I don't understand why people even bother with them anymore when we know nothing of use will be said.
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Town hall could have been replaced by audio message on repeat, All is well. Nothing to see here
The worst is the in person town halls where SF and her band of yes people are just self fiving. No one wants to ask actual questions that move that the audience really wants to hear because they will wind up on whatever RIF list is next. There is no truth to power, there is no desire to actually change the direction at an executive and senior executive level, and those who do speak up to try and find a path to improve things are beaten down and driven out.
I'm sure none of the people who actually have the power to drive change read these things, and even if they did, they would view it like Principal Skinner saying that they're not the ones out of touch, everyone else is.
D-mb@$$es at my company have cringey bs videos n'sh-t at the beginning of every townhall followed by more throw-up by self congratulating egomaniacs. I tune out. Same cr@p with performance reviews. Hilariously the Injians are now in HR as well so they don't do anything except lick exec's behind. The only sad thing is these people have taken the company over the cliff doing that, and looks like its happening all across the country.
They are completely pro forma. Being able to say that they are held quarterly, is just that, something to say. A tidy summary is produced that passes as an update. That Town Halls take place is something that shareholders eat up. This place is much more reliable for information than any FIS Town Hall.
Town Hall meetings themselves are not the problem. In a company that isn't in a toxic spiral, they are very useful.
The problem is that FIS is toxic and refuses to actually have any actual transparency with its employees which makes the Town Halls just worse than useless propaganda sessions that everyone knows are fake.
I agree completely. I stopped tuning in years ago. The power points were laughable and I couldn’t even have them on as background noise. They are no longer an issue for me since I left. 😊