Thread regarding Allstate Corp. layoffs

Sam A .... The most obnoxious, hateful, spineless, cowardly excuse for a director I've encountered....

This is an Indian Coup. Plain and simple.

Somebody should report this thread to the admins as all this personal stuff is against rules, nothing wrong with folks being angry about how things work but this is crossing the line as folks are naming names. I am in a tottaly different dpt and I am not affected by this discussion but unless we have decency this whole board will collapse into disarray and people will stop using it and ti'll be chaotic. Again, I am not proposing that we stop criticizing management etc. but if we continue to do so they will start nuking all threads and than we lose this very rare oportunity to share what we think.

He isn’t horrible, actually seems to care. But no exec presence, would fail miserably at higher levels.

Looks like more new VP hires were announced and building of a former CVS employee cabal is underway. The product model model is such a waste of resources and adding unnecessary layers causing delays in execution. Teams are spending valuable time and focus on achieving certifications rather than delivering on their work. I also wonder who are these so called "experts" within the company that are certifying. Everything has become inefficient and clunky with no consistent directives.

But Jeff was such an effective leader? Why would they fire him?

Jeff was fired...

https://www.yahoo.com/news/allstate-demanding-delete-quotes-exec-140502150.html

"And frankly, we were baffled: Jeevanjee is the company's CIO, so you'd expect that he'd know exactly how its employees were using technology. And his quotes — the 'claim agent still looks at them just to make sure they’re accurate, but they’re not writing them anymore' — weren't remotely ambiguous."

gestures wildly

Jeff wasn’t aligned to Zulfi’s OBD ‘vision’ - that’s why he was shown the door. Everyone else at that VP/SVP level are drinking the koolaid. Sad to see little or no back bone left

The Ballad of the Circus Clowns
(A Rock Anthem for the Disillusioned)

[Verse 1]
He said he spoke OBD into the air,
Acted like a prophet, but nobody cared.
Shocked to find the teams were a mess,
No work, no resourcing, just endless stress.

“Why do we still have scrum masters?” he cried,
Then axed them all with no guide.
“Just dump it on the DPM,” he said,
“Project, program, coaching—fill their head!”

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, the wheels keep spinning, but we’re going nowhere,
Same old code, just a new label to wear.
He thinks he’s a visionary, but we all know,
It’s the same old sh-t, just a different show.

[Chorus]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!
Let the cull begin, watch the pawns die.
Kamal and Rajesh, they’re stealing the ring,
Building their fiefdoms, while the rest of us sing:
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!

[Verse 2]
Mia’s out the door, and the minions too,
Durr, Wilder, Kirk—what will they do?
Disposable pieces in their political game,
No loyalty, no honor, just power and fame.

[Pre-Chorus]
Oh, the wheels keep spinning, but we’re going nowhere,
Same old code, just a new label to wear.
He thinks he’s a visionary, but we all know,
It’s the same old sh-t, just a different show.

[Chorus]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!
Let the cull begin, watch the pawns die.
Kamal and Rajesh, they’re stealing the ring,
Building their fiefdoms, while the rest of us sing:
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!

[Bridge]
Raise your glasses, let the chaos unfold,
The circus is here, and the clowns take hold.
They’ll promise the moon, but deliver the dirt,
While the rest of us bleed, they’ll laugh at the hurt.

[Guitar Solo]
(Screaming guitars, wailing like the cries of the disillusioned)

[Chorus]
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!
Let the cull begin, watch the pawns die.
Kamal and Rajesh, they’re stealing the ring,
Building their fiefdoms, while the rest of us sing:
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!

[Outro]
So here’s to the clowns, may they trip and fall,
Their empire of lies won’t outlast us all.
We’ll rise from the ashes, we’ll find our way,
And leave their circus far behind someday.
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye!

FOC that

I guess its time to move to a FOC team.

Allstate has gone from an innovative organization to one that has a kiss a-s culture which is typical when you force out American innovation for Indian subservience.

@f7+1jkgjba6e absolutely nailed it—the circus clown analogy couldn’t be more accurate. Just look at Kamal; there’s a reason Roadside finally became profitable after clowns like him and his “yes-man” Basil moved to Claims, where they could no longer waste resources on unnecessary projects or bully people just to make themselves look good. Allstate is in serious trouble.

