might be done. If they won't spend time helping you it is probably because they know your future.
@ay oh I have reached out through zoom, was having issues and needed his support for sign off, was dead in the water, his response was “im busy”.
100% unconscionable. I don’t think I would have heard from my manager had I not reached out first. His management did not reach out to any of the affected employees. Totally inhuman.
Same here, soon coming up on two months since the rif that took out the best boss I’ve ever had, and this new one has not bothered to reach and communicate. Never seen a re-org like this…
They laid him off for the genius MBA tactic of: "Make number go up."
If it ain't on a spreadsheet, the MBAs aren't looking at it. If you could distill team dynamics and culture and how it effects profit directly and put that in front of the MBAs, then you'd have solved the miracle of the corporate model.
Oracle made my whole group read that 25 years ago. My cheese got moved to unemployment.
Is there a reporting system in Oracle about managers?
if the majority of the team is feeling if way, then there should be a mechanism to report as a team about this type of an issue.
Who moved my cheese? It is a book about change in the workplace.