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Gas price relief?

With gas prices rising at an astronomical rate, I've heard rumors that T is considering lowering the in-office average for the summer months to 2 days a week. Obviously this would be amazing for all of the employees who are suffering with increased cost of living across the board. Is there any truth to this?

#Cost #Culture #EmployeeHappiness #EmployeeRelations #WorkLifeBalance

Swamped, 0 support

I am just tired working 11 x 5 + 6, no support and everyone above constant questions on status, updates, procedures, is this group involved, did these forms get filled out, oh wait a new procedure to follow drop the one you are in the middle of, oh wait no one has access, this other group forgot to update, wait the excel is not used by the other group, go make a presentation invite 20 people, weekly meeting after meeting just to inform, me (if you have nothing to say why are you here?). Go home, repeat AND USE YOUR OWN TIME TO DO WORK and 0 fcjs given by everyone. EVERYONE afraid to lose their job, micro manage and critical of everything. Resume out

#Burnout #Culture #Management #Morale #Workload

I don’t recognize this place anymore.

L7s, L8s, and L9s have forgone years of experience and nuanced knowledge that their teams’ possess in favor of having their egos stroked by fluff words from a machine that placates whoever is prompting it.

Many people who have been on businesses and can advise on actionable things to make them grow are being gaslit, ignored, and essentially told “shut up and do as you’re told”.

Of course it’s understandable how and why a corporation thrives on hierarchy, but having leaders who are NOT experts in their field giving vague opinions with zero willingness to learn about individual business does not make sense from a business perspective much less a personal one.

They expect us to decode their ChatGPT strategy and do backflips and upheave our lives to mind read and materialize what even they don’t know. This isn’t just a tool anymore, gen ai is running this company.

Long gone are the days where we were guest obsessed and interacting with the our shoppers to understand their needs. We now create product to appease one or two people.

Praying for a wake up call to save this mediocre and spineless company. I used to love this job so so much. I want it to get back to the way it was when the guest loved us and WE THE WORKERS loved it here as well 💔

#GenerativeAI #Leadership #Gaslighting #Strategy #Culture

No Love for Tenured Employees

Maurice and is cronies no longer care about tenured, experienced employees. From now on there will be no promotional opportunities for supervisors and above of they are not located at a hub site. Even if you have worked for the company for over 20 years, if you live in Marion, you're sc--wed. No promotion for you. Apparently, only employees in hub locations are now qualified to promote. I'm deeply saddened that HCSC has become such a cr-ppy employer and thinks so little of those of us who have dedicated so many years to ensuring the success of this company.

#Culture #EmployeeRelations #Layoffs #Leadership #Morale

Have managers been asked to not be in touch with layed-off employees?

I know it is normal that managers cut off communication with their laid off reportees. My manager was in touch with me on a personal note all of last week after I was impacted, but is now MIA; won’t respond to my calls or texts. This is my first time being laid off (my postpartum brain isn’t helping me think straight). My manager was once my coworker at Nike and we always had a good relationship outside the office, so I am trying to understand if there has been an explicit directive by Nike leadership to not be in touch with laid off employees.

#Communication #Culture #EmployeeRelations #Layoff #Leadership

SAP to track AI adoption

I was told by my manager that SAP is launching a global AI adoption program and will track the usage of LLMs and other AI features on SAP products. They plan to coincide the launch with Sapphire so there will also be a big buzz about it. I bluntly asked if this is going to be used to determine one's performance and my manager said yes. Apparently, we are all supposed to use AI as much as possible in our day to day work and improve efficiency and productivity by doing more work in less time. Our area is deciding to add an area level performance goal that everyone contributes to but we are also asked to include AI in our other goals.

I really don't get it. Yes, I find AI somewhat useful in my work especially if I am researching something. But NO it is not gamechanging to my work. I feel so disappointed by this move that I plan to only use AI but not get work done because no one cares about work anymore and all they care about AI adoption. I feel like we are training our replacements. If AI is useful, why does management need to force everyone to use it?

