Just anxiously awaiting any news as October closes... they said we’d know if we’re safe by the end of the month. No word.
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News?
Anyone know if we’ll hear anything tomorrow?
It’s hard to enjoy my weekend wondering if we will hear something next week.
Well said, poster below me!
I agree 100%!
Promotion issues aside, those managers have the single most difficult job right now- direct managers have shown empathy and worry these last few weeks. From what I have witnessed- they want to help the underwriters in anyway they can. Not to mention that in any lay-off scenario management is the first group to be restructured and then down from there. So the managers you speak poorly of are probably facing their own difficulties in terms of “what if my job is cut,” on top of “how am I going to tell my employees they don’t have a job.” No one wants to have that on their shoulders. And no one deserves it.
Also, every place of business has promotions that seem..... not totally on performance. I’ve been in the industry for many years and though I have witnessed promotions that have been surprising- for the most part I’ve had a positive experience when the choices. But, saying promotions are given mainly to LGBTQ (that is the correct way to address the community) is, quite frankly, an assumption and could belittle someone’s honest hard work and natural ability to lead.
We are all facing the exact same unknown. This isn’t a time to be so judgmental of employees. This is a time to hope for the best for all of us. You don’t know what any one person is dealing with- you don’t know what really got them the job- promotion- or why they were let go! Every person applies for, interviews for and answers the same questions. Not everyone is cut out for every opportunity. It just means to go for the next. I really hope someone that fell under your judgement doesn’t read this- although they probably have already heard similar things. What you did there was gossip and vent- two things it seems you dislike so much about managers.
I personally have a pretty optimistic outlook for all of my peers in the RMBC. Who I work with directly, we all have out strengths and will help each other how ever we can as the news gets handed down these next two weeks. I commend management, kelly and anyone who has to deal with this and await corporate to hand down the guidelines. I hope for the best for everyone.
This is why I will never work in management. To have that knowledge and knowingly withhold the information from someone? I will not do that. I question how anyone else can do that. I feel nothing but sincere sympathy for whoever is left in RMBC. I am being much more thorough before I apply for a job now, the company has to meet my expectations, too. The standards at Allstate are unacceptable. Seems everyone has taken a cut but the CEO. HOWEVER - it should have started with the CEO.
I work in the RMBC and certainly do not wish ill on the department. But I do agree somewhat with the sentiments of the posters below. RMBC is an area that have become this sort of cliq filled high school drama show. The enema to flush some of these highly toxic people whose worth has lessened but ego has increased is long overdue IMO.
I’m the OP, and I also know I am replaceable. The fact of the matter is.. we all are, whether it be by AI eventually or cheaper outsourced labor that can be taught or trained on our skills.
With that said, I think it is extremely insensitive in this time where mass layoffs are happening company wide, to wish a department ill will because you may have had an issue with them. It can be said other departments are frustrating from my perspective too. But I’d never wish anyone ill will or to lose their income during a pandemic.
Be a compassionate human.
I use to work in RMBC and moved to greener pastures.. I wouldn't go as far as to call them "mor*ons". Many there are more of this self righteous arrogant persona who think they are much more valuable and important than they really are. We shall see how the level of cuts are to justify how important and valuable the company sees them. Based on the rumors it could be a hard hit but again just rumors.
F the last comment. Rmbc is extremely important to our dept and decisions made on these policies. Thinking of you guys through this time.
Too many clueless mo–ns at rmbc. No loss in that department
I heard by end of this week
Soon is all we can say.