The same guy who thought he spoke OBD into existence two years ago and was shocked to discover that teams were not organized from a work or resourcing stand point to do what he was telling people was already being done?

The guy who said, 'Why do we still have scrum masters?' and then proceeded to unceremoniously axe all of them because we can just dump coaching on the DPM, along with project and program management etc... Anybody can do it.

The guy who thinks we're moving into new realms of code and product delivery when we're just doing the same sh-t we've done for a decade under a new label?

He and the other circus clowns Kamal and Rajesh have the center ring right now and they've moving to consolidate their fiefdoms. Everyone else are just disposable pawns in the political game.

People who have spoken against the pointless E5 purchase have been moved on.

Maybe you could buy ATS what they actually need? Give them the resources to build what you’re asking rather than laser focused levels of scrutiny.

Widely believed that Zulfi is on the take from Microsoft. Why else to we choose to buyup into E5 when we have no decernable need for the additional funcationality and a year on no viable plans to displace anything. We have copilot but no AI automation teams left in the org to speak of.

I wouldn't trust Zulfi to sit the right way on a toilet. The guy is just will of last years buzzwords and ideas and still doesn't know the difference between agile scrum and OBD. He's just a cheap grifter.

[Post-Credit Scene Script]

INT. ABANDONED CAVE SYSTEM – NIGHT

The camera follows two EVIL MINIONS, dressed in tattered uniforms and wielding flashlights, as they cautiously make their way through a dimly lit, damp, and eerie cave. The echoes of their footsteps reverberate off the jagged stone walls.

The cave is littered with debris—rusted tools, broken machinery, and forgotten relics. The air is thick with dust and the scent of something long dormant.

MINION #1 (GRUNTING): (looking around nervously)
This place is... seriously creepy. Why did we even come down here again?

MINION #2 (snickering):
Because it’s perfect—deep, dark, forgotten. And no one will find us here.

They continue moving forward, their flashlights cutting through the shadows.

Suddenly, they stop in front of a large metallic object that stands out from the surrounding wreckage. It’s a coffin-like STASIS CHAMBER. Frost coats the glass panel, obscuring whatever might be inside, but there’s still a faint glow emanating from within.

MINION #1:
(pointing, whispering)
What the heck is this...?

MINION #2:
(stepping closer, intrigued)
I don’t know, but it looks... important.

They crouch down, inspecting the chamber. The faint glow pulses softly as if the machine itself is alive. Minion #2 swipes a hand across the glass, clearing away some of the frost.

The glass clears enough to reveal the name plate on the side, half-buried in dust. Both minions squint, brushing more dust off the plate to reveal the name:

NAME PLATE (engraved in bold letters):
Sam Anderson

MINION #1:
(confused)
Sam Anderson? Who’s that?

MINION #2:
(shaking head)
Don’t know, but whatever’s in there is still alive—it’s glowing.

The pulse of light inside the chamber grows slightly brighter, almost as if reacting to their presence.

MINION #1:
(nervously)
Maybe we should leave... before we—

Suddenly, a low, mechanical HUM fills the air. The light inside the chamber flares brighter. The sound of something awakening echoes through the cave. Both minions freeze, wide-eyed, as the glow intensifies.

MINION #2:
(nervously laughing)
I mean... what’s the worst that could happen, right?

MINION #1:
(shuddering)
I don’t know... but I have a bad feeling about this.

The hum continues, vibrating through the walls, and the camera zooms in on the frosted glass, where something inside begins to move, just beyond the veil.

FADE OUT.

TEXT ON SCREEN: To Be Continued...

• END SCENE ---

Hopefully Zulfi brings back Sam Anderson!

@bw+1jkgjba6e That's quite a claim - even for an anonymous forum! You got any evidence of that? (not saying it's not true, just looking to substantiate the claim!)

Zulfi took kick backs from the Microsoft E5 deal. Jeff Wright called him out on it so he got axed.

They got rid of the only good AIS VP.

Zulfi will take a blunt axe to AIS good luck.

Good luck people of AIS, get your resumes ready.

LoL!
"Decided To Leave" ...
🤪

Dang ! Didn't see that coming