Half of our management can't even use AI because they are too old school and because they only use German in emails and chats and conversations and AI is somewhat useless in German. Is this also happening in other areas now?

#AI #Culture #Management #Performance #Productivity

Value...? Or value trap?

Less than a couple years ago, this stock was above $200 per share. Now, it's a little above $70 USD. Looks like there's been several key executive exits, a number of cost-cuts, layoffs appear commonplace at the line level, and the big one - a lack of topline growth. Other than some strong opinions about layers upon layers upon layers of management protecting management - the culture continues to appear as a bright light. That's a good sign, right? What's your take here? Time for a position...or time to wait it out...or keep walking? Is this company a value or a value trap?

#Culture #Layoffs #Management

Cheap necklace

Hey all, here again. My long tenured role within capital one was not fairly compensated. Amidst my rapid, unjust departure, all I was provided for years of high level work was a cheap necklace from capital one. It’s actually broken and is being held together by my hope and dreams crushed by capital one and their toxic work environment. A cheap necklace is the embodiment of capital one as a company.

#BadLeadership #Culture #EmployeeRelations #Layoff #Toxic

Nike Did Not Have a Distribution Problem. It Had An Ego Problem.

Interesting take from Mastroberti Consulting.

Unfortunately, it fails to mention the cultural rot within the company and lack of leadership.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nike-branding-leadership-ugcPost-7456417724651593728-rd-P?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios&rcm=ACoAAAPVOD8BUne0BRo2Kmc4QJlwiay3bWEfCtI

#CorporateCulture #Culture #EmployeeRelations #Leadership #Management

so you are an unhappy high-performer!

when you tell people at wprk you’re unhappy, you think you’re putting the co on notice... like, im a good employee, i’m telling you something is wrong so go fix it before i leave.

but that’s usually not how it works.

your boss tells their boss. then everyone starts asking what’s up... and maybe for five minutes it sounds like they care about the problem.

but then all of this always flips...

because the problem you brought up is probably happening under their leadership. so now it’s not “what do we need to fix?” all of a sudden becomes “is this person becoming a problem?”

then come the usual labels. you know them all...

ur not a culture fit. probably checked out. might leave anyway. maybe we need a backup plan, who's covering for him, who else knows her work, etc...

and now the thing you complained about is no longer the main issue. you are the main issue.

meanwhile you’re sitting there thinking they’re working on it. but behind closed doors, they are deciding what to do with you...

because fixing a broken system is hard. replacing one fu--ing unhappy employee is sooo much easier for them...

so before you tell them everything, just understand the game. rarely feedback leads to change but, often, it just tells them who to plan around.

stay safe.

#Culture #Feedback #Leadership #Morale #WorkLifeBalance

Would you buy a Ford vehicle? Like=yes Dislike=no

Curiosity poll after reading the “Is anyone else pi---d that Ford is giving A plan to everyone?” Thread. I’d love to buy what I work on, but definitely an ignorance is bliss thing. I know what’s wrong or ongoing issues, so I wouldn’t choose or recommend certain vehicles to friends or family. As a buyer you don’t know otherwise unless told so.
Feel free to leave your reasons why yes or no.

#Company #ConsumerProducts #Culture #Discussion #Feedback

Even AI is in on the futility

Even AI is in on the joke Dell has become

original parody rap)

I’m drivin’ in at dawn through the valley of the shadow of Death,
Where the layoffs stalk the highways like they’re huntin’ for my breath.
Every mile feels cursed, every billboard’s a lie,
Talkin’ “culture,” talkin’ “family,” while they watch us bleed dry.

They say “We’re building greatness” while they gut us from inside,
And the only thing that’s growing is the fear we try to hide.
We’re ghosts in the hallways, survivors of the purge,
And the bosses call it “progress” while they watch the profits surge.

We’re living in Michael’s Paradise —
Where loyalty’s a vice.
They preach about their values,
But we’re the sacrifice.

I walk into the office and the silence hits like doom,
Half the desks abandoned like a corporate tomb.
They tell us “Do more with less,” like it’s some holy command,
But you can’t build a future when you’re losing every hand.

