Lots of IT people cut in Columbus
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A lot of these investment firms make access to money contingent on having these DEI policies and commissars in place. All the big players like Blackrock and Vanguard do it (both of whom are major shareholders in AEP.) Basically a cabal of elites use their connections to the fed and the money supply to try and force progressive social changes, even if its unpopular and means burning cash. Once you have an infinite amount of money like these guys do it doesn't really matter how unpopular something is, you can just brute force it.
After I leave AEP next year, the first letter that I send out will be to the PUC. I'm going to ask them to explain to me how AEP's DEI department and ESG focus is lowering my cost to electric. Why should I as a consumer have to pay for such non-essential costs and that should be shoulder by share holders and not we, the consumer. I should not have to pay a penny for that cr-p.
Do you think the company is OK now? Do you think there will be more lay offs? I have no idea what’s going on I feel like and with the severances I feel uneasy.
I am done with this place, mgmt s u c k s and have no clue why. They felt the survey was not a real reflection of the environment and culture. People just didn't buy in to their BS and it was reflected in the survey numbers so lets get rid of the survey and everything will be fine. Just done with this place. Just waiting for Therace to leave or get fired.
Down down down, into the ring of fire lol. You can’t make this stuff up. A company loved by many to this pile of ….
This is either a case of people feeling entitled to a paycheck without doing the work or the company treating me like cr-p so I'm going to do the least amount of work possible. Or they are just plain lazy and will never put in an honest day of work. Maybe the company has the right to find and fire those people. Problem is they are starting from a point of everyone is doing it and that's not the case. That's were they end up p i s s I n g off the other 99%. I wish in my job I had a free hour here and there, I can't believe people have days worth of free time. Not that I wish for anyone to get fired but if you're not happy and the only reason why you stay is the money, find something that will make you want to work and do something satisfying.
As someone in cyber, I can say it’s not cybers tool. A good portion of cyber would be caught by it. I know of two employees who only login to meetings then nothing else. Another with a different job. There was a girl on ED’s team for years who everyone knew logged in twice a week to answer emails. Management knew all but did nothing.
What are we, ditch diggers? I'm an engineer I don't need someone to check if I'm working every minute like some kind of penal colony. I know what I need to do. If it takes me 15 minutes to do it or 8 hours to do it, what difference does it make to you? You are paying me for my expertise and professional judgement, not for how many hamburger patties per minute I can flip like this is Burger King.
Would have to have one of the Cyber guys answer that and good luck with that. My guess, yes they are actually looking at people using some physical type of device to show some type of activity. In the past they were not using it proactive but more for supporting someone being fired. Look, have this or that after you were warned. Stops unjust firing lawsuits in most cases if the company can show you're not actually working. Personally you should be working if you're being paid. On vacation, different matter. Boss should not expect you to pick up.
Question for the IT folks,
For the computer tracking system- could opening word doc and holding down keypad work? Or should the mouse be moving or both at same time to beat the program if away from desk awhile? Or will the company actually capture active screenshots with the program ? Thanks
@2Rvds+1qB6FXi3 - Keystrokes and active work analytics. No more spending some days keeping Teams from going Away.
Anybody have info on the new monitoring software if it does exist? Is it similar to what happened at Wells Fargo where they are monitoring keystrokes/mouse movement etc.? Or is it still the same as before where they just track obvious stuff like internet history and emails?
Situation/ conditions deteriorating. That’s a damned understatement 😆
Any word on more layoffs or severances? I was expecting something to happen.
Just wear a tin foil hat and you’ll be safe.
Wondering how the monitoring system knows if we are not working or waiting for our extremely slow systems to respond. Our systems and network weren't perfect before but, after 4 years of new management, they are not better!
In that case, it's over for me.
I believe the new software is for detecting people who aren’t actually working or afk a lot.
They've been monitoring people for years. The monitor/track Internet usage, site visits, you name it. Next time you log in, read the legal notice, it's not new. The only difference is Therace and her band of a hole managers are using it as a club now. It's always been there.
What's the monitoring software?
Now that the monitoring software has been deployed, I expect we will see continued reductions in the form of firings as people are detected. It will be a quick way to reduce headcount while not having to provide severance.
