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I’ve been here awhile, I see VP/SVP’s all of a sudden posting pictures of themselves with their teams on LinkedIn at their self-indulging little town hall meetings “look at me”, “I’m great”, “don’t fire me”.
Meanwhile, they have been here for decades, never worked anywhere else. Let me fill you in, you’re not the solution, you are the problem so save us your vanity posts and how much you miraculously now know about AI or Verizon Customers. lol
I'm one of the unlucky ones who's still employed by this trash company. I'm now going to have to do the work of 4 people, and I'm already DROWNING. In our dept meeting they kept saying we'll still meet our deadlines and learn how to "do more with less". It's IMPOSSIBLE.
I sincerely envy my associates who were let go.
How are we supposed to enjoy festival season?
Why is this leadership incapable of being fully transparent? They let us sit in uncertainty, guessing and hoping to hear something official that rarely arrives before we already managed to find out what's coming. Do they really not see how that's affecting morale and makes us trust them less and less?
That's it. That's all I wanted to say.
Yesterday we understood from the call that EVERYONE in the PS,CIO , DEV (except a few people) will be moving to 3rd party companies or let go, but today many people from all impacted groups are already retained, was this poorly communicated or they wanted everyone to feel the threat(then feel grateful?) feeling bad for those who moved or laid off, wishing you the very best .
… is what the chairman of the board likely said when it was assumed that Mark B. brought OpenText to the lowest depths possible. Jenkins is doing a great job of flirting with stock prices in the teens, which he will soon reach, and destroying what little morale was left.
I was let go today after receiving a great review and a hefty merit increase. I worked hard and produced great results. And as the case with many others before me and today, Mr. Jenkins and his ilk said sc--w you. Meanwhile, the two-legged snakes, family members and ever-shrinking legion of sycophants blissfully flop around in the increasingly pot of boiling water.
This ship has already hit the iceberg and is sinking at a faster rate than it was during the disastrous regime of Mark B.
The 3-book series on AI will not save this company, nor will the line-up of summits in Canada will not save this company. It is too late for that.
To all you good people still stuck on this garbage scow, find a life-raft now. Because if you thought marketing campaigns featuring scary muppets, goats and bland superheroes were bad, the upcoming Canada-is-a-trusted-player-in-AI campaign will “elevate” your opinion of those disasters.
Even without any rumors, even without any announcements, all I can think about every single day is what's going to happen if I lose my job to cuts. I wasn't like this before, I swear. But with all the small and large cuts in the last few years, I think they broke something in me.
That is all....
Just as we get going, we have to pivot to something else. There's no way to be successful in such an environment and I'm getting pretty tired of it.
How are folks in the woodlands?
Denver?
Calgary?
March hurt. Two of our best and brightest left voluntarily despite having the coveted virtual designation and being only in their 50s. Each put on a good game face for why they were leaving but everyone knows they got tired of the lack of leadership and apathetic coworkers putting in the bare minimum. Morale is in the toilet and no one is trying to do anything beyond keeping their heads down and a clean presence report. T counting badge swipes, butts in seats, and key strokes as markers for success is cultivating apathy, resentment, quiet quitting, loss of morale, and disintegrating culture. No one else is paying employees this much for mediocracy which is why only those who saved and invested and have pensions can tap out. The rest of us suffer and grumble largely in silence. Most don’t even want to hear themselves complain anymore. I realize how sad and pathetic this post sounds but this is where we are and I am.
Been glued to this site since the reorg announcement couple years back and it's just spiraling downwards. Total implosion is the only way to describe it. The culture and morale? Words fail me. Honestly, I'm starting to feel bummed that I haven't been laid off yet. I'd rather face starvation and homelessness than deal with this mess. Seriously considering quitting outright.
And I've got 20 years in the banking world under my belt, worked at multiple banks, but I've never seen anything this chaotic and awful. I'm actually surprised we haven't racked up more regulatory violations, but with the way things are going, it feels inevitable.