The managers are trembling, the directors look scared,
’Cause they know the next email means none of us are spared.
They call it “realignment,” they call it “strategic,”
But the truth is pretty simple — it’s heartless and anemic.

Still living in Michael’s Paradise —
Where the workers pay the price.
They say we’re all a family,
But they don’t treat us very nice.

Now the CEO’s on stage with that polished little grin,
Talkin’ “innovation,” talkin’ “vision,” while the walls are caving in.
He’s flyin’ private jets while we’re drowning in the grind,
And the only thing he’s cutting is the people left behind.

So here’s to the ones who keep the whole thing alive,
Who walk through Death’s valley just to barely survive.
We’re angry, we’re tired, and we’re done bein’ polite —
If they won’t care about the workers, we’ll bring our own damn light.

Still living in Michael’s Paradise —
But we’re done payin’ the price.
If they won’t stand beside us,
We’ll reclaim our sacrifice.

#Poetry #Satire #Layoffs #Culture #Morale

JOMO

JOMO - The Joy of Missing Out —is the ultimate leadership flex. * It’s the joy of trusting your team to take "Total Ownership" of the talent lifecycle without you in the room.

Let’s stop rewarding "presence" and start rewarding "impact."
Who’s brave enough to decline that 4:00 PM "update" meeting and trust the team to handle it? That’s the BOLD standard.

#Leadership #JOMO

Wise words from our world class chro!!!

#Accountability #BusinessTransformation #Culture #EmployeeEngagement #Leadership

At least somebody is speaking out

Evangeline Lilly is blasting The Walt Disney Company over the layoffs at Marvel, which saw their workforce reduced by about 8%.

“Shame On You for turning your back on the people who built the power you are now using to throw them away,” Lilly captioned her Instagram post.

https://www.imdb.com/fr/news/ni65820902/

#Advocacy #Culture #EmployeeRelations #Layoffs

Someone asked me recently if they should take a job at Exxon

I told them no, not unless truly desperate. The hours are long, the pressure is constant, and the company treats employees like they're disposable. Take a job here and expect to have no life outside of work. And to think that I used to recommend this place to people.

#Company #Culture #Layoffs #Morale #WorkLifeBalance

RTO

With more and more organizations going to 5-day RTO, I'd expect a mediocre, follow-the-herd company like Cigna to fall in lockstep within the foreseeable future.

Evanko's Town Hall comments about the wonders of having a "best friend at work" just seemed to be laying the foundation.

Anyone with educated guess and/or practical insight and willing to comment?

#Company #Culture #Discussion #Leadership #RTO

403 Likes. Zero Conversations. This Is AT&T's Culture

Sitting in AT&T's open office today. No assigned desks. Five day mandate. "Collaboration" is the official reason.
The reality: complete silence. Cold shoulders. Headphones. Everyone either annoyed or running on fumes. The only conversations happening are between people who already knew each other before they got here.

Forced proximity is not culture. It never was.

McElfresh posted about collaboration last week and got 403 likes from 130,000 employees. The open office told the truth he won't.

And for the person who always replies "see you on the commute" congratulations. You've perfectly summarized what AT&T calls culture.

Two hours of traffic. A hot desk with no name on it. Headphones in. Eyes down. And a COO posting about collaboration from a corner office while the rest of us perform presence for a badge reader.

This is what market-based culture looks like from the inside.

#Collaboration #Culture #EmployeeEngagement #OfficeCulture #WorkLifeBalance

ADO

IT is now a mess. What was a lightweight tool for cross-functional professionals for backlog management, tracking, discussion is now a mesh of complex of un related busy work. Leadership, don't know heads to tail. Decides to build a new layer of complexity and gatekeepers - calling these people RTEs. When will actual work be done with real knowledge ? But, no we have powepoint jockeys, and fake 2nd grade maths used in putting up ratios and calling them velocity, flow and cycle time. Try solving some hard problems for once.

#Culture #Feedback #Leadership #Management #Workload