#toxic

In organizational psychology, cronyism is directly linked to "ingratiation"—the practice of employees using flattery or sycophancy to win favors from a boss rather than performing high-quality work.The Proof: Peer-reviewed regression analysis indicates a massive positive correlation (β = 0.553, p < 0.001) between organizational cronyism and toxic ingratiation strategies. When an anti-cronyism policy is instituted and paired with objective, merit-based metrics, subsequent employee tracking shows a sharp decrease in sycophancy and a measurable rise in overall objective productivity.

The environment is tainted with toxicity, fear and ugliness, including the behavior and communication from the leaders and colleagues.

It’s maddening how toxic this place is. So many layoffs, no budgets for promotions raises etc. everyone is just so burned out in my org. Layoff after layoff, doing more with less. Meanwhile, record sales and the company livestreams GSX to all of us poors. Sales, product and engineering are all crutial parts of a business but it’s clearly a sales-over-everything business.

The saddest part is how a few toxic individuals in each department (in addition with the few HR bad apples being the glue) create this horrible life changing experience for the employees there and it’s totally acceptable.

U.S. Bank use to represent the happiest and best part of my life. Now it’s a dark cloud permanently over me.

Just keep yourself clean and do what’s right.

Stay strong until you make it through the other side for a better whatever. Because you will get there if you understand that karma is real.

Don’t let these sad individuals change you. Don’t let them take away the light and good instilled.

Don’t join the toxicity by ignorantly and blindly hopping on the toxicity bandwagon with a hunger games mentality, feeding off of the clueless “one on of us” mentality hopefuls, where every single person who joins, ends up with regret and filth that will forever leave a stain on your karma, energy, personality, and character.

Say no to living in a world where your everyday work life is spent by pretending to like toxicity in favor of being apart of the “one of us clique mindset” thinking you are playing it safe by being a “boot li---r of toxicity instead of nobleness” or a “teachers pet” falsely believing this attitude will save you from being a target of misery since you are “liked” by the ones who are deeply involved in this toxic workplace culture…. and who sadly hate themselves deep down unknowingly or not because of the decision they made to morally compromise in their choices along the way in their careers.

The likely destination joining the toxicity band wagon to see if you are a fit to have a place among the bad apples is a fools one.

Get off or quite literally jump off of the toxic bandwagon asap.

Sooner the better, your karma will continue to dwindle the longer you stay on, and becoming costlier with each stop.

Don’t sign up for a ride that ends with a destination of finding a clown costume when you arrive at the end of this trip career trip from he-l. Voluntarily or involuntarily.

Don’t waste or spend your indispensable life energy working in a place that creates literally hellish like conditions…. Or at least don’t do it voluntarily.

At the end, you will be left holding the short end of the straw, rudely awoken by being played like fiddle from the toxicity you were aware of, but foolishly thought you would be excluded from.

If you are one of the many good people working here… stay strong and find success by not being a sale out of the morales and values we all have when starting out. The world is a cold place. And right now, so is the work culture at U.S. Bank.

You cant control most events that take place in life, such as getting stuck in this he-l hole… and trying your best just to get by and provide for your family, while at the same time, trying to not become a target here and struggle for your job security in such a toxic time and toxic work place.

Please remember this most important takeaway.

We have control on how we react to events and situations.

Don’t fall for the toxic workplace bait and sign up for a one way trip for your exclusive U.S. bank clown costume.

Don’t sign off your legacy tainted with regret thinking the finish line prize was anything but a clown suite.

Don’t morally compromise and it will somehow work out. Seriously it really will. Have a conscience.

The pendulum will always swing the other way remember that.

Right now, you could be the force tilting the toxic workplace culture pendulum to swing the other way.

The simple formula to advance yourself and change things around in every aspect in life, including dealing with the toxic workplace environment here and exceeding in it at the company by driving your own vehicle to a fulfilling destination of a clean rightfully deserved promotion or advancement in your career.. Instead of foolishly making your way to become a clown.

