#employeerelations

My manager set my performance review for Jan 23.

That Jan 23 is also the last date for performance review.
Should I be worried.

I am not the OP but I agree, this needs to stay on top. The original is posted multiple times below. With nearly 15,000 views, it is definitely resonating with personnel. You don't have to be in HSE to know exactly what this poster is talking about.

I have worked for three companies before this one. Each had its flaws, but each, in its own way, understood something basic about decency. When I came to CVX, my fourth, I was told, again and again, that the culture was different. Healthier. Kinder. A place where people stayed because they were valued.

I believed it. For a long time, I wanted to.

Six years in, I can say without hesitation that this is the most hostile environment I have ever survived and I started on a rig in Midland, TX.

What makes it dangerous isn’t incompetence or chaos, it’s intention. Everything here is calculated. Smiles are worn like disguises. Praise is given only when it can be reclaimed later as leverage. If your work is good, someone else will quietly attach their name to it. If your ideas land too well, they stop being yours almost immediately.
And if you are noticed, truly noticed, by the wrong person, especially your boss, the consequences are swift and surgical. Threats are not confronted; they are dismantled. Slowly. Invisibly. By the time you realize what’s happening, your reputation has already been rewritten without you in the room.

Gossip is the real currency here. Cruelty, its favorite language. Personal lives are treated as public property, mined for weaknesses. An affair. A secret. A truth shared with the wrong person. Even something small, once discovered, is inflated until it becomes unmanageable. Stories grow teeth. Context disappears. Suddenly, survival feels like something you have to apologize for.

This is not a place where mistakes are forgiven. It is a place where they are archived.
I used to think cultures were defined by mission statements and values posted on walls. Now I know better. Culture is what happens in whispers, in meetings you aren’t invited to, in credit you never receive, in silence when you need protection.

If this place has taught me anything, it’s that the most dangerous environments are the ones that insist they are safe.

Was just told by my coach in Maitland it’s official. Just waiting for the emails to go out now! Godspeed everyone! And fu-k T-Mobile and what they did to us! We won’t stop! We just Did!

Just sitting here and waiting, not knowing anything and just praying I'm not on the list...I can't wait for it to be over, one way or another.

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. Wishing you all the best going forward.

I’ve spent 25 years at this company, mostly in the same role, believing that loyalty, consistency, and hard work would eventually be rewarded. Instead, I’ve watched good people, smart and committed people, get pushed out after giving decades of their lives to Dell. People who built relationships, hit numbers, raised families on the promise of stability, and were still treated as expendable when it became convenient.

Right now, it’s a deeply discouraging place to be. There is no real upward mobility anymore, no clear path forward, and no sense that experience or institutional knowledge matters. Employees are discarded quietly and almost casually, like yesterday’s problem. Leadership feels distant and disengaged, operating on autopilot, focused on protecting themselves and the balance sheet rather than the people doing the actual work.

Many roles now pay just enough to keep the lights on, but not enough to build a future. The work is heavier, the pressure is constant, and the rewards keep shrinking. Over time, it wears you down. You stop feeling proud of where you work. You stop believing things will improve. You watch your motivation fade, not because you stopped caring, but because the company stopped caring first.

It’s the kind of place that slowly drains the life out of you, not all at once, but quietly, year after year, until one day you realize how much time you’ve given and how little you’ve gotten back.

Has remaining ISO utility employees been moved from US to Poland? Also, who is the MD or supervisor over ISO utility function?

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 system and then put back in when they come back—?! Comments?

She is laughing her @ss off every time she thinks about her 20 million $ raise last year and the 20 million $ the year before that, knowing that YOU are not getting a dime.
All wrapped up in “the bar is raised, you guys need to step it up”. Rest assured she’s got the biggest smile on her face every night she lays down to go to sleep.

Don’t forget, you’re measured on results not attempts. If you don’t execute and complete successfully an already bad idea or direction given by management, lacking resources\headcount or not and that was doomed to fail to begin with, then you fail, not management.

All SDR teams received pack it up boxes! Good luck to everyone affected by this!

Folks. As a reminder, please use the secure print feature we all are supposed to use for confidential document printing. I stumbled upon “the list” which is the list of everyone who will be laid off in the coming weeks. For your convenience I have included a digital copy of the list. See More……..

