#employeehappiness

I didn’t realize how sick Wells Fargo made me until I left last May. I’d gained weight, couldn’t sleep, and lived with constant anxiety. It took at least six months before my body started feeling like it belonged to me again. Sadly, the mental part takes even longer. I’m still recovering.

Part of it was dealing with a horrible bully of a manager for so long, but the overall culture played a role too. I genuinely hope more people decide to leave. It can be life changing.

The performative posts from people who still have jobs are getting exhausting. All that humble bragging and inspirational garbage while so many of us are struggling to find work. It feels like a highlight reel from people who either got lucky or won't admit how bad things really are. Hard to scroll through it without rolling my eyes these days.

I’ve never felt this way and I’ve been here a while but I’m feeling so defeated here. The environment is cold, uninviting almost morgue like. We no longer have our own “place”. That has been taken away. We’re expected to be okay with all the changes they have made that benefit them but not us. We’re expected to align and become these cold blooded creatures that are okay being mistreated. I can’t do that. I’m a human being, we all are. We have emotions and we want to feel appreciated. I miss the old U.S. Bank.

How many of you are able to relate to this from a now former XX

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarahpietraszek-mattner_something-strange-has-happened-in-my-last-share-7432072271994892288-7Sll?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&rcm=ACoAAALU6LkBTm8tBGObLkpIxe7I62dcL9DN5cI

Officially reached my breaking point after my performance review.

Context: S&T L10, 4/5 on my performance review, and only a 0.6% raise but “the company is so excited for my growth this year!!!”

I know the situation here and have treated it as a transactional relationship. But for me to bust my a$$, deliver above my expectations, and get a fraction of a percent raise?

They’ve officially lost me, quiet quitting begins now. This company and its “leaders”
incompetence combined with Indian nepotism culture has ruined the employee experience.

I feel disrespected beyond belief, fu-k this place

Looks like last year was a very good year. Bonus should be good this year, cannot wait. RTO is working. Thank you all for doing the needful.

I go above and beyond I’ve always gotten exceptional but not today. Today I got a 3 and 90 percent. I am in dis belief I’m hurt this really is hard constantly overlooked and underpaid.

There is no further talk of layoffs in the coffee corners.

Are we safe now? I hope so!

It’s real and hurting…..

s it normal to feel overwhelmed at Verizon?. Or is just because we are heritage tracfone and the are doing it on purpose for us to quit?

Plus the new office will make worst commute due the traffic in Miami next to the airport.

Is it just me or the New Jersey ppl don’t feel this overwhelmed with the amount of Requests while you doing your daily job?

Fvck this company, milk it as much as you can. Do the bare minimum you’ll still get 1% merit increase and they’ll tell you that your blessed you did …

2026 Goals:
Don’t go above and beyond
Play the game
Milk the system
Act like you don’t know
Low scores on the annual survey
Use your PTO as much as you can

An uneasy calm is there

I see some positivity about Humana and it throws me off because my experience has been rough. For those who like it here, what makes it work for you? Is it your specific role, your team, or something else? Trying to understand if I should stick it out or just move on.

For years...

No Raises.
No Promotions.
Increased health costs.
No recognition.

They could afford to take care of their people better!

Friday tomorrow, you know what that means. I show up at 5AM with my YETI Cup filled up 3/4 Jack Daniels, 1/4 coffee. Get me my hidden back corner desk and throw on Netflix to catch up on my shows. Around 7 I’ll head over to the bathroom to take a half hour dump before people start showing up. Then I walk around and check in with some of the friendlies, say hi, get my FaceTime in, and complain about the company. Now it’s 10 and I need a refill. Back out to the truck to refill my yeti with a Jack N Coke, then have a little parking lot siesta. It is Friday after all. At 11 I clear out my inbox and send a few emails out. Next thing you know it’s 1PM and I did my 8, so the work day is over. Time to head over to the club for 9 holes and a few beers with the boys before heading to my daughter’s basketball game. Man I love Fridays.

Whoooooooo!!!!

I LOVE MATTEL!!!

