#underutilized

Im a new manager and have had no support since my onboarding. No training and no substantial time with my manager. With the exit of IFP, a chunk of my teams workload is gone.

I have no work during my day and thats not an exaggeration. I ask regularly for work and never receive any.

Has anyone experienced this? Is this a good indicator that job eliminations are on the way?

My department has been told the goal is to “run out of work,” and that we should not be concerned with this. Today we “ran out of work.” Concerned?

I spent there less than a year - I quit because I was bored. I observed 50+ people doing almost nothing, mostly consultants or other peers. My manager (SVP level) was unable to control her area and didn't even know what she should expect from people. There was literally no strategy, no plan and terrible ignorance - from payments to tech industry.

30 hours, 20 hours, heck 5 hours and has a second job they milk? You can get away with so much stuff!

I’m hoping someone in management will read this and wonder why we have Refining PCN doing the majority of IT infrastructure, and IcS staff at sites are pretty much useless and do very little of the core business.
It’s the biggest waste of resources at the sites. If you look at the top 2 incentives they implemented ClarOty and SolarWinds are totally a joke. ClarOty isn’t doing anything and ICS management is projecting the benefits. Ask any PCN Team lead they will laugh!
Please help us at the sites!!!

They're trying to stress us into resigning. My strategy is quiet quitting. I'll do just enough not to get fired outright. If they want me out, they'll have to pay for the privilege.

Been here less than a year and now I have almost nothing to do. Boss doesnt care when I ask for more work. Is this how they phase people out before letting them go?

Hello,

As the title suggests, has anyone received a pay increase without a title promotion (associate to senior associate to vp or so on)?

I feel like I am underpayed and my contributions to my team are not reflected in my current salary.

Is there anyway to formally request this?

Ford work culture is decorated fully. All the high performing engineers are sidelined or made quit and ford management mostly promoting or favoring pets who are good at showcasing. I got few offers outside? This c×× nonsense is in big mess ? No way management is listening in anything. I want opnion other seniors who are at ford. I am at my mid level career now. Do you think it is high time to leave ford ? Or should wait things will change for good?

On one hand they tell you to "specialize".

You then specialize.

Then they tell you those skills are no longer the ones they need.

So they fire you.

Then you try to find a new job, you realize the skills you had are not the ones they want because it's too specialized, so you re-skill.

But then they overlook you because you spent time not working or another "issue" (you were spending money and/or time re-skilling).

Can you ever make them happy?

It's an honest question and something I really want to know, so please try not to respond goofy :-)

Wow! what can I say? No matter what one works on, the only thing that matters is how the second layer L8 thinks of one! Yep, one could be a rocket scientist, but unless one is connected, guess what......NOPE. You are just not the "right fit".
Last time I checked, the ones who could master the technology were kings. It would seem that L8 wants to limit competition to those they can control.
In this case, I feel L8 needs to su-k it up, and go with the flow. But what do I know????

We all know cuts are due in October so why plot elaborate fascade ?

HR, scrum masters, they're all playing dirty games, preventing promotion, opportunities not given to people anymore.

Been asked to do tasks which are mundane, not required in the bigger scheme of things

For the past four years, I have poured myself into my work—showing up every day, giving my best, and hoping that my dedication would eventually be recognized. But no matter how much effort I put in, the promotion I’ve been working toward never seems to come.

What hurts even more is watching my manager make frequent trips to meet with a newly hired employee. The closeness between them feels personal, and it makes me question whether hard work really matters if recognition is tied to something else entirely.

As a woman, it breaks my heart to think that gender or personal favors could weigh more than years of consistent contribution. It makes me feel invisible, like all the nights I stayed late, all the problems I solved, and all the energy I gave have been overlooked.

I want to believe in a workplace where growth comes from talent, dedication, and integrity—not from personal ties. All I ask is for fairness, for my work to be seen, and for opportunities to be given on the value we bring, not on relationships behind the scenes.

I am done with this manager. Leaving fidelity. Thank you all.