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WellMed getting hit AGAIN on 12/18

Nothing like going into the week before Christmas and being laid off! What a CR-P company! Looks like it is the Corporate support teams but who knows what areas will all be hit! Has this always been a thing for this company? If so, why do people stay or even start here? Is the severance worth the anxiety? Not sure if I should wait and see or try jumping ship now!


What is happening?!

I’ve been with USB over 20 years and it’s easy to pick up when the vibe is off. These last 5 months or so leadership is turning cold shoulders at all levels. Staying to their own peers, head down in what feels like hush hush strategies. I’m seeing high performing, grandfathered remote colleagues “role eliminated” only to be reopened in a hub. You can feel something afoot and it’s maddening because it almost feels like leaders were told to be just shy of overt in how they are interacting these day. I’m not looking for gripe on the company, I’m looking for others who can share what they are seeing in their departments. Is it the same? What do you know? What have you heard? Cause something is swirling behind the scenes here!


Surviving the layoff lottery

Every time the cuts hit, it feels like they're pulling names out of a hat because skills and performance and dedication never seem to matter in the final call. It turns the whole thing into a layoff lottery, and after watching that play out over and over, it's hard to feel motivated to give everything you've got when it clearly doesn't affect who stays or who gets pushed out.


US IDE Townhall

I just watched the recording and something I noticed was a rather despicable technique.

Kate said that the rumor that there will be another reorg in March isn’t true. And they can’t debunk all rumors. But the only rumor that I have ever heard is there will be massive layoffs next year after P&T is integrated into the businesses. This is a very logical thing to guess they will suddenly have extra people and they may or may not wind up needing or wanting them for their services.

She then proceeded to ask if we wanted another reorg due to all of the rumors about it, which was a “joke” in really poor taste.

Keep in mind that the LT all has media training. I believe that they intentionally debunked a rumor that makes no sense and probably doesn’t exist in order to not address the one that does. This is similar to how politicians these days will say crazy things and then walk back all but 20% of it, and then it turns out that all along their goal was to only get that 20% of bold things done.

Do not trust these people. Weasel words and sus physiognomy and body language. Jokes that serve as confessions.

Another example of this technique of answering a fake question to address a real one that can’t be handled - when asked about the future of US employees, Mark remarked that Shell is dedicated to investing in the region. This doesn’t even answer the question. Spending money the US doesn’t mean it was invested in the employees or that they won’t downsize again. Think critically and be very careful with what they say in town halls. It is literally rehearsed with PR.