#worklifebalance

Remember this feeling of being Discarded, remember the betrayal that had NOTHING to do with your performance or metrics. Remember how easily they threw you to the trash can once it became expedient— remember it before you sacrifice yourself again climbing the corporate ladder and neglect your family, health and pursuing your own dreams for the sake of giving more to the Company. In the end they don’t give a DAMMMN about you, it’s all about the shareholders, Execs and appeasing Wall Street. The rest of us are easily discarded like used toilet paper once they have finished wiping their ŠŠŠ with you.

Dan & Executives! If you’re reading this please stop laying us off. Having 150 + macros sites is nuts. Good bye work life balance.

Also, how long until you do the same stuff as sprint and outsource network to vendors ? If you want to take Verizon to the ground this is the way.

Happy thanksgiving!!!!

Work life balance left the building the day I accepted this role. Meetings bleed into evenings and weekends, and by Monday I’m already exhausted. If anyone has tips on reclaiming time, I’m all ears.

Make sure you take time to enjoy family and friends, eat some good food, enjoy some good entertainment. True happiness is worth more than money, possessions, or job status. Hug your significant other, tell your children how much you love them, reach out to your parents, aunts, uncles etc... Jobs come and go friends and family last forever.

STOP LOOKING AT THESE POSTS OVER THE HOLIDAYS! TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!

In the spirit of the day, put down one thing you're grateful about working here. For me it's my pay. When I joined five years ago, I got a nice pay bump and it's kept up over the years. It's not enough to make up for all the other issues, like subpar benefits and toxic culture among many other issues, but at least there's something.

I would like to begin by confirming that I am not a director, executive, or line manager. I am simply an employee. I am not highly paid, nor do I receive bonuses, but my salary is sufficient to cover my bills and support my family. I am also very realistic and fully aware that DXC is not a company known for offering high salaries or for awarding annual pay increases to all employees.

I have been with the company for five years and have received one pay increase during that time, which was small. Nonetheless, I genuinely enjoy my role. The work can certainly be stressful at times, but I do my best, and value both my colleagues and my direct line manager immensely.

If at any point my pay become untenable for what I need, then I would look for an alternative role, either within DXC or elsewhere. What truly baffles me is the constant stream of complaints, negativity, and, at times, disrespectful behaviour from individuals who believe they are owed more. Life is surely too short to carry such negativity. If someone feels their role is no longer fulfilling or financially viable, there are alternatives. Why poison yourself and those around you with such pessimism when that energy could be directed far more productively?

DXC does award pay increases, albeit not annually, and promotions are given when they are genuinely necessary. These decisions are not withheld out of reluctance, but because the company is simply not in a financial position to offer more. Whenever I receive a corporate message I disagree with, I pause to consider the reasoning behind it. There is always a context, whether or not I personally agree with the outcome.

Ultimately, I weigh the positives against the negatives, and if the balance ever tips unfavourably, I will take action and seek a change. I may view things differently from many others who post on this site, but I like to think that I am realistic and pragmatic in my approach.

For those who get those badge reports, let's say you are based in Optum Circle, but may decide to go to the UHC offices instead on certain days of the week, do you get credit for those towards the 4 days minimum? I asked my boss and they did not know so...

I saw in previous post same thing was stated .Being told we need to carry a bigger load now.Im relieved to survive the rif but I’m just not sure it’s fair we now have to carry an even bigger load!I mean why should we be expected to carry our own load plus now everyone else load that was let go.Does anyone agree or should we just deal with the bigger load

It amazes me that another year has gone by in this place….Certainly took a lot out on me…

Just saw this movie and it’s about Verizon.

The gist of it is a company laying off employees and everyone is on the chopping block, even the ones who don’t expect it. And the ones who get let go get a small severance and struggle to find work.

Whenever something goes wrong, there's a mad dash to point the finger at another team. No one in management ever just owns a mistake. It's exhausting. On top of that, we all know we're being paid well below market rate, and the chance of getting promoted is basically zero. They wonder why morale is so low, but it's not exactly a mystery.

I know plenty of folks here who stay at CVS because there is nothing close by worth jumping to. I get it, the area makes it tricky to move on. I feel that pressure too, like I am glued in place. It wears on you when the job is rough but the options are thin.

It’s awesome that the company spent all this money on renovating the buildings and creating the open floor plan seating just to find out the day of your meeting. You can’t use the office that you booked weeks ago because it has now become somebody’s personal office.

