Is anybody else upset they were NOT laid off?
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@xh agile in this company has been a joke since it was introduced. Leaders running around sprouting buzzwords without out understanding the fundamental philosophy of agile, agile proclaiming to be skilled in it. Really, agile has just become a mechanism (and an excuse) to micromanage - replacing weekly or fortnightly status updates with daily ones, and tracking every minute task through ADO.
I am in IT. Everyday, I regret that I did not AEOI. I was excited about my new role at first but my supervisor and his boss received promotions out of this re-org and still figuring things out while at the same time, pushing work down the line. It seems as if they know nothing about scrum and agile, no prioritization of work (apparently it’s all important) no capacity planning, daily stand ups running past 30 minutes, used as a means to micromanage folks. Can’t wait for another layoff.
@ez well said. Perfectly describes what they did
Bring on the employee survey and let’s let em have it
Totally. Happily I was in a position to retire anyway. Sure would have been nicer with severance though.
I do. This is an awful working environment that I think none of us could have imagined. The next re-org can't get here quick enough.
I was glad to emerge with a job but now I totally regret it and wish I had elected to leave. There is no structure and everyone is floundering around trying to figure out what their role is / isn't. Workflows, workflows, workflows, that is all you hear. Virtually none were completed or thought through in the reorg and now we are doing their work to build them. I want to get back up to a high speed, high performance working environment but they have the ox in the ditch big time and he is not coming out anytime soon. We lost our mojo.
Yes. I regret not hitting that EOI button. Now I feel like we’re all in a transitional role until tbt next reorganization. Some say is in 18 months. I still feel like I did a year ago. Not wanting to make big moves in my personal life because I might get let go in the next few months . I don’t have another reorganization in me. Definitely hitting the EOI on the next one.
Now that the dust has settled a bit we are back with the same emails from leadership and the same Shared Energy Town Halls and Offshore or Subsurface or Wells Town Halls where we talk about the same factories and operating models and must win energies. We could save the company millions of dollars with having people actually working.
Fuming as I asked to go. Everyone is over the place.
Yes, wish I had taken the severance and ran. Feckless would be an understatement when describing the leadership and “plan”.
Sometimes I switch off my mind and simply go through the motions. Yet every time I show up, I can’t help but make things more complicated—adding layers where none are needed.
Jokes on them I've been feeding offshore and consultants bs from day one
Nope.
I legitimately was sick with regret when I learned what my new role actually was going to be, far different than advertised and totally impossible to succeed in, and even more so when I saw the totally inept org design concept. At this point I’m just gonna coast until bonus and ride off into the sunset. This is a clown show I want no part of.