Has anyone heard of new hires being brought into the unit at higher levels than current employees? We’ve had four new hires with no prior experience.
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@18e I’d like to think the CEO isn’t aware of how bad it is. I’m assuming the fabulous fearless leaders of this awesome organization have presented falsehoods. No other reason to see ELT still hanging on and doing their song and dance as if were around a fire-pit singing koombaya
@z8 We have a few people across our teams who were hired into higher-level positions, some at significantly higher pay than existing employees. These individuals seriously lack the skills and experience to handle even basic responsibilities. Employees in lower-level positions still have to step in and guide them through routine tasks.
Meanwhile, experienced employees are left picking up the slack and burning out. Morale across the teams is at an all-time low, and many who once genuinely cared have stopped bothering. Leadership doesn't see a problem as long as the work gets done, regardless of who's actually doing it or the toll it's taking on the teams. It's disappointing to see how CF has reached this point.
@z8 HR leadership a joke. AC, RR, KB
@qg Can you say with a straight face that CF hires/promotes/pay based solely on job performance and/or qualifications?
@hj You know how I know you’re a racist?
@ep I’d rather be understaffed than completely under-directed and managed. My area has one free spirit associate who doesn’t even pretend to work (I’m talking online maybe an hour a day) and a manager who thinks her job is one ‘topic’ and another area should have responsibility for the main purpose of our dept because she doesn’t understand it. Then a new director who absorbed us after VSP and is clueless about our LOB and stays hidden in the shadows. Business is failing because for years BP showed us all that we didn’t matter and then somehow his soldiers still got to stick around trying to serve the koolaid we all know is tainted. New guy probably doesn’t want to fail but he obviously has zero clue what he needs to fix first. I’m sure the last of us left with any business knowledge will be canned soon enough and CF will be nothing but a statistically high in ‘Diversity’ associates that earned their job placement based on things other than their skill set and background. We don’t need more people we just need people that are actually qualified to do the job and proper leadership that can manage Instead of professional ‘Yes’ men
@ep No reason to copy VPs. They do nothing to intervene. They shake their head to signal they are listening and no action.
Atleast your org is getting some warm bodies! My department is so woefully short-staffed that everyday feels like a game of "russian roulette" with two in the cylinder! The data is broken, systems don't function, work never stops coming in, no one with business knowledge is left to answer the questions but everything has to be done "right away" with a VP or two copied on every email! Its a nightmare!
@d1 wonder when Unions start making a comeback
A new hire with not much experience can make more money than someone who has been at CF for years. Disgraceful
@OP well they did go to one area and demote a whole gang of associates. Demoted their pay as well. People outside the company with any real skill won’t work for the salary current employees are under. People spend more time fluffing their resumes than developing real skills so we hire in ‘potential talent’ than realize too late they’re useless. Everything in this company is a cluster right now so unless they’re offering more money, who in their right mind would willingly put up with the chaotic environment CF has created. This company doesn’t care about the current employees. They care only about optics.