Thread regarding Fidelity Investments layoffs

Textbook Silent Layofds

This is textbook silent lay offs right? Push off promotions, change metrics/move goalposts, increase time in office, hard to get PTO approved. They can’t mess with their precious Glassdoor and LinkedIn ratings so instead of laying ppl off jus make conditions bad so hopefully even just a small % of ppl leave and you don’t get bad press. Thoughts?

2 weeks in the office? No raise? But I need to spend more time and money commuting? To be less productive in my loud office that doesn’t have proper equipment at half the seats?

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yes, the everyone gets a trophy generation are now adults and they are still looking for second place trophies.

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Post ID: @adoq+1r2foJ5E

These meatheads are so used to getting a trophy for anything that they have no clue about life and how a business is run. Stop being a burden on your parents by living in their basement and waiting for the meatloaf to be served. Grow up!!

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Post ID: @9atf+1r2foJ5E

You won’t be waiting long. Good luck, grandpa, you’re going to need it!

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Post ID: @9cjd+1r2foJ5E

Ok, I will wait till AI replaces the legacy applications. Good luck snowflakes.

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Post ID: @6msq+1r2foJ5E

Unfortunately millennials owning or renting their own place are in debt up to the eyeballs either with a huge mortgage or rent payments. These people unfortunately belong in the “million dollar debt” club and will be working for a long time.

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Post ID: @6unm+1r2foJ5E

If it’s. It a social club, how come you boomers want us all in office? Oh hey I’m a millennial that has my own house, I don’t live in my parents’ basement. And the fresh out of college kid on my team has her own place. Guess you’re wrong about us.

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Post ID: @6smo+1r2foJ5E

“Boomer complaining that they removed the typewriters and mimeograph machines” Hey snowflakes, move out of your parents basement and experience life. What a bunch of meatheads. There is a reason they call it work, it’s not a social club.

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Post ID: @5zur+1r2foJ5E

Durham has tons of empty seats, even during the busiest connect weeks.

They say there are more EEs than seats, but I don't see it.

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Post ID: @5zfw+1r2foJ5E

No way they could fit everyone at my office 100% of the time, unless they layoff a lot. We struggle with fitting everyone for one connect week per month. It is going to be so loud and congested come September lmao. Can already barely hear clients on the headset as it is sometimes. Rest and vest guys.

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Post ID: @5wzb+1r2foJ5E

That's total speculation. They can't go to 100% in-office by the end of the year. Most sites have twice as many employees as they do seats. So 50% is probably the max (unless about 30k employees quit).

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Post ID: @5ais+1r2foJ5E

Expect return to 100% in-office by the end of 2024.

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Post ID: @5jgn+1r2foJ5E

I was thinking the same thing actually. Found out about the 2 weeks in office change and during team meeting my manager said “if this change is inconvenient or isn’t what you want, I understand as a manager if some of you want to change careers or decide to leave Fidelity and won’t offended if you that’s the case”. Sounded like he was inviting people to leave. Also my manager said we should “hold off” on having me register for a certification exam. Fishy

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Post ID: @3eip+1r2foJ5E

their company, their rules. You're just an employee.

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Post ID: @3qfz+1r2foJ5E

As hard as it is to believe Fidelity is under pressure. Their mutual fund business model for years counted on flows into actively managed funds to support the business. In the last couple of decades there has been outright attrition as far as that goes. They have made up for it with the sale of managed accounts and retirement income products but the margins are not the same. Record profits yes but, at least in the near term, expect them to prop that up with cost cuts not improved margins on products.

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Post ID: @1nxz+1r2foJ5E

They use Glassdoor and LinkedIn as a means to market to the core growth segment and push IT and HR to be their Salesforce. God forbid the secret lies and truth about the cutthroat toxic culture and rampant discrimination be known.

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Post ID: @1jlm+1r2foJ5E

Boomers are staying loyal to this great company, they are used to working in the office 100%. Looks like we are going to lose a lot of snowflakes.

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Post ID: @1mnu+1r2foJ5E

God forbid people try to move out in the country to avoid a house in the God forsaken market and start a family

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Post ID: @1hdz+1r2foJ5E

What happened literally in Fidelity Investments - Boston - Please be clear and genuine.

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