The simple formula is do good feel good.

Believe in the good of other people.

Hold onto to being a good person knowing that even the smallest of kind acts can make a ground breaking difference in the day of your peers.

Make sure to be real with yourself. Seriously, don’t be a fool lying to yourself about how great of a person you truly are, but in reality you know that clown suit is waiting for you.

Be a good person with good intentions to advance yourself in life….. Advancment in the career latter….. or any kind of initiative in life.

This is proven to work and not a fairy tale or hippy loving vibes.

Plenty of people have reached their rightfully deserved destinations of happiness with this simple understanding of karma.

You will make it through working in such a toxic work environment at U.S. bank and ultimately it will turn out to be a win somehow someway.

Hopefully the ones who don’t have an acquired clown suit in their closet or ones who are not waiting for their very own, can speak up and spread basic human decency, dignity, and respect over the toxic culture plaguing US bank today.

Ending with a note of realism -

Sometimes you can’t soley rely on believing in the good of others.

Sometimes action is required to swing the pendulum back to the correct side.

You have to stand up for yourself and others.

Get a backbone and create an online account using the EEOC public portal and file a complaint if justified.

If you have documented proof of the easily recognizable patterns HR and management make to target and wrongfully treat you then file a complaint with the EEOC.

It is incredibly easy to create an online login in the EEOC portal and file the complaint.

Don’t fear retaliation. I know there are bad apples employed here who are such a liability to the bank because of how clueless they are when it comes down to it.

These bad apples have gone so long without being checked, that they lose touch with reality of how and what they are legally obliged to perform their role at us bank.

If you are a target, know of other people being targeted, you have documented patterns of bad apples, etc……please check and remind these bad apples because the rot is just to dam strong.

It’s really the only tool we have that can make a difference here. Dont be afraid to use it.

Start with googling “EEOC public portal login” and it’s self explanatory from this point.

Key Signs to Leave
Chronic Burnout: You feel totally exhausted even after a full weekend or a vacation.
Constant Dread: You experience deep anxiety or the "Sunday Scaries" on a regular basis.
Toxic Culture: The workplace involves bullying, gossip, or a complete lack of psychological safety.
Bad Leadership: Your boss micromanages, demeans you, or blocks your basic needs.
No Growth: There are zero chances for promotions, new skills, or lateral moves.
Unfair Pay: Your salary is far below market value and requests for raises go ignored.
Value Mismatch: The company's core mission or actions conflict with your personal ethics.
Health Impacts: Work causes physical symptoms like headaches, stomach aches, or sleep loss.
Mental Check-Out: You no longer care about the quality of your work and just do the bare minimum.
Better Options Exist: You are qualified for and see realistic, healthier roles elsewhere.

When will the toxicity and poor leadership end? This constant cycle of abusing workers with fake reviews can't end well. What will be the next big scandal?

Where do I even start? Management is terrible, culture is toxic, everyone's terrified of layoffs, performance reviews are a joke, technology is outdated, suggestions are ignored, nothing ever improves, managers are rude and inappropriate, processes don't exist, leadership is absent, cronyism is rampant, employees are unheard, and raises are insulting. That about covers it.

I have a supervisor who has some form of NPD and he routinely loses his mind over petty things. Every colleague we have seems to dislike him. Does Micron have systems in place for employees to work through issues caused by a supervisor with a personality disorder? Is jumping ship the only real option? Has anyone who used the available paths to deal with a truly bad supervisor had any success getting out of their situation without retaliation?

Good luck, BA. Starting October 1, you’ll all be reporting to one of the worst leaders at Honeywell. JP is incredibly toxic, and there’s a reason so many leaders under him have cycled out—they’re desperate to get away from his behavior and constant blowups.

BA has delivered consistent growth. Don’t be surprised if that turns into a revolving door of leadership, with people jumping ship rather than sticking around to be JP’s next tantrum target.

I just Effin love how they delete questions.

Whoever that HR woman is, you give absolutely no warm and fuzzy feelings to everyone who feels unsafe or unsure in this environment.

