#stress

At some point you realize the job is just a paycheck. All the talk about loyalty, impact, and family is a sales pitch. Do your work, keep your boundaries, and stop believing that going above and beyond will save you when budgets tighten. And you'll be much happier for it in the end.

There’s no end in sight, and we still don’t know anything. It’s a terrible feeling not knowing what to expect, not knowing if you’re safe, while watching coworkers get let go with no clear criteria. I’m stressed out of my mind, just like most of us. My heart goes out both to those already impacted and to those still here waiting.

Rules change constantly, arbitrary metrics pop up with no explanation, and you’re pressured to keep up with it all no matter how much work you already have to deal with. It’s exhausting and feels designed to make people quit. I’ve never seen such a consistently stressful environment in my career.

It’s 20% below my current pay. I feel like it would be a step down, but I’m also so worried about being laid off and having nothing lined up, and missing out on this opportunity if I wait. This whole situation is incredibly stressful. Other folks who are looking, is this something you'd say yes to?

Allstate sounds like the same useless sh-t hole that State Farm has become! Used to be a great place to be but has turned into an unbearable h-ll hole! Same Execs just different place as they all run in the same circles and listen to the same Consultants. Progressive will pass us to become the #1 auto insurer in the 4th quarter or at the latest, first part of 2026. Not only that, if they write 8 million new autos again they will be almost 9 million ahead and SF or anyone else will ever catch them. Everything the play they call fails they call it again and again at SF! It's always the employees fault, never them and their plans. During in-office weeks over the last several months, we have ambulances pulling up because someone has stroked out at their desk due to al the stress. The whole industry has just become toxic! Best wishes! Go Progressive is out motto at SF! Serves the right!

My manager has a team meeting scheduled tomorrow for all of us.

It's going to be like that scene in Animal House with Kevin Bacon.

Utter chaos and our manager will be screaming "stay calm all is well!" F it I'm taking Monday off.

Are we all done for this round? Or do we have more days of stress remaining?

I can't relax no matter what. I'm in the permanent state of anxiety.

I keep telling myself to stop thinking about it, but I can’t. I’m scared for my job and what’s coming. Haven’t even told my family yet, I don’t want to put this weight on them too. I just hope somehow this ends okay, for me and for everyone who’s about to lose their job. Not feeling very optimistic, but I’m still hanging on to a bit of hope.

I barely slept, and all I keep thinking about are layoffs. This job has brought me to a place where I can't even enjoy my time off anymore.

In FI - three more associates on teams in my group are out on leave due to stress. Constantly altering the roles, adding responsibilities, letting some internal groups who are supposed to support us borderline belittle us, refuse associate vacation day requests since they staff teams so thin - it’s depressing. Directors have said in huddles that they know how bad it is but it doesn’t matter. What a place. It’s so depressing.

Not that it really matters anymore. I feel like I’m stuck in a constant state of emergency.

Usually I can't wait for an extra day off. Right now, I don't care. I'm so stressed I know I won't be able to enjoy it. Oracle has taken all the joy out of the few extra days off we have and replaced it with dread. All I can think about is, am I next? I hate this place so, so much.

I'm so tired of this cr-p.

I’ve been looking for a new job for a while, and every time I get to the final interview, I get rejected. It’s mentally draining and discouraging. After so many close calls, it’s hard to stay motivated or maintain any sense of confidence. It's starting to feel like they're intentionally wasting my time. Or I'm just getting paranoid on top of everything else.

I would’ve left Oracle in a heartbeat. The stress is eating me alive. I think I’ve reached the point where all of this is just getting to me way too much.

I wake up at 2 AM shaking and sweating, dreading the day ahead! The two days WFH are a blessing compared to dragging my ar-e in for that two-hour commute to He-l Town. And that damn Teams! Every morning, that red dot! What's wrong now?

258 roles closed from vsp and 259 got isp
I'm not a math genius but that's 517. Six months of me in panic wondering how both me and my wife who worked here until she just found a new role would pan out to feed 3 kids for 517 roles??????
This place is ran by id--ts.

They're now requiring us to record every task we do with a stop clock for 5 days straight. Its starting with a lot of people in our group. they gave us an excel sheet with tasks they claim are a list of everything we do. the list is missing so many items. you then have to select a task and start a stop clock. you can pause the clock and then start again. we asked what this was for and they said it was to help groups perform better. our offshore people said it's being used as performance tracking. we went to our boss and they said "just complete the form". it's very scary. they don't have everything we do and don't understand what our jobs are but using this to measure us? Why did we get rid of Sapience if we now have to manually track everything we do? We're also being rushed to complete this and some people can not use the tracking sheet because it's broken and they had to start all over. Even though they had a reason it was not completed they're getting requests every day asking if it was done. What is going on here? Why are they making everyone track down to the minute when none of this is right compared to what my actual job is? This feels like they're trying to decide who to fire next but doing it with partial information.
Are other groups being asked to do this??

Is anyone else just holding their breath until next week’s layoffs? This past month has been one of the toughest I can remember. As a Director, I couldn’t even enjoy my holidays this month.
I keep putting on a brave face for my family and my team, while feeling the stress build up inside. In 15 years with this company, I don’t think I’ve ever felt pressure like this.

It’s not like Dell is on the rise, or that this job is some badge of honor that will shine on a resume down the road. Sure, the job market is tough and the economy isn’t looking great, maybe even getting worse, but there are always other options. The worst thing we can do is let the company pull us in so deep that we lose perspective. Worrying about this job doesn’t help. It only wears us down.

