Company Layoffs

[Warp Daddy]

Thanks for the positive vibes... unfortunately as of about 10:00AM... I'm unemployed.

If you know anyone looking for an IT guy somewhere between Boston, MA and Manchester, NH... feel free to point them in my direction.

I'll probably go hit Wa for the day tomorrow, because why not... after that, we'll see.

Worst part for me was that I just took care of the whole network for a month while my boss was on vacation... No problems and nothing I couldn't handle... they kept him and got rid of me... If it were my company, I would have gotten rid of the guy that makes 3x more... but I guess they know better.

-w

W Jennn - really sad to hear about the RIF -- you are a bright young person and with your knowledge , skills and attitude will land on your feet . TURN the PAGE and put this in YOUR REARVIEW mirror . You may have been done a huge favor and perhaps will leverage a MUCH better environment

Sometimes survivors of a RIF have it worse -- you at least are now free to get on with YOUR life and may actually come out ahead !!!!!!!!!!

Hang tuff and STAY POSITIVE -- YOU are WAY more than WHat you do .

Warp

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

I sat next to a guy about my age..29..on the bus yesterday who worked for Lehman Brothers..when it was bought out by another company in the fall..only 5 out of the 40 people in his division kept their job and luckily it was him. I said,"You must have really busted ass"..and he said he didn't take one personal day in a year and a half...wow..

++++Vibes+++++ W

the good thing is that you're young..for older guys it's so much tougher to find a job..

 

[ERJ-145CA]

Good luck, IT sucks.

My wife is in IT and she agrees with your asessment.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

My wife is in IT and she agrees with your asessment.

I graduated from college with alot of people in the MIS..Management Information Systems program and most of them got starting job offers of over $40,000 a year straight out of college..and that was over 7 years ago..is there less demand for IT in 2009 than 2001?

 

[Geoff]

I graduated from college with alot of people in the MIS..Management Information Systems program and most of them got starting job offers of over $40,000 a year straight out of college..and that was over 7 years ago..is there less demand for IT in 2009 than 2001?

IT has a couple of problems....

It's really easy to get yourself obsolete. I've seen a number of people who became experts in an environment and were so busy doing care & feeding of it at their job that they didn't cross train on the newer stuff.


IT doesn't generate any profit. It's viewed as "overhead". When times are tough, companies do whatever they can to trim "overhead".

All companies have lean times. The worst thing is to be an expert on old generation technology and then get shot when your company slows down.

 

[Vortex]

Thats my plan. If I lose my job, I will ski all winter. The passes are all bought and paid for, the house is paid for, and I figure if I am out skiing, I won't have to keep the house as warm. Therefore, I will be saving money. The only problem will be beer and gas money.

I'll buy you a couple 30 packs.

 

[Geoff]

This can happen in any field you work. Technology is advancing so quickly there is no way one can keep up with everything. I am trainable ..

When there is an oversupply of IT workers, nobody is going to hire someone who needs to be trained. That is the market condition today.

Moral of the story: Don't let yourself become obsolete.

 

[Geoff]

I'll buy you a couple 30 packs.

Send a few my way, too.

 

[hammer]

When there is an oversupply of IT workers, nobody is going to hire someone who needs to be trained. That is the market condition today.

Moral of the story: Don't let yourself become obsolete.

Unfortunately, even in good times, people with specific experience will get hired ahead of people who need training. In the long run, that's not a good strategy IMO, but that's how it is...

I remember coming out of the military and being told "don't worry about specific experience, employers want ex-military because they have the overall skills and strong work ethic". Right...most employers I applied to cared a lot more about whether I had specific experience for their opening than in how "smart" or "trainable" I was.

 

[Warp Daddy]

All of what has been said regarding training and overhead rings both unfortunately true and very short sighted ! Myopic Boards of Director's and SR Mgt types are often so busy playing short term CYA games that they lose sight of the future .and often DUMB size their organization

It strictly "what r ya doing for me now"--- gotcha's -- training is very OFTEN the first thing to go

They use one of 3 strategies

1. They WON"T hire WINNERS -- bcuz "hell they cost REAL $$"

2. They WON"T hire POTENTIAL WINNERS and TRAIN them -" Bcuz Hell that costs real $$"

SO when i was often brought in to help them address some real issues in this arena i told them i ONLY knew of ONE other strategy that WOULD work, if you are not willing to do either of the first two .

SO they'd ask : what is it


Answer : Get down on your knees and PRAY

 

[RootDKJ]

WJ - I looked on my company's internal posting page, but there's only 10 positions open in all of Mass. and NH. 7 in sales or sales support, 3 technicial (2 below entry level and one Sr. level)

Sorry

 

[ERJ-145CA]

My wife wasn't talking about difficulty finding an IT job, she was talking about the job sucking. She said it's high burnout because everybody expects miracles and the IT department gets the blame for every stupid thing that the other departments do with their computers. I heard the same thing from a first officer of mine who used to work in IT before he became a pilot. He gladly took a large pay cut to fly planes.

 

[WJenness]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

 

[billski]

don't have a ton of time to post right now, but i wanted to let everyone know, i got a job offer today, i start on monday

-w

yahoo! You rock man!

Hey, what's with this un-shouting feature???

 

[severine]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

Congratulations!!! :beer:

 

[RootDKJ]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

:beer: Not much more I can say besides :beer:

Congrats!!!! Post up some details when you can!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

Congrats..Dubya..enjoy your long weekend..

 

[mondeo]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

I'm sorry for your loss of skiing opportunities.



But I guess congrats are in order. After all, now you'll be able to fund more skiing. :wink:

 

[Glenn]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

Wow! Amazing turnaround time! Congrats!!!!

 

[Warp Daddy]

Don't have a ton of time to post right now, but I wanted to let everyone know, I got a job offer today, I start on Monday

-w

SO very HAPPY for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Go celebrate