Thread regarding MetLife Inc. layoffs

MetLife the past 10 years

A crummier company led by cynical, gaslighting people who worry more about "shareholder value" (and value of their stock holdings) than the financial and mental well-being of their employees.


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Post ID: @OP+1m0621qw6

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@r9 It's hard to see how this doesn't all eventually collapse like a house of cards. Client satisfaction is the last thing on the C-suite's minds.

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Post ID: @z5+1m0621qw6

That $3B in stock buybacks that's planned will definitely help the shareholders. Won't do sh-t for the rest of us. Can't even get a working Ethernet cable half the time in Cary

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Post ID: @r9+1m0621qw6

@f8 LOL! You are totally right! Best to hope they RIF you with that severance! The GRASS IS GREENER OUTSIDE! ESPECIALLY IF YOU TAKE ANOTHER JOB BEFORE SPENDING THE SEVERANCE!

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Post ID: @fv+1m0621qw6

lol peace is a cesspool. Current workers can’t see it as the company su-ks your will to leave of you’re a decent person. If you’re a POS they promote you. It’s toxic and I’m head they cut ties with peanuts and snoopy back when they did as that’s when it got really bad. It is better once you leave. So hang in there! Get fired or laid off to get your severance!

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Post ID: @f8+1m0621qw6

Bah. Defend your down votes. Or better, go find someone that used to live in Cuba, or Venezuela, or North Korea or behind the iron curtain. Talk to them and ask what it was like to live in such socialist/communist "paradises".

Capitalism is a good thing about the USA. It's why half the world wants in.

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Post ID: @e8+1m0621qw6

@cb No. Capitalism would be another company coming along that treats its employees better and manages the ones they have better taking employees from the poorer employers and getting better ideas and more production out of them by treating them better.

That, my friend, is a market.

We must be careful not to full for the socialist/communist tripe that seems to be the rage lately. Capitalism has it's faults, but competition and markets are generally good for everyone.

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Post ID: @cw+1m0621qw6

@OP You just described capitalism

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Post ID: @cb+1m0621qw6

By "delivering for our shareholders", the execs actually mean, further lining their own pockets. The earnings call is a chance to pat themselves on their backs on the millions of dollars they personally earned the previous quarter. Listen carefully and you will notice no thanks or rewards for employees ever mentioned. It's an ugly hierarchy there. The AVPs and above are all "coached" to only engage with those in their department, avoid any eye contact or engagement with anyone outside of their department, and certainly avoid anyone below their title. These people really need to get off their high horses and start acting like human beings and not stoic robots. This is the culture pushed by upper management and yet they gaslight us that "it's a great place to work".

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Post ID: @a9+1m0621qw6

Get out while you can and get a pay raise.

Even better if they offshore or replace you with an H1B and give you a nice severance.

The grass is greener outside. Good luck.

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