Thread regarding Gainwell Technologies layoffs

@3mmy+1pmZ5Swy. SPOT ON!!!!!!!!

One thing to keep in mind is that this is the same company (Gainwell being just the latest permutation) what has been decaying over the years. The "old guard" as someone put it, its prevalent at all levels of the company. People who have been here 30+ years is the norm, not the exception. They have not been exposed to other companies hence they do not know better. its not an excuse, its the one of the reasons why they are so complacent in their ignorance.

This company has institutionalized incompetence, plain and simple.
Knowledge hoarding... common practice among TFALs and architects
overly inflated yet fragile egos... common place
we have always done it like this... the go-to mantra of the old guard.

not everybody is like this, we do have good people. Unfortunately, too many of these incompetent, self-serving, glorified fools are in positions of power. they ensure the status quo remains the same.

that is our reality and that is why the company is circling the drain, Veritas/Gainwell simply accelerated the process. what should take decades, its only taking 3 years under them.

If 45% of the workforce is eliminated it won’t be enough to eliminate the incompetence. People simply don’t know how to do what they are hired to do. And the leadership doesn’t have the expertise to train them or help them. It is a workforce full of ignorance. The leaders are to blame for building a team of ignorance. Gainwell will fail. It is built to fail. All employees are just a number. You can be fired or laid off on a whim and the leaders don’t even feel bad about it. You mean nothing to them. You are easily replaced. Your hard work and caring mean nothing. Absolutely nothing. It isn’t even noticed by them. Benefits? Why give numbers good benefits? Time off…please…we need those robots working not taking time off. We don’t care about their wellbeing or their families.

I suggest that everyone be looking for another job where the leaders actually value you and your hard work is rewarded.

It’s not about giving a damn or caring. The people are not competent to do their jobs.

I have a similar story to the original post. I worked in different department for a while and wow. No documentation. No standard way to do anything. No one knew how to do anything. They blamed the state for all problems. The account couldn’t deliver anything in the contract. And the contract was lost.

It’s a systemic problem that is company wide. And if it continues the company has no where to go but down.

There are people who care and work hard in all areas of gainwell, more than most realize. But common sense is outweighed by egos and territorial politics. The noise wins out.

A fish rots from the head.

There are people who give a damn.