#process

Notified management has introduced a flop ticketing platform and for the past 2 years it's almost a chaos using it. Frankly speaking the work time has increased because of this platform. Simple tasks have become complicated. Hope the management trashes this time consuming worthless platform. Literally nobody speaks about this messy ticketing system.

Is there time to grab your personal items?

I've heard that the layoff process canbe brutal. Can anyone shed some light on what ctyally happens on layoff day? (Looking for answers, not drama from some troll.) How long do you have to sign the separation papers? Is it before you leave the room or do you have some time before you HAVE to sign?

does anyone know when severance is paid? is it on your final paycheck or does it come after? if it comes after, how much longer after? how long until accelerated stock vesting takes effect? doesn't seem like any of this was answered in the faq

A buddy of mine telling how much SAP relies on ServiceNow to provide ticketing, knowledge and AI solutions. What's the deal with this as I thought this was SAP's bread and butter stuff. I believe Flexera and Coveo are also needed?

I just found this forum, and I tried search but it's not really helping. I haven't been here long so I'm not sure how layoffs work. How do they let us know? Is it 1:1 or in a meeting? Are people done right away or is an end date provided? Basically, I'd appreciate any info that'd help me prepare for this. Thanks in advance!

I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've read in several posts that people were not even able to get their personal items before being escorted out. Is this true? I think it's incredibly inhumane if it is true, and adds another humiliating layer to this whole thing.

If you’re not very actively looking you’re being a fool. They are going to find every conceivable way to push you out. Questioning your scope, doubting the need for headcount, pretending to not understand functions that have existed for years and are crucial - all to hit a stock price. Opps exists solely to destroy as many lives as possible. HR is just legal cover so they can pretend there’s a “peocess.” There will be devastating layoffs in September, followed by nonsense where they choose 15% people they don’t think are cool enough (because IBM is basically a mean girl club in a jr high school) to not get bonuses hoping for attrition,, followed by more debanding - hoping for attrition, followed by a five day workweek hoping for attrition, followed by another round of devastating layoffs - which probably just barely gets us to next summer. “Operations people” at IBM are subhuman filth who only care about hurting as many of you as possible. Protect yourself. Protect your children. Get out. That has to be your full time job. Just get out.

Big day ahead, and I know a lot of people are nervous. Just wanted to share a few reminders that might help if you get pulled into a tough conversation today:

• Don’t feel pressured to sign anything right there in the room. It’s normal to want time to read things over — ask to take it home and review.

• Ask for clarity. If they’re making a change, it’s fair to ask: is this being treated as a layoff, termination, or resignation? Having that clear helps avoid confusion later.

• If offered a different role/pay change, make sure you understand exactly what happens if you say no. Ask them to put it in writing.

• Don’t say “I resign.” If you’re being pushed out, keep your wording neutral. Let them label it, not you.

• Keep your own notes. Write down the date, time, who was in the meeting, and what was said. Some people use other ways to capture what’s said, but at minimum, detailed notes right after the meeting can really help.

• Take your time. Signing away rights or making a big decision under pressure usually helps the company more than you. Give yourself breathing room.

Whatever happens, you’re not alone in this. Look out for yourself, lean on friends, and take care of each other.

Do we think the higher ups will ever admit implementing WRS this heavily into roles is a mess up? We've seen higher delays, less communication, when is enough??

Has anyone visiting this page been impacted by the pooling process discussed a few weeks ago?

Everyone is just obsessed with opening JIRA stories and tracking useless metrics all the time; there is no real work being done and just paper being pushed to show that something is being done

Business and stakeholders treat PMs like their servants ("you work for us, stop thinking and follow what we tell you to do"). Work on meaningless projects that leads to absolutely zero outcomes.

No wonder there are no good products or things coming out of here and the stock will trend to zero over time

Sitting by the phone the get my wave 2 call…and it occurs to me how little I’m going to get done the next…week? month?…as I negotiate this theatre. Do they even realize what they’ve done here?

For a skilled senior manager within BofA, firing someone is a pretty straightforward exercise. It just takes a bit of patience and an ability to game the system of documenting alleged shortcomings by the chosen employee. I witnessed a well-orchestrated hit on a Band 3 work to perfection starting with a coordinated assault using the 360 review process followed up by interim reviews with negative business partner input (pre-arranged) that led to a DNM on the How. Follow that up with an impossible to meet Corrective Action Plan, and your decision to fire can be bullet proof. In an environment like we have today where managers have every incentive to cut staff, the task gets easier. You just need to force rank someone as a weak "Meets/Meets" and when the next round of layoffs arrives you have his/her head on a platter. This is not and never has been about fairness or doing the right thing. It is realpolitik BofAML style.

Management has been there for a while now training to take over the coordination of Recovery Services, including large RaaS accounts. Not sure how that's going to go over with many clients as these are not employees, but contractors. Already lost many in October, next round soon or so I've heard.

Rob, since your 1st post I have done a little digging. It turns out that CHK doesn't even have an accounting department! They grew soo quickly they just forgot to create one! Imagine that!!