The economy is moving to a manufacturing economy. Heck a truck driver makes more than management at SF. SF is no longer a career. It's a forigen country sweat shop call center.
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Trucks will be driverless in a few years
- The Future
Honestly as miserable of a place to work as SF has become, it can drive you to tap your inner talents/motivation. I dislike my environment so much, I am more willing to take a chance with something else. People always use the excuse "I'm comfortable". Well, I'm no longer comfortable. An OKish salary and benefits are not worth the toll on my health, constant anxiety, etc. I know a lot of other people in the same boat. Are you good in art? Maybe try being an art tutor/teacher. Sports? Try coaching, reporting...anything
A potentially smaller salary may be a valid trade-off for sanity, peace of mind, less stress....and the knowledge of knowing you are no longer a corporate slave.
I left to go drive a truck. Less stress!
When will the next layoffs happen and which departments? Love how we are all waiting to be let go.
"The economy is moving to a manufacturing economy" WTF country are you living in? This isn't 1950, America is a service economy now and that's not changing in the foreseeable future. You want a manufacturing economy, consider relocating to China.
Agree 100%. The logic behind it still has me baffled. Only reason I can think is to get rid of people in locations that will close and get rid of high earners. Once they trim the fat to what they want it’ll be a great place to work again. No telling how long that will be though
This post of we pay our employees over 20% is a fine example of breaking promises that they say are so important. If they do it to their employees can you imagine what they do to their customer? They make their customer pay 250 million for criminal RICO violations.
Cut management pay and bonuses in half and if you do that you'll have more to provide quality service to the customers. The leadership is way too overstaffed. I have seen them personally myself asleep at their desk at age 62. They can't retire due to divorces. Multiple!
We overpay our employees. We need to cut pay by 20% to stay competitive.
I think the point the poster is making is that State Farm has not given any wage increases in years to us worker bees. But they keep piling on the extra job duties like crazy! It's just nuts. Same wages, but doing so much more than ever.
HAHAHA! I did. I make more money, have better benefits and I have my freedom! That's NOT dumb!