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Unfortunately, it’s Toyota, not Ford.
But let us pray…

You were lazy not mentally and weak thinking Dell was a family company w summer picnics w lemonade and tootsie rolls being served to all the kids w clowns. Dell wins at all cost

Leadership seems to need a decoder to comprehend the results, so here it is. The negative survey results are not about healthcare perks or wellness programs no one uses, they are only about RTO and the lack of flexibility.

“I am proud to work at AT&T”
Once true. No longer. Public perception has deteriorated, and when people outside the company hear about the five-day RTO policy, the lack of any real collaboration, and the absence of assigned seating or co-located teams, the reaction is disbelief. Pride erodes when policies feel performative instead of purposeful.

“I would recommend AT&T as a great place to work”
That answer is now clearly no. A mandatory five-day RTO policy for roles that historically had been remote before COVID and can be done more effectively remotely is an immediate dealbreaker for modern workers. The policy alone makes the company undesirable and uncompetitive as an employer.

“We trust the leadership decisions”
Trust is broken. Employees do not support the financial decisions that destroyed value, nor the RTO mandate that ignored clear employee feedback. Trust cannot survive when leadership consistently doubles down instead of course-correcting.

“The company provides opportunities to support career growth”
Opportunities are narrowly concentrated in Dallas, with limited mobility elsewhere. For a national company, that is a self-inflicted constraint that unnecessarily caps growth and retention.

“Our policies and systems support me doing my best work”
They do the opposite. The five-day RTO policy actively reduces productivity, and many internal systems remain outdated and inefficient. Physical presence does not compensate for structural friction.

“The company cares about my health and well-being”
Employees feel burned out, mentally and physically, largely due to excessive commuting and rigid mandates that add stress without any benefit to the company or the employees. Well-being is not addressed by pushing unused benefits or wellness messaging while ignoring the root cause repeatedly identified in feedback.

“Do you feel changes have been made as a result of prior surveys”
No. In fact, the opposite. Employees explicitly opposed three-day RTO in the last survey, and leadership responded by increasing it to five. Feedback was not just ignored, it was contradicted. The disappearance of the prior third-party McKinsey survey results only reinforces that perception.

Did I miss anything else?

The pattern is now set and clear. Instead of addressing the core RTO issue employees are raising, leadership deflects with ancillary benefits and BS messaging. That approach feels like gaslighting, and not listening. So why should I even bother taking the next one?

If leadership truly wants different survey results, the solution is not another email, benefit rollout, or talking point. It is addressing the one issue employees are consistently, overwhelmingly, and clearly raising.

Flexibility. Trust. Results over “presence”.

That is the message of the survey, whether leadership wants to hear it or not.

If you managed to find another job, somewhere outside of this hellhole, I wish you all the best. You deserve it, and congratulations to you. To anyone still looking, hang in there, your door will open soon, the job market is brutal, we know. To those nearing retirements, also hang in there, I know you are all looking forward to not doing anything or finally breathe or do your hobbies and visit your grandkids, get more cats/dogs.

I feel your sentiments and suffering. We all know Stankey and the gang arent going to revert back to hybrid, nor even give us a seat. They do not want talents here, nor be competitive. We know everything that has been done is to force people out. AT&T is not growing anymore but it still has the cash flow. Investors do not care about morale, so just do your best to not lose yours. This too shall pass.

Recently riffed and took severance. I recall seeing there was a “6 month cooling off period” in our severance details but I have logged into the severance portal and that information is gone. I cannot find anything regarding the details of the 6 month cooling off period. Only thing in my severance document is something stating that if I am re-hired by a Verizon company within my severance period I have to repay back a portion of my severance. Are we allowed to work for victra if we accepted severance or that is considered a Verizon company?

Is Polo Ralph Lauren in Men’s exiting a bunch of locations for 2026?

My door was told that it could be losing it and a few other locations in my District.

I’m aware of the RLG wanting more exclusivity of selling their merchandise but was curious nonetheless.

Thanks!

We understand this is a challenging time

Stock price at $17 a share is comical. They are poorly managed hiring competitors past failures and rejects. They buy failing banks. This spells disaster.

People keep mentioning that layoffs are not only happening in Europe, but I haven't heard anything about cuts here so far. Can somebody share what's being hit?

Something is happening. No clue what. But all associates were instructed to work from home tomorrow.

"We will discuss important organizational updates and critical information about our organization."

What does this mean for the future of the company ? Down 11% YoY is a lot, and missed analysts forecast of $3.5bn.

