#discussion

This waiting for Godot sh-t is for the birds!

Speculations

How is the mood in the office?

Next quarter should be interesting when that nonsense rolls away.

TLDW, any new nuggets of insight?

https://www.wral.com/business/technology/jim-goodnight-sas-interview-july-2026/

Dear HR please stop commenting each post here . Found something more meaningful to do .

Is this real? In what universe does Medtronic think that coremap will take share from carto. the ceo of that company is a walking scam artist. this company is truly made up of some id--ts

Another false alarm?

Anyone hear of anything lately? Been too quiet around the campus.

I know the hot topics are the VSP and layoffs, but does anyone know what the restructuring will look like.

Any truth to this?

Is EchoStar really doing a Just Kidding, Come Back tactic to some?

Did they finally realize that what they did pretty much caused disaster recovery to have to happen?

Of invited back, would you come back? If you refuse, would they take away severance?

The layoff news seems to be spreading rapidly now, it'd be great if we could all spam the All Hands meeting chat asking about the layoffs in the news opposed to asking about coffee.

Any thoughts on authorization departments? Anyone recieved later dates then May 2027?

Let’s light JR up on this call today. Doubt we get truthful answers, but would be fun to watch her squirm.

Any CHC people still here or has all been laid off?

My VSP was accepted with a separation date of 12/11/2026. While that does give me more time to look for other employment, I feel it also gives my PL time to find a reason to fire me. Seems like the ones who got the 9/4 would have been laid off involuntary anyways and those of us with a further date may have been safe, but now we run the risk of retaliation because management knows when we are leaving.

I’m not within the merch org that was called for RTO back in April but wondering if there’s another planned RTO for all remaining remote workers at some point. Has anyone heard anything?

https://www.efinancialcareers.com/news/remediation-work-banks

What are y'all thoughts on this? Some companies have started doing this recently and it got me thinking about TRP.

Why does Uncon have such terrible reputation?

Why no mass layoffs yet ?

What happened to the other BU's that were sold off? Did all employees get laid off?
To be sold off seems like a good thing at this point, or is that just wishful thinking?

I skipped the last blow hard circlej--kAnyone care to give a short autopsy?

Just a thought… but Dan made a specific comment about 88% of the company is “using” AI, and we should encourage the other 12% blah blah…..

Anyone else thinking that metric will be used against us for the next round of layoffs? Checking to see how much we use AI?

A lot of struggle these days in the IBM Expert Labs organization. Work is less and less every year, it does not seem like they will survive another year.

Comments?

Is anyone hearing anything about another attempt to return to office soon.

Of course, there will still be the Starlink stock pumpers on here who think we are all flat earthers.
Looks like someone coached Dan about how Starlink CANNOT take away from the terrestrial networks in a very substantial way. Physics!

Per Dan, in the article:
In terms of broadband competition from satellite providers, “it is very difficult for satellite providers to provide a service that's even close to what we can provide with our broadband services,” he said.
He walked through the basics of satellite beams and what they can offer by way of speeds versus ground-based systems.
“We’re like 100 times to 1,000 times more efficient,” he said. “Our speeds and capabilities are much higher, and it’s basically not possible because of physics. Not because of execution, but because of physics.”
The majority of Verizon’s service revenue is in urban and suburban geographies. He acknowledged that satellite does have a total addressable market (TAM) that’s probably between 6 million and 8 million homes in the U.S., primarily in very rural geographies where building out a terrestrial network is cost prohibitive.

“It doesn’t pencil out,” he said.

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/verizon-ceo-shuts-down-starlink-mvno-talk-touts-strong-q2-comeback

Can anyone in the know (VBG I guess?) comment on what Dan said about data centers and selling fiber today? Is this a viable business?

Anyone else notice it’s no longer ever mentioned?

How many times will I need to hear his sp-t?

What happened at Polaris? Was it an employee attacking another employee or did some rando walk in off the street?

Question for HouseCalls APCs — how’s everyone’s schedule looking for August and September? Curious if others are noticing a pattern of unusually few visits scheduled starting mid-August onward.

The unrest is Real.

https://yuribezmenov.substack.com/p/the-traitorous-eight-tech-ceos-h1b