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Lev’eon Bell being traded to Jets

As we could see, refinitiv get rid off almost all language desks and many client facing roles. I have a pleasure to work with Geneva, Nicosia and Gdynia russian desk and I can see very big difference comparing to Manila. Most of language desks are... read more

Our store was told a few weeks ago that it is being considered for sale as part of the company's annual property review process and that we should all just ignore the many contractors and engineers that have been coming into our store for what looks... read more

I can’t for the life of me understand why people are so delusional to believe Islandia won’t be impacted. I was there 15 years ago when the building was filled to the gills including the SAP consultants working under umbrellas. Then I saw the... read more

Has anyone taken the new anonymous survey they want us to take yet. I did it. Let's just say I was brutally honest. It asked what we think about our benefits (took it before the new packages came out which blow) and what we think about upper... read more

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-10-19/former-cfius-director-on-broadcom-ca-deal-scrutiny-video

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-10-19/former-cfius-director-on-broadcom-ca-deal-scrutiny-video

Disney Channel has announced the appointment of Mattel as a official toy partner on their new animated series: “101 Dalmatian Street”. Keeping in mind the position of the toy industry these days, I can only say that deals like this are something we... read more

The earnings report stated that SLB Q3 profits were up 18% then they were in the same period last year. What’s even more satisfying is that there is high oil demand on the market, and it is projected that it will stay that way for quite a while. Hope... read more

The key to whether your store's liquidation is pleasant or unpleasant depends on the liquidator in charge. The liquidator who was in charge at our store was a very personable gentleman who made the process as pleasant as possible. However, according... read more

Nothing new really. Where do you think Yahoo Finance have been getting their data from for all these years? Did that save the company? Result in a lots of new deals??? Get real... What's sad is that Yahoo Finance (and now probably Microsoft too) are... read more

I'm an agreement worker..not by choice...and I work more hours and more days than at least 95% of the non-agreement people in my department. Please think before grouping people as union or non-agreement or whatever term you want to use to make it... read more

Zang was supposed to be wheel-of-fortune for Avaya. What happened????

GSBT getting entirely dismantled. GSBT was a huge failure. It’s taken 9 months to whittle the remnants of it down. And will be a few more months I would guess. A lot of good people in there so you can’t easily fire them all at once. Remember, still... read more

I left in 2011 so take my post with a grain of salt as things change every year here. During my tenure at MSC I met a bunch of intelligent and friendly employees, some of them became my close friends. The place was truly a great place to work at, the... read more

The hoopla around DiSanzo’s departure is developing, things are not clear. She had a short tenure with IBM (joined in 2015, came after departing Philips Healthcare) - her title was the GM of WH. John Kelly, SVP of IBM Research/Cognitive is taking... read more

Checking back on the posts here from 2015 and 2017, pretty much nobody got anything right on this forum that wasn't already being communicated by upper management or widely known to anyone working at UPC. All there is on this forum is a bunch of "OMG... read more

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/warren-says-fed-should-keep-wells-fargo-restrictions-in-place-until-ceo-sloan-is-ousted-2018-10-18

David Craig and his entire leadership team should be fired, and quickly. David put the company into this position by spinning his management accounting bs and failing to lead. His single claim to fame - creating the risk business - actually doesn't... read more

https://www.ndtv.com/indians-abroad/us-move-to-abolish-h-4-visa-work-permits-to-impact-over-70-000-indians-1933967

This company needs to be blacklisted as soon as possible before it can destroy even more lives by throwing them out silently and sobotaging their careers. They destroyed lives of more than 7000 freshers by not giving call letters or throwing them out... read more

I just received a job offer to join T-mobile in the Frisco office. Is the company stable now? Customer base is growing and network quality is pretty close to verizon and at&t. Does anyone have any feedback or advice?

THE U.P.S DRIVER GUY TOLD ME TODAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE BANKRUPTCY OF SEAR'S HOLDING .UP.S. MIGHT NOT PICK UP OUR PACKAGES THAT WE SHIP OUT """ONLINE ORDERS""" UH OH NOW I HAVE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF THINGS BUT HE SAID THAT IT HAD TO DO WITH WANTING... read more

some one slap the sh-- out of the guy reading the PLAN....it's not working....put down the kool aid and read a newspaper...get onboard with national oilwell Varco...they are kicking a--.