Maybe I wont take severance.

No severance, no non disclosure to sign.

A big fat book on the toxic Wells fraudo

Laid off yesterday after 15 years in retaliation for not wanting to take on even more work after basically taking on the work of three other people with no consideration for my capacity at all. It was definitely retaliation though I can't prove it. It su-ks that senior executives promote the global culture especially providing psychological safety but it doesn't actually exist and in fact toxic environments thrive. Don't know what my next steps are but there's freedom in not being stressed out about being behind in everything because you're overwhelmed with an ever-growing list of responsibilities and a leadership that doesn't care. Hopefully another division will scoop me. Nowhere to go but up from here

He-l would be better than working for this boomer dinosaur company compromised by contractor corruption and Israel.

Come in the office 5 days a week to talk to Indians on teams, so Stankey makes more money when . Soul su-king.

This company is a enviromwnt nightmare hand down

have u seen that linkedin in post - lol - an svp was bragging how her flight got cancelled but she got all strong and mighty, was able to overcome the challenge and persevere. what an amazing times to be alive - how much more deranged and fake can we become. makes me sick.

For those of us who have 2027 seperation dates, thoughts on the company revisiting those and pushing them up? On my team we have May and August dates. I want to think the PL who pinned these dates had to provide some sort of staggered timeline and may be revised. I know wishful thinking! This place is so toxic and I don't think I will make it till then.

The toxicity is so bad, they are BURNING people's reputations with SLANDER for FTE & Consultants. Avoid this place at all costs!!

I left a year ago, I am in touch with many of my past co workers. I can't tell you how many are on a verbal or written warning for not meeting metrics. This is outrageous. Skilled clinicians who have in the past met or exceeded standards are all suddenly being hammered by "management" and put on disciplinary action.
No interest in looking at unreasonable metrics. None.
Do you know how long it takes to figure out how to do this job, and at least 10 people I know are looking at being fired if they don't quit. Who is going to train the replacements if they can find any? And will those staff then be put on a PIP because they can't train AND meet metrics.

I have never been so glad to be out of this toxic hole, and I am so sad for past coworkers who come to work in dread everyday, see themselves as losers and are seriously depressed.

Citi makes it look like paradise. The team culture doesn't matter when the entire company is broken. I catch myself doing and saying things I never would have anywhere else, just to keep my head above water. If you aren't cutthroat, you get destroyed. Anyone with integrity sticks out like a sore thumb here.

To the person who creates posts like “The Spreadsheet Already Told You Why Your Role Got Cut at Teradata” and “I think I’m right” — it’s evident you deliberately troll to get a reaction out of people. Your entire life amounted to this moment — a zero sum — just like the quality of your posts. May you rest easy in the future knowing nothing you post here was worth the effort

I'm the only one on my team who isn't terrified of losing their job. Everyone else is a robot, keeping their head down, acting submissive, silent, and never pushing back. It's depressing to see.

Finally and officially. After all these years of dedicated work, I leave with no recognition, no empathy, no real thank you, and not even an opportunity to say goodbye to my team or colleagues or people I knew. Just a simple, “We'll contact you with instructions to return your equipment” and a forced “thank you for your time with the company.” No goodbye. No ceremony. No acknowledgment of working ten years. Just a "log off and be done." WOW. I never imagined I'd be treated as insignificant as I was by management after giving so many years to this company. It honestly feels like they had been waiting for this moment and wanted me gone long ago. But you know what? I'm finally out. And that's what matters now. Overall the company has become more toxic and unpredictable. In retrospect, I'm glad I'm finally gone.

Those getting NI at meta are coping by saying 'we are still top 1% of all engineers in tech'. Can you imagine the arrogance ? Many mediocre DEI hires are still working here. They were hired NOT for their ability. Combine that with ethnic favoritism where a true NI never gets NI b/c manager and report are from same country. Meta needs a deep cleanse, a reset. The toxicity has hit a new high.

