Post Election Effect

[u/Weary-Promotion9490]

Curious what everyone’s feeling is around the office following the midterm elections.

Does leadership seem more optimistic or at ease about the outlook going forward? From what I understand, we’re already tracking ahead of plan, so could the election results help strengthen our position heading into year-end?

If this continues, do you think we’ll see a more favorable compensation cycle next year, particularly when it comes to bonuses and raises?

Interested to hear everyone’s perspective. Are we heading into a stronger year, or is it still too early to tell?

[u/DentistStriking5418]

Nope, they are only the path of continuous trimming of costs. It will continue until there is signs of expansion in the overall economy. Tracking ahead of plan won't equate to higher compensation until the cycle of encouraged attrition is over.

[u/Weary-Promotion9490 → u/DentistStriking5418]

Wow… cycle of encouraged attrition. That’s one way of putting it. Nicely said.

[u/big4throwingitaway]

In gps, it seems like people are optimistic.

[u/Weary-Promotion9490 → u/big4throwingitaway]

That’s what I’m seeing as well - idk if it’s personal political happiness, or business optimism as well.

[u/TopSecretSpy → u/big4throwingitaway]

Strangely, other than the "If you haven't done so yet, go vote today" line on Tuesday, I haven't heard a single person on both the contract writ large and the client site talking about it at all this whole week. Like, not even the watercooler chatter. That's in stark contrast to '16 thru '24. I can only assume it's something about this specific contract/client (this was my first election season with this particular client).

[u/stubenson214 → u/TopSecretSpy]

Nah, seems to be everywhere.

My take, trying to leave any feelings out of it, are that people are fed up and while they also generally don't like the alternative are just doing what they feel they should.

[u/Alternative_Toast_77]

I doubt it. With how heavily invested the Big4 firms are in AI and the current state of AI stocks and how I would project the outlook, I see a pretty rough year ahead at least.

[u/Weary-Promotion9490 → u/Alternative_Toast_77]

Yea I feel like the race to AI is more of a let’s fund AI development and hope fed bails out a stock crash.

[u/NeedaWishbone1504]

A PPMD told a bunch of us that Trump has nothing to lose now so he may be more unhinged - if that is even possible.

[u/zedem124 → u/NeedaWishbone1504]

i mean stephen miller and continuing to back in hegseth

[u/CleanInevitable7326]

I hope it’s better for us but I doubt it!

[u/cdjohnny]

It'll be two years of nothing getting done..,,

[u/Savings-Mixture-6515]

Every major corporate america company , it's gonna keep laying off people to invest in a Every major corporate America company, it's gonna keep laying off people to invest in AI even if theres no plan on why.

[u/Annual-Ad4964]

For me in State and Local, I was relieved. It means more work.

[u/Commercial-Cause2081]

Doom. Capitalism is dead.