For layed off people. If you try to copy stuff from your PC at work to a usb drive...Refinitiv blocked it...you can’t. They also killed your inet access. So you can’t upload it too.

really, this happens everyday...but if you use a can of freeze spray while whomping you're a hero. And don't get caught whomping alone...then it's just mas----ation.

all that winning and the stock just keeps tanking....we must have a management issue.

tutti fruitti ah rudy….a whop bob alop bob alop bambu

and the engineer suffered multiple strokes....

Can you believe there was a time at sears where there was not shopping carts?? Even in 1999 they were balking at the idea of having customers push shopping carts around in stores but finally did realize it was a good idea But there still haven’t been... read more

some one show simonize how read the metrics for love of god.

Question for the ones who left or got fired and got non competes... If you get an offer to work in Europe while your non compete is active, can you take it? Do you have to report where you are physically to HR even if you are not working there... read more

The by-line says it all: "More than 7% drop marks worst day in five years" https://www.marketwatch.com/story/ibms-stock-falls-to-early-2016-levels-as-investors-show-impatience-with-turnaround-2018-10-17 . . . Moffett Nathanson analyst Lisa Ellis, who... read more

Anyone know what’s happening here? Surveyors were here after work today. I wonder if they are selling.

Were Chuck Conoway and Mark Schwartz really that bad?They at least tried to compete with walmart by lowering prices.And we got a Christmas bonus with them in charge.Sure they raked the company over the coals,but were they as bad as Eddie?

It is obvious there are a number of things wrong in the past year. Many Associates watched their Club Close. Some 63 , there are more coming. Lots of people who served this Company , Managers and Associates had lives disrupted, stressed over their... read more

It is just said to see all these lay-off waves (3 in 4 years) in order to reduce expenses while high level executives schedule their meetings with local markets around the NFL schedule so they can attend the football games. Even if they pay their own... read more

JH “Beacon continues to deliver significant savings and we have embarked on new productivity initiatives to achieve greater standardization and globalization of our operations and services.“. Not hard to read between the lines there now is it...

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/technology/gearing-up-for-the-cloud-att-tells-its-workers-adapt-or-else.html Inside a glass-walled office where Mr. Stephenson meets presidential candidates and corporate titans, Mr. Thrun gave him a pitch on... read more

Legal team working late all week to thwart forthcoming billion dollar sanction.... Good time to short stock if you are no longer Q employee. This could be the big one. And I don't mean the California earthquake. Check to see who in legal is still... read more

Not a great week. Having a feeling we'll see more of those. Starting to really see the effects of low priced competitors hit GWW.

They just announced a great social media campaign. The “Thanks for the love” post was uploaded 11 hours ago. Only 500 people bothered to like or comment. The level of engagement is abysmal. The Chief Digital Officer should be escorted out of the... read more

Any updates?

NEVER TOO EARLY TO PLAN AHEAD MORE SITE CLOSURES MAYBE

The Debtors are authorized, but not directed, to continue programs and maintain funding in the ordinary course of business with respect to the Severance Program; provided, that nothing herein shall authorize a payment prohibited by section 503(c) of... read more

In our club we have fresh people being hired off the streets at hire wage, and people that are working on the floor getting hired in at $12 (that totally s--- a--)..... I’ve been there 5 years and that’s what I make!!!!! I have coworkers that have... read more

Has anyone heard anymore about those 2 d/ckless guys who went down to Guadalajara to train up replacements to "help out" with the ERC's workload? At least that is what the managers and director are saying. Do they really think we are this stupid???... read more

Murthy's Promotion - Media Roundup, Friday 10/19/18 [Orgeon Live] | Intel splits up manufacturing group amid production delays https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/index.ssf/2018/10/intel_manufacturing_vp_sohail.html [CRN] | Intel Reorganizes... read more

Everyone is saying they pitched a bogus low severance package to the board who rejected it and now the date is pushed to Tuesday. We are so gawd dayum fawked!

