#decision

Have decisions already been made for notifications later this month?

Why does Enbridge insist on not using the best procedures when merging departments.
Some GDS policies are far more advanced than our counterparts. Instead of selecting the best way to do things, they just choose the Enbridge way. It's beyond frustrating for us.
Also the software is atrocious. Everything is completely FUBAR'd. Is hammering a square peg into a round hole just the way they do it? And it seems like the people making the decisions are only at their job for 5 minutes before they go somewhere else.

Although working for family-owned businesses run by their owners has some advantages, the biggest challenge is that no one can challenge the owners’ decisions. What AJ says goes. nobody can say no.

I wish I would have been in SVP or D level to not get axed. So far what I have seen only these levels are in decision panel and only vp avp getting cut. Which makes no sense though because they again hire new resources for those positions once the wave is crossed. They don't have any idea what are they doing (an ordinary VP has better understanding) just thinking themselves as king and cutting people they don't like not on merit.

Everyone has an opinion and a certificate on the wall, but nobody seems to know how to actually run anything anymore. Where is the management that has done the job before and can make a call? Because I am not seeing it. What I see is vague suggestions, meetings that end with no clear decision, and then people just doing whatever they think is right. Give me a real leader over a room full of advisors any day.

I assume it's uncommon to get a raise/promo immediately followed by an LR... On the other hand, aren't these separate decisions often made by different people?

I have one year left until I’m vested. Is it worth it though? Personally I don’t think it is, but I don’t how 65 yr old me will feel either.

I noticed a lot of irrational decisions when I first joined GN&T. We had directors and managers of engineering who had no engineering background whatsoever (no engineering degree and no hands-on experience). They, in turn, would promote people who lacked experience and were clearly unqualified. They would spend a lot of capital on projects with dubious benefits and predictably low return on investment and reject projects with obvious benefits and ROI, etc…

I thought this state of affairs couldn’t last and things would eventually follow a more rational path but I couldn’t have been more wrong so I volunteered to be laid off. Verizon can remain irrational longer than you can remain patient.

Managers spread too thin across dev teams become unavailable for decisions needed to proceed to next steps.

So developers wait a week for a standup to escalate a decision, which gets skipped by the spread-thin manager delaying resolutions further.

and the beat goes on slowly… until the team is dissolved.

I’ve heard that managers don't have input in layoff decisions. Does anyone know who actually decides who gets cut? Is it a Director, VP or is it HR, Finance, or someone else? If manager input isn’t used, what specific criteria do they rely on? Please share if you have firsthand experience.

How do you live with the fact that you may be called to report to any location any time, while you are still owning a home in another state and not getting a job elsewhere? Are you willing to rent your current home and go, drag it out as long as you can or bite the bullet and move this summer voluntarily in the anticipation of not getting fired later.

There are no guarantees to job or life but these decisions do impact family and children. What are you 700 virtuals doing?

Workers who fall for ‘corporate bullsh-t’ may be worse at their jobs, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/23/corporate-speak-study

There has to be some sort of payoff, some sort of scam for this to be even remotely plausible. Literally everyone I know at Cisco is either unhappy or miserable. They may smile, say all the right things, but that’s to keep the bills paid. And the misery is directly related to the absurd decisions made by “leadership” who have no business making any type of decision or policy.

earlier this week I got an API key for Claude Code. my coworker in EMEA got one too. she also got an email from her band 5's chief of staff asking to verify if she still needs to use Microsoft Apps and to present a "convincing and strong business case" for keeping them. are we buying these off the shelf?!

so let me get this straight: we have money to burn for AI (Gemini, VEGAS and now Claude Code amongst more probably) - BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR MICROSOFT APPS?!

stock price dropped from 150 to 130 since Jan 31. Due to espp purchase date shift, we will lose 20 dollars per share if we sell espp right after we get it. Who made this bad decision for purchase shift?

Does anyone know how do they dew use we get laid off ? Our managers decide? Or MD ??

I'm a natural doer having business results in mind and feel like often times employees at all levels get stuck in overanalyzing minute details that ultimately don't matter toward making a decision. I don't usually have the authority to drop the hammer on these people overanalyzing, but I just want to explode when they go into analysis paralysis. Thankfully I can hide my face on videocam when these people are arguing over minute details or thinking about problems in ways that don't make sense. It's such a morale ki-ler for those of us wanting to get things done.

Canon USA’s transition to Google will end up being one of the most regrettable decisions of Sammy’s tenor.

If you are like me, you did your best to prepare but nothing could prepare you for the drastic change that was put upon us on Monday. I bet most of you sat at your computer and threw your hands up once or twice this week. The new tagline for Canon will be “ Blame on Google”.

