#culture

What a tool

Not the workers, not the managers. Why would we? Innovation isn't rewarded. Improvement isn't noticed. So everyone just does what they've always done and nothing ever gets better.

It feels like we've hit rock bottom.

I don’t know why people think results will make a difference. At AT&T, layoffs happen regardless. Good results, mediocre ones, bad ones, it doesn’t matter. They’re just part of how things work here.

Come to Intel if you want your career to flatline. That's what happens these days.

Let’s see how this goes!!

We were a smaller bank that loved its people. Like the year we all donated 2 days of vacation to save employees from being laid-off? Or the time we took stock options instead of a full bonus or when you could still volunteer at your church, helping the homeless with bags of food and clothing and count that as a volunteer day, or when we respected women leaders and promoted them, or when RD said he knew we were the best bankers and to go out and prove it - and we did! Q after Q!

In the last year we have lost so many benefits, our self-esteem, Clients, our edge, our talent. Just chip, chip away until us seasoned, experienced worker bees (remember when it was ok to not WANT to step over dead bodies to save your job and you could just have pride in what you did) leave for greener fields.

I appreciate growth, promotion, and working hard to get there. I have won numerous awards at USB for top sales, but one day you just realize the top tier cancer has eaten too much of the good to outweigh the bad and you know there is no treatment for the cancer and so you abandon the host and find a new clean place to do your best and give your all and grow. I can't believe the number of people leaving and then taking all their top talent with them. You think a LTI loss forced signature is going to stop them? The new banks have already given them a sign-on bonus that took that pain away.

We used to be amazing for our Clients, employees, partners, vendors and now all we are is painful to watch.

Yes, I am leaving for a new job and so I can say all this, but I grew up in this family and it is hard to watch and extremely hard to leave my siblings behind.

Did everyone take their 10 minute survey and let management know how swell everything's going? Love the continous gaslighting from 1st level management to cull the remaining workforce that they could not get rid of. Lumen, the AI informers, were forced into another contract to get the NetCo sale pushed through regulatory approvals. They will use the remaining workforce, for the next 3 yrs, until they quit, die, retire or shut the lights off on themselves! Oh, and there will be layoffs along the way. They are not marketing, offering any NEW product and all of a sudden care about the "few" customers out there that really need us... yet talk about strategic abandonment based on Financials that we do not even have a grasp of yet! But let's go everybody, why are you not excited with the New GCO org and all the great things were planning? Silly Lumen, you gave away all your influenced employees with the recent sale, now your left with the seasoned veterans... let the games begin

I’ve been noticing some serious “entrepreneurial spirit” in the company lately and I just wanted to check in. in my team "work from home" now feels like everyone quietly running a startup out of their kitchen table while their MS Team stays open for decoration.

one colleague is “on a call” all day says he ships ten dropship orders before lunch like a 1 person warehouse. another always says he is “deep in the spreadsheets” while dogsitting his neighbors 2 golden retrievers always clocking out at 3 to touch grass.
another one takes “quick coffee breaks” to turn in three content videos and 2 brand replies before his latte is gone. another guy says he’s in consulting and he is on call most day. still not sure who pays his tab. DXC or his consulting business that somehow has more clients than his unit in DXC.

if you need me I’ll be “in a meeting” steaming vintage jackets for my fast growing online resale empire. dx c is starting to feel like a hobby at this point. peanuts money for zero effort so I’ll take that deal all day.

What’s your real income stream, since clearly it’s not DXC??

Our org is now a complete mess , and the workload is becoming insane, they are running everywhere without a clear plan and throw it all on IC workers , what about you how is it going ?

never seen this before

Watching L3Harris Technologies lay off its strongest performers over the past few years—the very people who held the mission together—was a turning point for me.
Leadership continues to celebrate costly tools and strategies that never deliver, while overlooking the voices of their workforce and customers. Millions spent on buzzwords and consultants, yet the foundation—people, trust, products execution—was neglected.
Across the prime contractor landscape, instability like this doesn’t go unnoticed. Contracts may be won in the short term, but they erode quickly when customer confidence declines.
Why would employees stay fully invested when they’re operating in constant fear of losing their jobs? Performance isn’t consistently rewarded—and too often, those who stand out become targets instead of leaders.
This industry is demanding, but this outcome wasn’t inevitable—it was self-inflicted. The only thing disrupted was itself.
I miss the work and the people. I don’t miss a culture where talent is disposable and accountability is absent.
Morale isn’t optional—it’s mission critical. For the outstanding workforce there is better out there, it takes time but you will find a place where your voice matters.

Is anyone else being told to train their AI replacement?

“Wrong is wrong, unless it helps
You.”

Truist Senior Retail Leaders 2026

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I can say with full confidence these have been the worst three years of my career.

