#leadership

During a couple of these department specific office hours talks, apparently some of the department heads are pushing back a bit on the 5 day RTO (among other things).
Anyone think this is going to lead to anything?

Every move made by the former regime was designed to pump up the stock price so that the supreme leader could cash out. Work 9 hours a day? Stock price. Track your whereabouts? Stock price. Every. Single. Move. While this was going on the leader negotiated a government job - one that he didn’t want, was unqualified for, and won’t keep very long. The kicker: he did it to escape capital gains taxes on the stock sale. On your hard work. On your 9 hour days. The stock, by the way, is down over $100 per share since he cashed out. That’s not just down - that’s a crash. He’s laughing. His cronies are, too. Maybe now that the evil has left the building things might start becoming normal again. I hope so. Nothing wrong with a boring company.

Adweek published an article saying DC is now CMO but the page is 404 - what's happened?

Very surprising

CR’s marketing for attaching with celebs was great. CR even attached himself with NVIDIA CEO.

Boards have one core job: protect shareholder value. Their role isn’t to be friends with management or the CEO — it’s to keep them accountable and make the tough calls when things go off track.

The problem comes when boards get too cozy with the CEO. They stop challenging decisions, ignore red flags, and let loyalty or personal relationships cloud their judgment. When that happens, no one is holding leadership accountable, and the company can spiral.

The result? A CEO unchecked, making bad calls, chasing ego-driven projects, and ultimately destroying shareholder value. By the time the board wakes up, it’s often too late — the company’s reputation is damaged, the stock is down, and the people who suffer most are the employees and investors who trusted them to do their job.

So why haven’t we seen any investors holding the board accountable for their failure. Didn’t they neglect their fiduciary responsibilities by causing up to Mark and allowing him to make horrible decisions that have seriously damaged the organization.

As an early career professional, this layoff showed me something new. Where I normally get treated like dirt by my seniors and most M’s, I’m noticing alot of ego deaths. M’s who thought they were on top or top ICs, tenured employees - they are all coming down off of their high horses because of fear that they are next.

What has this taught me? No matter how high I climb in my career, I will ALWAYS treat people with respect. Care. Appreciation for what they do. I will not act my title or my degree, but like a decent human being.

I wish this same reality check on those who need to internalize it.

I noticed a lot of leaders are at an on site this week. I also noticed Ben Line moved over to Optum on Sparq, but they haven’t announced it officially yet… This is for UHC Ops. anyone know what’s going on? Should we expect layoffs soon with all of this hush hush business going on?

Is it just UHG picking org charts, or is it the VP's Directors, offering up people on bigger teams as tribunes?

Go to Glassdoor and sort the reviews by most popular, and voila! Ostriches with their heads in the sand!

How do you fix this?

Looks like Ramnik is in for the long haul. Get your white shirts out. Learn to work with Deloitte (DoLittle). His buddies from Deloitte are circling the wagon. The CTO team will be the first impact. Bank and P&C next.

The sinking ship is sinking fast. Time to jump ship.

Heard this from the HR slaves and also people close to functional leadership - there is another round coming within 18-24 months to further reduce “fat” - wow. Better luck next time jumping off this sinking ship of utter gloom and doom. The leadership and managers remaining are all nepo lovers and love the brown nosing incompetent “friends”. More with less. Woohoo!

Looks like the days off generous severance packages from intel are gone. Incredible to think about getting a generous severance to leave intel, I wish I was laid off and kudos to Anyone who got a nice package to leave. Anyone else hear anything?

HUMC to potentially buy out Optum in NJ!!! Has anyone else heard this??? New leadership has been a mess they have no idea what they’re doing! It’s ridiculous and straight up embarrassing that this is what Optum has become!!! What a failure!

Various rumors that he has resurfaced but not in mn - has anyone heard about the new gig

Remote work isn’t the problem. Mediocre leadership is - Fast Company https://share.google/6TLgG7Z01JYJi77Ze

So, either our leadership is in denial or they are completely inept.

I was told by one of the good managers (there are not many, so I am going to leave it there not to out them) that there are a ton of resignations and retirements because of the hard line return to office requirements.

Even people who meet the requirements for an exemption are not being granted.

I am so baffled as to how they didn't see this coming.

How?

They are pushing the date out hoping to convince those leaving to stay.

Spoiler alert, they won't stay

Boeing is doomed unless we can get people in leadership that actually understand human behavior vs understanding that they make the decisions.

Today felt pretty bad. The kind of bad where reality and optics are completely out of sync. While Oracle stock surged and leadership paraded promotions and new CEO appointments, there was no mention of the thousands of employees who had just been cut loose. No headlines, no acknowledgment — just silence.

