#officepolitics

Most of these layoff posts are some type of sadists.I dont see anything happening in the office

Another big week incoming for the VZB side? Not much going on over there from the looks of it.

Complete horse$#!t so far.

Elevate Kevin Z and get rid of Alfonso he’s another Manon waiting to happen.

I've been through several layoff cycles now and every time, as soon as first rumors hit, the office turns into a competition. People stop sharing, managers get cagey, friends watch each other sideways...you get the picture. It's exhausting.

My approach now is simple. I assume my number might come up and keep my options open. I update the resume every month and if it happens, it happens. Being prepared is the only way to stay sane.

There used to be a real sense of looking out for each other — that’s what made this place different. Lately, it feels like that’s been replaced with back-channel conversations, politics, and a constant need to watch your back( since the near shore, off shore concept started) They have more holidays, vacations that us folks .they are cost effective for l10 and below but most of them are banded and they definitely are not mature for it. No back ground check just got hired . i have few in my workspace.

It’s getting harder to trust intentions. Decisions don’t always feel transparent, and visibility doesn’t always align with contribution. That creates an environment where people are focused more on positioning than actually delivering.

Also hearing increasing concerns from the I&O space — behavior that comes across as bullies, b***, aggressive or dismissive, which isn’t what we should be normalizing as ‘leadership’ or ‘accountability.’

This isn’t about one team or one geography — it’s about the culture we’re building. If we don’t address it, we risk losing what made this place strong in the first place.”**

All I have to say is - thank you for the free hour on this beautiful spring day. What a joke and useless line up of BS from KO and clowns.

Some in management loved to play political games in the company. Like it was fun. Why? Business isn’t a game for those trying to earn a living.

Oooooh, they went for the talk show format! Cringe-worthy.

What a tool

Girl in 3WF has been openly playing Solitaire ALL morning.
The most IDGAF move I’ve ever seen.

No support. Not even micromanagement. But also no involvement in anything, including office politics. Literally absent. Some might call that the dream, but in reality it just means the team is unmanaged. And when we slip, we'll pay the price. Meanwhile, they'll keep climbing, blissfully unaffected.

So now we have a "Panel Manager" role who gets paid 120k per year to literally take a number from a performance report and put it into an email because directors and field managers arent competent enough to monitor their teams performance on their own. 750k per year spent on a team of secrataries to spoon feed directors data from the same reports they have access to. No wonder we have to layoff other roles.

I retired last year and I cannot tell you how good it feels. No meetings, no politics, no layoffs, no pretending to care about things that don't matter. I don't miss the circus at all. Not one part of it.

So many posts about EIA snub and no recognition highlighting individual accomplishments with EIA.

An EIA IMHO stands for excelling individual, yet if you win something and instead just receive "great job team" it tells you how Chennai connection or being in Bangalore-ham is what will make you be recognized.

A person with 5 yr anniversary gets all the accolades while the one who is celebrating 10 yr anniversary doesn't get nothing, coz they're not from the same region.

This culture is what drives toxic corporate politics in every team I have been part of since 6 years.

Last winter two people in my team received EIA, both received detailed individual details on what they did.

This year two people in my team received EIA but this time, the comment they received was "great job team". All because they're not in same location as rest of the team.

So that's clearly a sign of managers playing favourites, purposely not choosing to highlight individual accomplishments.

In short, the associates who received EIA this year, would have mixed feelings about it as EIA comments go in towards year end review. So with nothing to show for, it's obvious how sick these things are.

Only Bangalore-ham or Chennai connection is what gets you recognized.

Stop looking at us. Let us patrol.

A handful of Grade 8 AND above confirmed big changes come September for Connect Weeks. Apparently they will be pushing for near 100% in office time and it will be up to each organization, site and lower management’s problem to figure it out. Upper management will send the decree, wipe their hands of it and hold low level associates feet to the fire. No excuses. Gloves off. They’re not happy the forecasting for senior associates quitting didn’t go as planned and now? The rest of us must pay. Thoughts?

Toxic boss believes no one can look good besides the toxic boss.

The amount of people doing d-mb math trying to "calculate" a 60% in this forum is both hilarious and worrying. Maybe it's because of then we all have to go back in. Gotta micro manage their excel sheet formulas lol

3 floors in the Cypress CA location are up for lease. Not good.

Not sure who needs to hear this, but acting like you run the place when you don’t is getting old. Constantly trying to manage everyone, inserting yourself into things that aren’t your responsibility, and acting like you own the company isn’t helping anyone—it’s just annoying.

Also, you’re not the locksmith. Stop changing things, controlling access, or acting like everything has to go through you. It creates confusion and makes it harder for people to actually do their jobs.

Focus on your role, do it well, and let everyone else do theirs.

