#morale

Truly sympathizing with anyone who is getting their last regular paycheck 3 weeks from today. The first time I got laid off in 2022, this feeling caused true panic but was short lived. I found another role, and then was laid off for a 2nd time 2.5 years later. That first missed payday after the layoff was brutal. It all worked out, but I am thinking about anyone having to go through this. Exactly the reason why I despise VZ.

I believe that many of us as professionals fully acknowledge the necessity for our company to adapt and respond dynamically to evolving market conditions.

However, I believe the primary concern we are facing as a team is the lack of transparency from leadership. It is disheartening that employees often have to turn to external websites like this one and forums to learn about important developments, decisions, and updates affecting our work and the company's direction. This not only breeds uncertainty but also undermines trust and morale.

We kindly ask: Why can't the leaders of this company prioritize transparent communication directly with employees?

We believe that addressing this would strengthen our collective commitment and morale!

Signed, a loyal long term VBG employee.

As a lowly technician with 25 years, this is the best time of year to work at this place. Most of the middle management is on vacation, we work on important things that have to be fixed right now, but the everyday micromanaging bullsh-t has disappeared until January 1st. I can come to work, do my job, fix things that are important andhave a stress free day. Thanks to all the managers whose absence makes this place better……

Approximately 2000 employees are part of this Layoff. All those who had approaching and needs improvement are on the list. If the 20 to 25% numbers are not met ,all other rules come into play. Be prepared. Training session for Directors and ADs will be given tomorrow or Tuesday and announcement will be post that. VCG is going to be badly affected. VBG, N&T, VCG Business, CSG, are equally affected by avg of 20% AI&D with the least by 15%.
There are going to be changes in AVP, Senior Directors , Directors when the Agile delivery to be rechristened with one more useless way of execution supported by all leaders who follow them BLINDLY coz they want to "try".
This org will only sustain when all leaders above Sr. Manager stop focusing on defects and start focusing on strategy, with inclusion at all levels get the inputs from all rather than "designated" architects whom they think can change the entire world. The team that is responsible for all this is the ATO and its futile process implementation which is not studied but rather theoretical. BTW i am Top performing for the last 2 years. so all the above is a frustration of me going to stay here with a load of work, loss of knowledge from so-called "non performers", loss of vendors who had been in the system for more than 2 years . Everything is boiling down to the people who are going to stay. A meagre call will be done under senior director or AVP to boost "MORALE" which they think all others are fools for their gimmick to be played. Its a wake up call for people like me to move on. Verizon is going into a blackhole which will also pull us into it, while many think this is safe haven. All that matters is "Shareholder Value" and nothing else. ALL EMPLOYEES ARE JUST NUMBERS. Get out of this number game.

Finally check this prompt in Gemini
"What if the 50% of the laid off people join T-Mobile or the 13000 people move their connections along with their family connections to T- Mobile"

I know. It's because they've blocked access to it from work and put the fear into them that it's hopeless to succeed. Rest assured all Discover employees will be destroyed. Happy Thanksgiving 2025 !!!

Don't overeat cuz you won't be able to run when Capone puts you on a fake PIP to be fired.

With a sad grey D as our logo

I used to respect this place. But that respect faded slowly as priorities shifted and so many promises were broken. There were bright moments but they’re drowned out now by short-term thinking. I respect the few people who try, but the institution feels worn. It's over.

I keep waiting for a sign that someone here actually cares about employees, but it never comes. Perks keep vanishing, people are being held back for no good reason, and good suggestions disappear into a black hole. If there was ever a time to ask for basic respect, now’d be it.

Not much to be thankful for, but at least we still have a job, right?

People talk over you, credit gets stolen, and kindness feels like an oddity. It drains you faster than the work itself.

I'm done with DXC.

Every task is marked urgent, but planning is almost nonexistent, and the list of measurables keeps growing. Cuts leave teams stretched beyond capacity. The constant message is just to be grateful you still have a job. Keeping operations moving under these conditions is exhausting.