I see good things for Intel and MR. Also very good things for USA and Nikki Haley. God bless

Is it still believed that it will be mainframe only and everything else will be divested? Chop shop on everything else? I see lots of BS on this site. Does anyone have any credible insights? I’m not worried about being laid off. I’m cool with it... read more

I for one don’t ever want to hear another f---ing thing about that pet sponsorship or any CA cycling events. If I ever see Bikeboy we won’t be competing in cycling, it’s going to be an MMA match. Folks should google his bicycling record - he’a Really... read more

“There is only one kind of men who have never been on strike in human history. Every other kind and class have stopped, when they so wished, and have presented demands to the world, claiming to be indispensable—-except the men who have carried the... read more

Paal was so proud of TRANSFORMATION. "By advancing our transformation program further over the past 4 years, we have completely modernized our internal workflows and organizational structure and created stronger and more professional support... read more

The Earnings call today on www.honeywell.com Investors section for October 19, 2018. About 30 minutes in and in the presentation file. Over $300 million in restructuring. And they say they have only reduced about 50% of the "stranded costs" from the... read more

Surely Blackstone must be looking at the leadership team to make changes. They have had many opportunities to turn TR around and make it more competitive against the likes of Bloomberg, but have made little impact. The response has always been to... read more

Is associate stocking chips rumor- fake news or fact ?

This company is going to stay in business, just not with the current number of stores. Senior leadership has repeatedly stated that the optimal store count is closer to 500 than today's 600+ locations. Macy's has a lot of good things going for it... read more

5pm TODAY for 48 hours. Followed by 1hr Walkouts everyday at 12pm.

Word on the street is that DPO layoffs are to occur next week (October 22).

What other loans have there been, or was the $300 million all that was given? Wasn't Eddie Lampert thinking about lending an additional $150 million or something like that? I can't keep track of it all. Sears has burned through so much cash that if... read more

I know of two friends that have worked for AT&T for over 22 years, just shy of retiring from AT&T after all their expertise and devotion and incredible work ethics and such, are now laid off as of five o’clock today. No job, no benefits no caring... read more

Does anyone remember this? He said it was rolled out in 100 stores but the store level staff didn't buy into it so it was sc-apped? This article actually made me rethink Eddie a little bit... read more

when a company pays you higher than every company in the area (do you not know that we just re adjusted and increased salary bands), people are forced to stay. Then when there are layoffs, people are screwed because they will not be able to find jobs... read more

Layoffs will be very large in 2018, again, compared to 2017. Look at this link and search for 'rebalancing' (aka layoff expenses). Note that in 1H 2017, these expenses totaled in $171 million. For the entire 2017 year, the number equaled $199... read more

Only weak workers produce weak earnings...what happened to the shiny blue?!

If Lawrie says your region isn’t performing as well as he expects it’s a definite sign of WFR’s. You should have zero doubt about this. People in the UK know this very well. From the CSC days when he firstcame, every single year, sometimes every 3... read more

Maybe it’s too much to start another thread on the topic of reasons and origins of Sear ’s way to BK, but this article is something I think many of you will find interesting. It generally underlines the role of hedge funds an private equity firms in... read more

CFO leaves, Chief Accounting Officer and Controller leaves within last 60 days and now SEC investigation on asbestos. Coincidence???

Feels like you're crossing a street, you look up and see a bus coming and there's nothing you can do about it... #hitbybus

Good job UP senior executives! Productivity and desire have ground down to next to nothing. Those of us who aren’t sick every other day (most likely out on interviews) now spend 60-70% of the day trying to figure out when the layoffs are going to... read more

Even though nothing can probably be done about the cuts at Wrexham mass layoffs, it felt good to hear that this issue got that much public attention with a debate in the UK Parlament and that the local authorities took interest and decided to help... read more

I saw moving boxes being readied to go to the Tyler offices. Word is they are the next to go, well most of them. Some are still guaranteed a position until some of the claims are settled along with the legal battle or the reficar lawsuit.