Okay, so you are still here and the market su-ks right now. Here are some serious tips for surviving as long as possible here. A lot of people already know this, this is for everyone else.
- Relax. You only live once. Don’t let this touch you, focus on other things in your life and don’t dwell on what is going on.
- Follow the letter of the law. 9 hours in the office and 8 sapience? Do it! It’s going to impact your life, but just accept it as the price of staying. You don’t have to be IN the office for 9 hours, it’s just 9 between the first badge in and last badge out. Sapience is easier to trick—take one action on your laptop (on software that Sapience Tracks) every 4 minutes. That’s fuel, Microsoft, etc. set a timer. Every four minutes. Accept all meetings and join them. Create lunch meetings with friends and join on teams before leaving to lunch. Discuss business during lunch so it is legit.
- Open the laptop when you walk in the door and take actions, close lid before you leave.
- Spout the company line. Appear stressed out every day. Act committed.
- One day a week, for an hour or two, after you get home, keep the laptop alive by taking an action every 4 minutes while watching tv. Go above and beyond.
- Block off 1 hour a day to polish the skills of your job. This is a critical piece and the only reason it’s worth staying for.
- This is hard— on weekends, spend 1 hour a day to learn about the current job market trends, what companies are looking for, and update your resume and start applying.
- If you get laid off, they’ll have to give you severance because you were following the rules.
Seriously, relax. Fiserv wants everyone to be scared workaholics. And eventually they will fire you anyway for cheaper labor in India or college graduates or whatever. Fiserv is squeezing hard, squeeze back.
I hope that this helps someone