They act like loyalty is optional and cost cutting is the only strategy. It’s demoralizing to know someone cheaper is always lining up for your job.

I posted this in a comment but deserves its own post.

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“True happiness is worth more than money, possessions, or job status.” but money pays the bills, possessions clothe us and feed us, job status showcases our talent and makes us useful in today’s world.
So. Yes, I am very upset. I can’t feed my family or pay my mortgage with happiness. My husband got laid off from his job in the summer and he hasn’t found anything else. So we have NO comfortable income very soon. I am scared. I am feeling unprotected and betrayed. Stop telling not to feel this way.

When I left three years ago, I was certain it wouldn't live this long. I just hope things have improved for employees, because it still remains the most toxic place I've ever worked at.

If you aren't failing upwards, you aren't doing it right.

Team GM means going on vacation a week before your big project is due, so your work is reassigned to someone who will take the blame.
Team GM means walking around with a GM logo on your coffee cup, wearing official GM branded clothing and having the latest GMC truck.
Team GM means going on linkedin, and making a show of how much you love GM products.
Team GM means attending meetings of projects you are barely contributing to, so that you can challenge the meeting organizer with new problems that aren't even part of the discussion.
Team GM means asking lots of questions at the end of each meeting, especially staff meetings to extend the meeting and prove your loyalty, interest and importance to everyone in earshot.
Team GM means being a true believer that the company would collapse if you left, and that despite the fact that you do almost nothing, you are working your tail off.
Team GM means that your entire identity is tied into working at GM and your role at GM. You will tell anyone that didn't ask that you work at GM.

Nike keeps reorganizing every six months, and it's always the same story: one step forward and two steps back, like we're stuck on a loop that never ends.

It's become a standard practice here for leadership to schedule last-minute "urgent" meetings, often to discuss issues that have been pending for weeks. This blatant disregard for personal time and planning has created a constant state of exhaustion for so many of us. In the last six months, I've watched three of the most capable people on my team resign. EJ is systematically losing its best talent because of a culture that refuses to acknowledge our time has any value.

Is it too soon to feel optimistic?

There’s never been a moment when Dell felt this off-course.

Never been a moment when they reached straight into people’s pockets
and acted like it was business as usual.

Never been a moment when they grabbed freedom with one hand
and shrugged with the other.

Never been a moment when trust evaporated this fast, or when the math showed the people always came last
while the profit columns kept climbing.

Never been
and somehow, here we are.

I hope Dan’s Thanksgiving is as warm and comforting as an 8 AM layoff call.

The toxic and emotionally abusive culture here starts at the very top and just trickles down. You basically have to unlearn everything you know about good business. It's like they have a playbook, and they're deliberately doing the exact opposite of every recognized best practice. It's demoralizing and makes doing good work impossible.

How are you dealing with it? Because I'm nearing my breaking point.

Did everyone see an EA position just opened up in BR? I am sure there was someone more than qualified that was just RIFed that could have been retained. It's disgusting to make people flock to one single position in the hope they are not taken off payroll.

I am glad to walk away from this place.

I would like to begin by confirming that I am not a director, executive, or line manager. I am simply an employee. I am not highly paid, nor do I receive bonuses, but my salary is sufficient to cover my bills and support my family. I am also very realistic and fully aware that DXC is not a company known for offering high salaries or for awarding annual pay increases to all employees.

I have been with the company for five years and have received one pay increase during that time, which was small. Nonetheless, I genuinely enjoy my role. The work can certainly be stressful at times, but I do my best, and value both my colleagues and my direct line manager immensely.

If at any point my pay become untenable for what I need, then I would look for an alternative role, either within DXC or elsewhere. What truly baffles me is the constant stream of complaints, negativity, and, at times, disrespectful behaviour from individuals who believe they are owed more. Life is surely too short to carry such negativity. If someone feels their role is no longer fulfilling or financially viable, there are alternatives. Why poison yourself and those around you with such pessimism when that energy could be directed far more productively?

