#leadership

Check your Amplify for this week's Grinching. Who does that? What kind of leadership takes money from people at Christmas? Godda-n.

I laughed when I was asked my thoughts of reporting to asset servicing Mr “ETF.
Basically he resigned and then demanded to control all things ETFs across the firm to stay. I am not even in asset servicing. Just let him go, resign and move on.

My Director mentioned that there’s a leadership meeting on October 8th same day as the October Employee Meeting. Only Directors and above are included in the leadership meeting.

This is unfair to the Lead level. Leads are Leaders without direct reports (people management responsibilities), which is a testament that Leads and Directors have the same pay band including target bonus. As such, Lead should be invited to the Leadership Meeting.

Humble request to extend the invitation to all the Leads.

OpenText Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) has named Steve Rai as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective October 6, 2025.
Rai previously served as CFO of BlackBerry Limited (BB).

Blackberry … hum. I will let you guys guess

Exec leadership going to Montreal and East Aurora. Looks like they're finally shutting them down. Let's see how many relocation packages they offer.

Edward Jones missed their opportunity to name a managing partner that could have led us into the future without all of the Enterprise Reimagined turmoil. Edward Jones' Canadian president, DG, was the correct choice to lead the firm, not Penny. DG actually has a spine and would have stood up for the values that built this firm instead of surrounding himself with people who would tell him only what he wanted to hear. Hopefully, when Penny ages out of the managing partner role (it is going to be a long three years) Edward Jones will come to their senses and choose the right David to bring this mistake to an end and choose DG not DC. However, I feel the writing is already on the wall for the next managing partner.

Several managers and ICs let go in the SC org couple of days ago. They are doubling down on their SC 2.0 agenda and pushing out anyone who doesn’t fall in line. Feels more like ego than strategy. Morale is sinking, and they’re going to lose a lot more people if this keeps up.

Will there be an ouster? Will two-watch take the reins? The mind boggles!

Employees were told the layoffs were about redundancy and not being strategic enough. Sure, some low performers were cut. Plenty of solid, capable people were let go in HR, Marketing, and Sales all over the world. Meanwhile, the company SPENT A LOT on acquisitions and EXECUTIVE LEADERS WHO HAVEN'T DELIVERED. The people who actually kept things running were the ones who got cut. This isn't strategy, it's protecting LEADERSHIP and their image.

I have been reading every post and comment that appears so far, and just super curious to know how some of you are so headstrong in the belief that the remote workers are only working 2 hours but getting paid for 8.

If you’re not a supervisor or a manager, perhaps you’re paying too much attention to other people’s work, and need to focus on your own.

If you are in a leadership position and notice an issue with an employee slacking off. Maybe actually act like a leader. I know it sounds crazy, but actually reach out and offer the support you are required to.

With the ability to track keystrokes, mouse clicks, and calls/ tasks completed. No one is doing only 2 hours of work. If they are, however doing the bare minimum, that’s a team and leadership issue, as well as an overall company issue of not providing a reason why someone needs to work harder.

So in summary, don’t get upset someone isn’t willing to create unnecessary stress on themselves to hit 100% product and quality which will I turn burn themselves out. So they decide this is a job to clock in, clock out and meet the productivity quota at the lowest end.
If the company didn’t want employees doing that they wouldn’t set that threshold to begin with.

If you’re upset because you think you’re working harder than most. I promise you, if you’re focusing on others work and pay and have the time to come on here to be mean. You’re not a hard worker. Not even close.

As the end of the year draws close, VP of Indian origin are planning company funded end of year business trips to be with their friends and extended family trips to India. They don’t have money to fund our bonuses but will do everything immoral to accomplish their ends. Shame on you Shankar under whose watch this company has run aground. It really needs to die so that none of you make any money off this.

I can already see how they have zero plan for transition. McKinsey pulled all the strings on what and how to cut and our feckless executives have zero plan on how work will continue. Why the F do we pay them over $200MM for this sh-t? Yes, over $200MM! Honestly, it’s a rinse a repeat from the last restructuring except much deeper. What a waste of money, time and our focus on bringing in revenue. Bell ends, tools and all that, etcetera, etcetera.

Looks like Imperial Oil staff are trying to fight back they’ll probably get nothing. But this reminds us of our basic democratic rights: we still live in a democracy, and that means we can speak up, spread the word, and hold companion and leaders accountable

https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6etqdhp

A year ago, Dell Technologies made a big, bold move: it slashed nearly half of its executive leadership, claiming there were simply too many cooks in the kitchen. Cost savings were touted, “streamlining” was the buzzword, and the company pitched the decision as a smarter, leaner way forward. To top it off, product marketing (FPM) was folded under marketing. The logic? Keep all things “marketing” under one roof. Simple, clean, efficient.

Fast forward just twelve months… and things look a little less logical.

