Thread regarding Rockwell Automation Inc. layoffs

I think In vimal kapur Honeywell have a good CEO, his some interviews on YouTube are incredibly insightful on the future of automation and industry. On the other hand, it's quite cringe-worthy whenever I hear our leadership speak honestly. This whole lot doesn't inspire confidence

The biggest accomplishment that Blake wanted to spotlight for shareholders in 24 was workforce reductions?

Job cuts are the number one highlight of last fiscal year?

Businesses go through challenging times but this is the leading statement in a proxy?

Wouldn’t you want to highlight organic efforts around innovation, growth, successful customers?

How can that not be viewed as a failure of leadership? This is the best you can do?

Looking forward to the tap dancing on upcoming earnings call around the performance of acquisitions. Root cause of the performance is clear - blame COVID and distributors working through inventory.

Here is another tip for folks who are grandfathered into healthcare with Rockwell. The amount has maxed out and my retirement healthcare cost from Rockwell are now $1300 a month. I could get Obamacare for the same so if you are 59 or older and staying because of this, you should do the math. The company is sc--wing you again (although I don't fully blame Blake). But if you think the "company" values you, wake up. They don't. Rockwell is in the bottom 50%, but no company cares about you. You only have so many heartbeats, don't waste one more second than you need too. If you are young, chase a better salary as quickly as possible.

Blake won’t get voted out. He is bad but not horrible. The board is stocked with his picks. Proxy votes won’t change anything because too few people are engaged. If you hate Rockwell, leave. Don’t be a wu-s. Otherwise figure out how to work in the low functioning environment

Point is - if you’re are a direct or indirect shareholder, you have an opportunity to vote. The proxy was sent on January 3rd, so new information along with Blake’s opening comments that start with headcount reductions.

If you take the time to look at the proxy, Blake’s total comp for 24 was +16M and he has +500,000 rsus/options.

If you’re happy and think the company is headed in the right direction then keep moving, nothing to see here.

If you feel there is a need for change, read the proxy, vote, encourage others to do so.

So what's your point? You keep repeating the same cr@p over and over again, why? How about some new, current info regarding layoffs/firings? At the very least, find something new to b!tch about.

12% reduction in our global headcount from peak levels in early fiscal 2024. True. This is 12% net change.

Let us not forget an additional 15-20% of NA workforce (mostly remote) that was displaced by the remote workforce in India.

I anticipate that more of NA workforce (mostly remote roles) will be outsourced to India. Sadly.

Agree. Blake is a complete I d i o t. He forced all the good leaders out and now has a weak team and a pathetic board of buddies who know nothing. Becky has been his sycophantic side kick and jointly they have ruined the culture and underperformed ALL of the competitors. Them Blake has underfunded controller development, underfunded safety product development, tried to force cloud based software into stupid areas and bought poor software companies at exorbitant prices. Even the recent wins are by luck. Asem optix software was a lucky win and cubix data center business was not because anything Rockwell leadership did. Investors need to wake up.