Folks who left their projects were not backfilled - OK, I guess that's the point of layoffs - good job execs. But work continued with CIEC team members joining instead... Is that happening elsewhere? If your team was cut - what work stopped???? What moved to another group??? What landed on the people still here??? This whole thing makes no sense to me.
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They will hire a contractors to do the work because they don’t get any benefits. Almost every team has a Contractor under them.
@a6 AI is just another false justification for outsourcing. Rajeesh will take 5 jobs for a tenth of a single paycheck.
Supposedly, AI can handle it all… but AI will NEVER replace humans.
These layoffs are truly disappointing. The worst part is seeing so many great people go, people with fresh ideas, innovative mindsets, hardworking, and a genuine desire to make things better, while others who resist change and have been doing the same thing for years get to stay.
Some of the people staying are barely ever seen in the office, and when they are, they might as well not be. They act like they're above everyone else, and somehow always manage to stay under the radar. If someone from HQ showed up for a surprise visit, some of these RSVP’s would be nowhere to be found. But hey, they know the right people, and apparently, that's all that matters.
AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE!
The same people will continue doing the same things, the same problems will remain, and the people who actually had great ideas and could have made a difference will be gone.
And let's be real, six months to a year from now, we'll probably be right back here dealing with another round of layoffs.
You can't keep letting good people go and expect things to magically get better. You can talk about AI, innovation, and the future all you want, but none of it matters if the people making the decisions keep rewarding the same behaviors and nothing actually changes.
@a1 This is the harsh truth!
Almost all of security mandated work is complete bs.
CIEC is getting a 30k sqft expansion and 900 new employees. Most of the tickets I review, the security work is being done oversees. I expect that to grow now.
@a1 Hey, don't talk about my powerpoint presentations like that. :D
no one. most of the "work" is fake/unnecessary. build something, throw it in trash after 6 months, reboot 2 years later under another name