This was quietly just reported from Indian news sources: TIAA Global Capabilities, an Indian subsidiary and strategic global delivery centre for TIAA (Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America), has leased 255,713 square feet of office... — read more
More Layoffs On the Way & Here’s Why
This Fall, TIAA & many U.S. employers and workers are being squeezed by the steepest run-up in health insurance costs in years, with average family premiums nearing $26,993 in 2026 and pressure building for even sharper increases in 2027. Nearly 300... — read more
More Layoffs On the Way & Here’s Why
TIAA, along with many larger U.S. based employers and workers are being squeezed by the steepest run-up in health insurance costs in years, with average family premiums nearing $26,993 in 2026 and pressure building for even sharper increases in 2027... — read more
Toughen up
Stop complaining all the time. This is corporate America. Nothing is given. Respect, pay, conditions, all of that you have to fight for or leave.
Sastry’s Spin About Accenture
This PR story by Sastry appeared in Fortune recently. Fact check this & weigh in with your comments: AI Won’t Fix A Broken Company. Rewiring it will By Sastry & M. Sharma “Every CEO wants to talk about AI’s magic. Almost none want to talk... — read more
The grass IS greener
I left the company months ago after 10+ years and I must say I wish I left sooner. You don’t know how awful that place is while you’re there because you pacify yourself thinking about the benefits and culture, muse on here and tell yourself you’re... — read more
Phone hours
Did the hours for phone assistance get cut recently?
Coffee badgers
Had 3 people I know be fired for this… looks like they’re ok to the next wave
BBB Contacts - Complaint
How accurate is the list of contacts below and who be the best ones to send a customer complaint to ? TIAA 730 3rd Ave BBB Serving Metropolitan New York BBB File Opened: 3/28/2001 Business Started: 1/1/1918 Type of Entity: Corporation Business... — read more
Which team/roles are LEAST stressful for tech related opportunities?
Looking to transfer to a different team within IT. Decided to browse the internal job board to see whats out there. Mainly concerned with WLB/limited stress. Is Cyber fairly laid back? What about infratructure/OCC? Or maybe being a DBA? Or working... — read more
Bank of America being stricter on WFH policy
Seems like employees received an email where they can no longer work 2 consecutive days WFH and need to be in the office for a 'full day'.... will TIAA be next? Anyone here have any insights or heard anything?
Did you know we have a Culture Team?
There are 14 people at TIAA on the culture team...10 of which are Sr Directors or VP. I had no idea we had such an emphasis on building positive culture here.
EC Shakeup
Gibson’s departure has been in the works behind the scenes for a few months now. An EC search was kicked off and a firm was allegedly hired to quarterback it. For a while from what I had heard was that the search was to replace Mickey, but it was... — read more
The Schroeder’s Deal Will Lead To More Layoffs
The dust has begun to settle. Nuveen’s $13.5B “bailout” deal for Schroeder’s will create huge headwinds for TIAA & Nuveen in the near. First, Nuveen (aka TIAA) overpaid by 35%. Second, there will have to be major debt issuance to pay for the deal... — read more
Is the onsite gym 24/7?
Does the badge work at all times or do you need to get it updated to access the gym? Newbie here
Accenture
Whose idea was the Accenture contract? An absolute mess and sh-tshow that will only get worse
Kourtney Gibson departures
I wonder what she is seeing that makes her want to abandon ship?
Are we the Titanic of the financial services industry?
Or maybe a better analogy is that we're Pompei, obliviously waiting for Vesuvius to finally explode. The company just seems to by dying a slow death, going deeper and deeper underwater with each passing month. We have an invisible, inept figurehead... — read more
How are we perceived outside in
https://www.trustpilot.com/review/tiaa.org
CISO skips duties
Deputy CISO in deposition because the CISO isn’t trusted or competent enough to handle lawyers. Laughable. It would be great to get his paycheck for how little Chief duties he performs.
Hip Hop Wannabe TIAA
I have 2 serious questions. Did that Wyclef Jean song ever gain any traction? LMAO Is that Diddy guy still an executive at the company? I can’t believe I’m asking this of our once semi-respectable company.
Layoffs
I've been trying to stay on top of what's happening but I haven't seen anything concrete. Does anyone have any updates on the current layoff situation?
Using public wifi with company laptop
Thinking about going to the coffee shop and bringing the company laptop to work there for a change of scenery- is there security risks or am I ok if I use the VPN? Is public WiFi not allowed?
Working abroad through VDI?
Is this allowed at all? I know we aren’t allowed to use the company’s laptop out the country, but if I need to do some work abroad, would I get in trouble if I connect my personal laptop through VDI? I would take a week vacation but also work a week... — read more
I've had enough
I need to leave, and I need to leave now. I can't do this anymore. Every day I have to listen to people who don't know my job tell me how to do it and give me terrible advice while they're at it. They make me to do things wrong despite my protests... — read more
Asking recruiter to be considered for internal role after it expired
I had applied but then withdrew my application since the pay was lower than I anticipated, however after second though I'd like to be considered again but the opening has closed. Am I SOL?
When can we stop stressing?
I'm exhausted from the constant worry. When can we finally relax? Will we ever again have some semblance of job security?
Accenture Layoffs ?
with Accenture's stock price falling today, will there be more layoffs w/the employees who moved over their from the mothership ?
Anyone here take a paycut to transfer internally to a team you wanted to join?
How significant was it? Looking at a 25k paycut, not sure if Im crazy or not. Going from 95k to 70k but for a team I would prefer.
Vote for Trustees
You know if you don’t like the way things are going, you can vote for/against trustees. We are all investors through the 401k and the proxy stuff just was emailed out.
Tbd & the dialog/Peter Thiel company she keeps
https://www.reddit.com/r/JoeRogan/comments/1u7pzgl/leak_exposes_members_of_peter_thiels_secretive/ Wtaf!
The attrition problem
I've watched at least five people leave my team over the last few months. I don't blame them, but the company makes no effort to hire new people, so those of us who stay end up doing the work of two or three people. Which means that deadlines that... — read more
How does 3 day a week RTO get tracked?
Did they change how it’s tracked? Before I recall them just caring about the 8 week average, do they care about weekly average now? If I go all 5 days this week, and next week I go in once, wouldn’t my weekly average be 3? Or do I need to go in 3... — read more
Collaboration with Municipal?
What is this collaboration with the clothing brand, Municipal? I'm failing to understand the strategy behind this.
12 Hours of Impact
Anyone seen this on Workday under your Overview section? Did they send out any emails that I may have missed? Says it’s not mandatory but “encouraged.” Translation: do it anyway
Frisco Tower, Intuit Employees ???
Not sure if others have noticed, but the Frisco executive center is now sharing space with Intuit employees. It’s been noticeably more crowded lately and it doesn’t feel like the same place it was when we first moved in. Which honestly brings up... — read more
Do you keep in touch with your former coworkers?
Mainly those who were laid off? I'm just curious, because for me, as soon as they're gone, that's usually the last I hear from them, or they hear from me.
August 2026 RTO 5 days a week
Hearing rumors going on about this.. can anyone here 'in the know' confirm?
Silent layoffs occur almost all the time
Just ask around, you'll see that people have been disappearing consistently. They don't need major rounds anymore when they're always cutting folks.