#officepolitics

I've watched teammates ki-l themselves with extra hours and extra work, only to blame themselves when they got cut, convinced they just weren't good enough. Meanwhile, the office politics crowd sails through every round doing nothing. If that's not you, at least stop giving this place more than it deserves.

Heard he's real buttocks hurt over it. Thought he paid enough to get a tix.

Why all the security this morning at SP1?

One of the panelists (an upper manager for another group in a suit and tie) told all of us “this is a pretty cool place to work for. This is pretty cool.” I responded “yes-if I was making your money I would say the same thing.” People laughed and so did he. We shall see.

Oh boy...who else noticed all the derogatory comments he keeps making. Now he is openly talking bad about his peers. Jeez

I have worked at several companies and so far this one is the worst. Pretty much everyone I work with seems to hate their job. Many people are very difficult to work with and have a very horrible energy and attitude which makes work unpleasant because they don’t want to do anything and are only here for a paycheck and feel stuck.

I guess I can’t even blame them cause I hate it here too. However it is draining when you’re constantly around people that hate their work and team and have a horrible attitude about doing their job. Management only cares about managing up and cant even bother to pretend to care about their team. We are all in a weird matrix environment where everyone is out for themselves while the managers only care about showing off and kissing up to the higher ups. So why am I here? Bad job market and I have bills to pay so I am here hating it too.

A Reddit post in r/bell claims that Bell has been firing employees “with cause” for not returning to the office three days a week, allegedly with no severance and no prior warning.

One commenter, who says they were terminated, argues that this is unfair because they were working from their designated office two days a week plus another Bell office on a third day most weeks. They also claim they worked more than the standard 37.5 hours per week and had strong performance reviews.

Their main argument is that, while companies can set return-to-office rules, terminating someone “with cause” should normally require progressive discipline first, such as a verbal warning, written warning, suspension, and then termination, unless the behavior qualifies as severe misconduct. They argue that simply not being in the designated office three days a week, or “coffee badging,” should not automatically count as severe misconduct unless the employee is also failing to work their required hours, which could be considered time theft.

Overall, the discussion is about whether companies are using RTO enforcement as a way to terminate employees without severance, and whether missing office-day requirements should legally or ethically justify a “for cause” dismissal.

One of my teammates complained a few days ago how it seemed our manager was acting weird and avoiding her for the past couple of weeks. Today, she was laid off. Could he have known so far ahead?

Most of these layoff posts are some type of sadists.I dont see anything happening in the office

Another big week incoming for the VZB side? Not much going on over there from the looks of it.

Complete horse$#!t so far.

Elevate Kevin Z and get rid of Alfonso he’s another Manon waiting to happen.

I've been through several layoff cycles now and every time, as soon as first rumors hit, the office turns into a competition. People stop sharing, managers get cagey, friends watch each other sideways...you get the picture. It's exhausting.

My approach now is simple. I assume my number might come up and keep my options open. I update the resume every month and if it happens, it happens. Being prepared is the only way to stay sane.

There used to be a real sense of looking out for each other — that’s what made this place different. Lately, it feels like that’s been replaced with back-channel conversations, politics, and a constant need to watch your back( since the near shore, off shore concept started) They have more holidays, vacations that us folks .they are cost effective for l10 and below but most of them are banded and they definitely are not mature for it. No back ground check just got hired . i have few in my workspace.

It’s getting harder to trust intentions. Decisions don’t always feel transparent, and visibility doesn’t always align with contribution. That creates an environment where people are focused more on positioning than actually delivering.

Also hearing increasing concerns from the I&O space — behavior that comes across as bullies, b***, aggressive or dismissive, which isn’t what we should be normalizing as ‘leadership’ or ‘accountability.’

This isn’t about one team or one geography — it’s about the culture we’re building. If we don’t address it, we risk losing what made this place strong in the first place.”**

All I have to say is - thank you for the free hour on this beautiful spring day. What a joke and useless line up of BS from KO and clowns.

Some in management loved to play political games in the company. Like it was fun. Why? Business isn’t a game for those trying to earn a living.

Oooooh, they went for the talk show format! Cringe-worthy.

What a tool

Girl in 3WF has been openly playing Solitaire ALL morning.
The most IDGAF move I’ve ever seen.

No support. Not even micromanagement. But also no involvement in anything, including office politics. Literally absent. Some might call that the dream, but in reality it just means the team is unmanaged. And when we slip, we'll pay the price. Meanwhile, they'll keep climbing, blissfully unaffected.

