Lots of IT people cut in Columbus
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Why draw the line at "major shareholders?"
Aren't all shareholders evil? It's the principle that matters, is it not?
Looks like I'm more ideologically pure than you are, comrade, off to the gulag you go.
Humbug holidays brought to you by our CEO, Board of Directors and major shareholders.
"Just another glorious day serving the Empire of Narcissists." We were the employees of AEP and now we are the laborers of "EN."
@2x8y
Cheers!
No community wants the AEP Headquarters because they know who comes with it.
@2x51 The Winter of our discontent is upon us. We shall see who remains come Spring.
I heard a rumor thst AEP was moving its headquarters back to NY. The values there align better their. DEI
So happy. Take a look at that Boman Jumanji winning in NYC. AEPA can begin generation operations by giving our unhappy Berners a ticket to a tent city of their choosing and help maximize shareholder value and increase our ICP.
The weakest men covet wealth and power because they are unworthy and incapable of earning it. They must resort to stealing it.
@2wd1 Better than fu*ked over in gaudy gold gilding.
Refreshing not to hear the canned responses that are lipstick and ruse on an ugly pig. I know I spelled rouge wrong, it is a satiric misspelling, thank you for your concern.
@2wtx AEP is a company with great people but it is borderline abusive with the constant tension of being laid off every 4 or 5 years. The C-Level thought their sh-t didn't stink and thought they could bring in a Velma from Scooby Doo snake that would make you question if soulless reptilian people really existed or not. I use to tell contractors to become an employee at all costs but now the place is so sh---y I tell them to leave for solid employment ASAP.
We are soliciting more PAC contributions from our employees to further enrich corporate officers and major shareholders. Good luck with that nonsensical narcissism.
The last generation of dedicated employees are aging out or leaving due to broken bodies and/or minds. The 30 plus year employees with institutional knowledge, customer trust and hard earned wisdom are soon going to be a echo of the past. No one wants to dedicate themselves to a company that's sole purpose is the extraction of value. We have all witnessed the destruction wrought by the extraction of ores, minerals and fossil fuels. Once the value is exhausted the corporate boys pack up and leave and all that is left is the wreckage, the unemployed and the scars on the land, the people and the community. Destroying everyone else's American Dream to abhorrently aggrandize your own is abominably un-American.
Exactly. Leadership is being in control of your own destiny. If AEP is full of leaders that promote neopotism and merit is not considered, you have to leave. Having forums like this is helpful. I look for companies that are on this webpage. There is a reason they are on it. So thank you for everyone for telling your own experience on here.
Leadership is being in control of your own destiny. Lead yourself to a positive mindset and let go of whatever bad experience you had so you can enjoy life now.
Hey Dad. Typical aep leadership qualities. Insult instead of listening. You are more than likely a retaliator.
@2wsg How do you support your family now, by going to forums of your ex-companies? If you changed some work habits you'd be able to do some nepotism and hire your own.
I would not wait around for another 5 years. AEP is full of nepotism and always had been. 5 years becomes 10. From my experience do not tell anyone of your goals or aspirations. AEP is full of arrogsnt leaders that will take offense to you wanting to better yourself. Retaliation is real and awarded. Do not count on it willgst better. Time is important. I would have been able to supportmy family better if I did not believe in AEP lies and acknowledgef that the lesdershop there did not value me. This occured before Bill.
You should absolutely upskill, if not to move up at AEP, then to move to another company.
AEP before this had a fairly strong promote from within culture. And it makes sense, the compensation just isn’t there to attract superstars from other industries.
Bill is here because of Icahn’s reps on the board. And Icahn won’t be here for very long. Bill himself is older and the lieutenants he brought over are older too. They were brought in to stabilize the company to win some rate cases and up operational performance. Those guys won’t be here in 5 years. Who is that going to leave, but the talent already in house.
Be patient!
@2wjr Upskilling at AEP is great when AEP is paying for it. They also make you more likely to stick around during layoff periods when the next Velma from Scooby Doo shows up to bring their retail store mastery and bad midleg odor to the IT systems at coal plants and transmission lines and nuclear generation.
Destroying an organization's cultural history and legacy is the first step to destroying an organization's identity. Removing over a 100 years of AEP history from the lobby of 1 RP was damnatio memoriae. Demoralize, indoctrinate, incentivize assimilation and you have subjugated the organization you have invaded. It is the resistance to assimilation that makes us AEP and not Bill's servile lackeys. Resist subjugation or become serfs in Bill's feudal kingdom. He has already chosen his royalty and now he seeks to squeeze the value out of his subjects.
@2wk6
Rats are watching. Have to flood it with ridiculous sh-t for a while. The facts will still come out.
There is no point in upskilling at AEP. You are better off getting on a PIP. Turn it around snd the management will love it. They will oat themselves on the back for being great managers. You will have a lot more opportunity then someone working hard. This is AEPs culture. Wish I new this a decade ago.
Stop whining people. I understand you need to get things off your chest but this thread has gotten ridiculous. You all just parrot each other over and over. Use this thread to pass on real information. This thread has gotten way out of hand. Use it to be productive. Holy cow I didn’t get on here for awhile and came back to this. Talk about a disappointment.
Is there any point to upskilling, except to leave? Upper mgmt doesn't hire from within. They hire people they knew before, and those people haven't done ANY of this successfully before.
I feel like I'm at a Nascar race in a go-cart.
Sounds like AEP is hemorrhaging employees and new hire transfusions are not working. The corporate greed is like gangrene poisoning the company culture and employees are fleeing to escape the inevitable death and damnation we are being led to by a false shepherd. Bill is digging like a gold miner with a raging gold fever and all employees are going to be left with is the empty shaft that entombs them in their mass grave. Criminals do not like loose ends and at this point employees are just loose ends.
One CEO and his major shareholders are overwhelmingly outnumbered by their marks. The solution to the problem is numbers have always been their strength and now it is their greatest weakness. Solving the equation just requires subtracting the smaller sum from the greater sum, problem solved.
Because he's just here to pump the stock and sell aep in parts.
Fu-k him
Who remembers the Hillary Clinton campaign slogan "Stronger Together" in rainbow letters on the wall?
The deadbeats are on the way out. A few will be back because they always have a small comeback after the success or recovery of a Republican economy. RTO stinks but hey the deadbeats are on the way out. Especially the AOC types
I dont understand the soyboy comment. AEP is a leftist company thst had quotas for positions and heavily promoted DEI. Even the so called republican managers were sh---y Republicans. They had no valyez or dignity. As Mr. Kirk would say do goid instead of feeling good. As a formet employee and a Republican AEP leadership did not match my values.
We have been at such a loss with your calculating prowess and immense time to run the numbers. No actually I'm pretty loaded. Kiss the ring
@2w9v When u mega rich though all u got left in life is the weird stuff. I dont blame the man
@2w7s
Nope not a spy, just smart enough to have already bailed for more $ and was just wondering how sc--wed you all would be come March 2026. Enjoy what Bill thinks you are worth in your ICP checks.
I hope Bills wife cheats on him with TR
Soy Boys with no spine to fill out a survey honestly or get off their lard b-ms depressed in a chair.
@2w25 This might be the d-mbest thing posted on here. And that’s saying something.