VBO communications will be going out in July. It’s said to be a lucrative offer. Potentially giving the option to take it Dec 2025 or Dec 2026. Then late July/early Aug will come the declaration that we will be moving away from WFH in Sept, as much... — read more 

I’m very concerned that the Diversity Reports have been taken down. Should I be worried.?

My previous work was in an area where everything was onshore in the USA. Now, I am in an area where everything is overseas. Wow. What a difference. Project management and most VP slots are WW. They throw everything over the wall to offshore. ... — read more 

I am quite new to Fid Can someone tell why Roger is not liked?

Will there be layoffs this time?

After 2 years of BME cr-p, flash calls after flash calls Wealth is about to go through all over again. Really can’t catch a break with so many changes.

Sick of so many flash calls every other week. Really starting to affect productivity now with so much anxiety, uncertainty. Can't they just freaking do that they want to already, why keep your teammates under dark???

How does one respond? My manager had no clue what I did with the other team I was loaned out to. Pretty much entire leadership team in my group were gone due to org restructuring. I personally felt I exceeded all the expectations however I got SP... — read more 

Who has updates?

My boss is a credit taking, politics playing and trade ignorant dead weight, yet I picked highest ratings on all of the questions. Why? She has only two reports and the other one is a brownnoser. If Fidelity want true opinions, do more about the... — read more 

I know I’m a dummy.

They hold so many critical level 5 and even level 6/7 positions in some cases. But they don't know basic difference between an apple vs windows machine. Yet their only real "talent" seems to be belittling their own teammates, picking on them (due... — read more 

We all hear about tech not being that good and complaints about inadequate phone people. But what about HR? How good is that department? They have to deal with the pushback of people doing connect week after all. And even though everyone knows... — read more 

What are you hearing?

Level 8/9 who made lots of money already know this. Your manager knows it too, that's why they're not micro managing you coz soon you'll not be their problem. Your quarterly check in feels like nothing but a BS session where instead of judging for... — read more 

I see quite a few posts about people discussing voluntary retirement buyout packages, I realize senior management's package would look a lot different than say a level 4. Just curious of those that have experienced or have seen the package what it... — read more 

Let's face it, these people in upper management have made lots of money for many years. Either they are really d-mb as bricks at saving/investing or just love their jobs more than their freedom for some odd reason. 100 years from now even their... — read more 

How does one handle cliques within team. It’s very subtle but constitutes to exclusion and a feeling of isolation . Due to Cliques / best friends within a sub set of people favoritism is also rampant and work opportunities missed. Did anyone have... — read more 

Why are these roles necessary? Do they add any real value to the organization? Architects feel like relics from the outdated waterfall era

Lakers in 5

Heavy AI focus, there will be no more SL and similar other roles (IYKYK). All product areas to be aligned to ONE location, no more distributed teams. You'll be eliminated if your location isn't same as your direct manager or chapter lead. If... — read more 

From what it seems like on here, good managers are few and far between the firm. Managers struggle with diverse teams and are in way over their heads. This then causes extra stress to the point where low level employees are worried about politics... — read more 

I've been interviewing for a role at Fidelity for a few months now, its in a squad leader role in tech. Is it honestly as bad as this board would suggest, should I run for the hills instead of accepting an offer? Everyone I interviewed with has been... — read more 

Management is the problem with the company culture. Not even sure if retraining them would be a good solution. In my department, it would be better to shut it down and start over.

What a sh*t show it's been for over two years now. Every day there's a "flash call" announcement, memo here and there, round table anxiety. How tf are we supposed to work in peace while anxiously waiting for these calls not knowing what we are... — read more 

Heard rumors that Emerson moving is supposed to have cascading impacts across wealth and PI. Every time you hear there's going to be new manager, you should be ready to get booted. Dalian "security" was just a pathetic excuse of long term plan to... — read more 

Every time you come across an individual with title head of this and that, changes are they're simply the ones who don't do anything. Can't use excel, can't understand the business in each product area, have no clue how much hardwork is happening... — read more 

Individual: goes above and beyond to do things more than half their team can't even understand. Their manager instead of praising the efforts starts rambling of their issue from another team and how the individual should have "stepped up" to help... — read more 

Any news on the layoffs?

What a sorry pathetic way to get rid of folks? What's the freaking use of praising individuals and saying how great they were after you boot them out? It's like saying at a funeral how great the person was after they're dead, I freaking expect to... — read more 

Today is April 22. Let’s see if this site has any truth to the layoffs. I don’t think so, but we shall see

Does anyone have real information on if there will be a mass layoff?

So guess they demoted some grade 8’s to grade 7’s. I had not heard about this but did notice a couple of the people I worked with start missing calls and being angry all the time. Not sure demoting someone a grade and asking them to do the same job... — read more 

we're a product team supporting all BUs across the enterprise. Our assigned architects who we never ask for contribute nothing to the core of our products but trying to leave their fingerprints on the surface or setting up red tapes here and there... — read more 

I’ve gotten multiple (10+) emails from chapter leadership in the past couple months introducing new additions to the team, and now you’re telling me there’s layoffs? Granted, some of them are offshore, but there’s some onshore. They are mostly... — read more 

few of My known contacts got terminated recently with no notice. they are contractors. any clue why they are downsizing?

My Fidelity buyout package vs being let go due to moving my job out of state was a great escape. That was over 20 years ago. Based on these comments Fidelity culture has not improved.

What if there’s no layoff and Fidelity can keep up the panic for another 20 years.