#environment

Sorry, just needed to vent. This company is so stingy. I cannot believe they don’t reimburse lunch while traveling for business and have certain hours for dinner. I arrived at my hotel at 11:30 starving because I have been flying since 5 pm and I literally just a bunch of single serve creamers to try to deal with my hunger pangs.
Also, almost no one in my department seems to know what they are doing. They pay cr-p so all they can afford are inexperienced people. The poor analysts are bombarded with too many deals. Hire more people at entry level. Their salaries are the lowest.

Should have known how stingy this place based on their branches. Hated being a customer at a branch with no teller. The ATM and virtual teller constantly glitched out. Ugh!

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

Dell same ole lines used in the last two conf calls to avoid the stock crashing. Dell is a 15 billion dollar company at best. Bears eat

Complicit to the status quo and having a foriegner centric first mindset in hiring practices have caught up to AWS.

I worked at Hanmi for close to 5 years pouring all my effort into performance.

What did I get in return?

1. Sh-t pay and overworked
2. Toxic work environment
3. No sense of development or ability to climb the ladder.
4. Politics amongst management
5. Managers that don’t really care about development of their employees’ career advancements.
6. No change of salary negotiation even with an offer letter from somewhere else.

We had to literally buy the second car to our family just because I have to commute 5 days a week different way than my partner. We couldn't share the car anymore. Now imagine how much it costs our family month and all of the emissions.. this is crazy.

An uneasy calm is there

I'm not trying to be a Debbie downer here, but AI is no where near artificial intelligence but more of a language mirror able to apply some logic. But Centene seems overly gung ho to implement it everywhere. My team has been getting Chatgpt responses to emails for over a month and now copilot??? We're just going to ignore the environmental factors??? I'm sure our members will find it so easy to stay health when there's no f***ing water to drink. Well, those members that can still afford their healthcare that is

Fidelity has now turned to a systematic process to create a hostile or intolerable work environment that has forced many long term tenured employees to quit or resign. While there have always been the dinosaurs that hung on for purely the comfort of a paycheck, we have now pushed into a full blow game plan of pushing out the knowledgeable tenured employees that care about doing a great job for a once great company. Gone are the days of Standards or Care as they have been replaced by a systematic performance management system that has been put into place to do cut costs at any expense. Clients now can either pay Fidelity to manage their money, buy annuity offerings, get farmed out to WAS advisors or find a new home for their assets. Fidelity has now become just another Southwest Airlines, another choice for customers to make based on cost-benefit and convenience. A business decision for all of us to absorb and then make a decision for what's best for us as the days of being Fidelity's most valued assets as an employee are over. Best wishes and good luck to all!

Looking at this comment on r/cscareerquestions "Literally everyone and their grandma is going for roles with good WLB.

Since a lot of people have been completely burned out by how companies have been treating them the past few years and want a break. Also, the number of relaxed companies has been decreasing. So it's very high competition for extremely low supply. Wouldn't be surprised if there's only a couple hundred roles that fit this criteria in America right now.

Your best bet is to go for a company with a non-toxic culture, but still expects a decent amount of work. There's barely any true vacation homes left."

I just want to take a moment to appreciate the environment here at Teradata. Management here expects a decent amount of work but isn't going to break your back and that is something that is truly special <3. Just want to share something to remind you all that we've got a great culture & WLB here- all while contributing to a mission that is still important.

Ask me anything if you have questions, I'll monitor this thread for a bit (:

We understand this is a challenging time

The harm it will cause to both clients and us will be incalculable. I won't even mention the craziness of the AI business model or the broader impact on people and the environment. Since it's already being forced upon us, it should be regulated into oblivion.

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!

In some professional environments, a single conflict can escalate quickly, particularly for individuals from marginalized backgrounds. Misunderstandings may be amplified, narratives can be shaped unfairly, and reputations may be impacted by assumptions rather than facts.

