#culture

When Mr. Gerstner became CEO, IBM was facing one of the most challenging periods in its history. He made difficult decisions, refocused the company, preserved IBM as an integrated enterprise, and helped restore its competitiveness. His leadership demonstrated that successful executives must balance long-term strategy, financial discipline, innovation, and customer focus.

A Lou Gerstner Leadership Academy could teach future leaders about:

Leading through major organizational change.
Making tough decisions under pressure.
Putting customers first.
Driving accountability and execution.
Building a culture focused on long-term success rather than short-term popularity.

Whether someone agrees with every decision he made or not, Mr. Gerstner's turnaround of IBM remains one of the most significant corporate leadership stories of the modern era. There are valuable leadership lessons that today's and tomorrow's IBM leaders can still learn from his example.

Is there a minimum hrs required to be present in office during your in-office days? How is this followed in various locations

Even after working on solutions that these mega logos depend on we are no where close in reaching ¼ of their revenue.

I even feel that the ip business will die a slow painful death

Sorry for being pessimistic, this whole AI BS is taking a toll on me

Like wtf are we even doing wrong, are we doomed ?

Are we on the right track even ?

Until Billy and Jimmy are removed this company will keep sinking.

I truly do not understand some of the negative comments on these posts to people trying to navigate through this scary time. We are scared and stressed about what to do. We are all looking for just a little compassion and understanding depending if we take the VSP or not, but no need to be rude to people who are deciding to take it. Trust me I am struggling with the decision which I bet most of us are! A little niceness goes a very long way with people who are nervous and scared

Fortune 500 bosses demanding staff return to the office share one trait: Narcissism, research finds

https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/fortune-500-bosses-demanding-staff-070000467.html

After reading through some of these posts and thinking back on prior conversations I’ve had over a year ago I think I have an idea of what is going to happen.

I’ve heard for almost 2 years now that the ultimate goal was of course to bring in AI but also to merge everyone between each LOBs. Claims, UM, OPs, etc. They want one group of people for all LOBs that are cross trained and can work everything.

I’m thinking that’s what this will be. Clean house and get rid of people then reorg who is left into the 1 team per department for all LOBs.

I thought I’ve read that they have done it this way before however and that it didn’t go well? Ya know be because each LOB is vastly different?

Could this be what is happening?

My store has

1. Rodents
2. Lack of a/c
3. Filthy carpet and fitting rooms
4. No working price checkers
5. Tremendously understaffed
6. A disconnected, not present store manager
7. A RVP who is in the store maybe once a month if that, for like 30 minutes
8. A lack of handicapped accessible fitting rooms, isles, and restrooms
9. A parking lot with pot holes big enough to swallow your car
10. mold and mildew
11. Leaking ceiling in office
12. Plumbing issues
13. No safety and security protocols that actually make sense and help managers and leads/key holders

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Let’s get real peeps.

FIS bought, absorbed, renamed, reorganized, and stacked business on top of business without ever turning the whole thing into something coherent. Too many layers, too many handoffs, too many teams protecting their little kingdoms, and too many people paid to attend meetings about work instead of doing work.

That kind of structure can survive for a while, especially when revenue hides the rot. But eventually the bill comes due. And when it does, headcount is where leadership goes first.

Your impending layoff is the natural consequence of FIS getting big without getting better. The smart move is to stop treating this like a personal betrayal and start treating it like a warning. Update your resume. Call people. Look outside. Move before the axe swings.

And if you have spent years coasting inside FIS, this is the moment of truth. The market will tell you very quickly whether you were building a career or just collecting a paycheck inside a system that made underperformance easy to hide.

Get over it.

Seeing a lot of Cisco reps moving to competitors or partners lately or a complete flip in career. What insights do they have that we don't? 🤔

Worst CISO ever. Spineless a-s who can’t stand for sh-t.

I used to like working at First Data for the most part. When frankserv took over it went downhill fast for both companies. There was constant frustration, ridiculous policies and mismanagement. I have been out of this place for a few months now. My wife commented how much I've changed for the good since leaving. She said I am back to being man she fell in love with. That was WOW moment!!!

