Thread regarding Charles Schwab Corp. layoffs

@OP+1nORyIq7

I would recommend coordinating with people in India between the hours of 7AM-11PM (This does depend on your timezone obviously.) Having good documentation and laying out procedures that they can follow during their working hours will help and you can then coordinate sometime around the above mentioned hours on whatever you need.

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OP please seek help. No job or company should get in the way of your wellbeing, health and relationships. Stress is a part of life but this sounds more serious than typical work stress.

OP, please speak with your doctor about short term disability due to mental health. You are legally entitled to step away from work if your doc agrees it is impacting your health. There is a form your doc fills out and then you work with HR to take the leave. Please take care of yourself.

@ybi+1nORyIq7 Why does she have to wait until October 1st?

LAID is the past tense of the verb “to lay” which usually means “to set something down”, while LAYED is an archaic word that nobody uses anymore

I’m fairly sure that at this point a layoff would be my best option given the severance. Good luck all :)

Family’s

stop bending over backwards for any corporation... how have you not learned that yet

Remember your priorities and set healthy boundaries. Your priority should be your family and mental well-being. That's where your loyalty should should be. If your job is causing you to mentally break down, reconsider a new role or company. To leave is not a sign of weakness or failure, but necessary steps to reprioritize what's important. The dedication you've put into work, should be the type of investment you should be making towards your family. Also, know the layoff is not personal.

I've been through other company layoffs and if you've never been through one, here's what I've learned:

1. The outcome afterwards always resulted in landing a better position / place than what I had.

2. In occasions where the position I found myself after layoff was not ideal, it was short-lived - but a necessary stepping-stone until better opportunity.

3. There is whole new life after layoff.

I've not met anyone who left the company who didn't share the same experiences. The stress is the unknown, but pray and let go to God.

rtq+1nORyIq7 - Really? This industry su-ks then, jeez I’m glad I can leave it if I want. Imagine being stuck like this for 30 years

I’m sorry but this is absurd. If you think Schwab is hard, then I strongly advise you to not look at literally any other financial services company. This is about as easy as it gets.

Lovely. Thank you. Way above my peasant stuff

@kjc+1nORyIq7

@nnk+1nORyIq7 Schwab has HR business partners but that’s like an MD and above resource. The rest of us have to submit a HR tickets for everything.

Does each Line of business have a designated HR person? If so how do I find out who I would speak to.

I’m right there with you.

Thank you to both but I just don’t think I can do it anymore.

Take care of yourself and stop worrying about a corporation. The company won't remember you 3 years from now, much less 30 years from now. Enjoy your life, don't sacrifice it.

On October 1

• open laptop 7:59am
• close laptop 5:01pm

Do not work outside those hours, your mental health should improve immensely. Good luck to the scrum/QA teams in India contacting you, that is not your problem, that is EC's problem to solve.