#townhall

What is going on? We got the email about George Dyer with the town hall next week, but we just got a meeting invite from our L5 named 'quick update'. I've sat through countless calls that were named this because folks were laid off. Anyone know anything?

What is up with so many “Town Halls”

Whichever employee(s) that kept pressing the emoji icons, THANK YOU! 🤣 All they needed was the Benny Hill them music in the background to complete the sh-t show.

Is this the most tone deaf, worthless, let them eat cake townhall this company has ever had to date? I think so...

The fact that she can get on an all-company townhall and just blatantly lie is wild. My faith in this company has fallen so far that I no longer even trust USB to manage my money. Have been transferring my and my parents accounts to other institutions. This townhall just strongly confirmed that decision.

Look for other places have jobs

GK just said that in the Townhall?

Town hall

So who's ready for the sh-t show TOWN HALL tomorrow. Anyone have any TEA to discuss? good luck everyone we usually see the storm the following week.

Joel didn't say anything meaniful, I had looked forward so much to that townhall like it was the Oscar's, it was just a waste if 1hr, couldn't answer any question straightforward or plainly

Cryptic Town Hall tomorrow

Call is going on now. Add your impressions of the call. 🍿

Post your questions here so we can reference them if we actually get a Q&A session. Although I have my doubts because the stars and planets have to align first before execs even think about providing answers. Maybe just maybe the tone deaf executives will take questions from the audience. Or maybe they won’t and the questions are already screened days in advance.

How does the business justify forcing an employee to travel upwards of 100 minutes each way all week long when said employee was hired as a remote employee?

How does the business justify a microscopic raise of 1.25% when the RTO mandate has cost me $2000+ per month in commute, daycare costs and hours away from my family? Additionally how does the business justify a 30% compensation increase for the CEO when his own workers are struggling?

How do I save for retirement when I have to reduce or eliminate my contributions just to pay for this RTO lifestyle?

As a female I feel unsafe every time I step foot in town. How does the business justify making decisions behind the safety of executive security to force thousands of employees into downtown Pittsburgh when there have been two homic--es within a block or two or the headquarters. Plus rampant crime, open air dr-g use, bus stop fights, unpredictable homeless, human fe_ces along the sidewalk. Crime happens but there hasn’t been a single chirp regarding safety.

Appreciation week…sigh. What did you win? Reminds me when I was awarded - I mean earned a PNC branded ballpoint pen for my 5th anniversary. Yes I got a pen for 5 years of work.

Lastly, where is the data? The business shills this idea that RTO is to foster innovation and a more inclusive workplace. But after 2+ months I have witnessed the exact opposite. My senior developers left for better jobs. There is no innovation. Just loud obnoxious chatter because everyone is on Teams calls therefore proving everyone is remote with respect to everyone else. We will occasionally push or cancel standup because some team members are caught in traffic. We never canceled standup while we were all WFH. Our progress has slowed, our results are turning sour and our team morale is living at rock bottom.

“We can simplify things with information.

We have a lot of information.

You have to have the right information at the right time to make the right decisions.

With the right decisions we get the right outcomes.”

This will get you 5mil per year.

So why wouldn't we be notified of the people leaving or changes in leadership if we work in PHCO? Also I don't have a town hall marked in my calendar for the 29th either..is this corporate or specific PHCO departments?

Got email saying all UK employees will move under Ansys instead of Synopsys NE. Town hall this week. Fingers crossed!

Another shared energy town hall is coming up. Will they remotely mention the employee survey and how miserable everyone is right now?

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Got an email for the EBOS town hall meeting on July 22. I suppose this is the day when my teammates and I will find out just how little we're needed, yeah?

(Yes, I'm being negative, and with good reason I believe. Don't like it? Cram it.)

Thoughts on anyone who just attended the town hall? What a load of BS. I am sure all the staff on the call appreciated the UM Tech slide and AI taking over their jobs. Questions in the chat on VSP, were responded with VSP is not part of this presentation, we have no further updates to share, appreciate this is a stressful time and the VSP decision is a personal one. Basam and team could not be anymore disrespectful. So disingenuous to your valued employees. Disgraceful!!!

What was the town hall all about? They told us it was important but then didn't allow us to go to it. Did I miss anything or was it just more nonsense?

Does anybody believe that Massimo's flight got cancelled?

Last minute townhall invite sent. Poor planning or intentionally last minute?

Just received an invite for tomorrow morning, 55minutes long. Sent to 'ETIPS_ALL_FTEs', only tidbit is "Please join the leadership team for an update on our future operating model and strategy". Whatever that means?

Where we get to January 2027 and John hosts a Townhall where he exclaims to the small crowd of Simple Jeff Oompa Loompas...

"You've won! You did it! You did it! I knew you would! I just knew you would! Oh, forgive me for putting you through this. Please, forgive me."

