Tipsord is making the hard decisions that should have been made 20 yrs ago. His courage is going to save SF and Blono. The bull___ that's been out here this week PROOVES these are the right decisions. Theres too much dead weight, atrium walkers... — read more 

Instead if this site being informative and useful to employees and their families being affected by the changes at SF, it is just another example of social media run amok. Immature keyboard warriors throwing out STOOPID crap. Yes, I know how to spell... — read more 

This whole Tipsy out thing, who's replacing him, etc. reads more like a wish list than an actual rumor. Trust me, I want him gone as much as the next guy, but there is absolutely nothing to corroborate the reports he is leaving. This is just getting... — read more 

Rumor is that Tipsy will be axed this morning at 10am CDT, to be temporarily replaced by Ed. To be continued......

Do we know if anything is happening today? Any more bombastic announcements or meetings planned that I missed hearing about? Or is there a slight chance that we can actually relax a little bit ahead of the weekend? (Relax is going too far, but at... — read more 

Yes I see lots of people quitting in PA, I guess the TMs will save those people till the end that Helped with ordering lunches. Some TMs always rewarded those people. Lots unfairness and playing favorites

I see a lot of people reacting to what's going on by quitting or saying they will quit in the next few weeks. I understand that people are frustrated and just want to make it stop, but quitting right now is doing State Farm a favor. Every person who... — read more 

No more food days for concordville, PA. What is there to Celebrate, severance packages for the time that you been there? Management keep saying this is all I know they just don’t want us to leave we are there guinea pigs to figure out with their down... — read more 

Planning and Management was placed last week. After speaking with a few others I found out that I was not alone in finding myself back in a position that i had done 30 years ago just out of college for my BA. It will not use any of the skills i have... — read more 

2 weeks ago all BI Management had an all management meeting with corporate. Corporate provided current financial overview and asked for suggestions on how to turn things around... 2-3 ideas brought up but squashed. More meetings to come? Who... — read more 

MT is trashing a company made strong by its employees, Rust recognized the value of dedicated, highly skilled and motivated employees. New leadership sees experienced long term employees as a expense and nothing more. They are paying the price now... — read more 

State Farm has been a darn good company to work for. If you worked in the insurance industry it was well known that State Farm had the most dedicated and properly trained employees, the tenure was unmatched in the industry and this was leveraged into... — read more 

#admin #mods alert — Read the rules - it's somewhere in the footer. Foul language, cyberbullying, etc. Anyhow, they block your IP and nuke all posts if you are not following the rules...

This is all for your betterment... "In our organization, people had to change locations. They lived in multiple spots, multiple geographies because we were a twenty seven or so regional office operation at the time and the divisions were even a... — read more 

I left in November, “Transformation" was announced in August. I was stressing so much I had to leave. I am sorry for all of you hard workers cause this is simply an awful way to transform an enterprise. God Bless!

A year an a half ago Tipsord either wasn't thinking "transformation" or he was being untruthful. http://wglt.org/post/state-farm-ceo-offers-workforce-reassurance-and-musings-tech-change#stream/0

Administration 101: Your most important resource is.... Wait for it, wait for it... Human resources! Ohhh, wait... Titi is an accountant. What is he doing managing people? Send him to a dark room with no human interaction to count beans all day.

Ed is coming back as Chairman of the Board and Advisor Heard today, Mr. Rust is coming back temporarily. Until the position can be filled. I heard Paul Smith too. Announcement tomorrow I hear. Mary Schmidt will be ceo Rand H. Of course he's next... — read more 

Have heard and all offices have heard. Tm even confired tippy is out. Announcement at 11 tomorrow. Who knows. One Can Only Hope That THE Board Has Seen The Light. There has to be a better way than to fu-- over the employees. Had they planned properly... — read more 

State Farm has and will continue to have major issues as it relates to attracting young talent, hiring Millennials. Period. This layoff fiasco will make it even harder. This applies even to our hubs and will be a major liability for the Farm for... — read more 

Top half of my team got the call a few weeks back, no more boots on the ground over where you live. TM was in tears. Who stays? Bottom half of the team-they all made the cut because of their zip code. Allstate I still see the survivors of their cuts... — read more 

I am almost certain I will be axed this time around. Aside from a dull gut feeling I have nothing else to use as an explanation for expecting this, yet, I feel I am already on the list despite the fact that I have a 3/3 rating. An exceptional... — read more 

Is there a date yet when the Concordville office will close?

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, 'If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately.'. Tears welled up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake... — read more 

That is all.

https://blnnews.com/2018/03/15/fly-on-the-wall-state-farm-5/amp/

I heard from a reliable source the Bank Board and MT especially are happy with the work Joe and D--k have done on expenses, but unless there are significant capital investments in technology the bank isn’t a long term viable solution for the company... — read more 

Heard Tipsord is leaving due to ____ and Rust is returning.

...Lewis Pryor is currently assistant vice president for public affairs at the Bloomington-based insurer. He leads the company’s external PR including media relations, community relations activities, public relations campaigns, and digital media... — read more 

Are more changes occurring in PA? http://wglt.org/post/state-farm-pr-executive-leaving-company#stream/0

Every area in State Farm is having staffing re-evaluated. It started last fall with first and second line leadership, after some AVP re-alignments. Last month first line managers were announced. Last week (at least on the IT side) most analysts found... — read more 

Concordville office will close and they will built a Stripmall! The writings on the wall people time to get out

I'm feeling really stressed today and my anxiety is acting up thanks to all the uncertainty. Are there any people here who have been laid off before and have managed to come back from it completely? People in our industry who are in their late... — read more 

It's awfully quiet here, I'm starting to worry.

Staff reduction varies from location to location but it will be roughly a 20% reduction enterprise wide. Facilities will become a vendor solution with essentially one SF associate as a Project Manager. Overall they are switching to a service delivery... — read more 

29 year employee here that is 51 and a female. Have done nothing but Property Field Claims my entire career. Now I am having to compete for my job. I truly believe that the safest place to be is on the Deployed side. I see more and more independent... — read more 

The executives are far too removed from what goes on in the departments they're responsible for. So they have no clue. Flattening the organization will help, but not if the executives aren't qualified for their jobs.

Let's discuss. Let's vent.

What a horrible year. I've been employed for 20+ years and this is the worst year so far. I just learned that Toys R Us went bankrupt and 30,000 will lose jobs. That's 30,000 people affected - this is massive and where will we be in a year. They are... — read more 

I see a ton of posts here today, can someone summarize what's going on (for us who are not part of the circus any more). Thanks in advance. Also, the grass is not greener once you leave, but it's not as bad as I expected it to be when I was leaving... — read more