And have no clue what to do if I’m laid off. I’ve been looking into other jobs for months now, and I’m completely depressed from the experience. I truly hope others have had more luck, and that the problem is just my particular circumstances or bad luck. If not, then we’re all royally sc--wed.

With the latest major round behind us, do you feel like you can focus on work or are you already thinking about the next round? I'm in the second group. I'm at the point where I can't relax even the day after the layoffs are done, since I know more will be coming. It may be in a month or in six months but that makes no difference. This job is now a permanent source of stress.

I am considering contacting a lawyer! The stress is becoming overwhelming! No clear answers! Promise to update UM/ utilization but no updates since August 4th! No answers from upper leadership! Every answer is more to come! Humana is causing mental strain! Supposed to make changes Sept 1 which is a holiday, so info is not correct! It will be Sept 2nd. What is going on? Who is doing this? Who is making the decisions?

I don’t want to be dragged into office politics. I don’t want to constantly worry about layoffs. I don’t want to care about how things will unfold at Nike anymore. I’m tired of spending my weekends just trying to shake off the stress, anxiety, and exhaustion that build up during the workweek. I don’t want this company to have control over my time, my emotional state, or my physical wellbeing any longer.

Knowing layoffs are coming is destroying me mentally. It’s Saturday and I can’t relax. My mind keeps spinning about what’s next. I just wish they would get it over with so we could either focus on work or start looking for something new if we are laid off. Anything is better than being stuck in this limbo.

I have not slept well for last 10 days. How long this will continue ?

It’s so difficult to communicate with each other. People ignore emails, Teams, ghost you in a middle of a Sev1 situation and what’s best is that there are zero consequences. And do I blame them? No. I just su-k it up. Because how can I? At least I have a job. For now…

You can’t drop a layoff announcement and then expect everyone to act like nothing happened.

It never stops being exhausting to hear the same complaints repeated endlessly. People vent, post, and talk about the same problems day after day, but nothing ever changes. It’s frustrating, yet at the same time, there’s a strange comfort in knowing you’re not the only one feeling stuck.

The team is stretched thin now that so many are gone. The people we lost had years of experience, and replacing that is not simple. New hires will need months of training while deadlines keep piling up. Everyone left is exhausted and it will only get worse.

It’s wild how quickly someone’s career can be flattened. I know people with decades of experience and leadership history who are suddenly starting over at entry level. Seeing it happen makes you realize no resume or past success guarantees anything. And I'm nowhere near their level, so if I'm laid off, I'm truly sc--wed.

That is exactly what this feels like. They are letting us wait this long, making us stress, worry, and think about our livelihoods potentially disappearing next week every hour of every day. Why would they prolong it like this? Can anyone give me a real reason besides simply wanting to torture us?

When was the last time you told someone, “This is a great place to work, you should try to get in”? I honestly can’t remember the last time I heard anyone I work with say they like their job and consider themselves lucky to have landed here. All I hear is that they’re bothered, exhausted, stressed, unhappy, frustrated, or angry. Great vibes, top to bottom.

I don’t care about the job itself, I just badly need it. I’m in a tough spot in life right now and can’t afford to lose this job. I know I’m not the only one, but I’ve got so much on my plate that the possibility of being laid off absolutely terrifies me. Fingers crossed for all of us, especially those in particularly precarious positions.

I work for WellMed. We are now under Optum, it's been about a month. I was told with this transition, they will be making cuts immediately as soon as next week. A lot of people dont know this is gonna happen so i know its going to shake people up (rightfully so). Its very unsettling the amount of layoffs the entire organization goes through every year. I've only been here for 7 years and every year, there are layoffs. They cut people, don't replace them, or if they do its with AI or they dont promote employees.

The last few days have been nerve wracking while waiting for the ISP decision.

The next few days are going to be worse.
What is everyone doing to stay calm and maintain your sanity?

My husband was laid off from Dell (back in July) after 10 years there, but was recently offered a similar role at HPE, and for better pay than what he was making at Dell (in sales).

My concern is HPE will just be more of the same, understaffed, overworked, and with just as much risk of another layoff as Dell.

Does anyone have any advice or experience going from Dell to HPE that might make me feel better about him taking this offer? He has another potential offer from another smaller company, but it doesn’t pay as well. But I’m thinking it might be worth it to work at a smaller place that might be less stressful on him.

He says it’s better to take the offer he has that’s for sure and for more money, but after reading the posts here, it makes me nervous he’s going from the oven to the frying pan.

There are some people not doing so well since being laid off. Seriously not doing well. Please seek help.

Feeling anxious and depressed, having trouble sleeping, not being able to enjoy activities that you are used to enjoying are all normal feelings that you may experience after a layoff.

If these feeling persist over time it may be useful to be assessed by a doctor and/or mental health professional. Layoffs can put a lot of emotional stress on relationships and it may be useful to consult with a mental health professional about this as well.

Do you dread going into work every Sunday night?
Do you hate every single 1x1 and huddle?
Do you panic everyday you wake up?
Do you think about SF too much?
Is it affecting your health, personal life, marriage, kids and mental well being?
Do you feel empty every day you wake up and when you finish work?
Do you know this is not right but keep doing it everyday?
Do you feel helpless? Lost?
Does State Farm make you feel ashamed? I do!

Leave! Get out, trust me there is life after State Farm. That place is a very toxic cult and do not let it destroy who you are. If you have to stay until you find something else, f-ck them at every turn. Pay that questionable claim, don't put in any extra effort, f-ck their surveys and put it in the comments. Satan runs that place! It's not you, it's them! See you on the other side!