Dell has now re-hired a former exec—someone who had been let go years back—this time with a hefty paycheck. Not only that, the very same FPM org that was tucked neatly under marketing has been yanked out again and repositioned under this new hire. The shiny new label? RevOps.

I was in person for Jim’s town hall and had to stifle a laugh when he described Maurice’s email as “a thoughtful memo”

Just how many of his VP’s have said they don’t agree with his email….

Our VP made a point to say they didn’t agree with it on today’s Town Hall. Not the first time I’ve heard it from leadership either. In fact, I haven’t heard a single person support it.

They wanted to distance themselves from his opinion.

Anyone else?

How is this guy still CEO?

He’s lost the entire company from the top down.

He’s gotta go!

Has anyone worked with the SVP of Strategic operations and transformation under Enterprise Operations ? If so what has been your experience with him because it seems like he isn’t the best partner around

Serious question - what are the top actionable items folks on this forum would like to see from AT&T Leadership? We know they read this stuff so maybe use this as another opportunity to communicate to them in a constructive way and originated by employees.

Suggestions:

1. Maybe leave off the obvious hot divisive ones that has gotten so much air play here and have such conflicting views (RTO vs WFH, DEI, etc) so the discussion doesn’t devolve to name calling.

2. Would be interesting if replies could be tagged as Union vs Mgmt since they may differ materially.

3. Be serious and try to refrain from mudslinging (I.e., - don’t reply if you’re not game).

Do not fill out the OHS survey. The only reason executives are constantly pinging everyone to fill it out daily is because this ties directly to their bonus metrics. The higher the response rate, the more bonus/goal they meet. Hit them where there wallet it is they seriously want to have our voices heard and that they are held accountable for their poor leadership.

Ha, her emails are as bad and cringey as her speeches...complete nonsense.

Just so everyone knows, Jenn R is taking action! She wants you all to know that she appreciates the honest feedback and the immediate actions she is going to take to alleviate the issues from the survey responses are:

1) Encourage all employees to create an individual Career Development Plan and obtain ongoing supervisor feedback

2) Encourage participation in training and development programs!

3) Increase awareness of technology and systems!

4) Host monthly small group sessions to provide feedback to leadership (so we can identify you fu----s who are talking all the sh-t)!

5) Celebrate team achievements and connect those to AT&T's purpose and the Guarantee!

6) Make sure everyone knows about their Lyra resources!!

Sounds to me like they've just unlocked the key on how to go from ranked 567 on the culture rankings to #1!! This is everything we've wanted and needed to make life better at AT&T.

These fu--ing id--ts make 7 figures and have IQ's in the 80's.

What is the business rationale for extending visas for GCLs and CLs who function primarily as people managers rather than technical leaders?
.why should a low level iq person with low technical skills who came on H1B be made people manger of a highly competed amrican worker

Been in Oracle for more than a decade and a company that values people would have never put someone like SC in charge. I respect LE deeply, he's genius. But couldn't stand the idea of working with someone like SC. The day I left the company was the best day of my life.

Dear leaders.

All of these complaints being posted in the open for all to see is embarrassing and preventable. I love and appreciate US Foods who hired me over 20 years ago and is the only company I have worked for outside of a couple small ones. I have raised kids while working here and made friends along the way. I have reached a level within the company where I lead other associates.

My team opened up during a team meeting and they concerned about reporting issues internally and shared this site with me. I spent the better part of the morning reading all of these comments. The articles of one of our newer leader was one of their main concerns. Having met him briefly, I now understand why I had a bad feeling when we spoke and why I did not see him as a good fit for our lovely company. He was smug and a know it all who made comments about what he inherited and some of what he had to do since being here which I felt was inappropriate and which I won't report here because I am old school and don't think his comments belong here. Like them, I don't want to call our compliance hotline because it may get back to him and he seems to be the type to lie and take matters into his own hands. His past shows that, and yet knowing it is out in the open, he remains in a trusted role here.

But reading these posts are hurt me deeply. I ask that our leaders consider clearing the hurdle that is forcing our associates to place our dirty laundry in the public. This can have a negative effect on our associates and customers. It seems to already have and what will come out next. As a faithful leader of this company, I ask our ELT to put the wellness of our associates and trust of our customers first and remove the barrier so our associates and I can once again speak our concerns internally where it belongs and stop hurting our progress as a company. This is embarrassing and must end.

I am confident that IT and our Operations leaders in Montgomery are doing the right things to protect us and that they would let us know if there was a danger in either incident. But when you read these boards, it generates fear and distrust and subsequently causes our associates to flood external sites and fill our customers ears with negative publicity. I urge you to take the only action that would return us to the company I have known for years.

A faithful but worried leader of US Foods

They are doing a good job already of sabotaging themselves but it is time to help the BTC underperform. Let the sabotage begin!

