#culture

Ole Danny boy is quickly becoming the laughing stock among tech leaders because he’s so over his head about AI. He thinks he’s a leader in the space, and it’s hilarious to read commentaries, feedback, opinions about him that point out his misguided beliefs and his totally wrong view of AI. It’s honestly embarrassing and I know the C-Suite in several large corporations and sitting back building war chests to buy out parts of Verizon once he fully flops and drives the company to its knees. I meet with C-Suite level in multiple companies through consulting contracts, and I can tell you 100% that Dan is the punchline of the joke, but he’s too arrogant and/or stupid to see it.

How low can it go further? Pulse survey at this time?

It was to go RTO full time.
You cannot go half a decade and blow it up like that.
It’s a cauldron of bad mojo and stupidity sprinkled with greed.
Bad corporate decision made my dei and fools.

On its way Monday 15th June. Let’s all tell Jenny & Rahuuul what a brilliant job they’re doing with their world-class company. Nah, just mention ‘any chance of a pay rise’ in very comment box and advise any potential new joiners to run a mile!!

Go fu-k yourself.

So leadership has changed but the new CISO is someone who just can't stop talking. Sheesh...

These meetings feel like nothing more than propaganda and further attempts to indoctrinate the feeble minded.

What are they for nowadays? To belittle us some more and then give us no raises? It’s basically what they did. Everything is urgent in this bank except employee recognition and salary increases.

I’ve never seen so many coworkers checked out at the same time. After the way this year’s gone, it’s hard to feel supported, valued, or even wanted here. People aren’t talking about growing with the company anymore, all they’re doing these days is comparing job postings.

Why is it always the older, experienced, and high performing employees are shown the door? We have plenty of those who do nothing all day and yet they stay. Why? How come that keeps happening?

Content and technology company Thomson Reuters faces a shareholder vote at its annual meeting on Wednesday over its U.S. government contracts for services that some investors and employees say may help power the Trump administration’s crackdown on undocumented immigrants.

https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/thomson-reuters-faces-shareholder-vote-over-ice-contracts-2026-06-10/

Or can it be considered a done deal by now?

A long time well respected veteran retiring ...an unqualified minion chosen = disaster waiting to happen

Normally people 'stick' w/ company max seven years. It is rare to see the majority of them with ONE company for more than 30+ years! It always makes me wonder how 'relevant' they are compared to outside work force. First time I have seen/witness a company with many veterans. Back in the old days, it was bad/negative if resume shows "job hopping" , or working for name brand established companies. This generation is looking for 'fresh ideas' 'out of the box' ...Who moved my cheese

A single capable person? If there is, who is it?

And dfs employees are being thrown under the bus and calibrating to below strong.

This is to fill up the pip quota in order to save Cof employees.

Managers in dfs are new to this process so they can’t adequately defend their employees.

Anyone else having a different experience?

Enough with the nonesense from certain people.
No one wants to hear it anymore, no one wants to participate in it, no one likes you, no one likes your constant negativity, no one likes your entitelment, no one likes your doom and gloom, we are tired of your nonsense.

So Just Stop. Your continued efforts to stoke bitterness, lower morale and cause drama are no longer acceptable.

You wouldn't believe how many talented people are stuck here doing nothing useful because management won't get out of their own way. They constantly override the people who actually understand the details and then act surprised when nothing works right. After a while, even the best folks just stop caring and go into survival mode because what's the point of trying anymore?

Anyone who is familiar with the dunces unable to write more than a sentence for themselves recognise the telltale signs. Stuff like repeated use of "It's not X, it's Y". Explains why he says so much, yet there's so little substance.

What a joke.

I don’t know when work turned into everyone trying to prove they’re the last one who should be cut, but that’s what it feels like now. People chase approval, grab credit, and act friendly until there’s a chance to make someone else look bad. It’s draining.

The worst part is that this isn't accidental. When leadership rewards this kind of behavior, people learn fast. I'm relatively new in my career but if this is how it's always going to be, well fu-k.

Outside of ignoring problems until they get worse?

Why do industry observers and specifically BP staff automatically give high praise to Meg? Can one person from the outside manage to upright a failed strategy and a culture which abhors change?

I report to someone, but after they flattened the hierarchy and got rid of all the middle managers I ended up reporting directly to the director in my org.

He's not interested in or capable of leading a team. I never see him except during our monthly 1:1 (which is basically just a monthly recap so he can tell his boss what I do).

There's no leadership here at 3M anymore. Just a bunch of disinterested, self-important jagoffs having meetings because they didn't know what else to do. And nobody can get promoted, so it's never to change.

I love survey time of the month. It’s hilarious that the company asks us each and every month about how we feel about them. Do they take it seriously? Absolutely not. Do they use it to weed out people who come forward to section and claims managers? ABSOLUTELY!!!

But I want to point out how hilarious it is when you answer the questions about why it’s so stressful and why you don’t want to come into the office e more -!it ends with ‘you are least satisfied with Strategy.’ Really?!?! The strategy is to grind us into oblivion. I can’t believe I’m saying this but bring Tippy back. Least Tipsord wasn’t blind to the need for work life balance…kind of. D1 injury in particular is the most likely to make you crash out from mental exhaustion and it’s very clear they don’t give a flying F!

