#badleadership

Target perfectly fits the description of a company experiencing culture rot. Bad leaders that are more interested in promoting their own careers than they are developing teams. A working environment that feels competitive, not collaborative. Increasingly confusing “shared” values internally and externally. An in-store experience that is confusing and disjointed. Items out of stock or locked up. Nothing feels unique about Target. The company continues to alienate its key consumers. Target is a company rotting from the inside out. It is impossible to change the direction the company is going without acknowledging its current failings.

Medtronic took outside investment for structural heart R&D, and now structural heart is of hundreds of millions of dollars in the hole, with every product delayed, mired in incompetent leadership From Nina down to directors. Nina, who works remote, brought in a VP, Sunny Kankanala, who works remote, filled with engineers that all have "collaboration days". This seems a poor way to innovate.

Neustar sold OneDev and OneTru to TU. OneDev 1.0 was a failure. Then They moved to OneDev 2.0. That too failed big time. Once that too failed, they moved the Neustar execs running these two to OneTru. OneTru is failing fast. Initially they wanted everything to be moved to OneTru AWS. Now they want to move to OneTru GCP when it is not close to production ready. Whenever the lips of SVPs and EVPs are moving, you know they are lying. The environment is absolutely toxic.

Anyone else feel the level of disconnect and apathy is just beyond the pale these days?

Case in point, it’s Veteran’s Day is it not?

Used to be we would expect at least an email from the VP or Director acknowledging and thanking the veterans on their teams.

Zero, zip, nada.

WTAF? It would take 5 minutes.

One of the worst companies i have ever worked for and getting worse by the day. I dont see how they continue to be allowed to operate like this or pull as much bs as they do to their customers and employees. Robin and his cronies need to go

Store manager plays favorite amongst managers. Promoting inexperienced managers to run departments such as beauty. Seems like the beauty department in our store is being run by the store manager herself. The pressure is on as regional and district are starting to notice the beauty manager isn't even fit to run Backstage. It's only a matter of time.

Ultimately it’s probably better to find out now than waste more time. He’s a multi millionaire that is dangling layoffs and leaving everyone in the dark to punk us. What type of leaders makes those types of threats during the holidays? A bad one that is just a hatchet man that was sent to dismantle Verizon and dump on us. That’s the corporate life and the real world. He’s been on the board for multiple years he’s not looking to grow the company. He’s looking to drive shareholder value so he can exit and get a nice payout. If your store doesn’t close this time it will soon. The future is 100% online with AI. Buy a phone anywhere and then activate online. Hopefully you get a nice payout and then move on retail is dead.

We can easily save money by freezing hiring, freezing travel, and penny pinching spending.

Oh wait... But we did that already.

But why are projects delayed???!!

I'm the VP of inflated egos and I don't understand! I hired two 3rd world contractors to take the place of that principle engineer. According to my advanced calculations... 2/1, we should have twice the productivity!

Well I've got a solution...

I'll create a new corporate team of VP's, give it a cool name, and our meetings will save money!

Winning. Too much winning!

What does it mean after having a great year? Layoffs! Greater efficiencies, more collaborative efforts, great culture - Layoffs. Putting in the extra effort - Layoffs. Continuing to fund women’s sports, Layoffs. Supporting the crime infested low income areas of Charolette - layoffs. Out of control expense accounts by senior leaders - layoffs. Listenening to the same enthusiastic speeches by the leaders, priceless. Employees see through the fake caring. MR could care less about relationships be it between peers or our dealer customers. It’s all a facade.

Terrible executive leadership ki-ling our company

I used to be happy working for Dell, but I feel stuck now—I can’t quit because of financial commitments and the years I’ve invested, waiting for the payout.

My organization is full of imposters being carried from quarter to quarter. Other teams are being squeezed so much that disgruntled—or maybe just demotivated—workers often ignore you.

Support teams are being shut down. We’re forced to abandon tools that work and adopt others that mostly don’t. And then there’s the bootlickers posting LinkedIn fluff or resharing corporate ads.

There are still good people at Dell, many of whom feel the same way. But most of us stay silent, shaking our heads at the mess this company has become. We know the end game.

Management tells us to “play the game,” but why should we be as spineless as they are? If we didn’t play along, maybe things wouldn’t be this way. Why make it easy for them to bully us into submission?