Despite these challenges, it is essential to maintain integrity, uphold personal values, and remain committed to ethical conduct. Long-term credibility is built through consistency, professionalism, and self-respect, never through compromising one’s principles to appease others.

Out of 14 VPs left, we have 2 maybe 3 decent leaders left at the VP level in GT.

Others are highly toxic, backstabbing, have no vision, will sacrifice their team to make themselves look good, lack technical, product, or design competency.

Make no mistake that sooner or later all of the above will impact all of us even if you are in the space that is isolated from it right now or are able to talk you way out of it (at least for now).

Terrible work environment and have another job lined up. Can anyone offer any advice on how to handle the exit process? What do they do, what can I expect?

Over the past two to three years, there has been a noticeable and troubling shift in Dell’s people culture. What once stood out as the company’s strongest asset—the fabric of trust, inclusion, and employee-centric values—appears to have steadily deteriorated.

This change feels less incidental and more deliberate. Decisions increasingly seem driven by cost-cutting and downsizing, with little regard for preserving the culture that once defined the organization. Instead of investing in engagement and retention, there appears to be an unspoken acceptance—if not encouragement—of voluntary attrition as a means to reduce headcount and save money.

It’s disheartening to witness the gradual unraveling of a culture that many employees valued deeply. What was once a source of pride has now become a cause for concern—and that is truly a shame.

Curious if anyone else is seeing or feeling the downstream effect of what’s happening at the top of the house. I don’t mean the obvious things, I mean the intangible effects of the changes and stress.

Is anyone else’s team acting differently? People more isolated? Less collaborative? People acting like aholes to each other? An every man out for himself feeling, where it didn’t exist before?

The people are smart, supportive, and easy to work with, especially offshore IT teams and there’s a real sense that everyone’s pulling in the same direction. Management gives you room to do your job without micromanaging, and the focus on long-term thinking makes the work feel meaningful instead of rushed. It’s a solid, positive environment overall. Five star company for sure.

I wish all of us the opportunity to leave Dell and find better roles in better environments. Staying on a sinking ship only wears us down. Here’s to finding workplaces that value and support us.

Someone posted this and is worth the reading:

Verizon has a long history of failed execution:

go90 ( folks from Finance told Lowell NOT to buy INtel TV but, during a golf game - Lowelly wanted to play “big honcho” and sealed the deal over that game. Finance and legal the. Had no recourse but to pay it and close it out). And what a failed project - starting with its name Go90 - the the big bankrupt: aol, yahoo, add hum, finance transformation, VGS, blue jeans, plus play,

Many of us warned them about tmobile and they laughed at us. In an HR all hands we called it out and the silly HRBPs were like sheeps - singing the “tune” that they are forced to implement. And where did that got VZ - a total failure

Especially at the top, where it’s dragging all of us down. All this misery is on them and their sh---y ways.

As we all gather to spend time with family this holiday season dont forget to educate them about our beloved company...

• Tell your MAGA in-laws how many of your American coworkers have been replaced with offshore Indians by Cigna.
• Tell your Mom and Pop that despite working for a Health Insurance Company that Cigna has still increased your health insurance by thousands of dollars a year.
• Does little Sally need a bedtime story? Maybe read her one about how a brave knight slays a parasitic PBM middleman like Express Scripts.
• Is your uncle into the stock market? Bond over talking about how bad the Cigna stock is doing. Its okay CEO David Cordani's pay is almost completely based on stock but yours isnt.

You wont get a lump of coal for doing any of this because Cigna said during the Townhall that they have set aside money to spin a more positive image of the company. Funny how there is always money for that and mergers but never for paying talented American humans.

