#badleadership

Just numbers. That's it. Everything is about cuts, and we're the ones cut. Easy savings for leadership to boost the stock and their bonuses. So stop investing. Stop the extra hours. Stop expecting anything. And for God's sake, don't give this place a single thing more than what they're paying for.

Any other clubs that lose people find out that they aren’t being replaced ? We lost a receiver, a day forklift driver and someone in freezer cooler .. we were told they were not getting replaced .. yet the F/c now has a merch over there which has left the floor short .. then they take a lift driver over there which make the floor short again.. why are we not replacing people .. all they are doing is stressing everyone out because we still have to do the job yet we are running out butts off like crazy while our managers get a huge pay raise to still sit in the office or walk around the club with their coffee cups barking out orders of how we aren’t getting enough done . Home office needs to get their heads out of their butts and realize it isn’t the mangers keeping your clubs going … it is the associates u are treating badly

The soft layoffs in innovative medicine continue, and many of us are starting to question the criteria behind who is being let go. Employees who consistently come into the office three days a week, contribute meaningfully, and do their jobs well are being impacted, while others who rarely show up and contribute little seem to remain untouched.

It’s difficult not to notice how political the environment appears to have become. At times, it feels as though if someone in leadership doesn’t personally favor you, your position may already be at risk. That perception alone is concerning. It keeps repeating and everyone sees it.

I simply wish professionalism, maturity, and fairness carried more weight in these decisions. People should not feel that their livelihood is tied to office politics, personal insecurities, or whether they are personally liked by leadership.

Let’s be honest — some of these leaders are simply not qualified for the roles they hold. Titles and positions do not automatically make someone an effective leader. True leadership requires competence, accountability, emotional intelligence, fairness, and the ability to develop and support strong teams. Unfortunately, many employees are witnessing the opposite.

Too often, decisions appear to be driven by favoritism, office politics, personal comfort, or insecurity rather than actual performance and contribution. Strong employees who bring value, experience, and consistency are being pushed out, while individuals with the right relationships or visibility continue to advance despite limited impact. That creates frustration, distrust, and a toxic work culture.

What’s even more concerning is that many organizations claim to value innovation, collaboration, and talent retention, yet they continue to lose some of their most capable people because leadership lacks the maturity or confidence to manage high-performing individuals effectively. Great leaders build strong teams around them. Insecure leaders often view strong talent as competition.

At some point, innovative medicine has to ask themselves why morale is declining, why turnover is increasing, and why employees no longer trust leadership. The issue is not always the workforce. Sometimes the issue is the people making the decisions

I had an American Airlines card from Barclays. Two days back, Barclays switched off my account saying i should deal with Citi now via landingatciti.com. Of course the website doesn't work. I would have been shocked if it did.
Then Citi sends an email about account having been migrated and payments should now be made to Citi blah blah blah. Click the link to set up the account...nothing. That website doesn't work either

Absolute d-mb@sses. Of course, I saw the incompetency from way too up close when employed at Citi. The ONLY thing that seems to work without a hitch at Citi is A) Board approving billions in share buybacks every year despite heavy layoffs and B) Jane getting salary bumps and bonuses every year. It will soon fo from 42M to 45 and then to 50.

Anything else is a total mess at Citi

I can't stop thinking about the unfairness of how all this works. A small group of people at the top repeatedly make one short sighted decision after another, often ignoring warnings from the people who actually understand the business. Then, when those decisions inevitably blow up, the same people announce layoffs and call it a necessary adjustment. Not one of them takes a pay cut. Not one of them gives back a bonus. Not one of them faces any real consequence at all. Meanwhile, the rest of us, the people who had no say in any of those bad decisions, are the ones who lose our jobs, our stability, and our peace of mind. I'm so tired of watching executives protect their own wallets while ordinary employees pay the price for mistakes they didn't make. At some point, we've got to start demanding that the people in charge actually take responsibility for their own failures instead of just using layoffs as an easy out every time things get difficult.

There was a time when people wanted to work here. When we were proud to say where we did our jobs. That time has passed, and I don't think it's coming back.

Managers don't care about their teams, they just assign work at the last minute and nitpick every little thing. Employee engagement is basically nonexistent, and we've got layers of middle managers who contribute nothing. The disconnect between our teams in different regions is huge, and nobody seems interested in fixing it. They send out surveys asking for feedback, but nothing ever changes, and the town halls are just performative. Then there are layoffs. I don't know a single person who's actually happy working here. Some people are comfortable, sure, but happy? No.

It's genuinely amazing how so many incompetent managers have gathered in one place and figured out how to drain the life out of thousands of talented people. One bad decision after another, and they keep insisting they're turning things around.

