What am I aiming higher for? Maybe a 2% merit increase if I’m lucky?
I’m so incredibly sick and tired of being told I need to do more while being offered less and less.
The whole MC is garbage and needs to go.
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Sh---y reviews and extra work dumped on our team the past several quarters now a bs email telling us to “ aim higher”. Proof the exec suite is way out of touch with those bringing in the money. 2026 is going to be a rough one for sure.
If the company doesn't increase my compensation this year I will be raising my own compensation by working less for the same salary.
@fh that was a mistake. I got it mixed up with a previous post. This one was frustrated with 2% pay increases. I recommend worrying about getting a better job, by learning new skills, rather than giving up due to worthless merit increases.
@eq - where do you see the post mention any grade level, let alone 15s? The only thing the post complains about is that incredibly stupid email about goal setting and the MC being useless.
@c5 nope. You don't understand. On the business lines they need it and it will help you advance. You are talking about analytics as a primary role. They move people who's primary job is analytics to India but those people have no understanding of banking, credit, etc. if you understand credit, finance, etc. and also understand statistics and business analytics you can move into things like model development, risk governance.
The OP was complaining about grade 15s but there are parts of the bank that has individual contributors that start at grade 16. Some people are so stuck in their little worlds they don't understand there are other parts of the bank where people make a lot more money.
@c8 I’d hit it..
@c8 you’re disgusting and racist -LEAVE THE BANK- we don’t want people like you here anyways.
@be Nailed it! Target was moved (unfairly) is exactly how I felt. They expect us to do better and be even more ambitious for 2026? The Delhi w h o r e can go f u c k herself.
My tenure as a spreadsheet line item ended this week. (It's all good. Truly a relief at this point.) Anyone care to share what the topic of the referenced email was? And who sent it?
@ba Cheese and rice this advice is so bad, it has to be a troll setting people up for the next RIF. Data analytics are going to India and the Philippines.
@be I felt this to my core.
It’s a moving target. Even the best of us who strategically plan and goal set, who are motivated by challenges and deeper levels of work, who find accomplishment in supporting teams and making an impact were absolutely burned during review time this year. I know several who have KPIs of large scale impact that got meaningful. They spent 365 days actively focused on outcomes, not just work. And in the 11th hour, the target moved. Until they show good faith in accountability and measurement standards, you will absolutely not see the same level of output from your hardest workers. You’ve already proven it’s all a trap. Surprise - that’s actually NOT exceeds expectations. Surprise - that thing you didn’t do that one time in November, needs improvement.
I know people on here get angry about constructive advise, nevertheless;
You might be somewhere where there is no/little opportunity for promotion. There are; however, various departments that will absolutely promote and advance hard working workers. Many young PM's are now SPMs (at U.S. Bank or other places). If you are in tech or data analytics learn credit. If you are in credit learn data analytics. Don't let yourself falling into the trap of working for a merit increase.
Tone deaf with layoffs. Do they know how it feels to always have your job in jeopardy?
Here is what did it for me, you send this out the week of many layoffs. No words. Just seriously no words. Let’s have comp discussions this week while we are at it.
We work at a mental hospital. These people are sick.
I am not sure if they are being stupid on purpose as others suggested or the leadership here is just that d-mb.
Either way it's somewhat concerning because at the end of the day you should have confidence in the direction of the company.
Aim higher and use AI to write your goals. Is this mo--n a robot? I’m a proud human and he can fu-k all the way off to Russia where they will handle him appropriately for this bullsh-t email.
@a6 I had the same thought after reading that hideous email. Are you fu--ing setting me up to fail? Guess what management. YOU will need to work fu--ing harder to get me fired. I’m just going to turn it around and make them be ambitious.
Typical McKinsey gobbledygook, buzzwords and more corporate jargon, hypse and spin that USB pays a kings ransom for and invariably get laughed off as just another court jester.
@a6
I have been told only 1 person from my team can get above meaningful performance.
This sounds like a way of justifying a certain mandatory percentage of "Needs Improvement" ratings on our annual performance evaluations. Make the goals such a stretch that it's a challenge to even get to the middle "Meaningful Performance" rating, and nearly impossible to get to the highest rating. Then get hit in the next round of post-performance review "layoffs".
Just more buzzwords and trying to think they need to squeeze more and more out of everyone. Only doing what I need to do to stay off anyone’s radar for my paycheck. Nothing more nothing less. That’s my #USBankLife.