Many of the changes that are made are planned 12 years in advance. They are broken into smaller runs that lead up to the final piece. Instead of making everyone fear their jobs wondering who will get the ax next and creating an unsettling environment, why don't they just make those plans public? It would give people an idea of whether they should apply for a job and how long they should be in their job. Morale would improve I would think because people wouldn't be whispering wondering who will go next. I have worked in both environments here where people knew well in advance their job was ending and when and where people thought it might end looking at signs but they were unsure. The environment where people knew well in advance was not very stressful. A few people left early but most stayed until the end then moved to other departments or retired or went to another company. There was no bitterness, nothing negative really. It was very stressful where the people didn't know. I accidentally found out one person's job was going and they turned down early retirement. I wanted so much to tell them they should take it but I couldn't. It would also be nice to see what the company is planning across the globe in the future. The information is out there. Why not be transparent and share it?

More than ever, continuously updating skills is critical in today’s environment.

Organizations can survive leadership missteps and even recover from strategic errors, but when trust erodes at scale across the workforce, the damage runs much deeper and takes far longer to repair. At that point, uncertainty replaces alignment, and employees naturally begin to focus on self-preservation rather than long-term commitment.
When people no longer believe that decisions are transparent, fair, or in their best interest, engagement drops, collaboration suffers, and institutional loyalty weakens.

This is not a reflection of individual failure—it’s a predictable response to prolonged instability. In these moments, waiting for systems to correct themselves is risky.
That’s why taking ownership of your own growth has become essential. Investing in skills, adaptability, and relevance is no longer just about career advancement—it’s about resilience. Regardless of organizational outcomes, those who continue to learn, evolve, and stay market-ready are better positioned to navigate change, protect their careers, and create optionality for the future.

In uncertain environments, self-development isn’t selfish—it’s strategic.

Tend to agree. Putting this up for visibility. Found at @bb+1kd04e88w.

This is the worst company I’ve ever worked for. How this is an established business and not a start up is beyond my understanding.

You all know who you are. And we all know who you are as well. Your insecurity is laughable. Keep talking more and more. Quietly listening in your meetings I love hearing about your control statements about “your money”, “your model”, or how you’ve never seen so many people invited to a peer review before. Actually heard one of these guys recently say “ I actually have a college degree”. Funny both poor examples I saw today are COP leaders.

I happily heard competent people today as well say “our money”, “the relevant people”, and “our model”.

Chevron needs team players to win in any environment, not insecure power trippers. Please get with the program.

There are many, many fun and frolicky events taking place and planned for January and February, sponsored by senior leaders, who have zero concern about spending money. Pretend meetings with special team building events costing hundreds of thousands of dollars. Can the Board know? Company is crying poor mouth and yet leaders seem to have no concern dropping company money on ski chalets and wine tasting.

What a disgusting place!

Kelly boomerang here—back at HQ after a five-year family break. Honestly, I can’t get over how different this place feels now. Back then, we actually stood for something. The CEO cared, leadership had energy, humor, my boss was awesome, we were growing, i knew what we were selling, the cafeteria was hopping, the marketing guy had a cool eurotrash accent, a sales head with tattoos and a porsche, and people were proud to work here.

Now? It feels flat. No ideas, no spark. No ambition. Dull people acting like zombies. I ain’t inspired by Chris, Tammy, or anyone else right now.

Besides the people that were let go, the impact on their families and this ever changing landscape, where it is difficult to find a new job, there are other casualties as well:
Work that will fall on the decimated teams, survivors guilt, and environment of fear and hopelessness.
Is it finally done for this calendar year?

Stack rankings combined with trying to be more like Amazon has hurt the work environment. You end up focusing more on how you can present the impact of your work during performance management instead of true collaboration and creativity. They are pretty bad they do not care about employees they talk a good talk but it’s all bs loyalty comes from treating people not like slaves

The restructuring this week forced on PEP by Elliot was a long time coming. I was in the market today and Lay's PC was 42 cents per ounce and the HEB label was 28 cents. PEP is charging almost a 50% premium for a product that is no better than HEB. What does the consumer get for paying that premium ?.... nothing. HEB chips are just as good as Lays. It seems that fat premium PEP charges is just used to maintain an expensive bloated, top heavy, inefficient, complacent bureaucracy which isn't focused on either the consumer or the shareholders. Management not only let this happen, but allowed it to continue year after year as they just cruised along on auto-pilot with their "business as usual" strategy of just shrinking the bag and raising the price oblivious to any consequences. One consequence is that they attracted the "Activist Investor" sharks. The sharks detected a big fat ineffective bureaucracy floundering in the market place, they circled it, and are now starting to tear it apart.

