Thread regarding Truist Bank layoffs

@ev - OP here. Hi @a4 and @aq “waves.”

Personally, I’d always recommend giving two weeks’ notice unless the situation is genuinely hostile or the job is taking a serious toll on your health.

People tend to remember how you leave, and the professional world can be surprisingly small. Especially if you work in a niche field, burning bridges over not putting in a two-week notice can come back to bite you later.

No matter how strong your résumé is, an employer may hesitate to hire someone who has a history of walking out without notice. You never know who knows who, so leaving on good terms is usually worth the extra two weeks.

I left back in February for this exact reason. No two weeks notice, just an immediate resignation email and dropped my keys off. This place is a disaster. I was one of those people who over-extended myself with Truist, running to different branches to cover, although I had my own job to do I found myself repeatedly helping teammates who barely had skills to run a teller line, all while the branch leader smoked cigarettes every 20 minutes, sit in her office most the day, and scream about needing numbers for the branch. You will find yourself doing your job and your teammate job. Oh and the raise? COMICAL!! Such a miserable experience, one day I woke up and asked myself… “what am I dealing with this for?” I say this to say… please find a better job, you will thank yourself in the long run. God bless everyone ❤️

all employment is transactional…

You do work, they give money. Done.

If you hear "we are family" at any corporation. RUN!

To even be considered for a promotion, you have to be showing that you can perform the work required of the next level and consistently getting at least distinctive ratings. Even with all that, it's not a guarantee.

@OP It's a job not a sorority. You sold out and took a bank job like the rest of us so get off your high horse.

@ag

Translation: My writing skills SUK, so my envy of others' abilities results in me falsely accusing them of using AI, when in FACT, they are simply using their own brains and creative acumen to compose posts!

I’ve got one foot out the door and I am not volunteering for squat. You have figured out that they are not going to pay you for doing above and beyond. I’m just keeping my head down until retirement.

@a4 Think you are missing Original Posters point, she is making the claim (which is factually true) that she could go well above and beyond, but given the good ole boy network here it wont matter, so she has rightfully so said she isnt going above and beyond for free. There is a reason the stock continues to lag peers as this place is not a meritocracy.

I wish they would cap how long posts can be here. Some of you are really good at just copying and pasting AI slop.

But, we’re family!

@a4 - I needed this. Thank you friend. Yes I want that cookie.

Promotion only comes to those who kiss fannies. If that's a skill you have you need to get off here and go put it to good use.

If not, get the skills you've learned and put them on your resume for your own personal career development. Truist is good for giving an amazing skillset that can be used elsewhere.

You're not special, or coming up with some totally original new way to look at how work gets done, and this isn't generational.

It just boils down to personality, drive, and priorities.

Some people are innately go-getters, people pleasers, or easily intimidated; and some other people are content to just go with the flow, and establish boundaries, as you do.
Some people are easily malleable, and get taken advantage of, because they lack self esteem/want to be liked by others more than respected by themselves, or because they haven't wised-up yet that it isn't worth it to be overworked when just doing a salaried job.

If "8 & Skate" works for you, keep at it!
Millions upon millions of others in countless decades throughout the past have done the same thing during their work lives. This isn't new, it's not some newfound lightbulb moment/epiphany that only millennials or Gen Z has just recently discovered. It's a personality trait thing, where since the dawn of time, some people simply aren't interested in voraciously climbing the ladder, or craving to make a big name for themselves, or chasing after the next big opportunity or bag of loot. None of that is worth it to certain personality types, if it costs them being miserable or stressed out at work, or too much time away from their personal lives, or eroding their integrity or health.

Congrats, you're an Average Joe with common sense and a healthy outlook on life!
Do you want a cookie?!