If you’re a colleague and you can’t answer the question or find it, that tells you something about how this ship is rudderless.
Every vision should include the what and the how and how much so employees understand what they need to do in their role. Well intended action can end up being a waste of time and money and lead to more layoffs if misdirected.
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I tried to work with the leadership to enable them to communicate their ideas in simple terms and measurable ways. After a few years I walked away. Their only genuine interests are being BSExpress politicians and gaming compensation at the expense of everyone else.
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People quit immediately after the annual bonus payment is paid out. Usually mid-March is the payment so turnover in April is a actual statistical event for CVS.
What's going on in April that would cause people to quit?
It's a rudderless company right now. They have no idea what they're doing and just wait till April when people start quitting in droves.
They sent out some email recently with senior leaders' 2025 goals, telling us to set our own goals in line with those. Theirs were all unmeasurable management fluff, but ours are supposed to be "S.M.A.R.T" goals. What a bunch of hooey
Bleed purple ha! I cringe everytime that joker says it.
The strategy is to hire an absolutely massive amount of offshore workers from companies sued for discrimination (Cognizant), then send a few emails about how they want you to "bleed purple." They're totally serious too
Strategy is greed.
I fight the same battle trying to align goals with leader's vision. Any time I see "Continue to drive strategy" without mentioning what that strategy is, I get sad.