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Supervisor here. It makes zero sense to me that those were told to leave Qatar are being punished for leaving Qatar in the assessment meeting. How can you punish people who were not given the opportunity to stay for not staying?

What happened today? Why are there so many meetings today? Any announcement coming up ?

All of the silly meetings to check in with people, but it’s 30 minutes and 19 of it is spent on telling us about the career you haf (good for you, but we’ve all had the same thing and it doesn’t matter we’re talking about now but that doesn’t matter clearly to you )OK good job time wasted. Again another inefficiency at Verizon.

Looks like I survived another month. Should I be more proactive and schedule a meeting with my supervisor and HR, and ask for my severance?

I just want to do my actual job and go home. Instead, I spend hours in meetings where nothing gets accomplished, where we generate more questions than answers, and where people just complain about things that no one is going to fix. It is exhausting and completely pointless.

We heard in Fire company there is an important meeting we need to attend? Anyone know what it is about?

Anyone know what's going on in NJ? Heard a bunch of senior leaders are out there for a couple of days. Rumor mill says they are discussing more cost cutting

All hands ? What is that deal with that

It looks like the hammer might be dropping tomorrow. Multiple reports all along the vine are saying the meeting did in fact happen this morning - informing senior leadership what / whom is to be let go. Does days in the office matter? Does commits? Tenure? H1B status? Pay? No one knows the parameters, but the meetings with the boys upstairs have started.

My team just had that dreaded meeting today, and it was absolutely infuriating. They called everyone together just to announce that layoffs are coming, then hit us with the useless line, “Sorry, I don’t have any other information to share right now.” What the actual he-l is the point of these meetings? Why drag us all in just to dump that anxiety on us when you have zero details to give? It just piles on even more stress for no reason whatsoever.

Does anyone in UHC have a town hall all employee meeting?

Meeting invites are being sent out

I hope they talk about the strategic layoffs that are to come for dfs folks

Did everyone get the meeting to discuss the state of the business on June 4th

Since it is alredy later after, I guess anyone impacted in India already get notified? Thanks!

In usa tac, havent gotten a meeting invite for tomorrow yet. should i still be nervous?

Just pulled into a meeting, more layoffs for remote people to support the “client first initiative” clients need us in the office.

More layoffs coming but they started this morning.

Did anybody get one already?

CPL and Wholesale Q2 Town Hall, did AWII just call smaller payments "nuisance payments"?

Anyone know what it will be about? More Reorg I am thinking

Is this true? Nobody I know has gotten one. They are usually sent out the day before or the day of.

there is a quick catch up event on our calendar

organizer is the chapter lead with everyone in the team

when will this fu--ing thing be over??

Is there a difference if the meeting is scheduled with HR alone versus HR + a MGR (like if it means laid off versus moving to different org)?

Guys, what is this meeting for a flash call on my calendar? any ideas on what is happening?

I've seen several people saying different things (unexpected scheduled meeting, email...) so which is it? Or is it how a manager decides to let their people know?

Got laid off.

Nooooo

What to expect

Received an invite along with 4 other people to attend a meeting set up by HR in regards to VOE. Could this be a lay off?

Insider info from leadership meeting today.

earnings call is still may 13. that hasn't changed.

but g2's thing on may 21 canceled, beyond the numbers moved into that timeslot, and a beat scheduled for the original timeslot of beyond the numbers on the same day now? they're doing a beat and beyond the numbers back to back?

A sad day today. Fellow coworkers I’ve known for years are calling it quits today because of poor leadership, terrible pay, extremely sub-par raises and a crushing economy. But the real nail in the coffin, an expensive and pointless RTO5 policy. Three months ago you waved your executive power wand and declared RTO5 starts May 4. However the remaining people I will interact with on May 4 are still remote to me. We are separated by hundreds of miles, multiple states and time zones. And ya know what, we make it work. We’ve been able to accomplish so much because of the tools and technology the bank has implemented over the years. Pretty sure that is called moving with the times and adopting the digital world. We can reach each other quicker than we could take an elevator to the floor above us. But your boomer self is pushing an order that treats us like kids, ki-ls our production, adds lengthy commutes, increases our carbon footprint, eats our income and eliminates the work-life balance you touted for years. Why in the actual f*ck in the year 2026 are you forcing RTO5 when there is a perfectly viable option of remote work that has proven time and time again that it works. Let us not forget it not only works very well but it saved the company during the most unsettling unnerving unpredictable time of this century. You and all of your reports know a vast majority of these roles can be 100% remote. Plus 11 million customers can prove it too. Record profits ring a bell? Consistent dividend increases mean what? Bank acquisitions are just pointless side quests? ATH stock price is just a silly number?! So why are we going backwards? Are you trying to protect the real estate investment? Were you coerced by city mayors to bring employees into towns? Some of those towns being a dr-g and crime-ridden hellhole. Is there another double digit comp increase in the works if X-amount of employees swipe their badge? Did you over-hire during covid and now need to protect the bottom line so you subliminally utilize the consequences of not following an outrageous policy as your reasoning? Were you swindled into believing that a manager’s error was blamed on his/her team’s lack of collaboration? Did one person do wrong and you took the elementary school approach and punished everyone? Are you and the boomer executives unable to fathom the digital era? What is it? You’ve created a lose-lose-lose scenario. Talent is going out the door. Potential talent is applying elsewhere. People who try to grind it out are stuck holding the bag and getting reamed by the cost of commuting. Instead of trying to standout and provide a flexible workplace, you ruin it with a generic order full of buzzwords, no follow up, no guidance to management, no recorded message, no recorded video.........crickets. Just a pure power move because your friends in New York are doing it.

Nearly 21 years here and this is the first time I truly felt sorry for the people I recommended to this place for employment. I’m sorry we are facing this situation. To the younger folks a few years out of college, good luck this is brutal. Exiting folks that have other options lined-up, good for you. Now excuse me while I fill my tank for $130 because I got a lengthy commute Monday morning. Hopefully I am not late for standup.

P.S. Real professional hearing the upper management pi$s on us during the recent hands on meeting.

Three words. What a mess!

We witnessed our leaders in a dark room with bad lighting. There were sound issues that went on the entire meeting that was giving me a headache.

Our senior leaders talked for 30 minutes about what food they like. The last 30 minutes were a blur of non sense. They all looked like they hate each other and have not exercised in 15 years.

I walked away feeling d-mber for having used my time to attend that meeting. Thank you.

This week AWF people will be having meetings with managers starting today and letting them know that their jobs are ending. No notice just ending at the very moment of the meeting. Just be emotional prepared. It's just a sign of the times.

Be calm
Don’t react emotionally in the moment—even if it hits hard

When do you get the meeting invite from your manager? How long does the meeting usually last?

First off, I'm sorry to those let go. I hope they're able to find something better and more secure.
Some orgs have been told layoffs are done.
I've seen "Tech Activation Touch Base" still being used for both for reorg meetings. Poor taste reusing that meeting title for both information and layoffs. Way to send an employee into panic.

Does this mean I’m not getting let go next week?

Game is gutted once more. 15 minute meeting with your leader and a script read by HR could have been done in bulk. But no. We want to drag this out.