1. Shell walked away from the Argentina LNG deal
2. Dropped 2 offshore wind UK projects
3. Lost arbitration with Venture Global
4. An about face in upstream IDN

With this much winning, I’m sure my stock portfolio will be through the roof!

Congratulations Canon, every business school in America will be teaching the “Google Disaster of 2026” case study for generations to come. You will join the likes of Enron, the “New Coke” disaster of the 1980’s, and “Rank & Yank” at General Electric as classic stories of failure and controversy.

The essence of the problem is that the decision-makers do not know, or care, what goes on within the organization. They do not know the tools or use the tools. All they see is the price tag. Need a PP presentation? Secretary will do it. Need a report? Let the bottom feeders pull it. All they say is “collaboration this, collaboration that”. Dude, you can’t even send your own effing emails under your own name. Collaboration doesn’t mean let others do everything for me.

I respect the leaders of small businesses who are in the trenches everyday, hands-on with the daily operations, knowledge of all the systems and processes. Yes, these honorable, hard-working executives do exist, I’ve witnessed it firsthand during my career.

I am absolutely disgusted with how out of touch the decision-makers are at Canon. They don’t care, so neither should you. That’s the way I see it. When employees become apathetic, that’s when the business ceases to exist.

Directly from Google Gemini:

“While Google Workspace is a strong choice for small to medium-sized businesses and those prioritizing real-time collaboration, it may not be appropriate for all large corporations, particularly those with specific needs for deep, complex features, high-level compliance, or existing Microsoft infrastructure.

Potential Shortcomings for Large Corporations:

Feature Depth: Google Workspace applications, such as Google Sheets and Docs, may not be as fully-featured or powerful as traditional desktop applications like Microsoft Excel for complex calculations and specialized functions used by power users.

Existing Infrastructure & Compatibility: Many large enterprises are already deeply integrated into the Microsoft ecosystem (Active Directory, SharePoint, etc.). The cost and disruption of migrating to Google Workspace can outweigh the benefits.

Advanced Administration & Security Controls: While Google Workspace offers robust security and admin tools, Microsoft 365 is often perceived as providing more advanced, granular administrative controls and a long history of enterprise-level security built for highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare).

Industry-Specific Compliance: For industries that require strict regulatory compliance, the perception is that Microsoft 365 offers more comprehensive and established features, though Google does provide contractual commitments and capabilities to help address requirements like EU data protection laws.

User Inertia: Resistance to change from employees accustomed to the Microsoft suite (Outlook, Word, Excel) can be a significant hurdle to adoption, leading to potential training issues and reduced productivity during a transition.”

Sometimes I don't know what holds it together

This company has lost there way it’s a good ole boys club they spend thousands on meetings that have no relevance just a big ole party and in same breath bi--h about a couple thousand dollars needed to keep operations going they do not upgrade there equipment are bring anything innovative into the industry they have lost hundreds if not thousands of years experience in the last few years due to cuts but keep top loading the boys club it won’t be long before they are irrelevant mark these words

How are we still trying to figure out how to do things other companies with fewer resources figured out years ago?

I hear so many L7+ leaders from stores, supply chain, digital, etc. talk about things that are already close to irrelevance.

I’ve only been at Target for a couple of years, but from the outside it didn’t seem this bad. Seriously, how did we get here?

PEP just chugging along with their failing "business as usual" strategy of ja--ing up prices, shrinking the bags, making the same old garbage and producing a negative YTD return while the market is positive 16% and hoping no one will notice. Well, people did notice.