Over 50 management is targeted - Senior Manager Vanguard Employee Review

If you arent drinking the koolaid and trying to make things better you will be targeted. If you are over 50 and a white male, you definately are already being targeted, particularly if you are in Management (Get out if you can). They only care about having robots that toe the line and diversity, that is it! All those who wrote about management at Vanguard listen up. Managers at Vanguard are pressured to identify a certain number of "poor performers" every year, even if they have none. Pets are selected for the "talent watch list" and once they are on a list it is nearly impossible to get someone off (they really want women and diversity on the talent lists). If you are a manager with a diverse person on the list that is failing to develop further: 1) You can not get them off the list cause you will be executed. 2) If they fail you will be executed. 3) You are the problem not them. So what do you think happens? Managers coverup failures for people on the list, they move people to other teams, they are forced to promote people on the lists that they dont believe are ready. So you see all the failures of management called out in reviews here starts at the top. Managers have no choice but to drink the koolaid and play along or they are gone. If they are over 50 and a white male they will be gone anyway cause that is how they create promotional opportunities for those on the talent lists to move up and become managers themselves. Honestly there are many managers running to act like they love the koolaid, etc. and are hoping they can survive long enough to retire on their terms cause they can not really actually lead their teams like they want to. It is a horrible atmosphere to try and just survive in. If you try in the most gentle way to speak out or suggest improvements or try to lead your team as you know want to, management above you will deal with you harshly.