#worklifebalance

Is anyone else struggling to find any drive to keep going here?

I got out and my life changed overnight. You have no idea how much of your anxiety is caused by this place until you leave.

Is moonlighting ok during notice period?

But knowing how many of our jobs are being offshored - and not just at HCSC - it's a bit hard to feel all that patriotic.

It's a new week, layoffs are behind us (at least for now), but the atmosphere still feels heavy. I have a feeling productivity is down as well. I certainly still can't concentrate fully on work. You can only push people so much before it starts influencing their performance.

I'm not saying we should accept how things are at Walmart, but I've been looking around and I can't find any retailer that actually treats its employees well. Even the ones that are performing better financially are just as bad to their people. It seems like the only way to get out of this is to leave retail entirely. Otherwise you're just moving from one bad situation to another.

I can't shake this feeling of dread even though logically I know nothing major is happening this week. I guess Fiserv finally broke me.

A few days off used to be enough to reset, but now it's not even close. I don't think any amount of time away would make me actually want to come back here.

It's amazing how quickly things can change. I used to genuinely love my job. I was excited to do it, and I felt good about what I was doing. Now I spend most of my time thinking about how to get out. I just want a way out.

I've been thinking lately about how I feel about the possibility of layoffs, and I realized something that surprised me. I'm not scared anymore. In fact, part of me is actually kind of hoping it happens. I genuinely like what I do, but Honeywell has gone out of its way to make everything harder, more complicated, and less satisfying. If getting laid off is what it takes to get out of here, I think I'd actually feel relieved. What does that say about a place that some of its employees feel that way?

I'm trying to understand how this works. When someone gets laid off, do they leave that same day or is there a period where they're expected to stay on? New here, if it's not obvious, and nobody on my team was affected this time, but I know it won't last and I'd like to know.

Rep for Chicago suburbs here. I’m getting phone calls from 5 different Jewel stores today looking for service. F that. I’m not picking up and leaving my phone on for sh--s and giggles.

With constant reorgs, reshuffling of managers every 1-2 years, people moving out of the company, and now asking to RTO 5 days in a different state, my mental health has taken a toll. Unless I was in Dallas this whole time, there was no certainty what my office location will be and where to buy a home. It kept changing every 1-2 years. Now after 20 years, I have decided to relocate to Dallas, as I couldn’t land any other offer. WTF I am doing? I have no clue, but just trying to save the job for now.

Hopefully we and our families can enjoy the day. Celebrate this wonderful country and our freedom! 🎇🎆
Our freedom to get another job, if we wish.
We really live in the best country.
Hope everyone has hope, GOD and family.
Take care!!

Independence day is special this year. He's gone and the bullying stops. Nice to work withouT hIM !

Make it work folks, this is our rare chance to let go of this wretched place and relax and enjoy with our family. Tomorrow, it's back to worrying about our jobs.

Til we leave this sh-tshow. PTSD will still linger from mission 1 but we will all recover. F this place and good luck everyone.

Putting in my two week notice on Monday.

I can't take it anymore.

Like many I am very frustrated by the hunt for a landing spot every morning, and all the noise and confusion that goes with it. Will we get offices again after the reorganization is finalized. That is, is this $hit$how just a holding pattern or is it really the permante new normal? Not sure I can live with this long term.

Anyone remembers that L.O.V.E. is a registered TRADEMARK (!) of OpenText?

I remember that James or Tom, when asked about RTO, said "if you were with your customer till 2am, no one will expect you to be in the office the next morning ".

I try not to work on holidays when I can avoid it.

Unfortunately, I need to be prepared for the next LR.

You might ask, “Couldn’t you prepare for the next LR during normal business hours, on actual working days?”

Yes. I do that too.

In fact, that is most of what I do.

Every now and then, some pesky customer calls and interrupts my LR preparation, but I try not to let that derail the mission.

what are some things at your location that is driving you crazy?

This has become a common theme. Everyday on LinkedIn, several folks with head full of thick black hair announce joining IBM. And then there are those with gray hair and thinning hair who publish the post about the departure.

That's 100% the only reason why I'm still here.

Just read mine and it looked wonderful until it says I should do more. Ok I work 10-11 hrs daily yet my rating is "tracking towards below expectations" I felt I just got slapped.

since Leadership has seemed to have completely f*ck this up, what are some benefits you think would incentivize you to stay?

for me, it's the PTO policy. 18 days use it or lose it is ridiculous. and not getting another week until 8 YEARS of service?

how about 23 days to start, with flexibility to carry some time over. change the years of service requirement to earn an extra week.

and... as for the Directors and above not having a PTO bank? reel that in, 'cause my Director takes off a minimum of 8 WEEKS EVERY YEAR. clear abuse of the policy.

I think it's very possible that more people applied than what they anticipated.

imagine if the target was 8,000 eliminations and they received 12,000 applications... but of those 12,000 applications, only 3,000 were on the elimination list. they still need to cut the 5,000... so what do they do? maybe accept 1,000 of the VSPs and still have to cut 4,000...

now for those 8,000 VSP applications they have to reject? that's a LOT of pi---d off people who will probably be looking to leave. now they have to figure out how to retain those employees.

and for those 4,000 being cut... they will be upset too.

that is probably the clusterf*ck they have gotten themselves into.

July is about to be a headache for everyone.

Sad thing is, even knowing this round is over I can't truly relax or be happy I survived, since we all know there'll be more before the end of the year. Working with the constant threat of layoffs is not good for our health, mental or physical. Layoffs always happened, but they were occasional, not like now.

This extension isn't for you, this mass exodus just didn't fit their timeline. My guess is there will be a lot of rah-rah bullsh-t next week, and guilt tripping.

Do what's best for you, not the shareholders. Project Simplify isn't over, they just want you to forget about it right now.

The UK Works Council is only there to give a veneer of respectability to whatever DXC HR choose to do. There is no accountability. They never push back strongly just approve as they are asked to do like good pets. Try talking to them and they just say there is nothing they can do.

What they should do in all conscience is resign from the works council so HR can't say "this was approved by the works council".

I can’t believe it’s really over. I would gladly work In the office full time again if it meant I could keep my job. AT&T was such a big part of my life. I feel so lost.

by this rate I won't get paid until next year. thanks dell

WHY IS IT ALWAYS COLD AT CIC. I AM FREEZING.

what a joke. I definitely ain’t going to the office

I honestly cannot tell if this site is helping me or stressing me out more! I am taking this VSP but stressed my PL will deny it. So until July 15th and we all know for sure, I don’t think I will be able to breathe.

I really cannot stand to be here any longer. I’ve been applying for other places and hoping to get something good because being here is terrible

I'm aware that not everybody has that luxury, but if you can afford to drop 10 to 20 percent, there are plenty of options. My new job is interesting and it provides me with a chance to diversify in my field. I've been gone for a few months and I'm satisfied. If you want to leave, you have options. Just widen your search a bit.

I don’t know about you all but I’m so tired of having to prove what I do day in and out. I have been asked for accomplishments from this year on a couple of different occasions and for different audiences and I need to map them back to my goals. I also must do a formal documented development plan in workday.

I don’t know what they are being used for, probably to stack rank us and for conversations about our futures. Either way they have created this environment where every little thing makes a person feel like they need to prove and be thankful for a job. Last time I checked doing my job day to day sufficiently should be enough. I don’t know why I typed this. It’s feeling heavy today I guess.

Any other groups asked to come in and work the holiday? This company can get bent. maybe stop laying people off and forcing people to quit and you won't be behind.