#lookingtoleave

I've been trying to leave for a while, but I always chicken out. Honestly, I wouldn't mind if they made the decision for me. I have some backup to bridge me over until I find something else. I just can't do this job anymore. I've reached that breaking point where I can barely drag myself in.

Is it possible to just ask to be laid off? We all know it's coming, is there a way we can just be added to the top of the list? My manager says there isn't a list, I dont believe him
I'd rather enjoy my summer than worry about if I'm next every other week.

Is GBD still being targeted or we "in the clear" for now? My anxiety is screaming to jump ship at this point.

As we are now officially without the CTO... is this the last moment to leave this company?

Got the bonus, now it’s time to start looking to get out. Anyone else looking to roll out now that they got the bonus?

I stopped caring about this job a long time ago. At this point, the only thing I want from them is a severance check. This company isn't worth my stress, my sleep, or my health. They don't get to take that from me too.

It has been discussed by a few here that this could begin this March or early April. Post it here if it does.

I'm shocked at how many people I talked to are looking for something better. Heck, some of them said they're not even looking to go up in pay or benefits, they are even willing to take a pay cut to get away. When did we become a place people were so desperate to leave?

I got into banking fifteen years ago and thought I'd seen it all. Market swings, mergers, rounds of cuts, new regimes. Through all of it, people kept their job searches quiet. That was the rule. You don't talk about leaving until you're gone. Something's different now. People I've never spoken to are openly discussing interviews they had. Comparing application strategies. Talking about recruiters like they're old friends. The silence is gone. Everyone's looking and nobody's hiding it. That tells me something fundamental has shifted. People aren't just unhappy. They're done pretending.

Sitting here drinking coffee, and already dreading tomorrow. Another week of pointless frustration and wondering if this is the week they cut me. I know I need to leave. Just don't know how.

Joining everyone else sending resumes into the void. Really hoping something breaks in the next month or so. This place has a terrible name now and for good reason. The way they handle people, the way they make you feel like nothing, it's disgusting. And don't get me started on how they measure success. All made up numbers that mean nothing. Half my team does nothing useful all day.

This forum helped me make that decision.

It seems that every day I'm hearing that another person left voluntarily. On top of that I'm not seeing any new names coming in for backfill, or even job postings to try and bring someone in.
It just feels like we're at the breaking point, and I dont know how to recover.

I am so sick of all of the non-stop change that isn't improving a g**mn thing around here. I'm sick of being paid below market, considering all of the licenses I'm required to hold to do my job. I'm sick of HQ people punting every question to another department because they don't know the answer and their leaders don't know what the word accountability means. I'm tired of being the whipping post for every FA that is having a bad day or is told to do something they don't feel like doing.

Therefore, I'm going to su-k it up for just a few more years until I reach the Rule of 70 and can keep my LP units (for whatever they're worth), then I'm out. There are plenty of firms in this industry that will pay far better than Edward Jones.

I hope that every last bit of this Enterprise Reimagined backfires in spectacular fashion and leaves PP/DC and the rest of the ELT that's ruined so many lives on the hook to figure out how to run a firm without any US employees that give a chicken fried f**k about the future of this company.

I'm done. Almost 20 years of my life reduced to hating the place I go to every day to barely break even.

I'd be settled somewhere new by now, instead of sitting here praying my number doesn't get called. I don't even recognize this place anymore, and I know it's just going to get worse.

I'm an id--t for staying this long. Now I desperately want out, but there are no jobs. I'm stuck, thanks in part to my own laziness.

I've started making a list of jobs I'd rather do than stay here. Stocking shelves overnight. Washing dishes at a diner. Answering complaints for a utility company. All of them sound amazing compared to one more shift in this place. That's where I'm at right now.

Oy with this cr-p company for 7 months so prob wouldn't severance but I can't stand this place, I dread every day

What are my chances

I left in 2020. Been out six years. Best decision of my life. I have a 25-year professional life and I can easily say Honeywell was the worst company I have ever worked for.

I now make SUBSTANTIALLY more and have so much less stress.

It won't get better. Your work environment won't improve. No one is going to fix it for you. They don't care. Leave. They will simply hire another su---r to fill your spot.

If you are an active sales rep….

Type # 1 if leaving after 4/1

Type # 2 if staying after 4/1

Everyone I talk to already has one foot out the door.