BNY MANAGERS / EMPLOYEES COMMENTING ABOUT FORCED PERFORMANCE RANKINGS, ALTERED REVIEWS, & FAKE RATINGS/REVIEWS

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End of year review

10/18/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1v3USrXS

Forced Rankings

10/30/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vfzdq2Q

Bank of New York Mellon Layoffs 2025

11/3/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vjnRp5X

Severance. READ

11/22/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kanvn6nh

Layoff month?

12/4/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vO1iWQh

Huge layoffs 2025

12/9/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vTPI3uc

Layoffs

12/10/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUclZML

Evaluations are ridiculous

12/13/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vXOz4Cf

"… delayed year end reviews"

12/20/2024 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w4acO3Y

Unethical conduct needs to be exposed

3/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jnq61rxs

6/4/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jwysz9hk

BNY’S negative impact on Mental Heath

6/8/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jx8e560b

25% not meeting expectations by year end?

6/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxdztagf

Mid-Year

6/12/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxkfd2vw

What are the rankings for?

6/16/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jxxnrc83

Forget about ratings and evaluations

6/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jy2bmmeg

6/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jygkgb3m

6/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jyyhdrt8

Addressing Age Bias

6/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz0k2f5y

Does anybody still dare to disagree with anything in meetings anymore?

7/2/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jz685hcd

What are your options if you have been put on a PIP plan

7/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzkdxpkn

Percentage to be ranked underperforming?

7/9/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzrxwmj4

BNY PTSD

7/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jzth57na

Laying off in New York office?

7/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0b93rem

Are we still pretending RTO was ever about productivity?

7/20/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0m7mrrb

BNY Executive Strategy

7/23/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k0w0v3m1

Unfair rating

7/26/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k14pynw5

Battle Royale enviroment

8/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k29b61hr

PIPs, rankings, evaluations - they're all just cover for cuts

8/10/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2b2xzs4

RTO 4 days sept

8/19/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k31tyhgq

Question regarding severance

8/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3gk2wwg

8/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hx4sj2

25% Below

8/26/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3jcj2n2

This place is toxic

9/3/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k47t0dan

BAH employee descrimination

9/23/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k5vyfa6f

No severence for you!

9/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6bfsb60

High severance employees targeted

9/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6d8ga4y

HR involvement in PIP

10/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k70mfaga

25% of bad ratings

10/15/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7m85xy8

Year end in October?

10/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7rjbb40

10/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7sbwrmj

Forced ranking and state unemployment

10/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7vmtecy

Will I be in the 25%?

10/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7x2wrh3

I'm so tired of outsourcing

10/19/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k7yc7yy2

Morale's about to tank

10/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8c8yrqy

December round finalized?

10/24/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8b8gmps

Forced ratings

10/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8e2kcpa

How is Collateral Management

10/29/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k8sgq033

Got out of jail card

11/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9cqbgdr

Some Expectations Rating

11/25/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kayjyfk5

No forced ratings per HR

12/3/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbjgv9en

Review this coming week

12/6/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbv0hjhd

How can this happen?

12/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbwpa5w2

To people worried about their reviews

12/7/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbxp0grw

Let go this week

12/12/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kc9ytkz9

Reviews

12/16/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcn1edkt

Bogus Performance Reviews

12/17/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcq1468q

Merry Christmas

12/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcrwen6j

Let Go 1 Week Before Christmas

12/18/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcrydr7x

Bank of New York Mellon Layoffs 2026

12/20/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kcx3gtdq

Did anyone receive a bs rating and actually fight it

12/27/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdgeyxj3

PIP In Disguise as Layoff

12/30/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kds9r52t

I doubt there'll be many more layoffs

12/31/2025 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kdt7kszv

Mandatory 10 percent PIP

1/14/2026 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kez989mz

Who else has come to the realization that his/her TI dreams are gone forever?

My best wishes to the people who've already gotten one. I truly hope this turns out for the best for everyone impacted.

6 years at Wayfair and Im honestly ready to quit they have me working a closing schedule with split days off. I have a family to take care of and this feels like a kick in the teeth.

Anyone? Since I have to come in everyday and no one sits in my corner except me (why am I here) at a min having them come by was like ok…. Guess I’m at least here to receive that 😐😂

I usually go home around 2pm to avoid traffic and continue working between 2:30 to 6:30. Now I have to stay until 5pm and feel stressed out due to the heavy traffic. Since I stayed until 5pm, no more work at home.