Isn't it magical to work at a place where we only have one day to worry about every two weeks? Like, how lucky are we? /sarcasm

I hate this place.

Just found out the upcoming Sept 15 layoff list for our team is being decided by the part-time, remote people manager after the recent reorg.

It just proves how toxic and out-of-touch leadership has become. This company has completely deteriorated and lost its way. Honestly, getting laid off might be a blessing in disguise at this point. It’s time to say goodbye to this place. Good luck to everyone on the 15th.

Some people mistake department technical seminars (teammates, candidates, guest speakers..)for a stage where they can perform their insecurity. Especially when management is present, suddenly every irrelevant question becomes a pathetic attempt to prove they’re still “valuable.”
When a candidate presents, these warms interrupt nonstop, derailing the entire session with meaningless questions that serve no purpose except feeding their ego. Then they turn around and blame the candidate for “not managing time.”
Cornering young professionals in public because you’ve been regurgitating the same outdated knowledge for 20+ years isn’t expertise. It’s cowardice. And everyone sees it.

Managers are aware of what’s happening but they pretend they don’t. For certain leadership got to choose who stays and who goes. It doesn’t seem to amaze me coming from this toxic environment. I knew I was going to get this call today and was on top of the list. Leadership is intimidated by people who speak up and don’t brown nose. I know that I will definitely find a place where I will be appreciated and valued!

Finally I don't have to deal with pointless meetings and tolerate toxic bosses or incompetence. Life on the outside is beautiful.

Can someone honestly explain to me what someone gets by posting rude comments on another persons post? Is it to just stir the pot see how many downvotes they can get or people responding? To really think they are better cause some of us are really struggling is completely unnecessary I don’t get it! They are here on this site yet are just complaining and being negative!

EH is destroying this place, and nobody seems to give a damn outside of us, since we're the only ones truly affected by it. We have to do more work, we have to deal with lost benefits, we have to handle the increasingly toxic culture. I don't know how much longer I can take it.

Over the last decade, this company shifted more and more toward hiring and promoting people who are friendly and easy to manage, instead of those who are smart and willing to challenge the status quo. Anyone who asks tough questions or push for better ways of working are immediately labeled as difficult and punished, while yes-people are rewarded. This is exactly why you hear less debate, see less accountability, and see fewer ground breaking ideas. Maybe it’s time to recognize that agreeableness is not the most valuable trait for a company’s success.

Related note, but toxic positivity is also overwhelmingly present here.

"So began the gradual rollback of ... “tokenmaxxing,” the misguided — and ultimately short-lived — trend based on the idea that the solution to every problem is more AI. That view is falling out of favor, both because employers are reckoning with AI’s runaway costs and because workers are realizing that it’s not always the best way to get things done."

bwahahahaha. Someone tell Derek Flowers. Risk is so fu---d. AI is not the solution, but now the workplace is so toxic and the technology is to clunky no one wants to work in Risk.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-31/corporate-america-cracks-down-on-ai-spending-after-rushing-to-powerful-tools

I went from being a confident, successful professional to having to seek therapy and medication after working at US Bank. Worst experience of my life. The company is chock full of good people who have turned mean for survival. Thank god I’m no longer there, but the ptsd is real and is taking much longer than I thought it would to heal from. I hate how hard I was on myself when I worked there. The company is culture is messed up. Everyone there needs to be kinder to eachother.

Referring to claims but may be other departments too. I really didn’t think it could be worse than rock bottom but here comes big blue with the excavator. My manager used to be ok but he is becoming militant and aggressive, due to those above him. A low performer on the team got fired. Threats of performance management for missing a single metric. More and more being dumped on the plate. This job has always been a toxic cesspool, but somehow it’s getting worse

Just when I thought it would finally be over, they found a way to sc--w us over once again and prolong our suffering for over a year in some cases. We are run by a bunch of sadist.

That is all! Stuck here until Aug 2027 separation date

Just received email at 12:16pm. VSP accepted. Separation date 9/4/26. Thank God. Get me out of this toxic company.