The one topic that gets everyone nodding along is how much we'd all rather be somewhere else. We don't bond over the mission or the culture or the work. We bond over wanting to escape it. There's something deeply ironic about that. A whole workforce united by the shared goal of not being part of the workforce. Great job, BofA.

Ship is sinking.

I used to love working here. Now I'll take almost anything to get out. IBM has changed so much in the last decade to the point it's completely unrecognizable. The first half-decent offer I get, I'm gone.

every day since leaving Optum, I count my blessings... what you're going through sounds truly exhausting, and none of you should have to put up with it... Wishing you all a way out sooner rather than later.godspeed

I hate this company. Micro managing is becoming intolerable

Luckily I have 3 years savings so can walk out and likely will

Sometimes it feels like people are rooting for layoffs with the way they keep predicting them. Every other post tries to guess the date, as if saying it enough will make it happen. When something is official, we will hear about it. Until then, maybe stop tempting fate.

We all know what's coming once the latest acquisition goes through. Things were already bad, and they're about to become much, much worse. Might as well start looking for something new right away, although good options seem to be shrinking every single day.

Boss has no life outside work and expects the same from me. He's paid well, I'm not. Even if I was, I wouldn't sacrifice everything for this place. Starting my search.

They're too close to Mondays. I need more time to recharge my batteries. Working at Oracle has become so draining that I'm always tired. Always. I'm considering walking away even with nothing lined up. I just don't know how much more of this my mental health can take.

Every day I log in to work and think, why the fu-k am I still here?

The pay sure as he-l isn’t keeping me around. My manager looks like they’re one bad meeting away from quitting, and the people reporting to me are obviously trying to get the he-l out. It feels like I’m standing in the middle of a slow-motion collapse, pretending everything’s fine while everyone else is quietly polishing their résumés.

At this point, it’s hard not to wonder what the he-l I’m even sticking around for.

Some of the best employees are leaving. I got news today that an employee who goes above and beyond for our Optum and Wellmed clinics has resign. What is happening!!!!!!!!!!!

So many resignations. Looks like the 0% raises are having the desired effect. I for one am applying and trying to leave. What are you doing?

I can’t wait to leave

Have a couple of friends in CREB, and it sounds terrible over there. One was telling of an opening whereby the workload would quadruple from her current load, with no pay raise whatsoever if she took the job. Also heard today of a very senior leader leaving and his role is not being replaced, but instead his duties will roll up to his manager going forward, who lives on the other side of the country. Sounds like morale is in the toilet as well within that group because of workload with continued reductions in total compensation. They all agreed that nobody is happy and basically everyone is looking to leave when they get the chance. Ouch.

Retail branch managers in my city are telling us to call clients on the federal do not call list and if a sale happens on the call, we are to log that we didn’t “lead” with the sale. I helped out at one branch recently and there bankers are being told the same as my branch. Previously when I started working here, the manager would tell us that we are to log bad contact information on the lead and leave notes that it is on the do not call list. We are now told that if we don’t call clients on the federal do not call list and if we log bad contact information that we will be in hot water with area manager. We are told this change is coming from our area manager and it’s been going on for a little over a month now. I do believe it’s coming from above my branch manager because I’m seeing it at more than just my location due to helping branches with turnover. Most recently this area manager is “encouraging” the managers get us to do seemingly unscrupulous stuff with opening accounts dda units and shifting dollars to our area. Is they’re funny business coming from way up top being seen everywhere or is it just area leadership in north Florida? Relatively new to this bank and wondering if I should prepare an exit before staying too long.

I have had on numerous occasions been looked at funny or questioned deeper because I stated I work at this company. On one occasion, I was told good luck getting a job outside of there, everyone hates UHG right now and will question your morals/values. I am at a loss for words. I am trying to leave this company ASAP, but I am not hearing back from anywhere.

A rapidly deteriorating culture, a toxic manager, and the bad direction Humana was taking drove me away. I couldn't even wait to be laid off. I managed to land a job where my skillset was a much better fit. Almost no overtime, a decent manager, a great team, and sensible leadership. Here's hoping the first impressions hold up. But even just the change of scenery has made me feel ten times better. Do yourself a favor - look for something else as if your life depended on it.