In the modern Banking and FinTech ecosystem, BNY Mellon’s CEO and Executive Committee have become unlikely pioneers — not in innovation, not in client service, but in the industrial‑scale refinement of psychological workforce reduction. They’ve... — read more 

Heard from a reliable source, that managers will be required to do 5 days a week in office from Sept this year and everyone from March 2027. Anyone else heard this?

The temperature could feel like as low as -4 F next week, and yet we still have to come to office and talk to people all over the world. But hey! our office is nice and warm right? My life is a beautiful dream. Thank you Robin!

All full time remote employees are being terminated by EOY by sc-mbags who put every one of us in a wfh status while keeping offices closed and sitting empty. We have been treated like we aren't employees here, segregated from everything and... — read more 

I got partially meets expectations at year end. I have just got £4.5k in bonus. This company is an absolute joke even to the well treated analysts but it is hard to find reasons to leave when analysts can expect these bonuses for sub par work. The... — read more 

Everything has gotten more dysfunctional and dystopian, meanwhile we are constantly gaslighted about culture and empathy.

This place plans to get rid of you for any reason they can find now. Make it hard on them. Keep key notes out of reach, dont give all details and important bits of pertinent info when training, dont save anything where they can access what you... — read more 

BNY has almost no redeeming values. The office is an ugly, smelly, stale, demotivating place. Everyone in here has the look of a loser. People look beaten, downtrodden and tired. There is no way this bank is getting the best out of people. And this... — read more 

I am not able to get it from the HR site. Eliza is also not helpful in this aspect or I am no good in using Eliza - who knows Waiting for the 401k matching credit (or should I) and the bonus check. Foregoing the RSUs Questions are What is... — read more 

This is going to be amazing to watch unfold. What you all need to keep in mind is that if your state is at will, trash like bny can terminate without reason. However what they legally cannot do is mark you below or terminate for performance if you... — read more 

I didn’t have a meeting with my manager regarding my bonus or merit increase, and I was wondering if anyone knows when the deadline is for those discussions. Will a compensation statement still be released if there was no bonus or merit increase? I... — read more 

How does the HR calculation work? Is it considered only 4 days every week or can we do all 16 days together and get 4 days WFH in last week ? How does it work in other locations ?

Found out that I am being paid less than another person on my team that is lower in title and has a lot less experience than me. Pay based on experience and salary bands are a joke

Hi, all. I was wondering if BNY discloses reasons for termination to a new employer (also a bank) during the background check. I was told that legally previous employer can only share / verify dates of employment and title. But is there a possibility... — read more 

Seems like another way to combine and cut eventually

The bank is in for a rude awakening cause these clowns all jumped shipped to come to bny and are pushing the GS agenda here. If you haven’t noticed they are bringing in their pals to fill reqs, pushing texas where GS is as the main site and are about... — read more 

Anyone else get this? Review was good. I usually get the standard 2% ish. This year, "overridden" by upper management (whomever that is), down to zero percent. No PIP or anything. Just no raise.

Im way out of my comfort zone since ive been at this sh-t hole too long. Anyone have suggestions on decent places to consider? Ive heard going through some sites like linkedin arent really reliable

What is this bs where they lowered our cash bonus but gave a few shares of stock I can’t sell for three years? What a joke.

Just turned in my resignation. I'll really miss the team, all of them are great people. This company itself is a completely different story, though. For anyone else feeling stuck, there are better options out there if you are persistent in looking... — read more 

Does anyone believe their division head pushed RV and the executive committee to provide higher raises this year? No need to name the division head, just name the division. It will be interesting to see if anyone believes their division head pushed... — read more 

We had a guy all of a sudden “leave” our group. We all think he was either fired or laid off but our boss says he will be out “X amount of weeks.” No one believe him. I have been with the bank over 20 years and never heard of someone removed from the... — read more 

I know plenty who received no merit because of that forced rating

My manager told me directly today that the entire company is forcing managers to give employees low ratings. Time to leave, guys. They’re trying to get rid of everyone in the U.S. Leave this sh*thole, and for anyone considering coming here—please... — read more 

Don’t forget to spend your measly little paycheck that doesn’t keep up with inflation on the all NEW BNY (no mellon) Swag vending machine located on floor 3 of Ross Street in PGH. Branded merchandise, whenever you need it :) I hope whoever came up... — read more 

I'm starting to lose hope that anybody is actually hiring.

Raise and bonus disappointing again. It is a morale ki-ler considering that just yesterday the bank reported such strong earnings and the stock price. The kicker is that we now have less experienced staff and more work heaped upon us. Welcome to... — read more 

With Pune announcing they will stop working at 11pm their time around 12:30pm EST, NYC teams are scrambling as the teams do NOT have appropriate staffing to perform the job or experience due to all the layoffs over the past years.

As long as there are those around who remember what was, there will be people who will resist what will be. We are in the endgame folks, he means to wipe us all out and he’s got the stones to do it.

Did this same scenario happen to anyone else? I was put on a performance plan for 30 days sept 24th with a list of things to get completed. I had arguments of course of what was written on it. All bullsh-t of course. Even still I did all the things... — read more 

I was impacted by one of the BS pittsburgh layoffs on December 16th. I was told that I would remain an employee through end of December and would then receive an agreement from HR to sign in order to get an extra 60 days pay. As of 1/13, I still... — read more 

The tone deafness is staggering. Come one, come all, even though 1 in 4 of you are on borrowed time. But no worries, you can retire on your 10 shares of Burger King stock. Come and hear our overlords drone on about P-M, AI, the analysts who will be... — read more 

Never knew this existed. I think it’s a great way to let them know about their layoff practices. https://www.bny.com/corporate/global/en/about-us/sustainability-report-strategy/contact-ethics.html

My friend told me that sick day frequency went way down to almost non existence level. Is this true??

Take a look at the Goldman Sachs site on The Layoff. There is barely one post per month. Yet look at all of us over here at BNY… it really says something. I’ve heard they’re just as bad, but it’s something to think about.

For anyone not aware, it is mandatory that 5% of your bonus will be awarded in shares. Team members will only get told during their meeting. You get a minimum of 2 shares if you can't afford more. Can anyone explain how this is calculated? E.g. if... — read more 

Nice to know BNY finds it necessary to spend $200,000 on two stupid robots that look at if they came from a vintage 1980s Sharper Image catalog. Two hundred grand and for what? To tell jokes? But let’s lay off staff. Robin Vince is a useless... — read more 

Any layoffs today

It seems like there are some disagreements about my previous post on capitalism. Let me explain more, and you don’t have to agree with it — that’s totally fine. In the last post, some of you said there are many welfare abusers in this country. I... — read more