For those who lived it, it wasn’t celebration; it was a gut punch. Families were left scrambling while Wall Street cheered. Real people — with mortgages, medical bills, kids in school — were collateral damage, erased from the story because their pain didn’t fit the narrative.

The cruelty is in the contrast: executives heralded for “transformation” while entire teams vanish without recognition. And it doesn’t stop here. More cuts are coming. Everyone knows it.

Pair that with Larry open alignment with Trump and the company’s growing grip on sensitive data, and the ethical rot becomes impossible to ignore. This isn’t strategy; it’s cynicism. It’s corporate America at its most hollow.

Today felt pretty bad — not just for the people who were cut, but for what it says about what’s celebrated, and what’s forgotten.

How did you feel when you got that heartfelt message from Jenna? Does it make you feel special to be part of a mass mailing that arrives at 4:09am?

I feel like I become just a little bit more cynical every time one of the c-suite millionaires expresses gratitude en masse for making them a bit richer everyday while we worry if we’ll be able to meet our next mortgage payment if the email ‘tap on the shoulder’ from HR happens.

How much does it have to underperform the S&P before Cartwrong is fired? I guess the board is watching a different stock market to the rest of us.

I mean… it’s beyond ridiculous that leadership refuses to acknowledge layoffs that have happened, are happening, and will keep happening until who knows when. The gaslighting is unreal, and so is the complete lack of the most basic requirement of leadership - owning up to actions and their consequences for the people you lead.

The reorg has dragged on so long, and conditions have gotten so bad, that some of us almost hope to be let go, and feel no relief when we aren’t. Clearly, nobody at the top gives two sh--s about how this drawn-out anxiety is grinding us down. On a personal level alone, it’s brutal. It’s beyond exhausting. This state of mind leadership has driven us to is not normal, nor is it healthy.

Let’s talk about GOA exploration. Or rather, let’s talk about whatever this slow-motion implosion is pretending to be. Because calling it “exploration” at this point feels like calling a flat tire a transportation strategy.

The whole thing is a total fiasco. No clear goals, no coherent plan, and absolutely no accountability. It’s like watching a group of people try to build a rocket using IKEA instructions written in crayon. Every meeting feels like déjà vu—same confusion, different day.

Now let’s get to the real issue: leadership. The level of professionalism among the managers and team leads is so low it’s practically subterranean. We’re talking about folks who confuse noise with strategy, who think “mentoring” means forwarding a link to a webinar, and whose idea of technical excellence is copy-pasting last year’s slide deck. It’s not just unprofessional—it’s actively counterproductive.

And then came the layoffs. And guess what? The good people—the ones who actually knew what they were doing, who brought real value, who kept the wheels turning despite the chaos—they were the ones left standing. Not because they were protected, but because they were overlooked. Somehow, the folks who could’ve helped fix this mess are gone, while the ones steering it into the ditch are still calling the shots.

It’s frustrating to watch talent get wasted while dysfunction gets promoted. If GOA wants to be taken seriously, it needs a hard reset—starting with leadership that knows the difference between a basin and a buzzword.

The CES should be released. Its obvious MW is "So Vain, I bet he thinks this song is about him" and cant believe he's lost pretty much every employees respect. Its not us, its definitely you! Let's break up and you move out!

“Technical difficulties” ended the call early and a recording will be available at a later date. Was there fear she would, once again, go off script? Perhaps USB wants to be able to edit her responses to avoid another public speaking fiasco?

At least half of them don’t even know what it is they are supposed to be doing.

https://investor.oracle.com/investor-news/news-details/2025/Oracle-Corporation-Announces-Promotion-of-Clay-Magouyrk-and-Mike-Sicilia-to-CEOs-Safra-Catz-Appointed-Executive-Vice-Chair-of-the-Board-of-Directors/default.aspx

more fun ahead....

They just announced a new CEO.
Not impressed and may stay with T now. I know this a site for T but I have stocks in all 3 big telecoms.

They just hired Darcie Henry to run HR. The same Darcie who spent decades at Amazon while they became infamous for break-neck quotas, high injury rates, and treating workers like garbage. Then she went to Snapchat where she was part of cutting 20% of the company in one sweep. After that, she jumped to Flexport and tossed out during leadership mess when the CEO bailed. That's her track record, layoffs, chaos, and employees left holding the bag. If you think she was brought here to make life at AT&T better for employees, you're kidding yourself. She's here to do what JS says to do, protect the company, and squeeze people harder. She's an RTO cheerleader so, you can forget any kind of hybrid work. Morale won't go up under her leadership, it will tank further and further down.