I used to dread seeing an HR meeting appear in my calendar. Now, I almost long for it. The lucky ones are those who got to leave—not us, the ones stuck working in this toxic environment where doing more with less is the expectation.

I’m burnt out.

This place checks all the boxes for toxic workplace.

Negative communication: Excessive gossip, rumors, and backstabbing are common.

Poor leadership: This can include micromanagement, favoritism, lack of transparency, and fear-based leadership. (Actually seen a an executive belittle and humiliate someone on a zoom call. Totally lacking in empathy. I thought… couldn’t you do it in private? Why try to make an example in front of others so they are afraid to speak up?)

Unhealthy work habits: Lack of work-life balance, excessive workload, and unrealistic expectations. (Overheard EMS jokingly say that people here have heart attacks on the job here and refused go get medical treatment because of the competitive environment.)

Psychological unsafety: Employees may feel punished, humiliated, or rejected for speaking up, leading to a culture of fear. (I spoke up once during a meeting. An executive didn’t like me disclosing fact and accused me of hiding information. Instead of taking it up with me, the person went to my boss and a level up to complain.)

Conflict and disrespect: Bullying, harassment, and a general lack of trust are prevalent. (I lost the number of times I was bullied. HR does nothing about it. They exist to protect the company, not you.)

High turnover: A high rate of employees leaving the company. It’s necessary because they need the turnover to feed the pipeline of new victims.

I'm sure there's some logic behind getting rid of the best performer on our team, but I sure as he-l can't figure it out. I guess that's why those on top are paid the big bucks. /sarcasm

Is this good or bad. Also I know this place is toxic but how can a manager save a person from a bad cycle and move them to a whole other group to be a faulty first time suoervisor?!! This is junk people.

outsourcing ruined this company top to bottom. I have been seeing this decline for last 6-10years. IT apps being built are below college project level. If Dan really wants to fix this he should start the reboot there

First ATT has the left over timewarner so called leaders that made a bad decision got stock , bonuses and millions. Second many in power have less than I say 8 years but more like 5 years with ATT. Third they broke the foundation that made ATT work meaning the New bee executives to the point that Innovation is now creeping along because the hours from managers are now focused on 8hrs only. Fourth the BIG mistake was instead of hurting the company which they are doing likely listening to a consultant company on RTO( same as our executives going to a psychiatrist) follow their advise. Fifth MAKES sense newly hired 5 days and in a hub. Existing managers remain as they were especially if status has been for 20 years. Sixth and final do Hybrid 3 days office, 5 days remain for marketing and sales. Those at ATT handle break and fix and part of the guarantee flow a few days a month office……I think spot on, oh by the way just fire the ones everyone knows that have nothing to do and don’t use color, ethnic, or male/female/ confused as an excuse
Recently T-Mobile and Verizon booted their CEO is ours next?

How much money (and time) has CDW wasted on consultants? Between Deloitte, Bain, and others we have spent millions on companies that don't give us answers, they just get paid to tell us we are doing it wrong (and then leave it to our own people to try to figure out how to fix it). We also have hired on way too many former consultants too who clearly don't know how to lead. If we had just invested the money wasted on consultants internally on our people we would be performing better.

Whatever brilliant leader thought the best strategy was to pay a ton of money to consultants to come in, should be fired immediately.

Nothing else to explain.

Kakistocracy is the rule by the incompetent.
That is, those who govern are the least fit to do so, but the most skilled at holding onto power.

5 Rules of Kakistocracy:

Incompetence: Promotions are not given to the most competent, but to the most loyal and ambitious.
Corruption: Those in power no longer work for the common good, but for their own interests and those of their network.
Weakening of checks and balances: Dissenting voices are silenced to prevent questioning of their decisions.
Manipulation: Lies are used to divert attention from failures and to shape public opinion in their favor.
Deceit: Mistakes are never acknowledged. They protect each other and shift responsibility elsewhere. Bad faith and dishonesty are no longer flaws, but strategies.

The reign of the incompetent has a bright future ahead.

And clueless management to boot!