This past month has been beyond terrible. Almost everyone in my department has either been laid off, quit, or jumped ship to a new role.
Forced Ai training. And soon to be forced to use Ai. While my director and mangers openly joke and laugh about how Ai is so great and will eventually take will our jobs. Great morale boost while they actively talk about wanting to boost morale.
Anytime Boeing employees post details on here about how they have been mistreated by their Boeing managers. The Posts never stay up long due to the fact that the Boeing company goes head over heels to have critical posts removed and swept under the rug, whenever someone shares a personal account of how they have been mistreated, intimidated and sometimes threatened by their Boeing managers.
The Ethics Code Boeing forces employees to sign is garbage because very few Boeing managers abide themselves to the ethic code.
How did we get to this point where corporate America is a country club where we will never obtain membership.
Years ago Medtronic was great place to work until the outsiders wrecked it with their paper MBAs.
Everyone I know is a clock puncher now. Why put in more than 40/week when it’s not rewarded???
Projects taking way too long now due to stretched AOP budgets.
Anyone believes that Hugo (extremely large space hog of a robot) is going to grow revenues? Elon Musks robots will soon be ble to do surgeries.
Veteran. High performer. Unique skillset. None of it matters. It's about the money. Skill and experience cost more, so they'll keep the slacker and cut the person who actually knows what they're doing. Meaning all that hard work you put in? That was for you. This company was never going to appreciate it.
I still think about a meeting where they told us we were crushing our goals. The vibe was good, people were relaxed, and it actually felt like things were going right for a change. Then a week later, half the team was gone. It’s hard to believe anything they say after something like that.
My manager noticed I’ve been down lately (I wonder why) and decided to give me a pep talk about staying positive and how things will get better. Are you fu--ing kidding me? Verizon’s been a mess for years, and things keep getting worse day after day, not better. And I’m supposed to smile and pretend everything’s fine? Fu-k off.
It's going to be such or similar phase to justify leaving many people without their livelihoods at the time when the job market is at its worst and prices are skyrocketing. What a cr-ppy way to treat loyal employees who've left many, many years at this place.
Layoffs are bad, but the weeks and in some cases months leading up to them are pure chaos. It's the time when stabbing coworkers in the back is almost the norm, as if that'd help save somebody. Few people are actually working and most are speculating on what's about to happen. Productivity, morale, everything is down. I'll be happy for that to be over.
No value working here.
Throughout Gail's reign of te---r, she has brought this company to a new low. It's true that all the major healthcare companies are cr-p these days, but Elephants Health has trampled on its people far more than any other I've heard. They care NOTHING for you, no matter what position you're in. All they care about is making the shareholders and Queen Gail rich. If you're not planning to already, get out or retire if you can, ASAP! You may already be on the "list" and don't even know it.
No LTI replacement yet? Really? Employee first? Employee focus? When was the last update?
So are they laying off at close with these delayed announcements?
Fun morale booster.
Not that we weren't one before, in a way. Now it seems to be the actual vision.
Ongoing rolling layoffs are being executed without a clear audit of role impact or transition planning. The result is predictable: critical responsibilities are disappearing, remaining teams are absorbing gaps, and service quality is starting to degrade to the point of tipping. All company stakeholders should be paying close attention.
This pattern of cost cutting is undermining operational continuity and institutional knowledge.
For leadership—especially at the CEO level—this should be a visibility issue. If the intent is long-term efficiency, the current execution is creating the opposite: higher risk, lower resilience, and avoidable disruption for both employees and customers.
When directly questioned... certain executive leadership directly contradicts the CEOs 's thoughts and concerns on the matter and openly states they don't care. This to me says the CEO is not the one in charge anymore.
Employees who have brought in millions in revenue with decades of tenure are tossed to the side all so one executive in charge of cost cutting can get his bonus and show how many people he got rid of.
I personally remember a time when the CEO of this company looked at us as people. He once saw that we could be their very own family...thier daughters, sons, sisters, and brothers but at some point he handed over the reigns and decided to let his legacy be the destruction and upending of so many lives.
