It seems to me that Fido used to be a much more relaxed workplace. I’m not saying there was no stress, but now it's astronomically high. Am I exaggerating if I say that more than half of the employees here are facing a burnout? I was even... —  read more 

And does it even need to change to keep making so much cash?

Offering crypto in a 401k to people who don't even understanding mutual funds will make for a customer service nightmare. It will take patience that I know I don't have to try and explain crypto to our client base. WTF is Abby thinking? God help... —  read more 

I really care about keeping the job here and do a lot of overtime, giving it my best. However, I get discouraged when they tell me it’s not worth it. I still refuse to believe it. It is impossible that putting in effort is not worth it.

When I first started working here, I wanted to gain as much experience and knowledge as possible. I tried to learn from my colleagues at the time who were great experts who were much appreciated here. Now, after so many years here, the situation... —  read more 

What are the most important things the management takes into account when they make the decision about promoting someone to a higher position? Everybody knows it’s not knowledge and a good work ethic

They are the biggest beneficiaries of affirmative action. They seem to be in so many positions despite not having useful skills. One had knowing how to use a telephone as a key professional skill on her resume and this was a senior leader. All this... —  read more 

Someone mentioned that there are good jobs at Fidelity that require minimal effort and cause minimal stress. Could someone please enlighten me on what those jobs are? I know for sure that mine is not.

No wonder the best employees are leaving. Fidelity has become a mediocre place with unhealthy philosophy. Managers are there to encourage mediocre employees and slowly squeeze out those who are experts at their job. It used to be different, but... —  read more 

Supposedly fido is handing out “inflation” raises to those that ask. Is this true?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/05/18/business/fidelitys-hiring-bo-m-abby-johnson-talks-about-why/

I don't really care either way, but why do some fear so much Fidelity is woke when it's not? They just do the standard diversity and inclusion stuff that big companies always do, and even that is done is pretty measured way.

I’m not saying Fidelity doesn’t have a lot of issues. Still, we need to be fair and realistic. I've been looking for a better job for months and I can't find the ideal company that everyone is talking about... A friend and colleague who recently... —  read more 

Why gender diversity is not important here?

The longer I work here, the more I see how growing nepotism is destroying culture here, demoralizing hard workers, motivating knowledgeable employees to leave, etc. Dealing with nepotism in the workplace is always tough. Perhaps someone has... —  read more 

Now that another colleague has left, I also intend to submit my resignation. What's going on here? Fidelity thinks it makes perfect sense that those who stay will take over all the workload of those who leave. Well, that really doesn't make sense... —  read more 

I worked for this company for greater than 12 years.every year it was a song and dance to get a raise.they would cry poverty at year end.once they hired a motivational speaker from Indiana and gave her 10 thousand dollars for a speech, while they... —  read more 

Fidelity is overworking their technical VPs. Stuck between sheett leadership and squads where good ICs are leaving for better opportunities. Ignore this group at your own risk. No added comp and all addl workloads. Seriously, f- this place. Time to... —  read more 

Things are good right now. There haven't been any major layoffs in a while, we're hiring which means that we are in a really good position financially, and still, we have people who keep complaining about this or that. If you're acting like this at a... —  read more 

It will start 3 days a month Then it will be 1 day each week And then it will be 3 days each week And then we will be back to the office full time Resist this sh-t now. Threaten to leave. Complain a lot during connect weeks. Do everything to... —  read more 

Fido keeps telling us all how great this place is, how lucky we are to be working here, and how we have this amazing culture that makes us a family when in truth, this is one of the most toxic cultures I've ever faced at work. No amount of your... —  read more 

Fidelity is hiring 12k new jobs….but who is being pushed out? Now that VBOs over. Who is being selectively pushed out? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-04-28/fidelity-to-create-12-000-jobs-building-on-its-hiring-spree

I’ve heard rumors floating around VBO will be offered yearly beginning 2023. Has anyone else heard this?

I thought this was a business? How can someone with GLARING issues not lose their position? The cost in wasted time, money, poorly managed projects, lowered morale is just staggering.

I'm debating whether to resign precisely because of RTO. Unfortunately, Fido is not interested in gas prices or how much more we will spend on gas coming to the office. But an even bigger problem is that it's pointless, because most people are more... —  read more 

How common is this type of he-l at Fido?

Get ready. The Silent Generation and Boomer executives are ready to start herding associates back to mandatory days in the office, because that's the only way they know how to manage and enforce their command and control. A$$hats. All of them.

I am a VBO employee, but have a younger friend that was hired at Fidelity about 2 years ago- he moved to a branch role about 5 months ago.. He has a new boss that came from the outside, and has been giving written and verbal warnings to reps since... —  read more 

The burnout is real. As for morale... I personally have never been so demoralized before in my entire life.

With all due respect, but it is difficult to understand how some new hires came to positions that were once held by top experts. Does Fido have a problem finding qualified workers or is quality no longer as important as it used to be? It seems to... —  read more 

“Fidelity following D&I at SVP and above level ?”

Fidelity grew a lot since Abby took over. But what happens when we enter a bear market? We’ve been in a bull market the past decade.

Rumor mill says Fidelity to lay off workers in China and India due to those countries support of Russia. Expected to close some shops and concentrate remaining workers to single location.

Managers want to be called leaders, but they're not leaders. My manager is a d-mb mba with no management experience and a coasting attitude.

It used to be that most people were anxious at every rumor about layoffs. Now it seems to me that most are hoping to be laid off.

What do you think? Recession? Layoffs? Both?

Here it seems best to always hold back your opinion. So that my superior would not accidentally think that I was disagreeing with him, I resort more and more to not expressing my opinion at all. Being too opinionated at Fido can mean the loss of a... —  read more 

Anyone notice this problem? Work in agile squad and the IT team - there is one or two very smart ones and the rest have zero critical thinking skills