Honestly get out while you can guys. The writing is on the walls. Even if there are some improvements there are many companies where you will be more valued. I stayed but I have a family and the money wasn’t there for the severance to be worth it. But I’m looking every day to see if anything comes up. Good luck to everyone.
I for one could use a pay adjustment but I doubt that will happen. Most people got a 2-4% pay raise in April while inflation is still higher and is over 20% for 3 years but raises total 6-9% in the same period. Yup, Joe did that.
They can bump me up a bit on the pay that's what they can do.
It's a shame that new hires may not know what they are getting into when they come onboard. I hope things get better with Bill. He has to bring back the employee survey and ask everyone for an honest opinion of how their area is being managed. My suggestion, have it restricted to non-management staff. Leave the managers off of it so the numbers are s reflection of what is really going on. Some of the BUs will be fine, others not so much. After that, clean house.
They are going to hire people to fill a ton of these positions, and guess what? Their financial goal will not be met. So what will they do? More layoffs. There is almost 0% chance that the voluntary severance is going to have a major impact with the way it’s been handled. I’m hearing that financially they are not saving what they hoped.
Let the hiring start. HR will be busy getting rid of folks while at the same time hiring people to replace the ones let go and others. There are 107 open positions on AEP.com. Watch that number grow over the next month.
I’m hope you’re right, but it appears last post may be correct, unfortunately the company looks to be prepared for sale.
Who else believes Bill has been brought in to sell AEP to BHE based on his previous CEO positions. Warren said he could see BHE Holdings owning a number of electric companies. He also said BHE was one of the best run sections in BH so if they did have their sights on AEP I would think he would let them go for it
New CEO announced. See Columbus Dispatch for details. Hopefully this is the beginning of getting back to a good company after the house cleaning is done.
Good luck to the 900+ employees that were able to take the buy out. I'm sure the folks that were not allowed to take the buy out are really happy to be still here and working instead of having the option of leaving. So much for the company treating everyone the same.
Article today on AEP Now says more than 900 took it.
1/10, on a scale to 10, our current management and leaders. Sad thing is, it could be a good company and place of employment.
@2Apay+1qB6FXi3 you would have a bigger impact over on InDeed or Glassdoor with the same messages. Here, not so much. I view this as a place where people vent but it is a good gauge as to how bad it is at AEP right now.
Yes, they use Accenture. IT also had Capgemini for a lot of App dev and support. It would have made sense for CapGem to have gotten the outsourcing contract but that's where Sanjay T. put his finger on the scale and TCS got all of it. Look where that got him.
Did accounting go through a outsourcing too a few years back? It seems most upper management that implemented it are gone. I wonder how that is going….
This message board IS the new AEP employee survey.
When you don't deal with the problems under your own roof, they spill out on to the street.
If it takes publicly humiliating them on here to get change, then that is what needs to happen.
Morale is gone, period. Everyone that I've spoken to (minus managers above 1st line) are only here for a check. The vast majority would leave or retire if other personal commitments were not more pressing. Same with me, I would love to leave or retire if it was possible. Most people just can't pack up and leave a company when there are kids, wife, mortgage, car payments and medical bills that have to be paid. So you put up with the BS from Therace and just hope someone will finally hold HER accountable for the way things are. Right now it's just pure survival mode. How I hate this place and what it has become, it is not what I signed up for so many years ago. You expect to have down years but this is going on 4 years now with no end in sight. No wonder they got rid of the survey. I heard TR was so bad it's one reason why they didn't share comments like they have in the past. The other guy was right, she is a train wreck.
Reading all the posts about TCS are in general pretty accurate. I've had some interaction with them. Besides the fake and canned greetings that start out each chat, it's pretty obvious they have limited technical skills and are going off some script. If that is the case, give me the script, I'll just fix the issue myself. After the first round of chat you'll get a feeling they switch from wanting to fix the issue to just get the ticket closed, fixed or not. I'm just not impressed with the level of expertise with TCS. They come across as nice people but not very knowledgeable. I'll take an old tech that's been with the company for 20-30 years but there are fewer and fewer of them today. All in an effort to save a few dollars but costing huge amounts in productivity. I have a number of years to go, I hope it swings back but I think the damage is beyond repair.
This place is a dumpster fire. Filling a bunch of vacated positions it looks like too. I’ll laugh if the company continues to not perform how they want it to. All they care about is the money, so I hope they don’t get it. They need to care about their employees.