They really need to get rid of the number of days given. 13 is ridiculous and I’m sick of dealing with same people calling out about any little thing . HR says you cannot address them until all 13 hours are used. Yet the rest of the team gets stuck... — read more 

I wonder why some of our colleagues still work very long hours? I don't know that anyone was rewarded for working 12 hours a day, but I know many people who destroyed their health and eventually gave up because they naively thought that their... — read more 

Is there any downside in filing for unemployment while getting SUB payments?

I’ve heard no summer hours this year. Can anyone confirm? This is a no cost value add for staff and makes employee happy!

Anyone else notice how there is still barely anyone back in the building from Hr or even in office at all still. Yet the rest of us are being forced in. They were also the first ones to run their butts home at start of covid and not care that nobody... — read more 

I am very worried and stressed because I feel like the layoffs here are constantly going on and I have not been able to relax for a long time. I'm starting to wonder if getting laid off now might not be such a bad thing afterall. Otherwise I'll... — read more 

I still don't understand why someone who was an excellent employee gets laid off, while someone who only pretends to work is still there.

I saw it a few months ago, I could find it in MySource but I forget what it’s called now. I could see how many confluence pages and Jira tickets everyone has worked on. It has some short one word name that I just can’t seem to remember. — read more 

Our CEO had one job… By the one metric that matters, he’s failing.

Not buying this 3 days a week nonsense. If you have a high rating and are clearly valued you're fine. They're just trying to weed out the garbage.

What to do. If you haven’t realized this as of yet, it is BlackRock that instructs the company what they need to do. Blackrock CEO: “At BlackRock we are forcing behaviors…you have to force behaviors” This applies to the companies they have a large... — read more 

You can be gone on vacation or for a good length of time and come back to same bs as if you never left . It’s terrible

How many of you are feeling the heat thanks to reqs being held off on getting filled so the bank can save money each month? That mixed in with you can’t fill in your location makes a good combo

Start looking for VVV email addresses tomorrow. Will it be substantial? No. But we spoke of 1,500 of 51K so no substantial plans in 2023. Unless of course you are impacted. Then it is substantial for you and your family.

How long did that last ? 3 years? Don’t get me wrong, it was a nice building, but 240 Greenwich had plenty of space at the time. What were they thinking? Especially since the Brooklyn employees didn’t go to 240 until after 2019 (?).

Released on June 7, 2023 BNY Mellon announced the lease of 600 CCP in Lake Mary. As a result all employees at the Orlando Office will be forced to relocate by February 2024

Your career isn’t based upon your current employer, your career is based upon your attitude, your work ethic and your drive to better yourself. The best thing to do is to adopt a risk taking mindset. A woman who worked for me once at a different... — read more 

It's gettin confusing to tell the difference?

How are employees being tracked except the swiping of badges at door? Lately we are hearing lot of software's being installed in the system without employees being told that they are being tracked in a particular way. Anyone who can shed some light... — read more 

Can we say cr-p communications when is in central Ny have been in the hazard zone for the last couple days with yesterday being highest. Headaches, coughing and eyes burning yet hey business as usual . Who cares if you get sick getting there

Had this question on the survey this week... NYC has the worst air quality due to Canadian wildfires and authorities are saying to stay in doors. We still need to come to office for RTO though.. BNYM cares about our health so much. We all need to... — read more 

how many people on your current team do you feel pose no value ?

I'm happy for those who find a better opportunity and leave this, but honestly, it makes me very depressed that I can't get anything better myself. I believe less and less that I will succeed at get a better opportunity, at least not before the... — read more 

Do you know anyone who was affected and what groups? I am hearing of several locations.

For hundreds of people in the King of Prussia, PA office, it's a return to an office in a DIFFERENT CITY (Wilmington, DE). For many of us the commute went from 15 minutes to nearly over an hour when typical traffic is factored in. Many people... — read more 

Anyone else sitting on these calls about your process being more automated only to hear random teams talk as if they know your process, know the business related to it and talk as if they’re taking your process completely? I don’t even get asked... — read more 

When you can’t figure out how to actually grow the business, the only way make their numbers is by cuts. Too bad the regular employees will suffer instead of who they should get rid of: the overpaid and useless middle managers. This is 100 percent... — read more 

Emails going out starting today from corporate to employees not in compliance with 3 days a week in office just in time for mid year reviews.

After all the fantastic work done at BNY and having the job description on your resume. What career options does it lead to?

https://pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/wake-up/ For those of us collaborating around the PIttsburgh water cooler, this is what we get to enjoy

Does anyone expect them anymore? What was once a great workplace is now a shadow of the former.

Curious about the report you guys are talking about. How do they make sure it matches with employees' record?

A manager has hired 2 of his distant relatives (Husband and Wife) as contractors to work on same project. They are from same vendor, they never show up at office and being paid the highest top dollar. No one seems to know what they are working on... — read more 

How enforceable is it when you give notice? It’s in the contract, but are you tied to staying the entire 60 days once you say you’d like to resign or case by case in how decent your manager is?

Which firms doesn’t have that re--rded bell curve and fire staff yearly performance rating that creates this sh-t toxic workplace culture at BNY? Looking to fu-k off from this sh-t hole, much appreciate the advice.

I totally understand people's complaints because they think that coming to the office is a waste of time in most cases. Venting is sometimes necessary, however, do our complaints change anything here? No. I don't recall leadership ever taking... — read more 

I'm considering new career options in the financial industry. I'm on the hunt for a company with a good reputation as a great employer. You know, the kind that genuinely cares about their staff and creates a positive work environment unlike my... — read more 

Is there an official policy? I hear so many different things. For example we were just told that holidays do not count as in office. This is in direct contrast with what we were originally told. The real problem is that as an employee you have no... — read more 

The staff has been cut too many times in the past 12 months and morale is severely lacking. We are always waiting to hear if we will get laid off next. If we only had a long-term plan that showed us the bank was committed to us, things would change... — read more