Will see what are the announcements later today but from emails and news, big changes, hopefully for the better, but I expect big cuts as well coming soon..
Good luck to everyone out there!
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@23h For now, it just looks really messy and/or with poor communication towards employees.
They said we will know more by this summer.. will see..
@1ck it's going to be ugly. And I'm so sick of hearing, "we don't have to be perfect...". It's basically an excuse for admitting it's going to be ugly. At least this company should try their best to create a sound strategy around this. All I'm hearing is "good enough" and people will suffer for this.
I do not work for Siemens, but I am looking at a job there. AI has completely upended the company where I work. They are cutting jobs left and right and everyone is working on less-than-skeleton teams because leadership is hoping AI is going to fix all their problems. Morale is in the toilet. Is Siemens a good place to work or are things getting bad and is this a bad time to apply for a job there?
What’s this mean for field techs in smart infrastructure building automation? So far I’ve only heard stuff about management restructuring
@1ck Agree 100%, unless the sloppiness is intentional and October will come with a big surprise
What do you think the big surprise will be?
@11w Agree 100%, unless the sloppiness is intentional and October will come with a big surprise
@d6 Given the October target, we're compressing an already under-defined process against one of our most important revenue drivers. I've been through significant transformation efforts at large companies (including big tech) -restructuring is normal, and sometimes messy. But there's a difference between accepted ambiguity and avoidable gaps, and right now I'm seeing the latter. I've never experienced something so sloppy.
@c4 seems mostly on the DI side, but other company functions too. However, still not very clear after yesterdays webcasts
Seems like no big news after all? Probably more will happen from new FY
just trying to clarify...what Siemens company is affected by this big restructuring "company-wide".
@ak Last year FT conducted mass layoffs. I was in the office that day it was announced, and I saw two things: 1) colleagues with a zombie face because they were layoff after >20 years of service; 2) very young people, ~20 years old, sent directly from Germany to take manager roles, and laughing and joking in the hallway. Disgusting. Shame on them.
One year after, managers are still in place or have been promoted to higher roles, but most staffs scientists have been replaced by fresh interns. I suppose it is the same in all big corporate companies: a coterie of managers playing with vulnerable employees to advance their career.
Sums up the entire afternoon webcast:
This whole webcast has felt extremely NON-people centric. Joining a webcast to see the senior leadership laugh and joke, discussing AI and job cuts is demoralizing. Working in Tech, AI is a bubble that is about to burst. AI is not everything.