#backstabculture

I've switched jobs three times in the past eight years, and every single time, I've ended up in the same kind of miserable, backstabbing environment - here included. At some point, you start to wonder if it's bad luck or if this is just how every workplace is designed to operate now. Ramp up the toxicity to make sure everybody stays in their place.

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Google it of you don't know the story. Make a person a manager and tell them they have to stack rank people. Suddenly they feel totally justified making up problems and documenting made up deficiencies in case they need to cut you later. It creates an atmosphere where every interaction becomes an excuse to gaslight or present things using the worst interpretation possible. It's crazy how easily people can move from "we're all one team" to "I'm documenting this conversation to make it seem like you did something wrong". And of course the employee is also documenting everything in case they need to backstab their boss. The team goes from people who work together to people who collect dirt on each other and run to the hr. Don't you wish you could just spend your time focused on work instead of trying to sabotage other people so you don't get cut instead?

At fidelity, we are not working to compete against our market competitors.

We are not competing against other BU's.

We are competing against person sitting next to us.

And these toxic managers are encouraging this behavior more than anything.

At work, you're not supposed to give stink eye to each other, I've been part of fidelity for 15 years, started as in intern.

But the last 4 years has been he-l and we have no one but these managers to blame.

I was hired on and the future was bright.
High salary, good options, good bonus. Lighter work load but very interesting work.
That became the status quo for the first 2.5 years.
Then onto a project that had legs but should have been completed in half the time.
The excuse in length was, don't #$%@ up the brand. Valid but the program still took entirely too long.
All the time the better than avg salary/options/bonus arrived.

The next 4 years flew by but the work was not mentally stimulating. In the back of my head I knew I should leave to stay sharp but those golden handcuffs kept me.

The last 2.5 years have been terrible, still a great pay package but at this point in a career there needs to be more. There is not.

No bright future for the company, no groundbreaking tech to boost a new footwear line.

Just backstabbing and cliche high school atmosphere which does not fly in the FAANG corporations in which i have previously worked for.

Its a shame as I loved Nike in those early years and would have bent over backwards to forward the corporate agenda.

I'll stay but no longer have that fire.
Too many VPs to count and absolutely no clue what some do. How a corporation can justify the cost of VPs that barely contribute but a slide deck now and then. Slide decks do not keep the lights on.

Nike is down, Portland downtown is down, that 2016 vibe is long gone.

I am just planning to milk the Nike te-t until my day arrives. It eventually will.

People will say then just leave. Not a chance in this Portland job market. My family would take a hit and that is not happening.

It was a farce from the beginning. The organization selected incompetent and unqualified individuals to LCS. Instead of choosing the right people based on skills, selection was based on politics…you help me and I help you. It’s an organization full of backstabbers/ credit stealers who are adept at managing up but achieved little on their own. What’s worst is the nonsense they spout inside and outside the company. A layoff there is needed.

Sometimes I don't know what holds it together

Basically title