Two of the biggest bootlickers and hardest workers in the office just got the 1-1. Years of dedication without any promotions rewarded with getting laid off like a dog. This is what you get for going above and beyond at Cisco :)

EH is trying to bring back someone that was fired for bad conduct but because of the lawsuit, they cant bring them back as a FTE but on contract. Does anyone know who that is?

Well, just wondering what else folks think..

Jack_Attack! has like zero charisma.. Like 0. After a few meetings seems like we hired a dud, like dud dud. Anyone else have thoughts? I just don't feel any enthusiasm or like this guy could usher everyone into a life raft on a sinking ship if his life depended on it.

At least re-Joyce loved Schitzcreek! <---- but she was still a cheerleader, and a dud.

Congratulations Akron management. Your marketing, sales and operations have caused Fayetteville to announce its closing. Well done. What a ridiculous campaign “Fast is in Us”. Fast as into insolvency? Selling of the name? If you are Akron. Shame. You saw the data before all of us. You saw the trend. And you said “we are on track. It’s getting better.”

Instead you developed tires no one wanted. No one needed. If you were here 40 years or 4 months you are the problem.

Our CEO is CELEBRATING 23 quarters of layoffs. CELEBRATING?!?!?

That's how much our leader values the workforce. Do the math - he's celebrating the disruption and destruction of tens of thousands of careers for the past 7+ years straight.

https://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/news/2026/04/14/wells-fargo-ceo-layoffs-wfc-earnings-call.html

i'm outta here asap. its only getting worse

Part of IT Marketing & Sales. We just have way too many people doing nothing. Everyone just acts they are super busy but there is no real work. All of our code is written by AI now and everyone on my team is H1B. If GM was able to layoff 500-600 people then we could probably do some clean up across Ford. Design, Development, Testing is all driven by AI and yet I don't understand why we are hiring like it is 2018. One of the best engineer on our team left recently and we are operating in chaos. Leadership thinks they are right and do not listen to team members. Its pure CHAOS!!!

The worst part about everything happening lately is the complete lack of accountability from senior leadership. They’re the ones who championed the Spotify model. They’re the ones who forced people into different roles to support it. They’re the ones who went on a hiring spree during the pandemic. They’re the ones who shut down overflow sites. They’re the ones who dragged their feet on AI adoption. And now they’re laying off some of their strongest supporters while forcing everyone else back into the office without a clear strategy or any acknowledgment that mistakes were made along the way.

Our department head held a Q&A today, and it felt like a wasted opportunity. This could have been a moment for honest discussion about the layoffs and reassurance for employees. Instead, it came across as heavily managed dramatics. Submitted questions were either ignored, removed, or reworded in ways that changed what people were actually asking. There still weren’t any answers about the reasoning behind the layoffs or the return-to-office push. They said employees should stay home when sick, but also warned there are consequences for missing too many days without defining what that means. Then the meeting ended with comments about how stressful this situation has been for leadership and suggestions that employees seek therapy to cope.

If a workplace is creating so much stress that employees are being told to talk to a therapist, maybe leadership should reflect on what that says about the environment. People who dedicated years to Fidelity are now worried about supporting their families, finding new jobs, or remaining in the country, and leadership wants sympathy for how difficult this has been on them? Pardon the language but b!tch please.

Don’t talk about transparency while filtering out uncomfortable questions. Don’t frame this as a shared hardship when employees are paying the price for leadership decisions. Whatever culture used to be here years ago is long gone. The rot is here and it won't go away because it starts at the top.

They keep proving this every single day.

Just curious, does our American counterparts unfairly compensated ? Seen so much hatred especially MW and his LT.

Other part of the world,in my side of the world, the trend is the mid-managers got the hatred due to poor leadership skills, not performing yet promoted due to some connections with some American leadership connections so called build relationship.

horrible culture for sales and supporting groups

Oh boy...who else noticed all the derogatory comments he keeps making. Now he is openly talking bad about his peers. Jeez

I've been here long enough that I've lost count of how many times I've raised the same concerns. Bad communication, broken processes, terrible leadership decisions. Every time, I think maybe this time they'll listen. Every time, nothing changes. And somehow, the act of complaining never gets old. Maybe it's because the problems are still there, or maybe it's because complaining is the only thing that reminds me I'm not crazy for being frustrated.

Let me list what seems impossible here. Having executives who aren't a complete clown show. Keeping talented employees. Having a work environment that isn't toxic. Recovering from the gross negligence we've seen. I could keep going but you get the point.

Some companies have favorite departments or favorite people. Not Oracle. They seem to genuinely dislike everyone equally. From the newest hire to the twenty year veteran. Nobody is safe from the bad treatment.