As I start to learn the product more each day, I am finding out that Google simply isn’t Microsoft when it comes to corporate USA needs and wants.

If Microsoft was concerned that more companies would move to Google, odds are they wouldn’t have raised their per license structure. The reality is Microsoft knows they are better and could charge this fee.

Communication has been at an all time low this week because people simply don’t know how to use the product.

The money we save will be offset by the lack of production this product brings upon us.

The person who made this decision should resign immediately.

So, exploration will be gone entirely ? Even the VP is done. Is this the right move?

Anyone concerned that the ELT is making decisions that are self serving and make no sense? Product is a calamity, decisions are absurd, and we need someone who has run a company beyond middle grade project.

How many c bands or level 3 it takes to close a building due to bad weather?
At 300k each, they caanot convice stanky to close a building for a day.

having jana partners onboard is a excellent choice. the though decisions will finally be made. non critical assets will be sold. the staff bloat will be addressed and all of these satellite offices will be consolidated. and the ceo gets to play the good guy. this thing might actually turn around

How much did we pay for the land where we said we would build a Carlsbad office and never have? The other operators accepted it for free but we paid for it because we didn’t want to agree to providing a certain number of jobs in Carlsbad. Funny to see the guy who made that decision promoted.

I'm so sorry for everyone impacted. The two people let go from my team were incredibly competent and skilled. I genuinely can't figure out the logic behind the decision.

The hiring managers team is going through a reorganization, will be the headcount for the role I applied still available in your experience? Completed the final interview a while ago. The recruiter mentioned that they are still waiting for the decision.

We lost great people in this round and our manager was pi---d. Apparently, he was not consulted on who to lay off. I don't know if it's all an act, but I doubt it. He's a good guy and a good manager, I don't see why he'd lie about something like this. Tells you a lot about how these cuts are decided.

Does anyone know for sure?

Any leadership that can anonymously confirm?

Does the manager provide a list of names - ie. Told he has to cut 2 of his 10 people or whatever?

Or does it happen above his head?

Just curious

I’ve fired people before that were on PIPs and had known issues but never done layoffs

Anyone from Cigna international was JE? Does the managers now? Who decide and who notify you, your manager?

Looks like amazon is hiring in different teams. Is it a good decision to join team now .

Vicki made a huge bet on DAC. To me, the business case was always shaky even if it works PERFECTLY. I’m told it is over schedule and over budget, and we just got rid of OxyChem, which could have been a critical resource.
What if it doesn’t work? Do we have to pay back all of the companies that bought credits? Write off the purchase of Carbon Engineering? Write off the DAC complex?

Maybe we can call out that bringing Adobe into Nike was a TERRIBLE idea. What a waste of tens of millions of dollars.

Everyone involved with that decision should be fired, fired, fired.

It ki-led innovation and slowed us down.

Wouldn’t be surprised if there were shady deals around it.

I have an opportunity with MHS Indiana, however these post make me rethink my decision to take the position?

I was impacted by the recent layoff after nearly seven years as a cloud security engineer. During that time, I worked hands-on across architecture, automation, and platform security, often supporting end-to-end execution.

One reflection I’m sitting with is how, during reorganizations, decision-making can shift toward newer leadership roles that may not always have deep technical context — even when long-tenured engineers have been heavily involved in keeping systems running and helping teams ramp up.

Curious how others have seen this play out:
• How do experienced technical ICs stay effective as orgs change?
• In security teams, how much does deep technical ownership still factor into decisions today?

Appreciate any perspectives.

first start of consumer we are hearing; the smra sr manager role has been eliminated. sounds like at least some of them have been offered a step-down role or severance option and they have the weekend to decide. most consumer will start on tuesday and roll throughout the week

Who in management makes the final decision about who gets cut? SVP? MD?

Somehow, after being RIF’d, I’ve come to believe that if AI truly represents the future, it may actually bring more fairness and consistency to decision-making. Unlike human systems that can be influenced by favoritism or bias, AI has the potential to evaluate people based on clear criteria, data, and merit rather than personal agendas.

Everything here is dictated by how leadership thinks analysts will react. We’re always responding, never setting a direction of our own, and it shows in every rushed decision. Instead of building something solid long term, we just keep sprinting after the next headline to keep Wall Street happy.

The organization seems heavily weighted toward advisory positions rather than operational leadership. While credentials are valued, practical experience and accountability appear to be lacking at the management level. This has led to ineffective guidance, limited clarity in decision-making, and inconsistent execution. Financial performance may be sustained by legacy systems or market position, but management practices themselves show significant room for improvement.

With her lack of clear leadership and strategy as well as her focus on outsourcing any and all jobs she can to those who "defer to others" when making decisions it was only a matter of time. I for one congratulate Athena for failing upwards once again!