#safety

So far haven’t heard anything from the East Coast. Is everyone ok?

I don’t want to look a gift horse in the mouth, but with the job market the way it is right now, it isn’t unrealistic to expect that people laid off today won’t find new positions anytime soon. If we’re being kicked to the curb, the least they could do is provide a better safety net.

Facing a dangerous cold snap that will impact most of the HCSC offices, not a single message was sent from anyone that said “you know what, because we value your health and safety, don’t worry about badging in on Friday. Your wellbeing is our more important to us than checking a box or monitoring your whereabouts.”

The polish is off Freddie's safety record. Another death. Quick to blame it as a "medical incident".

Matt Igoe- number 2 BNSF to RJ Corman
Colby Tanner -BNSF Executive Officer to OmniTrax
Tammy Middleton - chief BNSF Chief Legal Executive and executive officer -appointed to OmniTrax Chief Legal Officer

Top 3 under Katie Farmer all to shortlines in less than a year, all of which have either taken over BNSF mechanical facilities or TY&E terminals, or in OmniTrax took over facilities only to have BNSF come in later and take them back over due to substandard maintenance and Inspections

Starting to see a pattern, of which history repeats itself, when OmniTrax came in significant cuts were made to BNSF system wide with a 10 year hiring freeze in mechanical, of which led to understaffing, increase in injuries, and foreman hiding in bushes to watch mechanical until a safety rule was violated so everyone was on a level S until they decided to terminate an employee for minor infractions, so everyone was walking on eggshells

The lack of any mention of relaxing RTO minimums while also sending out daily safety alerts (sometimes more than 1 a day) to those of us working in downtown Minneapolis is appalling.

I will remind everyone that according to the Occupational Safety and Health Act, your employer has an obligation to ensure your safety in your job.

Can anyone argue that these buildings in the major cities where PNC has office space (Pittsburgh, Philly, Detroit, Columbus, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, etc) have gotten SAFER post Covid, post summer 2020? Look at the data - it's gotten way worse.

Another employee right we must all seek is for our own safety. That would be a strong pillar of a unionization effort. Can you imagine if the current Minneapolis situation was occurring nearby a PNC office building. It could certainly happen.

Will PNC care about us then? Likely, no - "get your butts back here 5 days / week!"

The crashes of two Boeing 737 MAX planes which claimed the lives of 346 people on board and how Boeing may have been more concerned with financial gain over the safety of their passengers. Guess what they didn't listen to their Engineers and the same thing is happening at Verizon. Obviously losing cell service for a day isn't as catastrophic as a plane falling out of the sky, but the same principals are applied. Watch the documentary on Netflix Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Don’t let your guard down around there, especially after dark.
As of mid-December 2025, the Detroit Police Department reported:
241 burglaries,
662 vehicle thefts,
39 s-X as--ult cases,
116 robberies,
6 homic--es

The Detroit Police Department's 3rd Precinct proactively patrols the area, to combat property crime, which is the most prevalent crime reported in Corktown.'

Hello, my team is being forced to RTO and I just found out I will be sharing my office space with a registered s*x offender. I’m not sure what to do, I already asked HR not to send me to the office because I don’t feel comfortable with this.

The veep of corporate environment and his analyst are certified donkeys. Operations and maintenance now have one standard for safety while lab personnel have another. The double standard is bad enough but the actual standard is stupid as well. This will not improve safety and will only deter anyone from wanting to do more for safety. Mark my words, off shift, places that are rarely visited,they will follow this as much as people follow the no looking at your phone rule or the use hand rails rule. They should be fired immediately but they won't. Bilbo will probably give them all promotions saying they saved everyone. Stupid people making stupid rules.

Let us all raise a glass to the first recall of 2026! Let the season begin!

https://autos.yahoo.com/safety-and-recalls/articles/ford-recalls-almost-273-000-230000826.html

https://nypost.com/2025/12/27/us-news/dad-of-slain-cvs-worker-edeedson-cine-said-son-spent-final-morning-with-family-before-fatal-shift/

Absolutely horrible response by this company towards law enforcement and the victims property considering this happened at one of their stores on Christmas.

Congratulations everyone on a job well done ! Lets try for 200 in 2026.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/ford-shatters-decade-old-recall-record-152-safety-alerts-issued-year-alone-across-multiple-models

my point has gone so far down hill.we have half the carmen we're slotted for.senior guys have decided to resign rather than put up with the neverending piles of b.s.younger folks have quit because they see no future hear.most days yard repairs are down because we have a conscious and don't want guff for trains going out late.it seems like an injury is bound happen.but for now the trains aren't going out late so whats the issue?

