Thread regarding State Farm Insurance layoffs

No duh.. let's pay to move experienced tech professionals to an urban area only to have them in a job market where they can jump ship for more pay. It's deliberate.

I agree with you but my point was not about state farm exhibiting qualities of meritocracy, but rather the new modern worker of our time. If you looked at the hubs, you'll see a high amount of turn over in skilled labor, including an exodus of individuals originally from the Bloomington area now landing on a fertile job market in the hub locations that benefits those seeking new opportunities

@3hgf - State Farm a meritocracy? You make some decent points but that was not one. The culture of nepotism and the politics of "Who do you know?" are thriving at the Farm. Since it works for the good ol' boys they won't change it.

OK. I want to see about all these people "it's all about me" feed themselves when they can't. Don't need that education when you can't feed yourself.

OK. I want to see about all these people "it's all about me" feed themselves when they can't. Don't need that education when you can't feed yourself.

Could be Sears, Toys R US, JC Penny employee, look around at all the malls bankruptcy is up 60% this year alone. Be thankful you aren’t with or had been with any of these companies. The Brick and Motar business meltdown is accelerating, companies that don’t transition and adapt willn’t be here.

Yes, I would be taking care of myself, if you don’t nobody going to care. I’m just waiting for the benefit changes coming, I think we are going to get hit hard.

@VAxEOK6-3bey, too bad, you missed out on being educated.

First response: TL/DR.

So nicely said.

It doesn't surprise me that a sky-is-falling mentality is perceived. Insurance, unlike most times before, including the market downturn in 2008, hasn't witnessed this kind of disruption. Technology lowered the barriers to entry. However, I suspect that the adjustments State Farm needs to make will rub up against some of the values.

You also need to take a look at the employee and what they value. Newer generations don't have the same values as they use to, which may have not align to traditional State Farm. Loyalty, in all directions, has gone out the window. Instead, it has been replaced with meritocracy, where the value in ones self is determined by his/her economic and work status. In other words, the individual and their rise trumps workplace loyalty.

Eventually the old will die out and the new will be replaced. You asked whether the gentle caring values will ever be regained, no, they wont. As a result, companies will take a very "tinder" approach to employees; trading values, long term training, and employee investment into short term ventures and cheap/automated relationships. My guess is you're probably writing from Bloomington, IL, which (and by no means do I mean this rudely) means you're in a workplace and community that still holds traditional values. Urban environments like Phoenix, Dallas, and Atlanta are very much different and will only exacerbate the condition.

The company needs to adjust to these new conditions of customer and worker. You need to adjust as well. The silver lining? You still have these values. You hold on to them with integrity and take them wherever you go. You will be a breath of fresh air and will be rewarded for it.