What is the actual point of all of this if they’re just going to change all of the Zirbel offices to individual offices? They should’ve just kept all the conference rooms and let these mo--n stay hidden in their office. This has been such a headache, such a pain, and honestly has created the lowest morale that I’ve seen in a company in my 35 years of working in the corporate environment.

It’s so unreasonable and so disrespectful to treat associates this way when we need a space for an urgent call, we do what we’re supposed to do in reserve it weeks ahead just to have it snatched from us.

So the only groups that get to continue working in 1:1 flex offices are the people who made the decision to turn 1500 into a watered-down version of a college library (the Implementation team) and the reorg henchmen in HR. How poetic.

Because no one else in the corporation has any need for a quiet workspace. Or as they said in the HMP townhall: “you think you can’t focus in an open environment, but the truth is, you can focus anywhere!”

There’s seems to be a lot of resentment here from some people with phrases like “adults go to work” and “covid is over” and “it’s your own fault that you moved to another state” and common sentiment is - get back to the office or get out. A lot of people seem to be unaware that remote work existed way before Covid. There are some companies who hired remote-only (look up Hashicorp). Remote work existed in Viacom too.
Most of what I’m hearing here is towards people who were in the office and then became remote due to COVID. Ok I get that. What beef do you have with me, someone who was hired remotely years before COVID, never lived anywhere near NY or LA, and commonly known as a local workaholic often working way over 8 hours a days, often working weekends etc? Where do I have to “return” to? I’m where I’ve always been. And I’m not going anywhere.

These layoffs made a lot of things clearer for me, but the biggest thing is that I really don't want to stay here any longer than I absolutely have to. I'm already looking and once I find something, even if it means taking a pay cut, I'm gone because this whole process showed exactly how little thought went into how any of us were treated. Verizon handled this in the worst way imaginable and I have no interest in being around when they repeat the same cycle, because we all know it's only a matter of time before it happens again.

I'm curious about how the future of our jobs is shaping up. Given all the changes happening, I wonder what might be next. They've already shifted our request process to only go through workforce, and no longer allowing instant approvals for hours available like before. In an email, they mentioned upcoming changes in now going forward into 2026 regarding PTO requests, which makes me think we're in for more shifts ahead. Plus, they continue to ask for volunteers to work through our lunches and before or after our shifts. It raises questions since I thought breaks and lunches were a legal requirement. I'm left wondering if these changes are the new norm and what insights others might have about what's really going on. What can we anticipate in the coming months?

• it did not matter to them: - so many long hours - so many weekends lost for the family, because of deadlines or projects. So musmch stress, trying to give them my best, and in a day - it NO longer mattered. That is the most learning lesson: devotion to a job - it does not matter - we need to protect our priorities over all. In my case, 27.5 years here - and it did not matter to them. So for those who stay, control your wfforts and your hours, because to them, it wont matter.

We only have a handful of positions and it's been ridiculously hard to hire. Anyone else have this issue? We've hired 1 or 2 that never showed. People have the worst resumes if they have one at all and some don't want to work the weekend! Hellooooo - it's retail. BOH is about the cushiest schedule you can get! Days only and not past 5 pm in my store.
I used to think the 'no one wants to work' wasn't true but now I know differently!

Rumor is that some of the folks in the stores that are being converted will call in sick on Black Friday. Anyone one hear about this?

Hello relatively new to Citi,worked hard last year.. from last 3 months my manager is unnecessary escalating things (earlier he was ok) now another peer (gave multiple prod issues,bring the system down in production once) is getting promoted it seems. I definitely did more than him..and in 1-2 scenario my manager asked me to help. Looks like I took one of the wrong decision 4 years ago.. what you guys do in this situation? Start looking for the next one?

The primary method of problem resolution here is time-based: solve every issue with excessive hours and involvement, only to face the identical issue again soon after. The organization values quantity of labor over quality of insight.

Authority and recognition seem heavily weighted toward those who endure the longest hours in this specific, insular environment. The standard expectation of 60+ hours feels like a metric for compliance rather than genuine innovation.

Many core functions rely on deeply entrenched internal processes that are often inefficient or could be replaced by widely accepted industry standards. There is a clear pattern of confusing labor with effective problem-solving—the actual value of a top engineer is in recognizing patterns and defining the correct challenge.

This model rewards effort over efficiency.

The skills fostered here appear to be highly specialized to this internal ecosystem, and those relying solely on them would struggle to compete in the broader tech industry.

The environment fosters a kind of emptiness—a focus solely on the job to the exclusion of personal life or intellectual development. Pattern recognition and proactive problem avoidance are disincentivized.