And you know what? For once, I'm okay with that. We have way, way, way too many layers of managers with barely any direct reports who never do anything useful. Getting rid of them will actually cut costs without affecting work in the least. I don't like layoffs, but for once I approve.

In my experience, not many.

How do managers sleep at night when they have to downgrade someone who clearly earned a better performance rating?

Is it being reset? Or gutted?
Nothing makes sense

Massive insiders selling stock and nothing given to the employees ever. Leaving bag holders. Get far away from dell

Since Andrew left, and he only led for approximately 4.5 years or so, the treatment of employees has gone down to the gutter. The only period in which employees were treated fairly was during his tenure. Look up the history of UHG leadership and you will see what I’m saying. I was recently laid off after working here for 15 years. They not only offered me 5 weeks of pay, they put very “questionable language” in my layoff package.
Accepting their layoff package is accepting more abuse on the way out.
• If they get sued you should be on their side.
• If you were mistreated and (I’m watering this part down) or if you saw someone being mistreated, by accepting their severance you are saying it never happened.
• If you catch wind of them potentially being sued, you should warn them
• Also they added that you should not expect any payment for any of this! hahahahaha!!!!!!
• And if they call you for help with work after you’ve left, you have 48 hours to get back to them and help. This is teetering on… “fill in the blanks”…. and not even enforceable!
Who do their lawyers think they are? Very thuggish! I asked others that were laid off with me and they had similar language. And one that worked for 3 years only got 2 weeks worth of a paycheck.
This is all provable and true! To those of you still there, this is how they treat you after years of service, that’s if they don’t put you on a CAP or PIP to manage you out like someone said in a post on the UHG link here. They did this recently to my friend who worked in UHC for 25 years!

Since Andrew left, and he only led for approximately 4.5 years or so, the treatment of employees has gone down to the gutter. The only period in which employees were treated fairly was during his tenure. Look up the history of UHG leadership and you will see what I’m saying. I was recently laid off after working here for 15 years. They not only offered me 5 weeks of pay, they put very “questionable language” in my layoff package.
Accepting their layoff package is accepting more abuse on the way out.
• If they get sued you should be on their side.
• If you were mistreated and (I’m watering this part down) or if you saw someone being mistreated, by accepting their severance you are saying it never happened.
• If you catch wind of them potentially being sued, you should warn them
• Also they added that you should not expect any payment for any of this! hahahahaha!!!!!!
• And if they call you for help with work after you’ve left, you have 48 hours to get back to them and help. This is teetering on… “fill in the blanks”…. and not even enforceable!
Who do their lawyers think they are? Very thuggish! I asked others that were laid off with me and they had similar language. And one that worked for 3 years only got 2 weeks worth of a paycheck.
This is all provable and true! To those of you still there, this is how they treat you after years of service, that’s if they don’t put you on a CAP or PIP to manage you out like someone said in a post on the UHG link here. They did this recently to my friend who worked in UHC for 25 years!

I have never seen a place where making big mistakes gets you promoted faster than doing your job right. Until I joined Ally.

Am vomitting

Is it really the elephant in the room anymore? Is it a value add when you just create extra work to validate your existence and add work to teams that are already understaffed? We all know it’s to validate the existence of SB but this is just getting out of hand. Every week they recreate work that our teams are already doing. We have to pivot and adjust to keep up with this nonsense. WE don’t want your “help.” They create processes that aren’t efficient just to “look busy.” BTW - we have a procurement team that will manage POs from start to finish. In fact they do this for the ENTIRE company. I prefer to go to them! It’s simple. So why does SB want to hoard unnecessary work that creates a layer for everyone else? One guess - JM could never admit that her team doesn’t add any value. Instead we all have to drop what we are doing when they pull something new and inefficient out of their hat. They’ve run out of work and now they are digging for things. Get over it! Admit the work is fake and you are trying to take other peoples work to make yourself look “busy.” Insert eye roll here!

I’ve been here long enough to see how decisions get made, and it doesn’t feel great at all. A small circle seems to have most of the influence, while everyone else just waits to see what changes next. I know no company is perfect, but I’d like to be somewhere that treats employees as more than expenses. At this point, I’m thinking it may be time to look around.

You can't slash decades of collective knowledge for a small budget win over and over again and then look confused when everything starts falling apart. That isn't bad luck, that is the direct result of your own choice.

I am so tired of getting blamed for projects that went wrong because management approved bad plans.

When I switched from Walmart to Sam's, I expected a busy workplace, not all this quiet drama between coworkers. There are people picking sides, leaving others out, and making small things bigger than they need to be. I am in my thirties and I have dealt with enough of that already. It would be nice if everyone just treated each other with basic respect.

I am consistently astonished to observe that during every layoff at Walmart, none of the leadership seems to be affected for an extended period; they often return to the same position or role at Walmart after being impacted.

Positions such as Directors, Senior Directors, Group Directors, VPs, and SVPs are rarely affected here at Walmart. Additionally, their employer benefits could potentially save hundreds of jobs for individual contributors who genuinely provide significant value to the organization.

Ultimately, it is the individual contributors who truly bear the brunt of these layoffs.

My site is pushing hard on metrics for client facing phone roles in brokerage. They are putting any below the national average on key metrics like CPH on an “unofficial” PIP. So, lots of people getting put on a PIP.

I’m hearing from other site leaders this is a strategy to push reps up or out, documenting everything and focusing more on tenured reps.

Anyone else affected by this or seen this play out before?