And then the room turns into an elevator that shoots out of the top of the building and sores above downtown Dallas as it heads to the future site of the Plano HQ.

What do you guys think about townhall/or whatever of new/remaining Honeywell

Town hall tomm. HR included on the call. People and culture is one of the topics. LMAO. These posts must have reached HR, and finally some action? Ok let's see what new BS they spew out

Anyone got an idea if there’s going to be a big announcement in Sunbury town hall tomorrow?

Ask about that number in the next town hall.

Leadership has been sworn to secrecy for that reason alone. It is a big number and it will get a lot of press in Milwaukee. Extravagant north building rebuild. Eating a massive loss on Franklin. Mckinsie is leading the way. All while collecting massive consulting fees.

Long-time reader, first-time posting. I was planning to post yesterday only, but I just came back from travel.

After yesterday’s town hall, I am still having many questions. It answered many things, but not the questions most people were actually asking. There were plenty of buzzwords and positive statements, but not much real clarity.

I am still not understanding the Alderon split properly. What will remain with IBM? What will move to Alderon? On what basis these decisions are being taken? Even after the town hall, I don’t have a better understanding.

Also, it looked like the usual favorites are getting special treatment. From what I could understand, many of those people will remain with IBM, while everyone else is still not knowing what will happen with their future. Maybe there are valid reasons behind these decisions, but they were not explained clearly.

Just wanted to know what others are thinking. Did this town hall give you more confidence, or did it leave you with even more questions? Are you feeling more secure about your job after listening to it? Interested to hear everyone’s thoughts and opinions

What’s going on with the Canada town hall cancelled??

at least today they said mckinsie is determining our "new way of working". that is as effective as sending a one legged man to a butt kicking contest.

This clown really writes this end of day, while they leave executives and senior management in place with absolutely no clue of what they're doing, canning some actually decent people today who were helping the organization which they canned on a whim. We hear nothing from this guy and this is the first thing that comes from this useless guy after the last useless CTO leaves.

Team:

This isn't an easy note to write, but I want to be transparent and open a dialogue with this team. Earlier today, a small but targeted number of colleagues learned that their roles in our technology organization were eliminated. These were not performance-based decisions. These are people who have given real effort to this organization and I want to acknowledge that as well as share with you the context behind my decisions.

If you are reading this and your role was not impacted, I want you to know: I do not take you for granted. And if someone you respect and have worked alongside every day is leaving FIS today, I want you to know: I did not take that lightly.

The structural changes we're making - moving work closer to engineering teams, embedding agile practices and technical product ownership where delivery actually happens, and integrating documentation and performance work into our normal delivery model - are the right moves for where we need to go. But right moves can still be hard moves. When we reduce coordination layers and consolidate how work gets done, I know there are real people behind those roles who have contributed meaningfully to this organization.

I want to be specific about what changed and why, because you deserve that clarity:

Agile coaching is moving from a standalone function into the product and engineering teams where those practices now live day-to-day. The discipline isn't going away - it's becoming part of how we work, not a separate layer.
Technical product management is being realigned to engineering teams so ownership sits closer to the teams building the product, with leadership layers removed to reduce handoffs and improve speed.
Documentation and performance work is moving into engineering as a core part of delivery.
These are targeted changes. The vast majority of our technology colleagues are not impacted and their day-to-day work continues. But I know that when people that you have worked alongside are suddenly gone, it affects you - regardless of whether your own role has changed. If someone in your team or in your network was impacted today, take a moment to reach out. Their work mattered.

I know this can be difficult. But the platform we are building - an AI-first, resilient, scalable technology organization - is not a future-state aspiration. It is the work in front of us right now. And the talent in this organization is more than capable of building it.

I will be holding a town hall to answer your questions directly. Your leaders have resources to help you navigate this transition and I've asked them to create space for open conversations as well.

Thank you for your commitment to this work.
Don Duet

Stephen and co. seemed to balance negatives with positives effectively (e.g. being selected as a Medicaid MCO for IL but also losing membership over the next several years.)

Have layoffs settled? Anything we should expect?

Pete L talking about IA employees are the most valuable part.. mkay how many will be RIFfed soon?

There are rumors circulating that 100–150 employees may be laid off beginning today, June 16.

Several anonymous first- and second-hand accounts claim that departmental managers are not being informed in advance about which employees will be affected. According to these reports, some employees are being told their positions have been eliminated and escorted out of the building, while others are being notified via Zoom or Teams.

At this point, none of this information has been verified.

MUHC has a Town Hall scheduled for tomorrow at noon.

Can anyone confirm, deny, or provide additional information?

Was in the calendar for 23 June, now to be “rescheduled following quarter end close”. Probably waiting to see who’s still here to do the presentation.

Wondering if different plans getting different information. Town hall for Fidelis today

What are people referring to? Have seen a few posts about this. I also missed the town hall where I read in a few comments that it apparently broke through a couple of times