word on the street is all director roles are being reviewed and determine necessity. Some director roles are not needed and may be brought to individual contributor especially if over many LEAD positions. more reason to think twice about how USAA will be supporting career advancement.
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Faith Men Chaca advanced by opening a hole. Figiure out which one. All directors need to be reviewed and how they are adding value. Piece of paper shouldn’t give you upper hand when you have no values.
Cutting back on directors who aren't really directing is fine and all, but I wonder how long it will take to thin out the excessive layers of VPs and _VPs.
How many layers of VPness does an organization need?
Ruth Men Chaca advanced by opening a hole. Figiure out which one. All directors need to be reviewed and how they are adding value. Piece of paper shouldn’t give you upper hand when you have no values.
A big problem is many directors are too lazy to differentiate the work assignments between leads and seniors so they perform the same roles and are also measured the same way. Not to mention that leads are in the same salary range as directors without the added responsibility. What could go wrong?
Personally, I have never relied on a lead at USAA. They are worthless, and I wish they would just try to find work that helps the team and not to use it as a grandstand as to how great they are. I typically find out who was last working in a particular area, ask those folks my questions (the leads typically say, go ask so-and-so who last performed the actual work), and I then go off to look into the area myself. A bad lead can destroy a team, shutting them down and demoralizing them while taking all the credit. A lead truly trying to do a job might actually have a little insight as to who to ask, but you typically can find the answer to that by looking at the online documentation's history to find the knowledgeable source.
The managers above leads are typically so out of the loop that they are just a waste of time. You have to bow to formality and contact them, but they are typically clueless.
Don't get me started on scrum leads!
I think it is high time that the structure is flattened!
I wish they’d cut Leads…
Our director is useless and relies on the messs for every freaking thing. It’s so freaking irritating- he knows nothing! His job is to manage the team and he su-ks at that.
Leads are typically worthless narcissists who block information flow so the actual producers are kept in the dark. They are wannabe's trying to climb the corporate ladder by claiming responsibility for the team's work. The worst are the micromanager leads who funnel the work to their "pets", people who typically are just on the job for their designated hours and have zero desire to progress. The leads know they will be meek little pets, do their work and never speak up. The leads typically are bullies without the experience to lead, zero people skills, and tend to send their meek puppies to clean up their incompetence.
Managers haven't a clue as to what is going on. I really don't know what they do in their day.
Good! Amala should start in IT and Info Security! The level of incompetence is staggering. That is why the organization hates IT, they can't deliver anything on time or within budget and Info Sec is so top heavy and inept. Seniors and Leads out number those of us actually doing the damn work and we can't get promoted because we are top heavy. Total moral ki-ler!
Good! So many Directors and above are toxic to USAA. We have one currently wrecking our team. All I continually hear about is how top heavy USAA is running. Start trimming the tree and hope the result is a better environment.
I know a few that literally serve no purpose and have so much time on their hands they literally HAVE to micro manage.
Lot of worthless "seniors" especially in AML lol where did they find these mo--ns?
Similar to the relationship between Leads and Seniors, some Directors are "carrying" incompetent / non productive Leads. And they typically conceal this because when you have to do that it's an admission you can't manage or empower your team. I am very very doubtful the powers that be have a good grasp of who's who to make a good decision on jettisoning specific Directors. Also, USAA does not do demotions (yet).
Long overdue. Can't have 1 director, 1 analyst in product management roles, then 11 adjusters to 1 floor manager in claims. Another miss by HR that has to be rectified by demotios, layoffs, and other preventable disruptions.