I think about all the talented people who have left this place not through layoffs but on their own. So many of them left because of ego clashes or small misunderstandings that could have been resolved if anyone had just acted like an adult. Treating people with respect works so much better than ruling through fear. EJ never figured that out.
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It's very well known in the industry that EJ pays poorly compared to peers.
@e9 Yes, I worked with a well-known GP at EDJ for a few years who didn't plan to retire till 2030. In the end they voluntarily retired far earlier than they had planned. When I saw an in-person meeting with PP on the calendar for that GP once ER was announced in 2025, I knew something was up. When they announced to our small team about six weeks later, I told them I already had it figured out that they were retiring. We chatted about it all candidly and the GP said they didn't like the coming changes and they didn't want to stick around to see it all go down and be part of it. THAT was my eye opener. I made it through ER. Now I just sit and do what I have to in order to get meets and not get fired. I was giving it my all - but seeing my favorite, and a VERY Well-respected GP that truly impacted many employees over their time at EDJ leave - yup, not doing it anymore.
I think 2027 will bring more layoffs. It will be all employees mandated in five days a week. It will bring all HBA, far and wide, either to come to STL and Tempe without paying to be relocated (that is why they are offering it now, take it now for the firm to pay for you to move- or pay on your own to move to keep your job later) and medical HBA will be much stricter to ADA guidelines. People at home for "anxiety" - the ADA doesn't say employees have to provide remote... there are a ton of other accommodations in office the ADA allows for many health conditions.
Then 2028 we will probably announce to be sold to a public firm.
@b5 I don't know about anyone else, but Im dreading the new june RTO 4days a week. This place drains your soul, but if I quit, the demons get what they want. If I find something else better I will leave, but prefer they have to severance me out at some point. We all know that layoffs are not done and PP has more tricks up her sleeve.
@dh Same. I've seen many talented people walk away or retire early because the red tape and "culture" here refused to pay them what they were worth or ran them into the ground until burn out got them. Good strategy guys. Chase away all your talent, outsource everyone you can, force RTO when everyone hates being in that toxic sh+thole called home office, lie 24/7 to our faces about what is really going on, create a historical divide between leadership and associates, micro manage people as much as possible despite data everywhere showing it fails, and then we will wonder why we are falling behind everyone else at a record pace. Good job ELT/PP, you have chosen a business plan that even an 8th grader could see as a terrible backward strategy. If you id--ts ran a lemonade stand, you would be out of buisness before lunch and have half the neighborhood calling the cops on you for being creepy.
@OP, Folks are fed up on PP not being transparent on whats really going on and lousy leadership. When DC showed up, I knew something was bound to happen.
There's something else brewing and I believe horrible change is coming by the end of the year.
Agree. Imagine how much more productive people would have been and will not be knowing this company is run by people who hate 90% of the people below them, and need as many of us to quit so severance payouts or reduced? The dummies at the top still think this will end well for them...