Tom doesn't care. Its not his company to run anymore. He knew RJ needed a change. However it wasn't one he wanted to preside over. I'm He knew this was coming. The whole board did.

For anyone reading this who's still at RJ, what else are you hearing about future plans? Also, is Tom okay with this? Let's share info.

The Motto was service first, but now it is service first and people/resource last and are expendable. Many of us work very long hours and weekends to complete the merger without any additional compensation or thank you. I saw/hear that champagne was... — read more 

I hear morale is very low, and groups are being re-organized again. Everyone is still shell shocked and even the business users are complaining that there is no one working on their project/requests

Its just not fair. I know its not supposed to be and never will be..but still. People gave so much to that company. Think about it.. Some of those cut were there for 10 or 20 years. 20 Y E A R S! What do you get for giving a company 1/4 of your... — read more 

Staff may have had some redundancies but in no way was it by 160 people. RJ had already cut many of the contractors before they cut these 160. I wonder how many FTEs were cut vs contractors. This series of layoffs was on originally planned when bella... — read more 

So. Freaking. Glad. I got out of the mess that is now RJ when I did. I could see the writing on the wall and got out with at least some of my sanity intact. Get out while you still have the mental wherewithal to do so. To Bella, Vin and Paul...suck... — read more 

Kudos to "Nobody Special"! Everything you said was DEAD ON! I was also let go last week after several years of blood, sweat, and tears. I am one of the ones who stuck it out even though I felt trapped in my position and was constantly pressured into... — read more 

What did PM say?

You gotta read the tea leaves ... when bella insulted the PM who merely asked a question about the role of PM ... gotta wonder why RJ wd hire Allaire from scandal-ridden UBS .. I must say the PM that Alllaire insulted came Right Back w/ a superb... — read more 

How many Raymond james employess that lost their jobs April 11, 2013,,, actually had a contractor on their team that they trained to do their job...And surprise , surprise... he contractor is now DOING your job. And what a bigger surprise that RJ is... — read more 

Was let go Thursday... Was not aware that my job was being duplicated. Just hired a contractor on our team. I guess he will be doing my job. BTW... thx RJ for allowing me to work 70+ hours/week for your successful merger.

Was let go Thursday... Was not aware that my job was being duplicated. Just hired a contractor on our team. I guess he will be doing my job. BTW... thx RJ for allowing me to work 70+ hours/week for your successful merger.

Was let go Thursday... Was not aware that my job was being duplicated. Just hired a contractor on our team. I guess he will be doing my job. BTW... thx RJ for allowing me to work 70+ hours/week for your successful merger.

I am a previous employee. I was one of the many who left during 2012. I would love to see a tally of how many of the employees who lost their jobs helped RJ to successfully Merge the Raymond James and Morgan Keegan business together. If they were... — read more 

The question just dealt with the break-up the PM dept and the move to place the PM on teams. The PMs were assigned to App Dev teams and just working on the apps assigned to them and were no longer working on everything. The question was not out of... — read more 

So the question about project management was why are they so bad? Or was something else asked. Also what did she say?

I am still here - waiting for the axe... The rating is a long story but I would not be surprised if I got cut... In peace with it though, there are greener pastures out there for sure... I am at the beginning of my career, no wife/kids, no mortgage... — read more 

and then she grabbed the mic from Vin (which who was the question was asked to) and just unleashed. it would of been more professional to say we will talk about this after this meeting and not do what she did in front of everyone in IT.

And then what happened?

And then what happened?

Someone had asked a question about project management.

Nobody Special and Former Employee hit the nail on the head with their posts. Several employees have had to use FMLA for mental health issues due to working there and the management. Some departments have set unattainable goals so employees are... — read more 

So what happened at the IT meeting that upset Bella or what was the question that pissed her off?

On Bella's first day she said she loved the RJ family culture. I guess the lies started then. All the associate trust Tim and Tom built up is gone now. Never to be recovered. Welcome to the new Raymond James sweatshop culture. Thank you Bella and... — read more 

I guess new management means new ideas for profit. If you are not as smart as Tom James, you can use the old standby for profits, Layoffs.

I wonder if Tom James has regrets on putting Paul into the company...

I also work in a department that was not affected and heard stories all day about how this went down. Were there really enough security guards there to walk 100 people out? Even at random times? Did you get paperwork? Did they demand your badge and... — read more 

No layoffs affected accounting, but RJ has been working employees in accounting service departments like dogs. Lots of weekend work, including Easter weekend. It's all work work work. They don't care if you are,drowning. No one trusts their manager... — read more 

It's awful it went down this way but it was obvious shit was going down the last few years. With the recycling of management, restructuring and policy changes etc.. Going from a 'service first' focus to a 'service fast' focus. Just the nature of the... — read more 

I worked for RJ for 14 years, I was at a branch and still felt this crunch. I have never had a bad review until this past one that was delayed for months because they had to teach the new MK manager how to do them, along with other reasons. My... — read more 

The reason this is an unprecedented layoff is because they keep their layoff numbers low to keep it out of the public eye. That is why they say no futher sizeable layoffs are expected. There will be layoffs but they just won't be announced.

The cuts were across the board in IT. It was not just based on performance reviews, 9-blocker results, tenure or current salary. Management went through two rounds of ranking everyone in their departments, and then they were forced to make cuts... — read more 

I worked for RJ for 7 years, I resigned last year. Trust me, there is life after RJ! When Paul Reilly took over, I had feeling things were goung to change, and not for the better. Due to the MK merger, employees had to work mandatory overtime and the... — read more 

Hi. I was let got. I have been a full time employee for a year. I was doing a job nobody else did and didn't make over 50k...all I can see based on the talented and wonderful people I know sent away is that no matter what we speculate or read... — read more 

I'm pretty sure the co-workers, family, Team RJ thing is gone out the door as of today. RJ is on the same footing as Jabil now for thier employees.

Please..."Don't say you can confirm things you can't. Only thing you CAN confirm is the lay offs themselves.....not the reason for them". Some people were there and still are there. You can deduce some things. A lot of "old Timers" were let go. The... — read more 

Getting a little out of control. I would say from all the comments some facts are present. I don't believe "editorializing" is 100% on this site.

I don't really think that was necessary. I am not being played a fool....and I am not stupid. Preachy...yeah maybe. Remember for a good many of us on here we are coworkers. Try to not be insulting.

Thanks for handing the hat back again and again and againand again. I could tell you had it on with your comments. Now you might start thinking clearly and realize that some associates do know what occurred. Are you like a 12 year old intern?