Q is like swimming pool. There is an implicit honor system in a large company that people should behave professionally and with integrity and respect for each other. Instead, at Q, everyone, especially the shameful middle managers and VPs, just sh!t in the pool every chance they get. It's disgraceful. They'll do anything for a buck and job security. People who stick around get what they deserve. Its one big cessp00l.

I’m out. I’m a financial advisor in the cac. I feel like they have made me shove my nose up a moose an-s. I am heritage Bb&T and really thought we had something good. I am still mad about Tim and furious about Murdock (again. Seriously, the best guy in the company). I’m out. We are dropping like flies. This place is cr-p. I will say no more. It’s just bad from top down. I am out.

Most of the Sr staff are replaceable, they actually do not implement or solve any of the work place challenges, but they like to report on other people work. You spend more time explaining what you have done so that they can repost if the work.
If the auditors actually pay attention to the attestation the would realize something is very strong with this company.

Everything is always fine when in reality most of their students are flawed.

There's is no real integrity or leadership.

Times are tough. Changes are coming so fast we can barely keep track. Don’t be discouraged. It is so easy to stay in that mindset. Everyone has moments or seasons, but there is a way through and we will band together to find it. Within TRP or somewhere else. The journey is often difficult, but we will find our new normal, adapt, and flourish. Bad leaders will be exposed eventually. Bad business process too. Unfortunately at the expense of great people sometimes, but that is just the nature of business at this level and in this climate. Care for each other. Check in on one another. The greatest assets are the people, and when we look around at each other, there are far more good apples than bad.

SP500 up 20 percent YOY. SOLV down 6 percent YOY. Looks like Nellies plan to "unleash" value from SOLV by spinning off filtration and chainsawing off 1000s of jobs is a smashing success (not!)

I guess adding layers of outside hires at VP levels, mainly cronies, doesn't grow the bottom line. Nor does firing the worker bees just to meet Peltz expectations.

Earth to Peltz! Layoff off Bryan, sell your shares, and return to your Florida yacht for retirement. The beaten down masses will take it from here.

My manager has this way of talking that makes you question your own work constantly. He acts like we are lucky to even get a paycheck here. I see my teammates come in every morning looking completely defeated. It is really hard to watch good people get treated this way. I wish I could quit.

AT&T would face a lot less resistance to change if leadership finally dropped the RTO obsession. Most of us support performance-based expectations and accountability, but the forced return and relocation policies have turned the majority of employees against upper management.

You can’t rebuild trust while punishing the workforce. People aren’t resisting change, they’re resisting bad leadership. Until that changes, you’ll keep getting the bare minimum effort and zero loyalty in return.

We lost nearly half of our team in the last round. Do you think our workload decreased? Nope. We were told to make it work, to take on every leftover task as if we were suddenly twice the size, with no extra pay or support in sight. I am now praying to be among those affected whenever we have cuts again.

They’ve been letting people go at GlobalLogic recently. It’s not a great consulting firm at all - there are serious workplace issues.... i’ve heard reports of unprofessional behavior, managers shouting at employees, and very low pay. They dismissed someone I know, and another acquaintance mentioned a large round of layoffs. I honestly haven’t heard much positive feedback about the company. What’s surprising is that they don’t even offer small holiday gestures like Christmas baskets or traditional treats. . The pay is very low - senior staff reportedly earn around 2 million a month after deductions. the whole industry seems to be declining.

Really sheds a light on how unserious our leadership team has been for the past 5+ years, it's too bad he's going to fire my a-s because this is the first time I've actually heard someone at that level make any sense whatsoever

If you were unlucky enough to get that god-awful “Friday Note” from, you know who, then you’ve already witnessed the nauseating display of wasteful spending happening at headquarters. With threats of massive layoffs hanging over everyone’s heads, right before the holidays, mind you- it’s beyond tone-deaf to flaunt their lavish parties and celebrations.

It’s absolutely deplorable. A disgusting, out-of-touch flex from people who clearly have no clue what it’s like to worry about paying rent/mortgage, feeding their kids, or surviving after Q3 earnings hit and heads start to roll. While the field scrambles to hold everything together, they’re busy partying it up on our dime. I can only imagine the “celebrations” they have on the company dime that they don’t dare share images of.

