Does anyone think this new CEO is a clown?
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@2vm time to get rid of more dead weight around here. People need to work harder and not complain. You are working for a leader, not some little startup nobody. To the moon!!!
How about the new hatchet man that they hired with that creepy CHRO dude. He said he had a multiple month interview process.
They brought him in and had him execute a major RIF to see if he had the chops do repeat it. Everyone knows the former “lady” had the 🏀 🏀 to do it — now we have the male version.
When I was a kid, I wanted to become an archeologist. I suppose I did end up working for dinosaurs.
Get with the times, CEO. You can’t push collaboration as only happening in an office when a good number of the leaders are remote and so, even in the office, we are on f’ing Teams meetings.
Of course he is a clown. Anybody decent has much better options. Crown is picking from the bottom of the barrel because no self respecting person would voluntarily jump onto this sinking ship.
The CFO face expressions are classic since he started and speak volumes about his ego an interest and it’s not making crown better. What a joke, treat people like cr-p overwork them and then threaten … we are living in a bad made for TV work comedy no one believes is real.
@cy that was too ridiculous
What’s stopping the EMT from in-office collaboration NOW? The majority are already working in office 3 days a week and have been for years.
The irony of the EMT mandating return to office for “collaboration” but were in all separate rooms to collaborate on this one meeting must have been lost on them.
@a6 "RIFs will continue until morale improves" best thing I've heard all day :D
Good luck towers. The only thing i got on that call was, we have no clue what to do to turn this ship around. But our consultant told us to do a reorg and to say cool things like "best in class". We are banking a lot that our come back to office will further reduce our headcount by July.
@a3 that’s his henchman. Er. HR guy that is listed as a “temporary contractor”. 🤨
After watching the latest leadership update, I felt the need to translate the corporate-speak into what we are actually seeing on the ground. If you have been here as long as I have, you might notice a few familiar patterns.
• The Hub Strategy: We are seeing "new roles moving to hubs" again. It feels a lot like Summer 2023. We all remember how quickly that "limited" move escalated into a total mandate. Let’s see if CEO #5 sticks to the script.
• Office Requirements: Management wants us in the office four days a week to "collaborate" with teammates who live three states away. I suppose we are just paying for the commute to join the same Teams calls.
• Facility Updates: The plan to move people in Canonsburg 2000 office sounds great, but given the current vibe, I’m getting less "Google Campus" and more "Milton from Office Space." By the way, how many RIF’d employees are those fancy cabinets in the COOs office worth?
• Accelerated Timelines: Leadership says they accelerated the RIF for "efficiency." The fact that it happened just weeks before RSU granting (which is included in the severance package) is surely a massive coincidence that just happen to have saved the company millions.
• "No More Piecemeal Cuts": They say this is the last of it. Personally, I have a bridge to sell anyone who takes that at face value.
• The "New Ways of Working": This is the classic "do the work of three people who just left." Apparently, being in the office makes it easier to handle the tripled workload.
• Engagement Surveys: Don't expect the 2025 results to address the real pain points. It is easy to improve scores when the loudest critics are no longer on the payroll.
• The Executive Vibe: From the CFO’s "unfiltered" eye roll when he thought the camera was off to the COO’s office renovation, the optics aren't exactly screaming "we are all in this together."
• Best in Class: We keep hearing about "squishy," unmeasurable goals. If we are aiming for "best in class," I’d love to know which class we are actually enrolled in.
Bottom Line: The "RIFs will continue until morale improves" strategy is in full effect. We’re being asked to be "salespeople," but it’s getting harder to buy what they are selling.
Sorry Tower. No, I mean that. Your CEO can't even talk without reading off a teleprompter. Wait, who is TG?
100% what the heck is "best in class" that's some high level bussiness strategy.