It's been since April 1 since I've received a commission check, my boss said we would have plans at the end of April so we could get commissions, then May, then mid-June, and he now admitted he has no idea when plans will be out so that we can get paid. He laughed and said he isn't getting paid either. Fortunately, I have some savings, and can absorb a couple months of waiting, but I am running low on funds now, but half of my team is looking for another job, they need the income. There is no confidence that even when plans come out, that the commissions will be right, trying to mix XBS Corporate and now Enterprise, and Lexmark with all the assignment changes. My salesforce is still wrong, and I am missing accounts that were sent to inside sales for now reason. Our CEO and SLT promised better communications and transparency but we haven't seen even one communication about commissions. Is this to hold onto cash or something? Are others having problems getting paid commissions? This seems widespread

We are like the New York jets!!!!!!! Too many upper managers managing their careers instead of the business!!!!!!

Walking around the place with so much positivity and high hopes. None of them have any clue that the rest of us are bitter, angry and mostly dead inside because this company su-ks.

If you already have a job, keep it. ExxonMobil looks glamorous from the outside, but that shine is fake. I learned the hard way. I ignored every warning about the toxic culture and left a stable job just for the brand name — biggest mistake of my career.
From day one, the so‑called safety buddy didn’t even bother to do their job. Non even a proper welcome.
My first project manager opened our very first meeting by lecturing me about their ‘compete‑to‑win’ culture and how they rank and eliminate people every cycle.
This place isn’t about work, it’s about alliances, cliques, and survival. If you’re not part of a protected gang, you’re a target. Everyone watches everyone. The paranoia is all over this workplace. It’s a pressure cooker with a shiny logo slapped on top.

If you didn’t know, the NY Mets su-k this year and fired their manager today. The mascot, Mr. Met, seemed pretty pleased with the decision based on this video.

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/s/9Dr6O1UYgH

We’ll all be Mr. Met when Stankey finally exits stage right.

Unless they add a time in the cr@&$er these level up and rev up metrics are gonna ki-l my team

I don’t know how it is in other organizations, but EMTech is aggressively hiring in BTC. Either move to a safer department or keep your options open and look elsewhere. I know strategy advisors are always on confidential projects, so they can’t talk about them, but you can still get useful signals from them.

Can someone teach me how to be a yes-man and boost the egos of unskilled, manipulative managers? Apparently, that's the skill needed by TPD Associate Director. Please for once can they let go Boston AD …

Unfortunately, I'm not good at that, so they'll probably let me go.

sick of this nasty working environment

It remains to be seen whether she will be able to address and Drain the Swamp that has accumulated over the past 15–20 years. There is still limited clarity on the actual responsibilities within ISS, beyond attending meetings and adopting titles such as “product manager” without a clearly defined product to manage. Additionally, our current risk‑management structure raises concerns — specifically, why more than 800+ ISS stakeholders are assigned to the exact same risk. Just check boxers. Only a few really understand Computer Science principles - 90% of them just Talk - Presentations - Strategy - with no meat..Of-course there a few gems in ISS but their work will be clouded and the CISO never ever gets to know who are these gems really are..

OK, we are now three months into this Google, Cr-p! Exactly what it is cr-p! Anybody notice how much longer it takes you to do your job using Google? Gmail is the absolute worst. Drives will drive you nuts.

CITI just celebrated its 100-year presence in Germany! How does your country handle these kinds of major corporate centennials?

I guess my night time gummies are day time gummies now.

Just wanted to add my voice here. A lot of the other posts on this board were true.
On the positive side, big credit to RB and management for actually listening to the CES Survey and making some real changes. That doesn’t happen often, so it’s worth calling out.

Per the last email, it looks like HMP has basically been ki-led. For those of us stuck in open-plan areas with unassigned seating, how are we supposed to get offices now? Feels like that whole piece just disappeared.

Also hearing we’re going back to Monday WFH next — that’s at least something.
Anyone else in the same situation with the seating/offices issue?

Ugh eyes roll… late joiner comes in and takes credit for “engineering 2.0” and now gets appointed head of applied AI with zero qualifications. This place runs on PowerPoint decks apparently

Inclusion Summit.

ATT: High turnover rate. ( Reddit )

It genuinely makes me sad their turnover is high, especially at the authorized retail level. There’s so many things that don’t get taken into consideration when it comes to selling, such as demographics for one thing. Foot traffic alone doesn’t tell the whole story. I know someone who might lose their job bc they can’t meet the sales goals when they are brand new, 3 months in, and when they won’t scam customers, though others in the store will, by adding lines without consent. This person was so excited for this job, and they were also not told up front they would be fired if they didn’t meet goal after three months. They went into this job being told one thing, and it being something else. Now they are disillusioned. What a shame. I wonder how many really good employees have been lost bc of bad scheduling and these hard to reach metrics without scamming people.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ATT/comments/1ugbzh9/high_turnover_rate/

I also know someone in sales that can attest to the scamming CRAMMING and fraudulent sales tactics that ATT pressures and intimidates its sales employees to perpetuate in the unrelenting pursuit of false metrics and sales quotas. The SCAM is out in the open and ATT makes no attempt at hiding it.