What's the Vz USA policy , is porting out of corporate cell numbers our allowed at exit?

International employees are told that it's policy that numbers can be ported out if you can prove you ported your number in when you joined.

Approaching the salary and bonus review process in April, does anyone have any information or heard anything on whether there will be layoff in 2026?

Being laid off on the spot with an email or in a meeting with management and HR is bad enough already.

But was anyone here "managed out" which either led to you resigning or a termination of your contract? I believe the official term for this is constructive dismissal/discharge.

I was laid off in November and still haven't received severance. It is difficult to get ahold of anyone in HR. Anyone else experiencing this?

I was let go last year along with 200+ people. I considered myself lucky cause at least we got an informal notice ahead of time and that allowed me time to make financial decisions. Last day of work was end of March, followed by 60 days of pay work (all the way to end of May), followed by vacation pay in June and package arrived beginning of July. So lucky, some people experience longer delays. That said, nothing prepared me for how bad the job market is. It's 1000% an employers market. I have a graduate degree, certifications, 15+ years of experience, I stay current with technology (not a dinosaur), I live in the suburbs of major city, etc yet I'm still out there. I am not the only one from my group, some are back to work but took significant pay cuts working for smaller institutions, others are doing odd jobs, others went back to do extra certifications/school, etc. So if there's a strong signal your team will be impacted, I suggest you to start looking and start saving money. It's wild out there, it's as bad or worse than the 2008 crisis. This is not fear mongering! If you have some savings and have stayed many years at citi wait for the package, its good and will give you a buffer but if you don't have a money cushion then don't wait and start looking. I will add, I have kids and no other potential employer has match Citi's health insurance (as expensive as it's) so bear it in mind.

When do we get our 2% Pay Rise this year.
Any Mandatory Redundancy planned for this year.

Let’s stop pretending this five days a week RTO mandate is about collaboration, culture, or productivity. We already proved, clearly and measurably, that productivity increased while working remotely. During the pandemic, employees kept PNC stable, profitable, and operational under extraordinary circumstances. That wasn’t leadership from the top, that was workers carrying the bank on their backs.

Now the “reward” is being forced back into offices to sit on Teams calls all day, while absorbing thousands of dollars a year in new costs - gas, parking, commuting time, childcare, daily life friction - in an economy that’s already on fire. Wages haven’t kept up with the cost of living in years, people are stressed across the board, and somehow the solution is to make life harder for the people doing the actual work.

Let’s be honest about what this really is: empty buildings, tax incentives, sunk real-estate costs, and executive optics. Cities are upset. Balance sheets are uncomfortable. And instead of adapting to a proven, modern way of working, PNC chose to protect assets and executive compensation - at employees’ expense.

This decision makes one thing painfully clear: PNC doesn’t care about its people, its so-called “family,” or the reality employees are currently living in. It cares about making top tier executives even richer, no matter the cost. That isn’t leadership. It’s greed wrapped in a RTO memo. 🖕🏻

So no flexibility for me??? Great, no flexibility from me when there are system problems. At 5pm, I’m off the clock. I will leave my laptop in my locker. That’s all folks!

Everyone is on edge, wringing their hands hoping that all will be well in regards to their employment.

Lots of naysayers out there. Lots off people who desperately try to sell that its not use to look for jobs elsewhere. Lots of people who try to tell you that if someone got let go “it must be because they got a deserved 4 rating”.

While both can be true, neither is exclusively always true.

The one thing that I know for sure 100% is that you are guaranteed to NEVER find a job outside of Citi if you don’t start looking. Many don’t want to take the leap out of fear of starting over and having to prove themselves. Ok, then all the stress you get from Citi going forward will be forever shackled to you. If you don’t like your world then change your world. Easy, no. Quick, usually not. Impossible, absolutely not. Worth it, for piece of mind, oh you bet it is.

As one other poster mentioned, many people NEED to believe that if someone got let go its because they were a sustained 4 in all areas for an extended amount of time. They have to believe that so that they can take themselves out of that bucket that it could happen to them. They need to believe that if they do all the right things, they are safe.
The actual truth is much uglier than what they can handle.

