I have a question for those who have joined Fiserv in the last six months or so (if any are reading this forum). What made you decide to join a company that is obviously spiraling out of control right now? Unless you were desperate for a job and this was the only place that would take you, I honestly want to know what made you accept this offer.
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"a company that is obviously spiraling out of control right now"
As an outsider, what can be used to identify this? And I'm asking more so for when I get a new job in a few weeks, how can I tell? Sure this site exists, but it is not nearly as active for many other companies. Companies I know are also doing poorly right now. One company that jumps to mind is better.com, not sure if you saw they just laid off 900 employees. I can't even find a listing for them on this site.
I accepted here with the intentions of working a 2nd WFH job to make more money. So if I lose this one, oh well, just going to get another one.
I took a job here about 10 months ago.
I was not desperate, I had a very good job but no path to career advancement. This job offered me a promotion in title and responsibility and a raise. My boss and team seemed nice, and I thought there was a real chance that all the changes they told me about, were really going to happen and this would be a better place (NOT. Boss gone. Team half gone, work piled on, etc. etc. etc.).
Oddly, I still think the company might achieve their big goals eventually..., but, not on my timetable. Plus it has not been pleasant at all to work here; in fact, it pretty much has s***ed.
Because of the better title and more responsibility I got here, there are now better opportunities I am being considered for elsewhere. So, I traded an unhappy year for a better career somewhere else.
Desperate are the people moving to New Jersey. How bad do you have to be at your job to do that
I have wondered that myself and this board should be required reading for anyone searching for a new job. Try Xerox, they are as bad. Particularly during the Ursula Burns era which was a bad as FB is today. Bob Nardelli at Home Depot was hated too. Got out with a nice golden parachute, like JY, and moved onto wreck other firms as well. So investigate the quality of a new job. I found a position but WiPro was a pure nightmare so got out fast.