#silencefromleadership

Is the fact there's not much chatter a positive sign or just the calm before the storm?

Question in title. Alleged rumors that everything is supposed to be kept quiet for awhile

It's really quiet in my org, no notifications, nothing. Is it possibly done already?

Hearing from a few people that another round may hit by EOM ( May) or sometime in June... word going arund is bottom 10% and retirements could be part of it. Sounds like calibration season all over again.

Business transformation was supposedly the big reset, but now people are saying more org changes and headcount reductions are still coming.

Anyone else hearing this in IT, Finance, Commercial, HR, or the plants?

Feels like management already knows more than they are saying. Same pattern as last time. Silence for months, then sudden announcements.

So today those that requested VRIF get told yes or no. It is mid afternoon in Europe already and still silence. I guess they are going to push the 14th May date to be as late as possible in the day just to be “respectful” which is how Louis described the process would be.

Over 25+ years building the superior fiber broadband residential network. Engineering A+. Yet in MDUs and SFUs Vz has less than 50% of broadband customers.

Based on observation... same tired marketing tactics being used today as when first rolled out. This is a direct failure of VPs and Directors in those MDU and SFU organizations.

Much talent has left and listening to remaining Marketing/Sales Directors in the MDU/SFU space its obvious waisted CapEx remains.

Time for Dan to inject new blood and support Engineering build.

It seems no one has mentioned layoffs in the First Friday Slack channel. People usually say or inquire about it. Only the sycophants were sending messages, it seems.

Posts on this site are personal reactions to what BNY employees are actually living through.

The feedback here is about executive leadership’s silence around McKinsey‑driven cost restructuring, real‑estate closures and consolidations, RTO used as a filtering mechanism, and a culture that’s become increasingly toxic and opaque. People aren’t imagining this; they’re documenting it in real-time.

When raises and bonuses are insignificant, when communication is intentionally vague, and when “efficiency” becomes a euphemism for unannounced layoffs, employees are going to talk — especially when leadership won’t. That’s why this forum looks the way it does. It’s not about traffic or ad revenue. It’s because BNY associates have nowhere else to get honest information about what’s happening behind the curtain.

If leadership communicated transparently, this board wouldn’t have to do the job for them.

My manager is visibly silent, the mood in rest of the group seems better though.

He seems more quiet, non participating in discussions.

Anyone else confirm with their manager?

not till monday, make us suffer over the weekend?

just for the 'fun' of it?

at least MD gave the all clear for riffs on Tues, then we at least knew we had a job, lateral move, in some cases a raise.....but this nothing till Mon?

guess we wait.

seriously this place....

Nothing yet. Had ANYONE got an HR meeting tomorrow yet?

I've heard nothing.

I think the next 2 weeks will be quiet- hr is processing all of the ALST layoffs from the sale- not everyone was picked up by the new company.

it's the days where nobody says anything that hurts the most

Kind of eerie how slack has gone silent, meetings are canceling, parking lot is sparse and there is no work going on.
I would think it wasn’t a great idea for the new tech leaders to announce layoffs 2 months ago with no timeframe or updates since. That type of blunder alone that caused such low work output should put them on the chopping block.

Yes yes to those of you working 80 hours a week, you’re amazing. We see you. You matter.

It’s been awfully quiet lately, any updates?

Upward feedback only works when the person above you actually wants to hear it. Ours just wants to hear that everything is fine and if you say something that challenges that state, you're labeled a problem.

Does anyone know which non-core BU will sold next? Any confirmed buyers or rumors anyone is hearing? My area has been totally silent about it...

Things feel eerily quiet.

Didn't get the termination email but management has been quiet. No communication, no meetings scheduled. Confusion everywhere.

no one is talking its just a sad a weird feeling across teams

Is NetSuite not affected on the 31st?

Or are they doing it silent

Nothing where I’m at. And I haven’t heard anything yet.

Did everyone see that thoughtful message that came thru Teamworks last week about the United States and Israel attacking Iran and starting a full fledged war?

Yeah me neither.

For those who are connected with upper-level management, should we expect layoffs soon?

Things feel unusually quiet lately. It’s hard to tell whether it’s just a normal cycle or something else, but the silence feels a bit unsettling.

Not trying to spread rumors...just looking for perspective if anyone has insights.

I'm curious what my raise will be this year considering that my group was moved to a director who has been MIA for the last year - minus his 5-7 minute 1x1s with everyone. No clue what we actually do, no idea what each individual does. The only info he gets is from our previous manager - our PM now - and I suppose and hope new manager dictates raises based off of old manager...

Not expecting anything great but hoping for a 4% lmfao. LIkely it'll be a meaningless 3.2 but I guess that'll offset some taxes...

I mean, what's the actual point in being a hard worker if your manager is never around, promotions are MIA and ultimately primarily given to those outside the USA? Or the fact that raises aren't even above inflation rates?

I love my job but cmon, I might as well do the bare minimum if promotions are essentially impossible to get and raises are laughable lol.

Hmmm. Somethings brewing.

There's been almost no talk about layoffs for a while. Instead of calming me down, that silence makes me more anxious. Are they planning something big and just keeping it quiet?

Has anyone heard from Callie since she destroyed TFB?

I. E. Layoffs

Haven't heard a thing.

Complete silence on my end so far, but I know it's coming. I'm just trying to figure out if it started yet anywhere.

And so it begins, if your manager has gone quiet you know why

Almost 600 employees impacted this week by layoffs, and not one word from USAA about it, as an employee I find that extremely disturbing.

I could barely find any news on it, and I looked, trust me.

Pretty much every team experienced JEs. Lost a lot of tenured, experienced people. Doesn't even feel that great to still be here with things looking so grim. Still no official announcements from leadership - just word of mouth.

Several CS3 leads were impacted, Patient Cloud also appears to be another target area - they're doing it very quietly but people are noticing...

According to an email sent in December. They were set to talk this month. Did they? Are they still? I don't understand why the complete silence all the time by the company and the union. I can see why they wouldn't give specific details while negotiating but they could at least give us the most general description of the current situation, right?

It seems we always have bigger layoffs right around earnings time and I’m getting nervous. There is an absence of transparency where there was in the past, speaking for myself only. Earnings call on Feb 4