Work hard, keep your head down, sharpen your skills. Search externally for jobs and apply. Rinse, repeat until you find something and move on. Keep in mind that Citi wants you to move on. They are taking measures to encourage you to leave. If you survive this round, then congratulations, you get to take up the slack for everyone else. You get more work and with most assuredly shortened deadlines with a higher expectations to never make a mistake. Keep in mind all the while with no increase in pay. Its ok though because it’ll be summed up with “don’t forget about your work life balance” speech. To Citi “work life balance” is that your family needs to be ok with you working all the time.

Ehealth chopped workers with higher salaries and kept the new people. Looks like the teams trained their own replacements without knowing. Low morality company.

If it is happening today I just want to say I've loved working with you all. I hope the right decisions are made but regardless, I hope you have amazing outcomes and a wonderful future.

OK, here is the money crunch. There was ~$479,000,000 in cash or equivalents on the books on 9/30/25.

Great! (not really)

There are also 27,000 people on payroll. Divide the numbers and you get $17,740 per person. Great? No, not really.

Some people make a lot, some make terrible money. If the mean salary is $50,000/year and you divide that into $17,740, you get 35.4% of a year - or about 90 days of payroll.

Money is coming in still but this, and overhead, the cost of goods, and most importantly, the debt load, is too much to survive. The only way they can survive is to borrow money and they can't. It's too late to fire their way out of this, hence the lack of trying.

There are two smaller debt payments (both around $100 mil) due this year. Either one could end the ballgame.

Heard from my manager to not expect AIP. They submitted ratings, but not budget.

Will I get "rewards" for going to HR for re-evaluation ? (Did not hear back from them)

How is UHG handling the 27 paychecks in 2026 for salaried employees?

Here is what I heard from today`s Town Hall:

• EBIDTA is at a great level (90% of the employees doesn`t care, or have no idea what that is.)
• We should be very happy for the shareholders, as they will receive a min. 10$ divident / share.
• How nice that the colour of the 2 logos are matching.
  No mention of the employees, when will they advise on leadership, new responsibilities, or just acknowledging the frustration we have. At least they should say they are working on it and will be shared soon, or giving some justification for the hold up.

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 haven't received a box to return my computer and received nothing from HR. According to Voya, I'm still showing as an active employee and can't access any of my retirement funds until I'm terminated. Curious if anyone else laid off in December received their separation items yet. Also curious if anyone would be willing to share contact info for HR. My boss couldn't be bothered to provide me with that basic info when he fired me.

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 running the company as we kick you to the curb.

Wealth and brokerage have been struggling with their strategy for better part of last 2 years.

Every couple months there's an org update email followed by period of radio silence and generic "We will get through this together" bs during AAM

Recent colocation posts have reignited the debate on how the new HR wants to proceed.

My takeaway is, if you're a executive CIO reading this post, what pleasure do you get in associates going through stress, anxiety throughout the year???

Why can't you let someone be who just wants to keep their head down and work?????

I call BS on the regular isp rumors. No one is leaving for that.

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

Everyone in BTI has received an email from their PVP on the shift to an analyst-led model and a 'small number of eliminations'. No details on how many overall

I hate to see these layoffs but I recall the high flying days of 2002 - 2006. The stock price was >500 (adjusted for reverse stock split). Shareholders were hosed for years due to mismanagement at C. Jane is, I believe, doing what is necessary to right the ship. And it seems to be working. There are so many disgruntled employees at C that I am surprised that there aren't many more layoffs. Wish the best to all.

The number 2 man under K F was just made president and chief officer of the number 1 short line in the nation that has been taking over BNSF locations, and that is how you take over a class 1 from the inside and get rid of employees at the same time, all the corporate secrets and behind the scenes negotiating to cut employees, and operate under the guise of making a business more profitable was just a means to put the number 2 guy at BNSF in charge of the short line rail responsible for shutting down and scabbing out the most BNSF terminals and mechanical facilities nationwide. Hostile takeover over of BNSF on the horizon to be scabbed out and sold to short line.

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 5% of your bonus is taken for shares, but that is only enough for say 2.5 shares, how does it work? (What happens to the residual?)

Anyone noticed there hasn’t been much more talk about this? Has this stopped? Also any word on why they closed the Middletown NY office?

The pulse page shows that Carelon global solutions is one of the best place to work in India and Southeast Asia. Totally giving a middle finger to all those that got riffed to offshore work.