DXC does award pay increases, albeit not annually, and promotions are given when they are genuinely necessary. These decisions are not withheld out of reluctance, but because the company is simply not in a financial position to offer more. Whenever I receive a corporate message I disagree with, I pause to consider the reasoning behind it. There is always a context, whether or not I personally agree with the outcome.

Ultimately, I weigh the positives against the negatives, and if the balance ever tips unfavourably, I will take action and seek a change. I may view things differently from many others who post on this site, but I like to think that I am realistic and pragmatic in my approach.

This scenario doesn’t apply at DXC because my salary won’t increase!! It goes to show how DXC is an outlier when it comes to rewarding employees.

On a salary of...
£ 35,000

You pay £6,280 in tax and national insurance each year.

By 2031, the OBR expects your salary to have risen to about £40,647, excluding any promotions or job changes, as wages rise roughly in line with the cost of living.

At that point, your annual tax bill will be £7,862. That's £1,581 more than you're currently paying, and £215 more than you would have paid if thresholds increased with inflation after 2028 as they were previously expected to.

Your effective personal tax rate is now 17.9%. It will have reached 19.3% by 2031.

If the thresholds hadn't been extended today, it would have reached 18.8%.

How many staff employees were laid off in this latest cycle?
Predicted staff to be layed off in 2026?

What’s the morale at work at the moment? It appears that those laid off are rather silent at the moment…

No email about Thanksgiving this year. Guess he accidentally fired his email composer along the way?

DST was a sweatshop that stole the lives of many hoping to build a nice career there. Few employees were rewarded for their hard work. Most were ignored and strung along with a carrot dangling well in front of them. Although a public traded company, only the management made out well. Scammers1

With all the recent changes, it is difficult to feel settled in your job. Especially when you see roles shifting around or disappearing entirely all the time. It makes planning for the future feel almost impossible. I just wish there was more stability for everyone.

Kroger is nothing without technology. The technology we design, build, and maintain is the reason this company can operate and make money.

It has been made obvious to us that our feedback means nothing. I don't know if anyone remembers when we used that "Slido" tool for anonymous feedback and by far the largest concern was that we do not support RTO.

Leadership is laying off our co-workers because of their own mistakes, pushing current employees further and further, and actively lying to us about the reason for these unpopular changes.

Tech unions are legal, and have happened before. And right now it is obvious that many of us have common ground at the same time and for the same reasons.

What, realistically, is stopping us from doing something about this? If they won't listen to our feedback, why shouldn't we force them to listen to our demands?

Since the layoff conversations last week, I’ve noticed my coworkers have been extremely quiet/distant. I get it, life does go on and no one owes me anything, but I find it interesting and eye opening. Happy for everyone who survived (this round), cheering for anyone impacted. We’ll get through this.

VZ just announced cut 20% management or 13k to save 1B .

DXC treats its employees in a slave like manner. Once your in you never get a pay rise, promises are made of a annual merit evry year but it never materializes. They expect everyone to deliver at a top level to clients and retrain into AI and Cloud for nothing. The exec meanwhile dont deliver on their promises of growth but are entitled to Millions of $s in pay for delivering their failures. They tell the employees to leave if they dont like it. What an unjust and corrupt company, the DXC way.....

How’s morale for you? I am exhausted from the layoffs. Wish they would just get the firing over with already. This place su-ks now.

Without going into too much detail, it’s been a disappointing journey. To come so far after a highly anticipated merger and to be here. Toxicity. Low morale. Same office politics. And a tough market.

Let's vent in this thread. That's it, that is the message.

This was posted on SAPs board here on thelayoff but it totally applies to us as well:

We work for a criminal enterprise full of self-righteous, borderline re--rded psychopaths.