My working hour is less than before after the 8 hours rule is enforced.

Lots of harr-assment & Bull-y-ing. Very disorganized. They treat people like cra-p

I'm so tired from doing too much work for no reward that I'd see being cut as a blessing. Bring it on, I say.

I gave my two week notice Monday morning, and I just want to share this message if it helps even one person. We all have different circumstances which I understand so this won’t be for everybody.

I feel relieved. Not scared. Not panicked. No regret.

I actually felt this huge emotional release after i hit send, like when you’ve been holding something in for way too long and finally let it go. If that sounds soft- idc.

For the first time in a long time, I felt like I was taking back control of my life instead of just reacting to it.

If you’re unhappy, burned out, or feel stuck, don’t ignore that voice forever. Fear keeps a lot of us frozen, but sometimes the scariest step is also the most freeing one.

Just wanted to put that out there for anyone who needs to hear it.

I left 2 months ago for a competitor and didn’t even get so much more in salary, but I do not regret it at all.

The culture out there is so much better in many ways. No one is breathing down your neck and expecting you to work every moment. I feel respected and heard here. I hope you guys make it out too!

Am I imagining this? Has the cost of eating the cafe gone up dramatically over the last year or so? It seems like my same lunch used to cost around 650-750 is now 10.50. I think the firm used to subsidize the cafe to keep the cost down. Wondering if they took away the subsidy as part of the cost cutting or to pay for the overly lavish Trailblazer cafe.

They havent been reading The Layoff much.

I am just trying to understand what positivity anyone still has towards their job or this company after the constant hits to morale.

As a long time UMAC, I can truly say since this centralization my mental health has taken a sharp decline! The new processes that change every 15 minutes, it’s just too much!

:)

The execs should really take a look at all the posts on here. Half of us are talking about how much we hate it and are looking for other jobs. When your entire workforce is trying to escape, that's a pretty big sign you're doing something wrong.

It's brutally hard to find another job. I've been trying for a while and can attest to that. With most of us constantly on the brink of financial ruin and costs only rising, the fear is real. But this time, I'm not anxious about losing my job. I'm just exhausted and completely burnt out. It's probably time to move on, and if they cut the cord, it would almost make it easier.

I know quitting without something lined up would blow back on me, but staying in this work environment is wearing me down piece by piece. The manager who replaced one of the best bosses I ever had, before he was cut, is wildly incompetent and masks it by yelling at everyone over everything. I’m beyond tired of it.

I have to ask, with everything that's been happening, is there anyone left at this company who is actually happy with their job and optimistic about the future? I'm struggling to find anyone.

The non-stop layoff drama has led to my complete emotional detachment. I don't want to lose my job, but I also can't bring myself to feel the stress I used to. It's not normal, but it's a strange kind of relief.

What’s the deal with retail branches with this winter storm. I’m in an area that got over 12” of snow. And then freezing rain on top of it. Are they going to make us to go in? Who is coming out of their houses in this subzero weather to the branch?

Of course, under Alvind and the Pipmunks, IBM didn't make the top 10 companies to work for in the US, but maybe they were #1 in India for Alvind's National Vindaloo Curry Toilet Infrastructure. And don't forget the Krabanaugh contributions.

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Michael Jackson- they don't really care about us

This sums up citi and all the posts regarding this.

Act accordingly, decline work without training, refuse to chime in for other people's role( you will be graded for their work while they skate away from work), clock in and out 8 hours, use your vacation and sick, take care of health, when it gets hard take mental health day and don't compensate by working hard rest of the week. Do not disclose your medical problems no one is your friend, NO ONE. Do not train anyone on your team for anything. This includes anyone in lower cost locations. For whatever reasons you have to stay at shitibank, play the game but sometimes know this isn't life and doesn't define you.

Shitibank has Eric trumps account since Oct 2025 and explains the Dec 2025 partial lift. You can count on consent order going away very soon. It's all a facade anyways. If you are in this role delay, stall and get out as fast as you can.

F shitibank!

I can't deal with going to work in Dell tomorrow morning. So depressed.