NIKE IS DONE!!!
WE 3 BAD CEOS MP JD EH
AND WITH BAD ECONOMY, I THINK THAT MOST CONSUMERS ARE CHANGIN THEIR TASTE.
MOST YOUNG PEOPLE ARE BROKE AND THERE IS NO YOUNG CUSTOMER BEING CONVERTED TO NIKE CREEDO.

DEAD AND BURIED!!!

At Chevron for employees its a race to the bottom with MW and his terrible team running this S Show. What is the next soul crushing move for this leadership team? Will we take turns cleaning the bathroom? Work a mandatory 6 days a week? No AC in the office? Bring your own TP in? Anyone have any idea as its been a couple months since they made things worse!

EM trading must su-k to lose this much money when all others are creaming. TGs leadership of Trading is equally bad to her leadership of HR where she systematically f’d the company for the long term. BP, Shell and the trading houses are all claiming industry high earnings and we lost a boat load of cash. Amazing. TG and DWW should be NSId out of the business and not golden parachuted

Yes - I am talking to all of you incompetent VPs, Senior DIR and DIRs. That's the post.

In fact, I wish I’d left sooner. I stayed because Verizon still had this reputation that made it sound like a career making place to work, and everyone around me kept reinforcing it. Looking back, I spent years putting up with bad leadership and a toxic environment because I thought the name alone made it worth it. The hardest part is realizing how much time I burned before accepting the place had changed a long time ago.

Efficient workers got punished with more work.

You will never get paid what you’re worth.

The exploitative people in charge are paid for their cruelty.

People who don’t care are the happiest at their job.

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/2026/05/07/medtronic-leaving-sonoma-santa-rosa/

AVE in Santa Rosa literally helped build the coronary and SH business for medtronic, otherwise they would be still selling just batteries

It’s very sad what they did to Santa Rosa over the years. I started my career there and spend 10 wonderful years it su-ks that GM and his bunch of cronies will keep buying more houses in Florida and Hawaii while the average people with kids and mortgage lose their jobs.

GM has to be the worst CEO in this company’s history. Great job GM

Just because you hate someone doesn't mean they live in your head rent free. Jeff Clarke is a proven useless id1ot! It's an acknowledgment of fact, nothing more. More people should acknowledge truth and fact rather than burying it and wondering why nothing ever changes for the better.

This is the periodic reminder that while L and D field advisors are performing well the same can’t be said for their leaders and so called directors who don’t do much of anything.
This bad performance starts with Tractor Man and goes all the way down.

Looks good on the outside but at its core, just rotten. Very polished, good story. When you look under the hood it’s a vile, rotten place filled with rotten SVPs and executives who all have sh!t in their pants.

They need to be able to make great slides to hide their incompetency so they hire consultants. They’re greed, self centered people who would stab you in the back in a second without thinking about it. They’re incompetent, immature, a$$ kissing, vile human beings who are nothing but greedy.

Get out of Dell if you can because there is absolutely nothing behind that stock price and it’s going to drop like a rock.

The worst of the worst types of people are at Dell and it’s not going to get better.

Have to be two of the worst AI tools I have ever used

No wonder these pieces of cr-p are the ones fiserv mandates

I had 15 years with the company but my department decided to lay me off instead someone that’s been there 2 years. That’s not fair at all. I trained people, was always on time, worked weekends and overtime while being salaried, all that dedication and this is the thanks I get. I’m very hurt and disappointed in UHC. They have no loyalty at all! I will never work for them again good riddance!!

This woman and ELT seem to be working non stop to find every way possible to make our jobs and lives harder on purpose for no reason other than greed and contempt for the very people that keep this ship afloat. Is there nobody at the top level that has the guts to stop this vicious woman before she destroys everything? Even the branches are not immune to her insane decision making. It's like she hates all of us and can't wait to sell us out.

So it starts, now well publicized on the news Sycamore is closing stores under the guise of security or safety, and while that's a concern, their goals are to get out of leases to reduce their debt obligations (somewhat good), and pad their pockets by selling off any real estate that is owned. However, it is NOT with improving the business in mind. It is purely a way to pay themselves. Look at their history on their other large holdings, Staples they are continuing to reduce stores under the premise they are low performing stores, but in many cases it's just to cook the books. Essendant, they sold off the majority of their real estate for millions as a cost reduction for low performing, closed the majority of their business, but never invested back into the company. Talbots, Hot Topic, Belk, Pure Fishing they are closing stores/warehouses/offices and leaving just a shell of businesses they will never invest back into to improve. Sycamore is evil, and just plays with people's lives to line their own pockets over and over again.

Hey all, here again. My long tenured role within capital one was not fairly compensated. Amidst my rapid, unjust departure, all I was provided for years of high level work was a cheap necklace from capital one. It’s actually broken and is being held together by my hope and dreams crushed by capital one and their toxic work environment. A cheap necklace is the embodiment of capital one as a company.