Rant

Middle management is completely checked out

0x28dd…0833

·30d ago·2 comments

It’s honestly impressive how disconnected the VPs have become. Every town hall is just a compilation of buzzwords about 'synergy' and 'market agility' while the actual floor is bleeding people. We’re being asked to take on the workloads of two or three departed colleagues without any adjustment to our goals. I’ve reached out to my manager about the increased capacity pressure, and I get the same scripted response about 'prioritizing our core mission.' It feels like they are intentionally making it impossible to succeed just so they have an excuse to keep cutting staff when numbers don't hit. If you’re at Elevance and you haven’t updated your resume yet, what are you even waiting for? This company has turned into a revolving door and I don't see any sign of the culture improving. It’s just numbers on a spreadsheet to them at this point.

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0x22d3…b86a

·30d ago

The disconnect is real. I’ve sat through those same town halls, and it’s like they are living in a completely different reality. It’s exhausting to hear about 'innovation' and 'market leadership' when the internal infrastructure is held together by duct tape and sheer desperation. When you raise concerns, they just gaslight you with talk about resilience and mission-alignment. It’s clearly a top-down strategy to squeeze every drop of productivity out of the survivors until we burn out too, then they’ll just outsource or automate whatever is left.

0x7371…407f

·30d ago

Honestly, stop looking for empathy from leadership. They’ve crunched the numbers and realized that burning through staff is cheaper than fixing the underlying operational issues. If your manager is just parroting corporate scripts, they’ve already checked out themselves. Protect your own peace, do exactly what’s in your job description, and stop volunteering for those extra projects. They don’t reward the people who stay late and sacrifice their mental health; they just raise the baseline and expect more for the same pay.