the severance was mediocre at best

you are lucky if you get your overtime hours paid. Most people did free overtime. Some day i just wanted to walk of of this place without giving a rat's ass. Too much work. Some very good and productive co-workers are now gone. The new hires aren't... — read more 

How about venting about overtime - I've had more or less mandatory over time almost every week for almost three months now. Initially it all it started by being let's do a major push this week and get us over the hump, now it is every week, things... — read more 

i heard severance package was really good. i really wanted to get laid off because i was really tired of this place. Too much work and understaffed. We just had a baby and i want to spend more time with my wife and daughter. Honestly, it's a... — read more 

haha

vent about what?

@t lizzy: shut the f*ck up. It's their rights to vent.

you guys afre full of it... yes, el segumdo was hit, nothing major though, stuff happens, right... grow up....

came across this page tuesday and bought some dtv shares. Just dumped them today.. made almost $15k . Thank youuuuu

@"not_fun" - why do you say "DTV is not a fun place to work"? just curious?

DTV is not a fun place to work; I was happy when they told me leave but, contrary to what has been said, I don't think I was treated with dignity.

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://www.globalcybersoft.com/en/about-us/news/200-career-prospect-in-satellite-hdtv-with-global-cybersoft-and-directv Now 2013, the Vietnam team should be much bigger Career prospect in Satellite... — read more 

Used to be a software contractor in El Segundo and I refused to continue my contract after 6 months when they tried to bring my rate down. There was no place to sit. Contractors were sat by the windows along the cubicles watching airplanes come and... — read more 

@Anonymous: please let us know more. I heard on CNBC that it was about 5-6% company-wide. directv is not doing well in both us and latin america markets. thank you

i think that's less than 2.5% - do you know something that we do not know?

This is the official statement, a week or so old: “We are implementing difficult, but necessary operational changes for the company to remain healthy and competitive. While only a small number of employees are affected, we understand this is a... — read more 

@anonymous - what mass layoffs - can you shed more light here?

directv's stock went up after mass layoffs nicely done!!

Here we go again. IT department lol

James Butterworth (senior VP of engineering) with several hundreds of employees under him was also laid off. Many VPs, senior directors, directors, senior managers... got hit as well. This is a deep layoff. Many more people will be chopped in coming... — read more 

WOW! Cupertino!!! What happened...

The entire Cupertino site got shut down.

2013 layoffs are even worse, 200+ mostly from El Segundo. let's see...

DirecTV lays off 150+ in IT, Sales and Marketing! 11/8/11