Thread regarding Charles Schwab Corp. layoffs

Anyone else in STS burnt out?

Every team we collaborate with is short staffed and losing more headcount each month. Senior leaders don't seem to care much but middle management just keeps saying they have no answers. I was in a meeting today with another engineering team and it's laughable how understaffed we are as an organization. This is bare bones work being done and many of us are being asked to help out other teams to fill gaps. Someone on my team was asked last week to be a part time scrum master for a project another team needs help closing out.

This is ridiculous. I've never seen a company so disjointed, chaotic and siloed.

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I was in STS.... When I got laid off that heavy chest, walking on egg shells, not sleeping at night, dreading Sunday evening want away. I knew it was coming but I never knew that I would be so relived to not work for poor leadership. I dont want to be a manager or leader so maybe I dont know what it takes, but I have worked with great management and poor management throughout my career. It seems the great management was cut the first time around and the boys club in STS remains. I dont believe for a minute that it was all a choice of "The Bob's" of who stayed and who went. I look at my old team and who remains and say to my self "W...T...F...they kept him?" and then I realized my manager and him play golf together on the weekend and it reaffirmed my it isn't what you know...it is who you know.

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Post ID: @pzm+1qJaiOzo

It's a sinking ship, just like the Titanic, where most believe it impossible.

Weren't the rising interest rates suppose to save us? What happened? LOL, ICEBERG!

Find a lifeboat before it is too late.

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Post ID: @gnr+1qJaiOzo

How much do you all make???

For a website so improperly run

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Post ID: @cuo+1qJaiOzo

I'm not sure why you are surprised. The executive council started the nose dive when they started to use the pandemic as an excuse to rob employees of benefits. If you were paying attention it was crystal clear what they were trying to do

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Post ID: @gvc+1qJaiOzo

Half my team were burnt out before the layoffs due to being constantly pushed to tight deadlines. When layoffs happened and RTO email sent out the entire morale when downhill and now we're shortstaffed.

Our area has constantly had to fill in for POs and BSAs but it's gotten worse now with no direction with funding, no project priorities, and loss of staff.

I know for sure 80% of the devs are looking elsewhere.

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