Those with external options should prioritize a strategic exit immediately.

How are you all maintaining 8 hrs in office ?
Staying 6 to 7 hrs is easily manageable to stay in office.
With early meetings, and again need to login at night to coordinate with offshore, maintaining 8 hrs is stretch.
Is it that mandatory to maintain 8 hrs or 6 to 7 hrs is acceptable?

You'd be a complete fool to work harder to fill in the gaps.

Managers, directors , vp , etc…. Are you guys even thinking this through ? How is this even remotely healthy working environment for the ones left behind to cover so many sites. I got peers with 200 + sites. We were so thin with the VSP and now this left us broken. I guess who cares about work life balance. I swear if there’s another RIF and you guys touch GNT I think you may cripple the network. I hope you main plan isn’t to replace everyone with contractors. Did you not learn from Hans and sprint ? You want to compete with T-Mobile and At&T but this is not the way. Loosing top talent just to go work for the competitor.

Time to go home now for the relaxing weekend. See you all on Monday. Taking a few days off before Thanksgiving. A week for Christmas too to spend some time in Florida. Need some aqua therapy.

What do you think Verizon will look like?

Will it even exist?

30% of job postings are fake, per Forbes.

https://x.com/BarefootStudent/status/1991247655469740122

Hi Folks

Thanks for all your hard work and efforts through the year, without you we would be nowhere. I meant even without paying you were still in business.

I know your complaining about the pay, and last minute holiday debacle but the HR women isnt upto it, still we got her an award, we know where to spend the money.

Us execs are doing are last flights and free trips, i meant holidays, around the world for this year. Phew clocked up some points.

Ignore the ten 10 other happy holidays emails your going to get as were spending your money.

Best wishes R & Cam

Anybody in the Roanoke VA area or Minneapolis market GNT get hit ?

Just because you were just let go, or know of others being let go, doesn’t mean the laid off 13,000 in a single day.

They got the higher paid, and the lowest performers off the books before the new year.

More waves are coming. ETA 12/20 and 1/20.

If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, however, I’m still quitting after I take advantage of my Fmla benefits next year. Good luck everyone.

My manager came up to me yesterday and said, “I’ve noticed you haven’t been here for the full eight hours. People are talking. Leadership’s watching badge logs. I can’t have you leaving at 2 or 3.”

They’re building a list of everyone not clocking the full eight hours. Anyone on that list moves straight to the front of the line. Three warnings, she said, and you’re out.

I have to pick up my kids and they are not even being flexible for families. What the heck is going on? My husband wants me to find another job.

Anyone else burned out? Skeleton crews, no coverage, questions about things we have no control over, no training... It's getting old

A friend of mine's brother coaches college sports. The nature of that job means getting 'let go' every 3-5 years, always around the holidays. It's a brutal job. My friend lost their job a few years back and called her brother for advice. She told me this...

Routine is key. You're going to want to spend every moment of every day looking for your next job, fight that urge. Your new job is finding your best job. To be your best, you need rest, you need down time, you need exercise. Take 3-4 days to lounge and de-stress. Then make a list of small house projects. Then put your schedule together. Your day should include no more than 4 hours looking for your next job. It needs to include a workout and something for your family. When those things are done each day, don't feel guilty for watching TV or enjoying your free time. Stay positive, we all get the silent treatment from potential employers along the way.

Hope it helps.

Things never change with this company! Each year, our hours keep getting shorter, yet the workload remains the same, and they still expect everything to be completed. They assume salaried managers will handle it all, but those who work the hardest often burn out quickly. Meanwhile, others seem to get by without any consequences. If you were hoping to earn some extra money for the holidays, be aware that you might only be scheduled to work the day after Thanksgiving—and only if there are call-outs from permanent employees.

You are an entry on a spreadsheet. Nothing more. Your work, attendance, team spirit, participation in HR childish buffoonery, none of it matters. None.

Give the least amount of effort possible, and when you decide to walk for a different/better job because you no longer expect to spend a decade or more at one company, just walk out. No two weeks, no notice, nothing. Just a note and your all your equipment in a box.

You. Owe. Them. NOTHING.

Just wondering if there is any consistency across the organization. Is your manager in the office?

Has evening tours been notified yet, or do we need to wait till we start the shift?

Hi everyone.

Current TSYS employee here. I am wondering if FIS rolls over your unused vacation days to the following year. What's the policy around it? Because currently in GPN, we have to use it in the same year or lose it.

Just got told by my AD that her last day is 12/19