The top leadership in Mooresville has finally steered the company into the perfect storm, and the ship is sinking. Operations are falling apart on a daily basis at every level of management. The days of spinning BS to Wall Street during the earnings call are coming to a rapid conclusion. No amount of choreographed photo ops from stores on LinkedIn will prevent the inevitable. The company is going under.

Verizon is dying like Sprint. Bad contracts, no vision, poor leadership. Is Elon the answer?

Wasn’t it great to see the person that represents Verizon to Congress to help offshore jobs, go to Ireland where those American jobs were moved to and celebrate it on LinkedIn? Leadership personified! Exhilarating and exciting indeed. Can’t wait to see what lives and communities they offshore next!

I believe the title says it all. Another week of sc--w-ups followed by upper management and executives acting like school yard bullies in meetings.

But if you get caught not managing resources and tasks correctly, it's just natural to be on the defensive, tell half-truths or complete lies to cover your butt. Or divert attention away and towards another person, etc.

Hopefully those that have been instrumental in the decline of Teradata through derelict of duty to those at TD and their customers have run out of runway. They have been living a cat’s life for the duration of the decline at the company. Let’s face it..the barking will be more muted as there is no more or should I say no one left to hide behind or push forward as the sacrificial lamb. No more runway left, no more layers of gullibly management to hide behind. The layers have been removed and the spotlight is firmly on one specific service sales person to deliver. If you create a persona that you are the best, there comes a time when your bark will be seen through and you can no longer hide. The time has come..the end is near.

Now that a little time has passed, I thought about sharing some thoughts with you all, John's minions, and the staff at Business Insider and other outfits who scour these forums for hints, facts, or observations. BI asked for comments to their survey about 'the memo'

John's right. loyalty is dead. His memo makes that clear. The 'multi year transformation' is code for job over career. This won't improve collaboration. They tried that with workplace 2020. We don't collaborate. We find a corner of space and lay low until we slip out to catch the train.

This message only serves to further divide. Many of T's brightest and most loyal have and will continue to simply find a new home where innovation and commitment are rewarded. Some will praise their leaders for cutting the slackers, ki-ling dei, improving collaboration... basically parroting the CEO and his priests. Many will complain and threaten to leave but they will eventually find their way to the stream where the majority of the company resides. They are the ambivalent masses who know how to stay quiet and carry on. They badge in, go to meetings, send a few emails, and speak when spoken to. They are the 'future' if which John is building. Clock watchers. Professional annual-review authors. Gantt charts, ppt decks, and endless backlogs of well defined but rarely delivered work products. They learn the buttons to press to get the cheese.

If this all sounds familiar it is probably because John seems to have channeled old 80's corporate movies as his inspiration for the workforce if the future. Cool thing is that 2025 tech lets the uninspired masses watch them while pretending to work.

In conclusion. B+ for conviction and passion, C+ for staying on target. He does have a knack for going off on tangents. D for knowing you audience. F for delivery. When in doubt, wait it out. Remember that rule, J? Wait 24 hours and make sure you're not letting emotions cloud your better judgement.

The work began around a year ago, and preliminary agreements were reached by Intel's then-CEO Pat Gelsinger and Nvidia's Jensen Huang even before that. (A year ago, Joe Biden was president, though no one suggested his administration was involved, either.)

--> Did LBT steal the credit without giving credit to PG who worked with Jensen on the joint product a year ago ?

https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/teams-at-nvidia-and-intel-have-been-working-in-secret-on-jointly-developed-processors-for-a-year-the-trump-administration-has-no-involvement-in-this-partnership-at-all

Checked my email a bit ago and saw Elad Nafshi sent an email to about 1,500 people about how well the Technology and Product teams are doing.

The teams are CHQ, but it seems like a huge gut punch to all of the division teams that are going to be wrecked with the newest round layoffs.

Say what you want about the guy but he was an effective leader and his team operates at the highest level. Why let him go? Makes no sense.

Here so long as teammates complete their jobs consistently, repeatedly, and transparently, accuracy doesn’t matter

So as long as everyone repeatedly gets it wrong, it’s okay. That’s why there have been a million teammate replacements, a million department restructures, and a million reasons why the stock can’t grow during market rallies.

If you’re reading this or coming to this blog. You care, but why care more than leadership?

Anyone know anything about the suspected wealth changes now that the “leader” is hitting his 100 day milestone? Sounds like it’s in Oct. - saw a post a while ago that mentioned fall shifts.. is this it?

He doesn’t want all the leaders at his table? Potentially merging groups within his leadership. SLs will turn into PLs and their skills along with SMs will be reassessed.. as they merge “delivery” under technology. Hearing VP IC in jeopardy. Delivery teams will merge. Whatever happened to BME? Not that it was working.

2 groups in wealth are quite large and hearing he doesn’t like top heavy. I’d appreciate the shake up since my group is a joke.