At this point, I'll be honest, being laid off would be a relief. This is not the company I joined 14 years ago. I used to love my job, and now I'm miserable most of the time. I wish I could volunteer. Maybe that would help save the job of somebody who actually wants to be here.
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L48 Security (or lack of it).
The blind leading the blind.
@sw dont get me wrong, L48 field security is better than it was, but its definitely not 70 million dollars better and could have been done in house for a fraction of that cost if leadership wasnt incompetent and needing to line the pockets of outside consulting agencies.
This all started when leadership, several years as ago post COVID, had to bring on some board member from Silicon Valley. She forced her ideology and at same time the company went all in on DEI, which means they caved to the WOKE movement and only hired the oppressed. Diversity and inclusion were great, but 3rd year equity was rolled out and is where it went off the rails. Equity led to overlooking some really strong internal candidates to hire outside bringing in mid-level leaders that fit the DEI quota, but were never very successful in previous jobs - they were a joke. They came up with off-shoring, because “everybody else did it”. They also wasted $70MM for L48 field security, that after being placed in service was effectively changed back to mostly pre $70MM status, gave themselves pats on the back along the way…all this really happened and went right under leadership radar…. These are all senior leadership issues. After this moving IT support to India fails, U.S.jobs will return. A real shame employees that could make that successful, will be long gone and not d-mb enough to ever want to come back for this company.
Just look at Exxon. They are using L1 visas not H1 to pack their spring campus with Indians who are being trained to replace Americans.
InfoSys and H-1B visa practices... 😉
On October 8, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor suspended Infosys and seven other major technology and outsourcing firms (including TCS, Wipro, and Cognizant) from the PERM labor certification program.
@ep Accenture isn't indian enough for the leader. She and her favorites have supported and fed so much context to Infosys that they can hardly lose. Of course all of it is legal.
@by Don't forget that feeling if you're unlucky enough to survive. It's easy to do.
Like little Napoleon said during the Town Hall. Lay offs are the trend. They're not going away anytime soon and it's fairly obvious by now by seeing who's left the office over the years that it really doesn't matter if you're a corporate champion or not. Look at it more not if.... but when. That date is growing narrower by the month. Good luck..
@a2 This is basically how things are shaping up, at least on the DT side. Anytime I have had to deal with the PwC MSP, that other teams already outsourced, they have consistently dropped the ball and caused more issues than they solved. I don't expect much to change with Accenture either, assuming they are the finalized supplier though I haven't seen that officially confirmed yet.
Transferring IT work to a country with one of the most untrustworthy, hard to understand accents the world has ever known It's a bold strategy, Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them
When will they move this way? To the Midland area? A lot of us are ready.
@a2 or being laid off and asked to work another month but you’re not really part of the team anymore. That happened to me. I couldn’t do it.
@b2 replacing IT with MSP. Most IT layoffs are getting a transition period to onboard their MSP replacements.
Every day here is the worst day of my life
I haven’t heard about the “training replacements” in the office but have been seeing comments on this site about it on a few of the recent posts.
What’s that about?
Good luck to the Canadians tomorrow, where that is to stay or get a package. I hope it works out for everyone either way.
I’ve been showing up to work high because
Of this and nobody knows #Winning !
It feels like a relief only because after 14 years that sev pay amount and CBA balance look very tempting, especially if your midlife crisis has also arrived....
@a2 Is Accenture taking over COP IT globally?
Imagine getting let go and then being expected to train your replacements at Accenture.
Stay vigilant!