#culture

Stop putting AI meetings during lunch hour. We already know AI is coming for our jobs because you’re forcing it down our throats! Now you want to take my lunch too!!!!

When people say “be grateful the company is paying you”… please remember:

• you are trading skills and time for pay
• you don’t owe a billionaire a thing

Happy a happy week.

I've noticed that layoffs only get announced if the affected group leaks it. Otherwise they just pretend it didn't happen. It's absurd.

RTO is working!! Way to go, John. You’re an absolute genius!! TDPs and real talent leaving at the most alarming clip in history, and all that’s left are the soon to be retirees. My, what great policy you have! Who wouldn’t want to work at a concentration camp like this?

Just retire already, you su-k, worthless POS.

I've been here eighteen years and I'm watching everything I valued about this place disappear. The good people are leaving, projects are dying, and what's left truly isn't worth staying for.

Is there anybody in senior leadership who could actually turn things around if they were given free rein?

I'm constantly asked to train new hires, but I have way too much on my own plate to be doing that. It's not part of my job and I can't keep up with my own work when I'm spending time explaining things to people who should have been better trained before they started. And the new hires are just as frustrated because they're not really being trained properly. They're just expected to pick things up as they go. This is entirely management's fault and they need to do something about it.

Why does fidelity say they don’t tolerate harassment? It always makes me giggle when someone says that because yes it absolutely happens at work.

I keep seeing people expect this to be over soon and that things will go back to normal. It's hard not to pity them. Normal is so far behind us it's barely a dot on the horizon anymore. There's no "over soon." This horror is the new normal.

I see people on this board agreeing about how bad things are, but in real life I work with people who don't seem to care. Nobody seems too worried about layoffs, the secrecy, or the eroding culture. How can anyone not be angry about this?

A company built on innovation cannot thrive without top talent. High turnover, burnout, and disengagement will erode creativity, slow new product pipelines, and weaken competitiveness—ultimately damaging long-term growth, reputation, and shareholder value.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Cencora's layoffs should be a national story—not because layoffs are unusual, but because of the contrast between how employees and executives are being treated.

While employees who spent years, and in many cases decades, helping build this company are losing their livelihoods, the CEO's compensation was reported at approximately $18 million. Senior executives and vice presidents continue to earn enormous salaries and bonuses while rank-and-file employees are told that cuts are necessary.

Companies often speak about culture, values, and putting people first. Those words ring hollow when workers are shown the door while leadership continues to be rewarded at extraordinary levels. If the company truly believed that everyone should share in both success and hardship, the sacrifices would not fall almost exclusively on employees.

Other companies, such as IKEA, have built reputations for investing in their workforce and treating employees as long-term assets rather than costs to be reduced. Cencora appears to be moving in the opposite direction.

The message being sent is clear: when times are good, executives receive the rewards; when cost reductions are needed, employees absorb the consequences. Many of the people being laid off dedicated years of service to this company. They deserved better than to be treated as expendable while executive compensation continues to soar.

Bumped from @ez+1kvmc88bw for being on point.

The people who rise through the ranks aren't the ones who know what they're doing. They're the ones who barely understand their own jobs. It would be funny to watch if it wasn't so infuriating. Competence isn't valued, ignorance and good a-s-kissing skills are.

Get out while u can! It’s becoming a sheet show. Top heavy on manegment side.
Longtimers? They will cut u & replace you for half your $pay. No remorse on the Ikon side. Sheep.

https://royaldutchshellplc.com/2026/07/06/shell-spying-files-dr-john-huong-malaysia-and-the-whistleblower-who-said-he-was-being-watched/

I've never seen morale drop this low. It almost seems like leadership is doing this on purpose and I can't understand why.

I want to say something that might help someone avoid the mistake I made. I bought into all the hype about how great this company was, how it looked amazing on a resume, how lucky I was to be here. Friends and family reinforced that constantly. So despite years of bad management, a toxic environment, and watching good colleagues suffer the same fate, I stayed. I wasted so much time. If even one person reads this and decides to think twice before joining, then saying this was worth it.

The way they keep us in the dark about everything is exhausting. I shouldn't have to rely on internet forums to figure out my own job security. This is going to backfire on them eventually.

I've come to realize that no matter how hard you work or how much you care, you're just a number to the people running this place. It took me a while to accept that, but once I did, I stopped taking things so personally. It's actually liberating.

Am I the only one getting nervous over the fact that we're still without layoffs? It's starting to feel like the calm before the storm - and the kind of storm that will be remembered for a long while. I hope I'm just being paranoid.

I'm wondering if there are any decent managers still around. Mine barely rates a 2 out of 10. What about yours?

I keep asking myself that same question over and over again. Why do we bother? People work so hard, they sacrifice so much, and what do they get in return? They get treated like they don't matter, walked all over, and eventually discarded. The people who actually care about this place, the ones who genuinely give a damn, they're all leaving. And who can blame them? There's no point anymore.

I despise it. And to think there was a time when I liked my job and I was proud to be working here. They've completely destroyed a once great company to the point that most employees are looking for a way out. I never thought I'd be the one saying it, but I truly hate this place.

The worst decision of my career.

I've been offered a position at CDK, four years after I left because the culture was falling apart. Has morale and the work environment improved any since then?

Do you think Sarah London has any idea who The Clash even are.

This has bugged me for a long time.

But knowing how many of our jobs are being offshored - and not just at HCSC - it's a bit hard to feel all that patriotic.

I can't stop watching Verizon spiral downward. All the talent and potential being wasted, people going through so much, and the leadership just doesn't care. It's like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

I look around and I see so many talented people putting up with so much nonsense. We all deserve so much better than what we're getting here and what we've been getting for years. It actually surprises me that more people haven't already decided to leave and find something better.

When a company keeps cutting people instead of fixing problems, it's a crystal clear sign they're failing. That's where this place is headed.

If you accepted the offer, why are you still nervous? This is an honest question. If I got it, I'd have accepted it and been relieved. I don't understand all the anxiety over a longer wait. Either you get approved, which is what you wanted, or you don't, and you stay in the same situation you're in now. What's the issue? What am I missing?

I'm not saying we should accept how things are at Walmart, but I've been looking around and I can't find any retailer that actually treats its employees well. Even the ones that are performing better financially are just as bad to their people. It seems like the only way to get out of this is to leave retail entirely. Otherwise you're just moving from one bad situation to another.

I can't shake this feeling of dread even though logically I know nothing major is happening this week. I guess Fiserv finally broke me.

I mean, since getting as many applications seems to be the only goal these days why not branch out and ask all over the place? Who cares about actually selling stuff, right? Let's get those applications and who gives a damn about our actual jobs. Who cares about selling. /s This place is a fu--ing mess.

I'm tired of seeing coworkers turn on each other. We're all in the same boat. The company doesn't care about any of us, so why are we wasting our energy on each other?

People seem more enraged, more passionate about cuts and mistakes that are being made. More critical of leaders. Loyalty has completely evaporated. It feels different. What do you think?

Will wanding make you leave or are you cool with it?

Do you believe the stories given about why its needed? Some may be true but the timing of others are very convenient.

FB now ML ... leaving with a lot of cash ... what's next?

Someone has gotta pick up this news event.

Yes, Richard Fairbank, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Capital One Financial Corporation, is a billionaire It’s like do your job they will eventually walk you out