Thread regarding GlobalFoundries layoffs

Yea they are fake transparent. They are transparent but what they are telling us is not true.

I think we need to stop being polite about what we are saying here. Dancing around it. And just be Frank about it;

The management here at GF, bottom line, lies to you. They are transparent but what they are showing and saying are lies. No reason to sugar coat it.

Worksmart. The biannual reviews/rating system (gpm) straight up fake Etc etc are all lies.

At least we get free coffee on weekends…FML

Worksmart is garbage 🗑️, manager used it to PIP employees he didn't like.
HRBP did nothing. Failed these great employees.

No ethics.

@OP+1gu talk about the worksmart. The upper level at that moment already know it is layoff. When I talked to my mentor, a senior level manager, I got worksmarted to other team, he told me that the company want to transparent to us, just some job adjustment, not a layoff. But that is totally BS, because the laid off people already received the notice. People like me just the manager want to kick you out of the team and put to other place. My manager is even worse, he used this policy to get rid off all the people who he does not like or use it to threat people to fear his power. Each team has headcount and in order to impress his boss, a even worse senior manager, he almost take over all the headcount in the department. Some many good techs are either been sent to other team or laid off. Now they try to pay 5000 dollars more to get new people in. This is like circle, every two or three years, GF managers need to practice their layoff skills.

@4psc+1guineDy
My manager too is quite transparent. In fact we hear about things early or in advance of it being announced. Very nice down to earth guy.

But what I have (really we the team) found is if you dig a bit more or push on things or apply a little stress to the statements/concepts a bit; you will see despite the transparency things don’t add up or make logical sense and they breakdown.

It’s almost like boilerpoint statements and justifications to assuaging or placating the masses. This over years of hearing different things. A lot of it just doesn’t add up under scrutiny.

Now this means either one of two things;

1. First line mgt are victims of fake news/propaganda like we are. They are just parroting what they have been told by their management and leadership and are clueless victims like us. Pushing the agenda despite it in some cases not making obvious sense .
2. They do know what they saying are lies and their job is to sell it to us.

One example I think the entire company is aware of and exposed too was the roll out of the WORKSMART program and how it was being portrayed. There was an attempt at department meeting discussing it to almost make like a pep rally. Rar-rar this is great for company!! I think at one point one manager asked us to cheer and applaud it or get excited about it. But the audience reaction was muted (a large portion are PhDs can see right through and what this program really was)
Also remember in beginning of pandemic all those statements about not letting anyone go (no layoffs). Something along the lines of ‘we entered this together we will leave it together’ What a crock.

So just be cautious with what you might perceive as transparency it might actually be snail oil they are trying to sell you in a very friendly way

@1fwb

I must be lucky. My manager is as transparent as they come. He praises us while trying to push for our own careers. The recent survey results he even shared with the whole team and every comment and took the time to reply to each one.
This is probably why he rated in the 90s for a manager score. The only scores that were low on the company side. I know he has ideas but GF has continued to drop that ball. They do say people don't leave companies they leave bad management.

Instead of continuously training middle line managers around they should make the managers understand the following: Either you lift people up by respecting them, making them feel valued, appreciated and heard or you hold people down by making them feel small, insulted, disregarded or excluded. - Christine Porath

GF is the most toxic work environment I have ever worked in throughout my career.

What makes it even worse it’s very sneaky just slightly hidden under surface. Full of backstabbing and lies. Peer to peer throwing each under bus. But more commonly it is the management just not telling whole story or gaslighting us individually and at times as a team.

I think this makes it worse and more nefarious. If it was toxic out in the open at least we see it and it’s just accepted and acknowledged - but at GF it’s hidden ever so slightly behind a thin veil.

Like everyone knows it and sees it and even the managers and leaders know it too. But never step up and outright say that it is wrong. They tow the company line and bu-----t…. But maybe give a “wink wink,” because they know the words coming out of the side of their mouths is false or a lie.

I have been (for years) telling people considering GF for work to please look elsewhere - you will be miserable

as I've progressed through my 10+ year career at GF, I found the following

• at first, my scope was narrow and I experienced similar issues with transparency, exposure to different things and attention from management
• I grew and proved myself, and opportunities were afforded. Exposure increased and there was more transparency. Plenty of projects have come and gone.
• eventually there was too much... scope was very broad. Too relied upon for day to day, adhoc, personal interest stuff... and dealt with management too often

in a spot now where I've been able to push back, and management knows not to press.

still dealt with rotten eggs along the way... just stuck through it and outlasted them, or made moves to get out of their reach

I know it's not that easy for some, but it's worked so far for me

Great post and spot on. GF is a very toxic place. Mgt lies and is openly misleading.

The louder you are the more correct you are is soooo true!