So now we have a "Panel Manager" role who gets paid 120k per year to literally take a number from a performance report and put it into an email because directors and field managers arent competent enough to monitor their teams performance on their own. 750k per year spent on a team of secrataries to spoon feed directors data from the same reports they have access to. No wonder we have to layoff other roles.

I retired last year and I cannot tell you how good it feels. No meetings, no politics, no layoffs, no pretending to care about things that don't matter. I don't miss the circus at all. Not one part of it.

So many posts about EIA snub and no recognition highlighting individual accomplishments with EIA.

An EIA IMHO stands for excelling individual, yet if you win something and instead just receive "great job team" it tells you how Chennai connection or being in Bangalore-ham is what will make you be recognized.

A person with 5 yr anniversary gets all the accolades while the one who is celebrating 10 yr anniversary doesn't get nothing, coz they're not from the same region.

This culture is what drives toxic corporate politics in every team I have been part of since 6 years.

Last winter two people in my team received EIA, both received detailed individual details on what they did.

This year two people in my team received EIA but this time, the comment they received was "great job team". All because they're not in same location as rest of the team.

So that's clearly a sign of managers playing favourites, purposely not choosing to highlight individual accomplishments.

In short, the associates who received EIA this year, would have mixed feelings about it as EIA comments go in towards year end review. So with nothing to show for, it's obvious how sick these things are.

Only Bangalore-ham or Chennai connection is what gets you recognized.

Stop looking at us. Let us patrol.

A handful of Grade 8 AND above confirmed big changes come September for Connect Weeks. Apparently they will be pushing for near 100% in office time and it will be up to each organization, site and lower management’s problem to figure it out. Upper management will send the decree, wipe their hands of it and hold low level associates feet to the fire. No excuses. Gloves off. They’re not happy the forecasting for senior associates quitting didn’t go as planned and now? The rest of us must pay. Thoughts?

Toxic boss believes no one can look good besides the toxic boss.

The amount of people doing d-mb math trying to "calculate" a 60% in this forum is both hilarious and worrying. Maybe it's because of then we all have to go back in. Gotta micro manage their excel sheet formulas lol

3 floors in the Cypress CA location are up for lease. Not good.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but acting like you run the place when you don’t is getting old. Constantly trying to manage everyone, inserting yourself into things that aren’t your responsibility, and acting like you own the company isn’t helping anyone—it’s just annoying.

Also, you’re not the locksmith. Stop changing things, controlling access, or acting like everything has to go through you. It creates confusion and makes it harder for people to actually do their jobs.

Focus on your role, do it well, and let everyone else do theirs.

How does HR continue to let AVPs report to AVPS and Directors with less than 6 people. There used to be span of control and that seems to be a lie.

Agonizing listening to new CIO talk about every minute job history, signing his temporary lease, how to say his last name, where Wales is located?????

I’ve been checking this site occasionally because for me it's where I catchup on office politics. I laughed with the sarcasm and got upset with the pain some have been tolerating. I’ve never posted before, but seeing how many people tolerate hostility and harassment made me want to share my own experience.
I had serious family issues and needed some time off. Instead of supporting me, my manager started insulting me, saying women “aren’t made for the workforce” and that he needed “strong people.” He even went around telling others what was happening in my personal life and told the program’s project manager not to count on me. Then he dropped my ranking. I was humiliated and heartbroken.
About a year later, I heard his wife filed for divorce and he was dealing with a nasty situation of his own. Life has a way of circling back.

Does anyone know how to over ride the stupid background picture of the USB stadium?
Seems management locked the settings.

Upward feedback only works when the person above you actually wants to hear it. Ours just wants to hear that everything is fine and if you say something that challenges that state, you're labeled a problem.

A lot of people who were not here ask how was EJ different pre-2019. A few callouts:

• JW cut $100M+ out of the budget to avoid layoffs during the ‘08-‘09 crisis. PP wants to layoff home office associates to capture millions in what she sees as “expenses”.

• JW’s agenda was the field, home office, and client. PP’s agenda was her legacy but now that she has bitten the hand that feeds her (the field) and has bitten the hand that pet her (the home office/CSTs) now her agenda is retribution.

Besides her animosity geared towards associates who did not fit her political and social beliefs, she now despises everyone.

Pre 2019 there was a saying, “You think and act different when you’re a partner”. I haven’t heard that mantra in 7 years as it went out the window with her mandates and the people she has brought in along with the leaders hired in the lower ranks. The reason her door mimics her FA door from Michigan is because the name on the door is the only name that matters to her.

No need to worry about desks being filled to capacity next week with schools out this week. The next few weeks of Tuesdays will take care of that. Heard it’s already happening.