It was so nice to see that AVP, Directors and Leadership all get Voluntary Severance offerings and even non voluntary... Now, we have 3,000 employees on the chopping block and we cannot say at this time if we will file a transition plan or not???... — read more 

I can only imagine it’s to tell us the transition plan has been approved. Anyone ever hear of a transition plan getting shut down??

This is a serious question, can State Farm survive what's happening to it right now without losing all of its best employees? And once it loses all of the good employees can the company survive, period? One thing those on top keep forgetting is that... — read more 

ask stupid questions such as this? Example: "Are you targeting 50+ workers to save on pension costs..etc?" "Great question.......Yes we are doing exactly that. Since you asked this question we will divulge our potentially unlawful strategy" If you... — read more 

They are being very careful to not mention any severance when it comes to analysts. There is no voluntary severance. Is there involuntary severance or is that out too?

Whenever claim consultants refer to us a "claim scum and minions" run! Fear not! What comes around goes around! SF was conservative and now it is worse than Hollywood and Washington DC. Fine job on the 2016 RICO suit SF! If that's "shared values"... — read more 

Been in Auto Estimatics a long time. I have never seen it this slow. Tax time always gets slow but not like this. All over the country coast to coast. Well done leadership is executing their plan to a t.

Dear Mr. Rust, The State Farm you left behind is unrecognizable today. Morale is at its lowest we've ever seen. We're hemorrhaging employees and policyholders faster than we can suture the gaping wounds made by Michael Tipsord. Many of us have... — read more 

You said there was no time to reskill, yet Vivify was started over a year ago? Too many of us. This means it's all about cutting the headcount. If that is the case, just say so. We were told spouses would not be taken into account. DF said they... — read more 

When you go to annual reports on State Farm.com, you have to send an email to public affairs to request a copy of the latest annual report. What’s up with this? It used to be published about the end of February every year.

Any idea when the announcements will be made? late in the day when they've gotten as much work out of us as they can for the day?

management just came to us and said poor poor Mikey T.... with all the terrible rumors that are going around we should feel sorry for him that his name has been drugged through the mud. Ha.... he brought this on all by himself with his drastic cuts... — read more 

Any of you that have left gone independent? If so, who did you go with, how does it pay & is it better than what you were doing before? Have you worked SF files & how weird is that?

If you are fired by SF you may have the right to request documentation on the age ranges of other people who were also let go. You have 180 days to file with the EEOC if you at that time believe you were descriminated against based on your age. Have... — read more 

Just wondering, how long does it take after being laid off to see the severance money in your account? Is the transfer immediate (and of the month kind of thing) or is there a wait period for it to go through? Mainly trying to figure out if I get... — read more 

I wish people would just leave State Farm en masse. Just get up and leave. Leave those on top to scramble and try to find people who have not already heard about the way they've been mistreating their employees to come and replace us. And than watch... — read more 

You gotta hand it to the Farm. Getting rid of the employee sick day alottment was a crafty, crafty move!

I'm trying to figure out who is still leaving positive reviews for State Farm on Glassdoor. Seriously, the only thing I can come up with is that HR is spending some of their time trying to counter all the negative reviews left by genuine employees... — read more 

In the message he put out he said he knew when he became CEO he would have to make huge cuts that impact people. Did he consider how they impact people? I've heard of an attempted suicide that went right back to Vivify and pre-existing mental health... — read more 

The new AVPs, with the exceptions of KM and the new CFO, have operations/finance backgrounds but lack banking experience. The short term goals are getting back in the good graces of regulators, cutting costs, and taming our out of control operations... — read more 

I'm just wondering, how many more weekends of not knowing what's going to happen are we going to have to suffer through? How many more sleepless nights and stressful Saturdays and Sundays - days we are supposed to be for resting and recuperation -... — read more 

You know I do feel like the company owes us. The company is great because the employees made it great. When I started 30 years ago, it was told to me the benefits and pension offered and I stayed for those things and now it's going to be taken away... — read more 

Anyone want to meet at Gill St. or something and drink and b--ch in person?

It would be great if he could by the Farm. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/02/26/warren-buffett-says-he-has-116-billion-to-spend-here-are-five-companies-he-should-buy.html

Need extras and continuity editors for a revealing docuseries about corruption and cover ups at SF. Please be at Winners Lounge tonight at 8:30.

Anyone know who is making the decisions for Proximity?

Does anyone know the logic behind the number of openings that are posted ‘External Only’?

Because, the layoffs are only PART of what's happening folks. We are in a recession, but your TV anchorman isn't going to tell you that until it's so obvious that your 3 year old knows.

Once upon a time, State Farm was a company I was proud to work for. I can tell you I was drinking the kool aid, and the kool aid was good. I worked customer service, sales, training, and claims over a period of roughly 15 years. I started when State... — read more 

Looks intriguing!

What are current Pendings and work conditions like? What is OT allowed? Are you working other people’s files to detriment of you own? Have you received any “1”s in recent review or performance emails or memos? Are you an older employee and being told... — read more 

Seriously, are some stating that State Farm won’t keep people that are older?

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17152080/ibm-layoffs-age-discrimination-report Isn’t IBM one of our largest consultants? Hmmmm....

We will find out some turth to layoffs in April

Lol here it is MA receives notification from vendor about his let go New JM barges into a meeting and asks MA to come out MA barges into New JM’s office which he’s in a meeting with Director, VPs and CEO One of my Co-Workers who was a green badge got... — read more 

LMAO. At he end of the day when you need some comic relief just log on here. These people are a hoot!

A few weeks ago I predicted that Trump would do something to provide the narrative for falling markets and a collapsing economy, and Voila! Now he has. For those of you who think the economy is "Booming!" you won't even have the lying media to quote... — read more 

I am serious, please don't talk about how SF is slashing and burning through employees, or screwing over the customer with high rates or poor customer service. In the past we had a reputation for providing a personal touch, and we were the industry... — read more 

Just asking. I’ve noticed several employees on this forum taking their anger out on the people they work with. You’re all in this together. I’m just curious as to why a lot of you stay instead of looking for another job?