I’m genuinely embarrassed to be associated with such a shameless and heartless company

Hearing about so many layoff, yet the people who put us in this situation are still around. Unless we remove those bad apples, how could someone change the company?

I'm so thankful Hans is gone. That dude was an embarrassment and ran VZ even further into the gutter.

His DEI nonsense was not appreciated. He cried for George Floyd during an internal company webcast and THEN gave $1,000,000 to Al Sharpton's National Action Network! I was freaking livid!

He was the absolute worst and won't be missed

How can anyone respect the CEO when he continues to get huge raises despite crazy bad performance. The best was JB who was the mastermind of the collapse he not only got a bunch of raises and bonuses, he was asked to leave and got a heroes send off and is staying on the board.

Really? You kept him on the board?

I had my best selling year and results in 20 years, got a lousy 3 review, was told that JB didn't want anyone above a 3, my boss said he gave me a 5 and it was downgraded to a 3 because JB didn't think anyone deserved more than a 3.

Almost everyone who was valuable to Fiserv have left, some retired, some were tired of the complete mismanagement, some found better opportunities…. Bottom line, the cream of the crop are gone leaving the less talented and the incompetent. I don’t see Fiserv coming back at this point, it’s too far gone, too little too late, too bad….

The obscene thing is that management think they know their stuff, but they are the most incompetent people I’ve ever seen. Turn out the lights.

I’ve been here a few years now and while it has not always been great working at this place, I have grown close to my coworkers. Tomorrow is going to be an awful day. They seem to be okay with it as we have known a long time this was going to happen sooner or later. It seems cathartic for them that it’s finally over after constantly waiting for each layoff over the last 2 years to finally be over to see if they were sticking around longer.

Myself and a few other contractors are what’s left of our department. Our fate is tbd and all we know is we have a month before we “wrap” or get extended. It’s been awful every year since the first big layoff watching coworkers from other teams go but it finally hitting home has left me numb.

I came here with aspirations and goals. This place used to be my childhood. I would sit on my basement floor watching hours of tv wanting to just grow up so I could go see blink 182 play a concert during spring break at Daytona beach. When I got here I had no clue the nightmare I was walking into.

I was told people here were petty, played favorites, and it was very political here as well as cheap. Every single one of those warnings were true… for some people here. But my coworkers, they cared they were understanding they were on my level of wanting to make this a better place but knew it was impossible due to our terrible leadership. They always had my back through some rough times and would always help when needed.

We are just numbers on paper to rich people getting richer by the day. Loyalty means nothing here and while I want to continue working to collect a check, it feels like I am just being held back while everyone else moves on because who knows how much worse it’s going to get.

Every goodbye email I get is surreal and I feel more and more hopeless about my chances of staying on. This place is full of bad vibes and even worse management. I know I should be grateful I kept my job or whatever it currently is but the cement ceiling above my head feels like it’s been pushed down even further.

I feel like I’m in a state of shock doom scrolling not paying any attention to the world around me right now because I can’t comprehend how on Monday when I sign on, my coworkers won’t be here to talk to.

Obviously we will keep in touch but it felt like eventually things would change for the better here maybe certain people would be pushed out making room for actual positive growth but no not this time.

This is my 7th layoff in 2 years. I watched many many good people lose their jobs since the first one. Many great creative people who kept this place alive with hope while cable was dying around us. Departments around me disappearing while some of the worst people moving up into positions of power. It was never fair.

Anyways I’m going to just hope for the best as usual. I’m so sorry to anyone who lost their job from this layoff and I’m sorry to the rest of us who have no clue what’s going to happen next.

Keep your heads up.

The layoffs were in the works for months and the execs certainly knew about it. And yet, Prat and Rick still decided to call us all back to the office on their arbitrary timeline, upend our lives and schedules, and scramble for desk space. All to lay off people mere weeks later. Do they get a sick enjoyment out of controlling us like puppets or are they just really bad at decision making?

The right one to lead the bank out of this self-inflicted downward spiral. How many word fumbles and nervous gestures are allowed? Who is the backup? When will the bank be sold? For the good of the membership, just like the Investment Management Co. All valid questions.

Left several years ago when my immediate supervisor told me he had no clue what it team did. Get out while you still can

Fu-k this I’m taking a demotion somewhere else. Worst leadership in my 20 year career