I have it and it’s great. Not enough to keep me at my employer forever but will def miss it if I leave.
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The header at the top...don't share this outside the company...yeah they know better that this would be out to media in minutes.
It is probably a matter of opinion, but the people I know at Deere think they have.
Ag economy is going into a major blood letting. One typical sign of a full US recession over the last couple centuries is the Ag sector hitting one first.
Other than being asked to put my pronouns in my email signature I'm not sure of anything happening that I would describe as woke. Personally I think it's kind of useful with working with people from other parts of the world when there are names I have no idea if they're masculine or feminine.
Do you either work longer days or use more hours of PTO when taking multiple days off in a 2 week period?
Guess I'm more often challenged to use enough in a year not to "lose" some at year-end anyway so wouldn't matter if I had to use more. It'd be real nice if they'd just payout excess PTO - would be like a bonus every year. I understand it's important to take breaks, but with so many holidays and the rate I'm accruing, there's always plenty leftover.
Just the opposite. They went corporate. Focusing on short term gains for the shareholders with little regard to how that will affect them long term.
Just saw this from an EE
"Highly encouraging (aka forcing) pronouns in email signatures
Incorporating aggressive DEI metrics into performance reviews
job posting must stay open for at least 45 days unless a diverse candidate applied
At least one job interviewer must be a diverse candidate
Diversity ‘targets’ for employee demographics. The email and management made sure to point out these were targets and not quotas. This one was sent out 4 years ago. Employees asked why not just focus on the best candidate and management told us to get on board or get out.
As an employee must of us don’t agree with these, we just want to work with the best people, respect each other, and go home."
Yeah the problem is the "standard way" doesn't promote a meritocracy. The current system is not a meritocracy. And any smart company knows diversity, especially at the senior leadership level leads to high profits and more innovation.
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Oh I see that was from Reddit.
Having spent most of my career in ag, I can cosign the last line. That is too often the default.
If that release from Deere corporate actually means anything nobody has told me yet. Had an all employee meeting for Ag engineering this morning and it wasn't mentioned at all. Maybe they're waiting to finish up all the salary layoffs before they tell us what it actually means.
Since I've changed to 9/80, I have so much unused PTO, that I started taking off the Fridays I'm supposed to be working. Not every week, but I'd say 75% of the year I'm on a 4 day work week due to this. It makes leaving my current company pretty much impossible, as the thought of working every Friday would feel like being asked to work Saturdays for most people.
While it's a huge benefit, I've lost all motivation to look for other jobs outside the company. At some point, a certain dollar amount is worth losing that day, and I need to figure out what it is.
That's like the guy who founded Cerner sent an email complaining about the parking lot being empty before 5PM a couple decades ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Patterson
Granted I actually liked the way he ran things the last few years before he passed and the 2 or 3 times I interacted with him were pleasant.