This last round of layoffs were brutal across the company and the area I work in got hit hard. I have mixed feelings as I still have my job (mostly care about health insurance) but the workload has doubled. I am close to retirement so I don't care too much if I get laid off. If this gets any worse, I will leave in a year to 18 months.
Sadly, I have lost trust in our Senior Leadership
Has our CHRO actually ever worked anywhere, ever?
The completely empty vacuous statement…ignores the utter despair of operational teams right now
I picked up extra work, helped other teams, and stayed late when it was needed, and in the end none of it seemed to matter. The people making the layoff calls clearly had no clue who was actually doing the work. That’s the frustrating part, when what you put in and what you get out don’t match at all.
Ready for another round?
Over 300 people have already left since the September 29 announcement, projects are scarce, meaningful work even scarcer and the long-term outlook for Canada couldn’t be clearer. Naturally, this seems like the perfect moment to proceed with the ranking cycle.
For those unfamiliar with the tradition: everyone gets ranked against colleagues worldwide, the curve must be filled and a pre-determined slice of the population will inevitably land in the “Needs Significant Improvement” category because nothing says modern leadership like deciding in advance how many underperformers you need.
From there the process is beautifully efficient: a helpful Performance Improvement Plan, a quiet exit and the reassurance that this isn’t a layoff just the system working exactly as designed.
Given the current morale and the steady stream of departures, the timing is almost poetic. If anything, the exercise should help clarify priorities for the few remaining optimists.
After all, when the future of the business in Canada looks this bright, someone will surely be eager to relocate to Edmonton and help keep the Strathcona refinery dream alive.
It's Saturday and all I can think about is layoffs. And it's been like this for months. I hate Oracle for this. I used to be able to enjoy life. A job shouldn't take that away from me, but here we are.
Once a giant now a mouse
The company you once were, it's no longer there.
Good luck with all those corporate creeps you insist to keep, while pushing real PEOPLE out
Due to the ever-so-relatable surge in global oil prices—and their entirely rational influence on corporate philosophy—Paramount will be transitioning employees and “eligible deputized staffers” to remote work, in a bold effort to conserve fuel and, where possible, coherence.
As we stride confidently into our next merger (and its inevitable sequel), leadership encourages everyone to remain focused, synergized, and deeply appreciative. After all, nothing fuels great storytelling like an ambient mix of layoffs, strategic redundancies, and morale that exists primarily as a concept.
A brief reminder on workplace etiquette: any individual observed leaving the office five minutes early will, of course, be subject to our standard disciplinary pathways—either ceremonially burned at the stake in the town square of Slack, or, more commonly, politely and vigorously chastised behind their backs by a carefully assembled menagerie of conflict-averse executives.
Let’s also remember: the office is where work happens—except when it doesn’t. Annual reviews have been streamlined into a more efficient delivery system known as “you’ll hear from us,” so no need to trouble yourselves with preparation.
In the meantime, please enjoy the complimentary snacks while they remain part of our shared reality, maintain a positive attitude, and avoid dwelling on contradictions.
All hands on deck—giddy up.
What was that all about? Is it because it's EIP payday? Angry about the In-Office stuff? So many employees were MIA today and it really su-ked for all of us who actually did our job. Unreal.
Tough times are ahead. Again. I'm training myself to use every moment away from work for myself, to stop carrying it with me all the time. I can't influence what's going to happen, so I can at least try to enjoy what precious free time I have. Good luck to everyone next week. Be good to yourself.
Too many old timers in powerful positions just playing game of chess with their resources, shameful. Destroying lives.
I'm watching team after team get carved up and wondering when this becomes unsustainable. They keep cutting deeper, and everyone left is just expected to absorb the rest. No one's asking if the work still gets done, or who's going to be around to do it. I keep waiting for the breaking point, but maybe we're already there and nobody's willing to say it.
Unreal so sad the site is in disarray and big management couldn’t care less.