The estimate for 2025 is around 10K jobs cut in total. We can only assume WF will stay the course in 2026, or more likely, things will get even worse. Keep your resume updated and try to skill up in the meantime, though I’m not convinced skills even matter anymore, given how disproportionately WF has been letting go of skilled and competent people. Never take your eyes off job opportunities. The market is already tough, and it’s likely to get tougher.

We’re in for a rough ride, and we all need to think about ourselves and our families first. Every time you feel the urge to work more or harder, stop and think about better ways to use your time and energy. You can be jobless overnight anyway, and being a good worker bee won’t save you.

We received 9 inches of snow yesterday and the streets and walkways are full of ice.

There will be many falls, injuries, and lawsuits as a result.

A responsible and reasonable corporation would have advised their employees to stay safe and work from home.

At least I punched the clock!

https://www.smart-union.org/fra-doubles-our-risk-by-reducing-track-inspections/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAOkREZleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEez2nlxKWUV9immdhCtH0C_pjWMwQY-y46lPtIjh0pPoQ0LNn8esjymAAW8Aw_aem_NTTBUPC9VWEhVoGOdOK0rQ

Does any of y’all know f we can call osha over this situation? We work at a place where second amendment has made employees carry and where we don’t have an outlet to report things to tested leads. I have never seen it this bad and they have not fixed Montgomery from what a relative these tells me. What do y’all thing? Can I?

I know it is predicted to be lower, maybe significantly so without the extension of the subsidies. And is it fair to say Medicaid is mostly safe until 2027?

Everything here is built around the next report instead of building something stable. People keep saying we matter, but the decisions never match the words. Offshoring set off a slow slide that everyone felt right away. The culture has not recovered since, and it shows in every corner of the place.

Maybe I'm paranoid but better safe than sorry... I pick a random country. Could be Sweden, maybe Germany, or maybe Albania. I'm in Canada but idk, I like to be a tad harder to trace just in case :)

Employee raises safety risk after third occurrence. Met with gaslighting and firing. Clear from the video that it happened:

https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/his-g-n-just-went-off-guard-says-sig-p320-fired-unexpectedly-at-usaa-guard-gate

Typical USAA! distrust employees and don't fix. RTO doesn't fix leadership attitude.

Is the GRE group safe?

Received email from Sanjiv, EMEA part of orgs above are safe.

My AD contacted me and He asked to schedule a meet with some vendors next week. Was this BAU and pretending nothing is going on or a sign of being safe?

If i am on FMLA, am i gonna be saved?

Am I likely safe? My store typically performs well and we’re in the Atlantic South. I’ve been with the company for 2 years. Does anyone know anything concrete?

I work in one of the VCG departments. I can’t share specifics because we were told to keep this private. But SDs and ADs were pulled into a meeting with their VP and notified their teams are all safe. Similar meetings are happening all across the org this morning so you should likely be getting an update soon. If you don’t hear anything that might be a bad sign…

I have knowledge that in the midst of 200 stores being converted you will see the r2b space dissolved. I was in discussion that split compensation is a waste of money and that with the stores going indirect the biz customers who come in store will be directly called from a inside sales rep when they sign in, and converted with in store pickup. B2B space is safe and CE. Wish you R2B REPS LUCK!

Any news about layoffs in EMEA? Any other countries impacted or they are safe now?

Any chances that those who are in an office are safer than remote workers?

Seems like there is an RTO push, so maybe remote will get hit harder?

Why the extra security in the buildings on campus today?

Not much to add. At Freddie, his people got untraceable access to all the borrowers data too to dig dirt on political opponents. Infosec and senior leaders knew, no alarms were sounded. The rules of “safety’n soundness” and ethics are only for us

All you closing managers be careful
Haywood mall Greenville had armed robbery a few nights ago.still minimum floor coverage even with this risk.

It looks like that they are conducting unscheduled OSHA inspects at the Plano offices. This is good news to those of who are assigned at these poorly maintained office buildings.

I recommend everyone to submit an OSHA complaint for 2900 and 3400 Plano Pkwy to AT&T further up on their radar. If OSHA finds safety violations, they will hit them with fines and penalties. And then we will have to get some respectable facilities.

Hope you didn’t drink the water today…

I sure hope you've all been doing your JSAs to be in here.

It appears as if security at Home Office is being more aggressive lately. We have been told to report anyone who we do not recognize on our floor immediately to firm security. We have also been told to not hold the door open for anyone after we have badged into the building and/or onto our floors. Is there a security concern at Home Office that anyone knows about that we may need to know about? Is the Home Office safe to work at?