Should we expect layoffs? And where would those occur ?

I thought Dan talking about global and national madness before getting to VZ was quite clever. Puts things in context. VZ madness didn’t feel too bad and kinda expected after hearing all that.

Little manipulative but I guess visionaries have to be little manipulative too

I was at Kroger today and saw two DSLs from different companies preparing for a grand opening. Hard to believe they weren’t the same person. HR must be close behind.

So I was on a call with the recruiter. They were doing everything to sell the company. Kept mentioning diversity etc etc. I don’t want to be a diversity hire but the pay and company is nice. It all seems a bit suspicious.

If we hadn’t wasted so much time talking about AI, he could have actually covered the important points he ran out of time for.

And another thing , why are people in here celebrating someone getting fired? Sampath! That says a lot about your character.

Paying 100% STI was the bare minimum. Anything less would have been flat out disrespectful after laying off 15,000 people.

At this point, just let AI write my year end performance review.

Despite 14 billion in profits in the last year. Its not out of the question for the stock to go to low 200s. Nothing matters to this company other than 1. Stock price 2. shareholders.
Hard work does not get rewarded along with all the extra hours you put in. Do the bare minimum like Peter in office space, you will get same results. A layoff, oh and sc--w that little dork Sandork Di--oani Mr 100x

Retired recently with no Ford Pension owed to me and as I was reviewing my career resume it was revealing to note a contrast between Ford and the other OEM I worked for.
Similar position, however at the other OEM it was a “3-person” job.
Inefficient and no-value processes are PD costs at Ford no amount of reorganization or chair-shuffling will alleviate.
To make matters worse, no one has the courage to say “NO” to a process or tool with little value.
Best wishes to all who remain at Ford.

Anyone notice that some teams are getting cash incentives instead of a trip? Think it's because those groups won't be around long enough to go on a trip

Why is he beating around the bush and wasting time?

We ain’t got time for Davos, we are trying to not get ran over in the streets and put groceries on the table. Get real with your people you (ur)slurper.

Who is enjoying TAS Senior Managers and above being preoccupied? Best days of the year!

Let's talk about how "we are in the best position this company has ever been in"

I keep hearing that O&I will be getting more work done by outsourcing companies which likely means less hiring. Does that mean more layoffs?
Anyone has any information?

How are they notifying people? Is it an Outlook calendar invite? Who is doing the axing? What do they say during the call or the meeting?

For those who got the layoff news: how did it come? Was it a sudden calendar invite for a one-on-one, or an email, or something else?

Trying to know what to watch for.

Enjoyed seeing the CEOs of United Healthcare and CVS/Aetna getting scolded by different members of congress last week. How can we make sure Sarah doesn’t miss out on that fun? I need to see her explaining all her little “High Touch Initiatives” put in place in those state plans with high MCR rates. Popcorn ready!

https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/verizon-job-cuts-continue-warns-noncore-operations-could-be-next/

What are your predictions or hopes that Dan will address?

The teams like QPOET full of snakeoil salesmen have done nothing except for cheating and stealing！

Did anyone relocate to Plano or Frisco from out of state after the new campus announcement?

We are going to blow past earnings and guide higher for the next quarter. It's up up and away from here for OT

Why does dvn never post manager+ jobs?

Qualcomm seems to have perfected the impossible: beating earnings quarter after quarter while watching its stock drop every single time. Once is bad luck. Repeatedly is a leadership failure. When results are consistently strong and the market reaction is consistently negative, the problem isn’t performance — it’s how the story is being told at the top.

Been with the company for 2 years, only had 1 meeting in person. Why cant we just be remote?

Everything is now in deep flux. The staff knows that he knows that Wael is a not the future and just a figure head awaiting a Payola. He has kneecapped all competition and has not created a company for the future

I left over a year and a half ago due to unethical behavior from management. Hearing from others and seeing what's written here, it sounds like US Bank is in a dumpster fire that just keeps burning with no end in site. You would think that people in the MC would have hired other leaders from BOFA, JP morgan or Citi to help them navigate..... But no. Can't have people than know better tell Gunjan and Jodie that they running the bank into the ground.

Things have calmed down quite a bit where I am, but I’ve had plenty of time to process what’s happened. I’ve seen some great leaders move on to big roles in other companies, and many have retired. They’re even taking my car. When we started, there was a driven team of salespeople out there hustling and trying to win. Now, most of us are just here for the paycheck. Feels like it’s over. Props if you’re still here because you bleed blue. My blood is red, and I can’t stand Coke.