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Is the culture officially dead?

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·9d ago·2 comments
I’ve been reading through the internal communications lately, and honestly, the corporate doublespeak is reaching an all-time high. It feels like every quarter we’re told how vital our materials science work is to the future of the industry, but then the second the margins tighten slightly, they treat the workforce like a line item on an Excel sheet that needs to be slashed. I miss when Corning felt like a place where you could build a career, not just a place where you survive from one layoff cycle to the next. The constant restructuring is killing any long-term innovation. How are we supposed to focus on deep technical breakthroughs when we’re constantly looking over our shoulders wondering if our role is the next one to be 'streamlined'? It’s draining the life out of the engineering teams. I’m tired of the vague 'market headwinds' excuse. At what point does the company take responsibility for the lack of vision instead of just cutting the very people who do the actual heavy lifting? Anyone else feeling like they’re just burning daylight here at this point?

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·9d ago

It is honestly exhausting to watch. We spend decades pouring our expertise into innovation, but when the quarterly reports don't align with Wall Street expectations, the first thing they look for is a way to trim the headcount. The 'Values' posters on the wall feel more like an insult than a mission statement at this point. Everyone is just waiting for the next shoe to drop, and it has absolutely gutted the collaborative spirit that used to define this place.

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0x3ef5…7b77
·9d ago

I remember when leadership actually valued tenure and deep institutional knowledge, but that era ended a while ago. Now, it is all about aggressive efficiency metrics and thinning out the ranks to make the balance sheet look better for investors. You can feel the morale rotting from the inside out because nobody feels secure anymore. It’s no longer about pushing the boundaries of glass science; it’s just about hitting arbitrary targets until they eventually move on to the next round of cuts.