Thread regarding State Farm Insurance layoffs

The one person complaining that someone used the word bullsht...I’ve said much worse at work so who gives a sht! That person must be like the people I’ve heard at work, gathered together in their little cliques, degree shaming people. Thats something I never got used to, hearing people compare their university and degree like its a pe--sswinging contest. I’m glad to be leaving soon.

If you are managing to stay around and are of that mind... there is no doubt you have a little bullsht on your nose. Have no fear your time will come and you can be assured that karma is really a b*ch.

@ThePurge,

So some guy basically complains that the job description wasn't accurate (and uses a foul word to do so), and you respond by saying you're glad he's gone? Because he used upside down text? Without knowing anything about the type of contribution he made to the Farm, the type of work he did, what his evaluations were like, or what his co-workers or bosses thought of him?

You've just written the guy off because he used upside down text to write the word bllsht?

This is impactful stuff, happening to real people.

By the way, if you think State Farm is getting rid of "just the bad people," think again. They're using a hatchet, not a scalpel. They are throwing a lot of babies out with the bath-water. So please don't think your job is going to get easier. It's going to get harder (assuming you're staying) because they are going to expect you to do the work of 3 people. And some of those people were good workers.

Maybe a person who does upside down text on a forum like this just to write foul words is the type of person that State Farm doesn’t need. Glad you are gone too!

Hopefully State Farm is able to purge much of the useless...make the job a little more enjoyable for the smart and harder workers.

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The interview for this job went well, I asked a lot of questions. I don’t know if there would have been any way to uncover any indicators of what the job really would have been like. Job description was b---s---. Glad I’m out.

Agree that it is a skill killer to work there. You just have to know what you are getting in to when you take the job.

Honestly the only thing that will change the company is replacing the top level executives from the CEO down. As long as the same people, or like minded people are in charge nothing new will happen.

I had done some great things in my career previous to State Farm. I thought the structure in a large organization would be nice but I was wrong. This job took all my previous experience and threw it in the trash. I hated coming to work every day of my life...the only thing that made it bearable were some of my coworkers. My time wasted at this company will be one of my greatest regrets. I’m glad it was only a small bump in my path.

So very sorry to hear these stories. The IT folks responsible for ICP really need to be PURGED!

It wasn't always the way you describe (although it certainly has been for at least the last 7 years or so).

Less than a decade ago, State Farm invested in its Systems employees with quality training opportunities. It's always been a "skill killer" because of the way our skillsets are so heavily siloed, but there was always the feeling that the company cared and was willing to invest. And if you stayed in a position where you got to keep your technical skills (development, testing, etc), you could retain your marketability.

That all changed with ICP.

It's never changing back.

I allowed myself to become obsolete, so this is going to be a difficult transition, but I'll make it through.