Working for a large tech company isn't the job utopia it once was. In addition to worrying about layoffs and the constant threat of AI, Meta workers will soon have all their mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes logged by the company. What's likely to further annoy workers is the purpose for these keyloggers: to train Meta's AI agents so they can perform work tasks.

https://www.techspot.com/news/112143-meta-record-employee-screens-clicks-keystrokes-train-ai.html

Is anybody else really fu--ing tired of it?

This was a genuinely good place not long ago. The last three years have been a steady decline. Culture, pay and benefits, job security, all sliding. Now I've completely lost faith things will ever improve again.

It kind of su-ks to watch several Disney presentations and see the company boasting of breaking so many financial records and then turn around to see thousands of your coworkers gone. Knowing it wasn't necessary but simply common greed makes it feel even worse.

You'd have a bad quarter, they'd cut a bunch of people, then things would be quiet for a while. That's not how it works anymore. Now the notifications go out almost every week. Someone new gets the call. Someone new clears out their desk. Every single week. It's not a wave anymore, it's a constant drip. How did we let it come to this?

When layoffs were occasional, the culture and morale were good, and we were doing better than most of competitors? Good times.

I spent years trying to earn a promotion and the bonuses that come with it. Every time I got close, something changed. The metrics shifted, the requirements increased, or the timeline got extended. At first I thought it was bad luck but then I noticed the pattern. They moved the goalposts on purpose. They kept me just close enough to keep trying but never close enough to actually get there. If anybody is wondering, I never got the promotion and I wasted years chasing targets that were designed to move. Now my main focus is to find something else so I can leave.

If we don't change quickly, we're finished. If we change in the wrong direction, we're also finished. So either way, we're finished.

I think we've slipped down almost to the bottom of the list, judging by the quality of new hires.

Absolutely no point in taking the survey or participating in anything Chevron related. Its a completely dead company so who cares. Back to operation bare minimum effort!!!

I have been laid off after more than 20 years as a physician. It was a huge shock, with no warning—just an invitation to a Teams meeting! Inhumane! On the other hand, it was a relief after working nonstop in a horrible, toxic environment and wondering every day how much longer I could tolerate it. If you still work at Optum/WellMed clinic-leave!—do yourself a favor and don’t waste your time waiting for the next layoff.

The work culture has become so toxic. Incompetent leaders and Management who lack to provide any guidance and set unrealistic expectations. At the end of the day they make you feel worthless even after performing and working towards deadlines

At AT&T, that apparently means trimming ambition, stretching timelines, and praying no one notices the difference between discipline and drift.

Especially if you hate it here. Leave this place to those of us who like working here. Everybody will be happier.

Quit last year around this time and sorta forgot about EM, but thought I'd check in to see how y'all are doing.

I do keep in touch with a few EM folks and they all seem kinda sad or stressed out (though the BTC people on LinkedIn seem happy).

How's it going there these days?

Leadership is something that employees aspire to become one day. Our leaders are nothing but that. These are people who are so called HiPos stepped over others, stayed not more than two years, did nothing of value to the corporation but perception and favoritism moved them up and is reflected in poor leadership and zero vision that we see today. They travel for no reason, present mundane powerpoint slides just to show that they are busy to their division. Where will it end? These are the people that board trusted to lead in to the future?

It's always rush mode. Always stress. Always another thing due yesterday. I honestly can't remember what a normal day feels like anymore. Just starting work without that immediate weight on your chest sounds like a dream.

They sell us tones of BS.
AI. AI. AI. …..

For those who worked through the late 1990, what's one thing you're glad younger folks won't have to put up with?

I remember printing out hundreds of pages just to review a document and having to track changes by hand with a pen. The paper cuts alone were brutal. What other dinosaur era work habits are you happy died off?

I had to reactivate my account because recruiters kept asking for it, but the constant posts about nights out, people partying with coworkers, and random personal photos feel so unprofessional. Does anyone actually use this platform to help others find real work? It feels more like a social feed than a job tool most days.

I didn’t think it was possible but it seems as though the experience at Nike has only increased in toxicity. I cannot even imagine being there now. I left many years ago after 22 years.

Layoffs incoming !!!! Time for managers to count their favorites and retain the ego strokers.

Is the blue pulse truly anonymous?
Lets say they get all 0’s for most ratings, do they listen more to that feedback or off with her head?

Right?!

What if Marshall Field's had been retained ? There was so much good will that was accumulated. Since the conversion to Macy's, Chicago and mid-western stores are quite "different" to say the least. After pivoting, they discovered that there was a need for more localization but has it been enough. Look at what Marshall Field's used to be.

Why could they have not refreshed the stores and polished the legacy that was extraordinary. Maybe things were perfect....but wasn't there better possibilities for the future of the trajectory of the business and the long term viability all around ? T

These stores used to have restaurants, beauty salons, unique and curated assortments that were unique and exciting ! What do you think ?