How does HR continue to let AVPs report to AVPS and Directors with less than 6 people. There used to be span of control and that seems to be a lie.

Agonizing listening to new CIO talk about every minute job history, signing his temporary lease, how to say his last name, where Wales is located?????

I’ve been checking this site occasionally because for me it's where I catchup on office politics. I laughed with the sarcasm and got upset with the pain some have been tolerating. I’ve never posted before, but seeing how many people tolerate hostility and harassment made me want to share my own experience.
I had serious family issues and needed some time off. Instead of supporting me, my manager started insulting me, saying women “aren’t made for the workforce” and that he needed “strong people.” He even went around telling others what was happening in my personal life and told the program’s project manager not to count on me. Then he dropped my ranking. I was humiliated and heartbroken.
About a year later, I heard his wife filed for divorce and he was dealing with a nasty situation of his own. Life has a way of circling back.

Does anyone know how to over ride the stupid background picture of the USB stadium?
Seems management locked the settings.

Upward feedback only works when the person above you actually wants to hear it. Ours just wants to hear that everything is fine and if you say something that challenges that state, you're labeled a problem.

A lot of people who were not here ask how was EJ different pre-2019. A few callouts:

• JW cut $100M+ out of the budget to avoid layoffs during the ‘08-‘09 crisis. PP wants to layoff home office associates to capture millions in what she sees as “expenses”.

• JW’s agenda was the field, home office, and client. PP’s agenda was her legacy but now that she has bitten the hand that feeds her (the field) and has bitten the hand that pet her (the home office/CSTs) now her agenda is retribution.

Besides her animosity geared towards associates who did not fit her political and social beliefs, she now despises everyone.

Pre 2019 there was a saying, “You think and act different when you’re a partner”. I haven’t heard that mantra in 7 years as it went out the window with her mandates and the people she has brought in along with the leaders hired in the lower ranks. The reason her door mimics her FA door from Michigan is because the name on the door is the only name that matters to her.

No need to worry about desks being filled to capacity next week with schools out this week. The next few weeks of Tuesdays will take care of that. Heard it’s already happening.

In a meeting someone stated something factually incorrect. Not an opinion, a fact. I gently pointed out the error with evidence and you would have thought I insulted their mother. The room went freezing cold, and later I was told I need to work on my social skills. What they meant was, don't correct people. Don't point out problems. Don't be right if being right makes someone uncomfortable. So basically, even if I'm right, even if the error will cost us, I should keep my mouth shut. lesson learned. From now on all I'll do is smile, nod, and let the sh-t hit the fan later on.

Your employees flaunt business travel and photos and activites in other countries clocking their miles and airline statuses, on LinkedIn.

All good, do you ever question the vakue of these business tourism trips? These are your leeches attending conferences foing to BTC and Munich and whatever to just ‘meet’ and ‘advise’

are you just id--ts to let it happen while others who work hard and dont travel and dont post on LinkedIn dont get noticed?

That’s why I watch the Masters on company time.

Today’s the day where some slacker always shows up to say the presence report is wrong. What gives? Is he on spring break?

I got home from work the other day, laid down on the floor… felt 100 pct worn out…

My wife looks at me and says, why r u so tired? You were just sitting at a desk for 8 hrs…

Some people do not understand that desk jobs can be exhausting too. It is not just sitting. It is nonstop meetings, phone calls, dealing with different people, navigating sh-t personalities, handling stress, and making decisions all day.

By the end of it, my brain is done. If one more person asks me to do something, I might lose it.

Please tell me I am not the only one.

Do the people who come here to a-s kiss Optum even get compensated for all of the puckering or do they just do it for free?

Let me tell you how to survive and thrive at Centene (and anywhere else). First, be your own advocate. No manager is going to fight for you harder than you fight for yourself. Second, build relationships with the right people. Not the ones who are nice, the ones who can actually help you move up. Third, play the game. Sometimes that means saying yes when you want to say no. Sometimes it means flattering someone you don't respect. That's not selling out, that's business. Do it with ethics where it matters, but do it. Fourth, deliver results. Your degree got you in the door. Your results keep you there. Nobody cares about your GPA after year one. Finally, remember that no one else is looking out for you. Not HR, not your boss, not the nice person in the next cubicle. You are your own best advocate. Act like it.

Jamie Dimon is a naracistic psycho that runs around speaking from both sides of mouth. He is hated by majority of the puppets that work there. He is a disgrace to society in multiple levels expect for the billionaire wackos he takes orders from!

In our department, there’s this section head no one knows what he actually does. He hasn’t done technical work for years and spends most of his time walking around the kitchen area on the fifth floor(S2), chatting with people, flirting with women from different departments. I’ve heard they are never ranked lower than “average/good” by default, regardless of how useless they are.