Management is rolling out a brand-new "Competency Model" framework for upcoming mid-year reviews that completely changes the rules of our jobs right after a massive layoff. They are introducing a mandatory "AI Competency" metric, requiring everyone to use AI tools daily and even "configure simple agents" just to be rated as "Effective" in their roles. This is a transparent move to force a smaller, surviving workforce to use automation to absorb all the leftover work from our departed colleagues. By rushing this out by August 31 alongside mid-year "goal adjustments," management is building a paper trail that redefines what it means to do your job well. If you don't adopt these new automated workflows, they can mark you as underperforming even if you are doing your core job perfectly, creating a loop hole for them to shift to performance-based terminations instead of layoffs so they can dodge paying severance down the road. Just when you think they can’t go any lower, they now want to take away severance pay
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I guess this was true considering I just got an invite for "mid-year strategy" why are they asking us to submit Q&A questions by tuesday if they are presenting it to us on thursday
This is terrible to hear however i believe this to be true. Utilization of sales force is another one, not just AI. I know some teams have moved to sales force and other teams not yet. If your team has not moved to Salesforce yet, dont slack do it now. Otherwise you are on the list. Use copilot and use Harold to assist on salesforce. However, I also believe CDW needs to do better with the documents as AI pulls from that. Its not 100% best, but its something. Gives perfect way to ask questions to someone where AI missed, based on that example.
Our core responsibilities dont matter anymore. Be a su-k up to all this to keep your job if you still want to be employed. I know I have to start being a su-k up, and i do not know where to begin but I will start
Again, core competencies dont matter anymore.
@eg I never ever took those surveys, they bugged me and bugged me and after receiving the letter they were laying me off last year and I was still working for the remaining 10 months, would not take surveys, I HAD NOTHING NICE TO SAY. one question was how likely would I recommend CDW as a good place to work there is no negative # that would suffice that question.
@dg He isn’t BS’ing, I’ve seen spreadsheets with exact comments and the coworkers who made them on those “confidential” surveys.
They absolutely do NOT keep those comments confidential, so I stopped because of that.
Just what this company needs, more metrics!
@be managers have already been sent the information and some informed their teams, the email gets sent to the whole company on monday so I guess wait and see
@d5 100%! I am no longer with CDW but when I was there we (the leadership team) reviewed engagement survey feedback as a group and the VP would actively try to identify who made certain comments for "attitude adjustments".
They should change the tagline to: CDW listens ...and watches... always watching...
RE: the new competency model, anything is better than the highly subjective Performance vs. Potential Grid (aka the CDW 9-Box) in which your manager/director/VP places you into a numbered box based on their impression of your abilities & performance. This information is reviewed annually with CWS during the Talent Review Process. Interestingly this information (i.e. what your boss thinks of you) is almost never shared with subordinants.
@d5 That was communications responding. The problem is a CDW legal confidant says otherwise. Please stop trying to change the script. There are a couple of legal coworkers who cannot stand their top guy and his direction who confidentially shed light to those of us who they trust. I won't say more to not expose my friend but you need to stop trying to BS us.
@ax Those surveys are 'confidential', not anonymous. And the new ones on Workday give you an 'engagement score' out of 10 as an employee after all your answers.
I'm sure that's not going to be used against us. /s
Proof? Otherwise, you're simply fueling a fire.
I am as pessimistic as anyone on this company currently, but using AI should be part of your daily routine anyway at work and at home. If anything use AI to make up some BS answer about how you use AI if you don't currently use it. I use it all the time, have been for years, CDW acting like AI just came out is what is comical in all of this.
Just fill out the anonymous employee survey. They listen to your feedback!
The incompetent rolling out a competence model is rich
"You Maniacs!"
https://youtu.be/--7LaOH44qc?t=31
CDW is a sinking ship and would do every company in this industry a HUGE favor and hurry up and sink to the bottom with just Chris L and her minions aboard.
Evil & inhumane.
Absolutely insane.
They're really going for broke with this.
Unreal.