Lots of IT people cut in Columbus
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This used to be a good place to get information about what is happening at AEP specifically, now this board has single-handedly been destroyed by 1 guy who has turned it into his personal blog for his extremely broad political grievances.
Ironically it's always the people who claim to be socially-minded who engage in the most antisocial behaviors.
@2pmk
I am for shareholder value cause if we aren't then we don't have jobs. No one invests in companies that don't make a return.
@2pm4 Seems like corporate gets a little touchy when shareholder value encroaches upon their pursuit of happiness. What do you call someone, who eagerly and willfully imposes hardship on others but recoils when those same hardships are about to imposed upon them for the benefit of the same benefactors? The ONLY sovereigns in America are we the people and it shall serve you well to remember your place before we smash those faux crowns.
@2pm4 Seems like you are all for shareholder value until it diminishes your life. I think that is called hypocrisy.
@2pkn
I hope that is sarcasm. If not, some of you need to lay off the crack pipe.
No ICP for Corporate Officers, let them suffer for the good of shareholder value by setting the example. No raises, bonuses, or stock options for Corporate Officers demonstrating YOUR unwavering commitment to shareholder value. He-l, they should be working for free, imagine the impact that would have on shareholder value. They should give up all personal property, stocks and bank accounts to enhance shareholder value. You are either all in or you are a fraud.
@2pes Without worker's will power AEP grinds to a halt and so does shareholders' value. Sustain and respect the engine of your success or be immobilized by its failure.
@2nyk When any company stops investing in its employees, who are the engine of its success that company is not long for this world. AEP leadership is a tribe of rabid crony capitalist cannibals devouring their own. How long will it be before Bill is sitting in a corner somewhere gnawing on his own ankle. If that is what winning looks like, I will lose and gladly leave while I can escape this cannibalistic employee buffet.
Randy Marsh quote about what geopolitical state he believed he was in.
@2nhk I guess that is dependent on whom is dictating social norms, the obviously morally shamed or the obviously morally outraged. Attacking morals can backfire when the outraged people shed their morals and suddenly the moral-less bullies becomes the victims of a lack of morals.
Collaboration: the action of working with someone to produce or create something. There seems to be more dictating than collaboration going on around here. Did Putin take over AEP or were we annexed by Russia?
@2p6t So you... physically... take the specs from the customer?
What’s with the obsession of wanting to move people that report up through transmission but do zero work or collaboration with transmission up to New Albany? There has to be better options than sending groups away from their direct internal customers and making the commute worse for the majority the employees.
Annoyed that other groups in the same building complain if there’s an empty cube. Why does it matter to their productivity.
@2nyk Why wouldn’t it matter to the people on this board? I’ve been here for awhile, so I’m vested. But if they aren’t offering it to new hires, that’s a bad sign (at least it is to me).
Unbalanced scales eventually topple over when the inequity becomes too severe. The toppling of the scales shall have irrevocable consequences for those responsible for unbalancing them. Wisdom cannot be bought, it must be earned. Heed the wisdom you are obviously incapable of obtaining, before its too late.
@2nyk it would matter if employees who left because of RTO and came back and didn’t get pension (I left aep for a remote job but would come back in the future if things get cleaned up). But if no pension then I’m even less likely to come back
@2my8 Who calls anyone else a boot li---r when they are working at a company that goes against the morals and values they learned from a Chomsky Netflix documentary? Hey, I can afford a pair of my own boots to lick and don't need the government to subsidize the sales tax. Get bent Berners.
@2nyj Really doesn't matter on a board with people that are employed and are in fear of losing employment, but great question
I heard that the pension isn’t being offered to new hires. Anyone know if that’s true, or just a rumor?
@2my8 Omg. In the All Hands meeting they said AEP is involved in changing politics and changing the laws in their favor. I hope the Berners here will find the resolve to leave the job immediately because they are supporting this horrid practice.
In light of our current leaderships' obsession with shareholder value, stakeholders need to continuously evaluate the value of remaining an employee of AEP. When the trend of performing the duties of multiple absent employees exceeds the value of your compensation, it is time to move on as so many employees already have. The negative mental. emotional and physical impact of continuously bearing too heavy a load diminishes the quality of later life when you want to enjoy being free from the shackles of crony capitalism. Do not squander your youth making lesser men and women wealthy and powerful only to be betrayed by them and your worn out body and mind.
@2np3 I think you're low balling it for many of them. If you had follow the Nancy EFT for the past 10 years, you would be up 147%.
My only question for her and Paul, at what point is enough is enough?
I'm sure Bill and his kind would say never is there enough to go around.
No that is crony capitalism. Perpetuated by both parties. You make it sound like those in power were just corrupted by $. No, the vast majority of them were wh--es to begin with so they just naturally do what they know. Come into office with $1M net worth. Leave 10 years later with $50M.
@2nj5 You're writing with AI. Oh god. FUNNY MAN THIS GUY.
Substance abuse like the abuse of immense power and wealth are the penchants of men of failed character and patriotism. Choosing to undermine the Founding Principle of Equality is tantamount to an act of treason against the American Revolution. Let the punishment fit the crime.
@2nhp Lay off the Nyquil brother.
Those who rule by intimidation and fear are also ruled by it. Criminals always fear the consequences of their crimes. Abusing immense power and wealth is a crime often punished by the people, not the government that enables, empowers and profits from it.
They can't control themselves. They have to announce their political views at work and virtue signal how "righteous" there because they have no social awareness of what is appropriate and when. They throw TDS fits. Keep an eye out people.
@2nh1 Play to what you decided is a "monied interest" means you get shot? I hope everyone is taking notice that there are Antifa crankjobs in our company and they are a danger.
@2ngg He played to the monied interests, I do not. He sought fame and fortune, I do not. He sought admission into the peacockery, I do not. I want liberty, equality and justice for all, who have earned and deserve it by being faithful, law-abiding, tax paying and voting citizens. I want what every military veteran served to secure from the establishment of the Continental Army to today. No military veteran served and sacrificed to witness the subjugation of we the people to robber barons, oligarchs, kings or corporate tyrants. The American Dream is owned by all, who dare pursue it virtuously without undo hinderance or interference.
It requires courage to be different. It requires resolute conviction to stand up for what you believe in. It takes absolutely nothing to bow down to tyranny,
AEP sh-t on the vetersns from the time frame of 911. Lost to DEI. Thank you LIES. May be your last name but I think you are a f-k. I dont care if your dad was a marine. You treated veterans that worked for you like a piece of sh-t. I regret serving you sir. You allowed dispictable behavior under your watch. You Sir a true Amserican piece of sh-t. Tske your millions fu-k hd. And stick it up yr arrogant azz.
@2n81 I meant to say RTO can go to he-l with this enhanced collaboration BS. You can't collaborate with people that just talk all day and think they worked hard because they feel exhaustive from talking at the end of the day. Good luck making up the productivity differences AEP!
RTO to go to he-l. I don't want to talk while I'm working. Leave me alone if it's not about work until it's a lunch hour or whatever. I put bread on my table with work and not 30 minute blah-blah sessions. Thanks a million AEP.
@2n75 about what though? A bunch of If, and’s, maybe’s?? Or perhaps how to ensure change is the only constant?
Right is always right and wrong is always wrong. For years AEP has been doing wrong for employees and the communities.
@2n6v Pack a schedule with 60 hours a week of meetings for the next month with people that want to talk.
@2n6q I think you mean have meetings for 60 hours a week
@2n6m Sure thing. Just start working 60 hour weeks like they do