How is everyone doing?
Another week done and it feels like we are hamsters on wheels. Same s*** different day. We get a message from
Our Chief Revenue Officer about finishing the Q strong - with 2 days to go that’s kinda late. Where he been hanging out the last few months? Maybe if he checked integration that was supposed to help like move to D365 now even more late than the 7th version of timeline we’ll all get to a more stable position?

What’s the word on that team? Full of ignorant fools who thinks very highly of themselves

People are asking good questions!

Now that Teams is active, does anyone know if they are screen capturing non member employees? Are they targeting specific individuals? What about keyboard and mouse tracking?

https://fortune.com/2026/06/25/return-to-office-ceos-ego-research/

New CEO: "Core is a disaster, Government Programs is underwater, and our Leaders aren't accountable" ELT: "We launched an App! and it's almost WEA!" pretty much sums up life here

Since when does a company have almost every single person in the building make a decision on even the littlest things? The higher ups, like ML and that whole lot, have better things to worry about than half of the stuff they have to “approve” before anyone can actually move forward with their jobs.

Have a little faith in the people you employ, and maybe focus more on idk maybe a cohesive brand????? We’ve lost the plot entirely

I’ve worked at Di-ks for 8 years and in that time the changes have been like a roller coaster !!!!
From firing of quality managers to replacing them with unqualified ones.
The workload is crazy they are not reasonable at all . When you do bring up issues that need to be taken care of , they yes you to death but do nothing .
They post a sign if you see something say something and when I did, nothing was done.
I’ve seen the stock in the midteens and when Covid hit, it was a perfect store for the environment. The stock went through the roof. This company is typical of other big corporations. They only care about the stockholders and their bottom line which on some levels I understand, but I think it has gone to their head. Upper management is just unrealistic..

Back room and the stockrooms are an accident waiting to happen and they do nothing about it. They employ younger people pay them less and go out of there way to not pay Benefits .
The psychological test that they have given the employees that have been working there are all a smoke screen to lower their overhead.
Cut salaries get rid of quality people all for the obvious reason $$$$$ sad really
They don’t Care about the employees at all … God forbid you were a handicap person and had to move your wheelchair in that store. My store was in Florida.
Somehow, they get away with not giving a handicap person enough space I thought it was a law. They just care about stuffing the store with as much merchandise as possible. I’m guessing the state looks the other way. Kind of ridiculous and sad.
The company is all smoking mirrors .
The only care about the customer because they spend money .

Getting back to something I said earlier, it’s a dangerous place to work and no matter what you say nothing‘s ever fixed so in the end I did get hurt. I also witnessed other people getting hurt.
When I was injured, the managers did not know what to do. Didn’t know anything about the paperwork or where to send me. I sat there for two hours and they didn’t know what they were doing in the end. They had to call other stores so with all the training that they give you and it’s a lot I believe all of that is done just to cover themselves for any liability, but they don’t bother to train the managers

I could go on and on about the things that are wrong with that company. I’ve seen it all, but I don’t think there’s enough space for me to put everything down that’s wrong with them. They bought footlocker because they had so much money supposedly because they wanted a European presence. Just not a place I would recommend to work looks good. They get all the kids to work there 18 to 22-year-olds because it’s a sports store. That’s a funny comment because it’s become a clothing and shoe store with the out of fringes of the store being sports and fishing. They recently because of the psychological test that almost nobody passed got rid of a guy that I believe opened the store originally high-quality individual who did anything. They asked them to left the sweat on the floor and how did they pay him back offer them a deduction and salary stay full-time or take a severance package it’s highly insulting and if they cared at all about the customer, that’s a guy that should still be working there he was very well liked by the customers. He was intelligent articulate and learned everything that he possibly could in that store yet he was just a number very sad. Di-k should be ashamed of themselves.

Has anyone sesent. Read the new company Email = Did you hear? Simplicity is se-y. WTF is wrong with these people and company!!! S-X SELLS??