Thread regarding U.S. Bank layoffs

Theory X Management

U.S. Bank’s culture increasingly feels built around one assumption: employees cannot be trusted.

Track IP addresses because people might not be working where they say they are.

Crack down on medical accommodations because someone might be abusing the system.

Centralize / eliminate Business Resource Groups because employees might be spending too much time on work that doesn’t directly produce output.

That is Theory X management: assume the worst, increase control, reduce autonomy, monitor more closely.

The problem is that policies designed around the small percentage of employees who might abuse trust eventually punish the employees who earned it.

And once people realize they are being managed as potential problems instead of valued professionals, engagement dies very quickly.

You can force compliance.

You cannot surveil people into caring.


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Post ID: @OP+1m1hzzvbr

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Management is from India and have you worked with the H1B and offshore Indians (not American Indians)?

They can't be trusted...just google stories of offshoring in technology companies over the last 10 years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nri/comments/1my2t26/how_the_walmart_vp_kickback_scam_will_hurt/

You just don't hear much about it because the USINPAC is one of the most aggressive and corrupt lobbying organizations in the US. USINPAC is also why you never hear about offshoring in any major news outlet...

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Post ID: @yq+1m1hzzvbr

@qx And there it is again: the assumption that employees requesting medical accommodations might be faking or gaming the system.

So instead of addressing actual abuse when there is evidence of it, the response is to make the process harder for everyone, including employees with legitimate disabilities and documented medical conditions.

That is a remarkable approach to employee trust: start by assuming fraud, then make disabled employees prove they deserve not to be treated like frauds.

If someone abuses an accommodation process, deal with that person. Punishing an entire population because someone might be dishonest isn’t accountability.

It’s distrust masquerading as policy.

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Post ID: @v7+1m1hzzvbr

@qx Maybe employees hired to perform a job should be evaluated on how well they actually perform that job. ( I know…novel concept)

If someone consistently delivers strong results, meets deadlines, supports their team and exceeds expectations, what exactly is accomplished by penalizing them because they didn’t spend enough hours physically sitting at an office desk taking the same Teams calls they could have taken from home?

We’ve somehow replaced performance management with presence management. Being visible is not the same thing as being productive.

Measure the work. Measure the results. Measure the impact.

Stop measuring the chair.

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Post ID: @v6+1m1hzzvbr

Let’s be real they are doing this due to all the abuse. All the coffee badging. Fake sickness for RTO etc etc. This message board was full of such activities.

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Post ID: @qx+1m1hzzvbr

They also think about this with their customers - it’s why they talk about “tech led” sales - I.e. no one would want to bank with us legitimately so let’s find ways to force them to use us by the back door.

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Post ID: @db+1m1hzzvbr

It would get deleted anyways. They delete all the questions that actually matter to us.

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Post ID: @cs+1m1hzzvbr

@a8 They're not using PollEV anymore. They don't want to hear from us.

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Post ID: @b5+1m1hzzvbr

Well said indeed!! Can someone submit this comment in the next Townhall and we can all vote on it so they have to acknowledge it!!!

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Post ID: @a8+1m1hzzvbr

Well said.

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