If your EMG is talking about “how we work” and is having your leader write out each of your job duties and what it entails, that is the first step in deciding who gets their 60 days notice. Word of advice, make sure you let your leader know EVERYTHING you do, even if it seems small and non interesting, the more the better.
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Hey OP, have you not seen software people getting axed soon after they document everything about their jobs because that data set was used to replace their jobs with AI?
Knowing that, think about what your documentation of your daily job is going to do.
What happened to critical thinking abilities nowadays?
@c3 nope, your reply is bad advice, I seriously doubt BCG (Boston Consulting Group) is going to go around asking you to explain in detail the value you bring.
@OP this isn’t good advice. If you show your leader every piece of sand you’re moving it will get lost in the mountain you’re moving. Aim for impact and value.
You’ll show your leadership you can’t prioritize. You’re an employee doing meaningless work. You’re an employee that’s doing work that we should automate. Focus on strategy. Impact. Value.
If you find yourself typing the words “excel” “sharepoint” “PowerPoint”“daily updates” or “weekly updates”. Stop yourself. Immediately. Learn what AI is an expert at. Agent, repeatable tasks.
I know quite a few teams in the bank going through this right now. This will be for end of year layoffs, late Q3 or early Q4. Strongly agree, make sure your manager knows every little thing you do. These consultants USAA hires to review everything, they’re not going to check your calendar to see how many meetings you attend daily, or how late you stay on calls, or that you work on the weekends because the work just keeps piling up, or that you cancel or work while on PTO because EMG has no clue on what to do. All they’ll see is what your leader puts on a spreadsheet. If it means having to keep knowledge from teammates, then do it.
This is going to cause a lot of issues, because a lot of tenured/knowledgeable employees are not going to want to share what they know, why would they? USAA has now turned jobs into the Hunger Games, guarantee Gen Robles is turning in his grave right now.
Make sure it’s legit work you can prove so things that can be quantified and providing those numbers is beneficial. In my 10+ years here I’ve had to do that number of times and it is definitely a sign that they are looking to layoff folks in your area. May not be your team but in your general area. Btw everyone in the Bank will go through this at some point, very likely this year.
@OP “What would you say you do here?” Bob1- Office Space
When we had the Davis purges back in the aughts, our managers handed out questionnaires that had questions directed at you and about your teammates. They way these got answered definitely helped management select who to cut. One of the questions I remember is "who would you pick from your team to solve an oncall problem if you got stuck?" If you name never showed up, you got the axe.