I went from being a confident, successful professional to having to seek therapy and medication after working at US Bank. Worst experience of my life. The company is chock full of good people who have turned mean for survival. Thank god I’m no longer there, but the ptsd is real and is taking much longer than I thought it would to heal from. I hate how hard I was on myself when I worked there. The company is culture is messed up. Everyone there needs to be kinder to eachother.
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@ak ever think that's because the market su-ks and everyone is competing with hundreds if not thousands of other applicants.
I've been at USB for 16 years as of July 28, this is not the same bank I started at at all. I am desperately trying to leave, but I can't just sc--w myself without another job lined up.
@ak I left. It takes time to find a new job, especially the higher your role is. I was interviewing off and on for about 9 months before getting three offers. It really depends on the market and timing.
OP, anyone who tries to humble you in a corporate environment intuitively understands they're beneath you. Continue to live well.
@ak If you don't see it, in a company with tens of thousands of employees, it must not be happening.
@OP * You can decide how long you want to stay anger for. That’s a superpower when you look at what’s happening in the world. - Sam Harris
Medication, therapy, ideation, LOA - this place destroys.
@ak you think the employment market is in the employees favour??? A HUGE amount of employees hate working here and are probably actively looking. One things for sure, not a lot of people are motivated to work to the best of their ability and any loyalty they once had is gone.
I’d like to see the sickness rates right now. I imagine they’re only trending one way.
How many of these posts are just trolls vs. people who actually got frustrated / fed-up enough to leave? I'm skeptical because talk is cheap (especially on here) and I hate to agree with Gunjan, but I don't see many leaving at least in my department.
I’m in a similar situation. This used to be a lovely company, now it’s rotten. Everyone is just putting their head down and complying, goes to show we’ve no true leaders to stand up to the managing committee. It’s times like these I wish we had a workers union. There is power in numbers.
Same boat. I joined impact finance. There are some great people there and the work was interesting, but the culture is woke and good ol’boy. You would think we were still in civil rights era working in that group. Totally backwards. Glad I left.
Start naming names!
@OP glad to hear you got out. you are not alone in feeling that way as I know many others feel the same. how long did you work there and for which group?