Or is everyone just taking the paycheck until they get a package?
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@OP just taking the paycheck till they get rid of me.
One should always work assuming that they are getting laid off sooner than later. You are not special and will be replaced by a cheaper worker as soon as it becomes profitable to do so.
@jn Good points, I also have experienced and seen, excellent workers be held back by middle management.
Way too many people have been at Big Blue for 20-30 years, grown comfortable and complacent and somehow labor under the illusion that developing themselves makes them more valuable to the company. Not in today's world and definitely not a in a large multi national. Then these same people who 'bleed Allstate blue' are someone shocked to discover Big Blue doesn't feel the same way when the annual Hunger Games rolls around.
if you do manage to crack your way into the middle management layer of empire builders that is dragging the company into irrelevancy, kudos. You have become part of the problem.
Develop yourself for your sake. Your career and your brand are wholly up to you. Your brand is not Allstate because Allstate doesn't care a wh-t about you, as hundreds of people have found out over the years. Your growth opportunity is to insulate yourself from that by being employable elsewhere.
At one time yes. With the ODB model, he-l NO. The company wants x skills. You show interest and willing to learn it. Their idea of "training" oh just partner with someone one or get this Degreed class. Degree is terrible and there where only limited Udemy licenses. The tuition program is also trash. So, if Im paying for my own relevant training and there are no ways to move forward or skill up, why stay? That is the main reason I left last year: staying marketable and relevant. I was always honest about these points with the one on ones with my manager and senior manager. After they did not deliver on for what we worked out, I went looking for a job despite giving up the WFH. Best decision I made. Joined a firm for 30% more money, an actual training budget to keep me productive with better ideas, and it is the direction where I wanted my career to go in. First 4 months was in office while I learned everyone and the insutional knowledge. Now it is hybrid. Dont get stuck with the remote trap. If get complicant or feel like you are stagnating look for something else. The blue hands wont hesitate to lay you off in a heart beat. Their is no loyalty in corporate America but to the share holders.
I’ve been waiting for a package for six years. I don’t know how much longer I can hold out. Crying at my desk it a daily ritual. And they don’t care, your just numbers to them.
That yes, and also to add some lines to the resume possibly. Your career is wholly up to you. They give no loyalty, apparently they expect none. Seems like an even match. Make the most if it for yourself.