I found out many Cloud Engineering middle management people left OpenText because of uncertainty and mechanical behaviours of leadership. Out of curious, when i started talking to people over coffee , I learnt that IT under Chan*** have let go many long time, accomplished, hard working managers and that is making left out team quite delusional. I used to work for one the manager, who used to out 10 hrs a day even in weekends. This is ridiculous. No value for hard work n productive. Leadership is just a power mongers and replacing with their pets from other stores.

If you’re a shareholder wondering where all the revenue is going, you should examine the org chart.

Too many chiefs, not enough workers. Anyone else notice the surplus of VPs, directors, and senior market VAS managers—often stacked two or three deep for the same function? Hertz is throwing away over $10 M a year in combined salaries so a handful of people can “manage” 2–3 capable employees. Meanwhile, the frontline is breaking their backs with shrinking fleets, fewer managers, and less staff support—without even a cost-of-living raise. It’s insulting. Back of house is running around putting out fires with little to no staff with very limited OT to pay all the chiefs. This is not a depiction or example of LEAN staffing.

Yet the company is more than willing to hand out six-figure checks for roles that add little to no real value.

Any news on when McKinsey will depart so we can all get back to work? It would sure be nice to focus on work instead of meeting with them daily simply so they can provide our leadership with a fictitious projection for savings. I no longer even try to provide them with accurate information since we all know they are serving as middle management in Chevron now. Of course, their very survival depends on drumming up more fictitious projects.

Telling some of your top performers and employees that the decision to cut your job was done to "strengthen the company". Next month they'll be saying their people is their power. It used to be "we only keep the elite, top performing" as if your status here is some badge of honor. Only the best get to stay. Think that lie has run its course. They think folks who continually refuse to pull their weight, do the bare minimum and constantly whine about the need to do more will match the work ethic of the folks they are laying off. Good luck with that. Ive given up my weekends, evenings and worked so many hours because of these so called competitive moves. Who's going to do that now? This is about a bottom line, a bottom line gets you bottom of the bucket quality. I hope this company finally gets what it deserves. For folks outside of the company thinking of doing business with Imperial or ExxonMobil. Stay far far away. Unless you love not getting paid, having no one to answer your phone calls and now no one to hold those individuals accountable to do either of those things.

There is risk of fire, explosions, hazardous gas release and much more in refineries. Putting office workers on this site to save a corporate lease is asinine.

Make no mistake, this company does not give a sh-t about you, your health, or your family. Think about this before you move.

Executive leadership expected to be in office Tuesday-Wednesday…
Told to be in office 8-5 all day.. high expectations to be in office all day with low expectations of actually seeing an executive… happens every time!!!

New head ceo and regional vice presidents since the last wave all got kicked to the curb at the same time. Naturally, they want to make an impact on the bottom line quickly, so they are going the basic mba bro route, by announcing that 10% of the company will be laid off in the coming months. Merry Xmas everybody! Remember… they’re not taking this lightly and it’s a tough decision, but what is a poor CEO to do?

1H is almost done. Does anyone else still feel off, or, better yet, has anyone figured out what the big issue is, why it feels like it's busier than usual, and why some senior leadership is jumping ship? 🤔

Didn’t Whelan say in the last forum that he and Rich are friends outside of work. Well Rich was named the Canadian business man of the year by some bullsh-t organization, after he massacred 3k jobs at Suncor.

This is just another Rich inspired move. This guy is just a little puppet to DW and Kruger.

It would interested to ask Lyons how will Fiserv innovate with all the layoffs and loss of simple technical and product knowledge that his predecessor let go to pump and dump the stock price.

The higher ups had down in Houston back in March when this was decided

Starbucks CTO exits as layoffs and tech shifts accelerate

Starbucks CTO Deb Hall Lefevre resigned without a permanent replacement as the Seattle based company proceeds with layoffs of around 900 nonretail workers and closures in the United States and Canada. Ningyu Chen, based in Atlanta, is interim CTO.

The company is retooling technology, including mobile ordering, POS, AI inventory, and store formats. Reuters reporting notes increased reliance on an outside IT contractor in India.

https://www.geekwire.com/2025/starbucks-cto-resigns-amid-layoffs-and-broader-tech-shakeup-at-seattle-coffee-giant/

MN is such a great guy who cares so much about us all! His genuine concern for us all is absolutely heartwarming. I just want to say to MN that we all care for him as much as he cares for us and we want to send the same message to him that he send to us every day:

🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

When a salesperson is in charge of a Pharma, science and research become secondary! It's going to be a bloodbath at GSK in the next few months! I wonder why she left—she saw it coming, that the UK is in deep trouble?

This is long but details how AT&T used to be a leader in taking care of employees and now it is a leader in treating them as disposable “assets”.

Worth a read

https://www.businessinsider.com/workplace-loyalty-corporate-america-dysfunction-employers-employees-att-jobs-2025-9