Confirmed, we were dragged into a 2 hours meeting about "how to deal with them" There are no plans of getting people fired. Sabre do not care about second level or administrative workers joining but there was an indirect recommendation to punish... — read more
Disgrace: Sabre / KRK
Disgrace: Sabre / KRK ------------------------------------------------- If you want corporations to stop this you need to get this onto local, national, and international news now. Make shareholders aware that this hurts their holdings and they will... — read more
Krk contract changes canceled
Fresh information from HR. Document has been withdrawn in the current version.
The financial liability of the employee
It is repeated a hundred times in the famous document that all rights to our Works are transferred to Sabre, and even if they are not, they are. Etc. This is understandable and I accept it. The transfer of these rights is also included in our... — read more
I feel sorry for us
This blog is pure BS! No serious information shared. Everyone says a different date... until some day it becomes true. I even imagine people from Sabre’s competitors writing and laughing out loud about us coming to check the ‘news’ as if we really... — read more
Project Oak
Do this, have a son, daughter, brother, wife, or neighbor call in with a fake name to the next town hall and ask what Project Oak is about...... I'll give you a hint, what does an oak tree do in the Fall? It loses it's leaves... Disclaimer: This is... — read more
I like my job!
Information on the situation in company is spreading across whole Krakow. My friend (Software Developer) who never worked for Sabre contacted me today and asked if it’s true and if I had to sign the document too. Because of this document as a company... — read more
Sabre bankrupt before 2019.
They should not worry about accidentally laying off people in KRK that should not be laid off. Thanks to this, all those people worth anything will quit before January anyway and the only ones left will be the ones that should be laid off. So they... — read more
Contract addendum elsewhere?
Do we know if Krakow was only the testing ground for the Sabre's crazy contract addendum, and if they are planning to implement it all over? I'm just wondering. Hopefully, if that was the case, the fact how badly the whole thing is playing out will... — read more
Oct 9 Layoffs?
Any updated news? Is the axe falling?
Genius plan
They should not worry about accidentally laying off people in KRK that should not be laid off. Thanks to this, all those people worth anything will quit before January anyway and the only ones left will be the ones that should be laid off. So they... — read more
Amadeus Wins Air Canada Contract
https://skift.com/2017/10/06/amadeus-wins-air-canada-contract-as-it-digs-in-deeper-in-north-america/
Union in DFW?
Does Sabre employees have access to any union in DFW and is it even legal? KRK is creating one and another is coming in MVD shortly...stay tuned folks!!
Change in contracts for all KRK employees
Starting Monday all regular KRK employees are forced to sign a contract of employment amendment. It is a 20 page document stating couple of interesting things. First of all after terminating the contract with Sabre you are not allowed to participate... — read more
No more layoffs this year
Confirmed from good source! Believing or not believing is your choice now.
Amadeus Global Outage
I bet Southwest regrets moving. Hopefully some non-customers consider Sabre. https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/business/airport-check-in-computer.amp.html
This round of Sabre layoffs will be much bigger than last
The list has been compiled and being distributed to upper management. My source in HR tells me it will be much bigger than last one. They are going to drop the axe early October bc they have a heart and want to give those affected a chance before the... — read more
Sabre QA directors and supervisors are waste
QA member working in the designated team, managed by development manager does not need dummy supervisors, QA manager and QA directors. Whole year they do not care what an individual is doing but at review time they give their opinions. What a waste... — read more
October layoffs confirmed at Sabre
Layoff during Oct 1st /2nd week is confirmed at least in blr....HR and finance team is busy preparing exit papers...right now 50 (counts) are confirmed. ...people can check these guys they are in conf room near 2nd floor...Near IT helpdesk This was... — read more
Cuts are only a band-aid
Sabre can save a few million by making cuts like these and some more through the headcount reductions coming up in October. However, the fact remains that Sabre is years behind the competition such as Amadeus and is continuing to lose market share... — read more
Conference Call Bridge Discontinued
The latest victim of the Cost Savings effort is the conference calling phone facility. Supposed to be saving $200K per year. Are we now a company who cannot afford the basic calling facility ? What' next ? Get your own coffee and toilet paper ? Is... — read more
NO SEVERANCE PAY
Under the Texas Payday Law, severance pay is not owed unless it is promised in a written policy. DFW employees will be impacted most...
Airline Solutions and Hospitality on the block
Sabre is looking to sell off both the Airline Solutions and Hospitality businesses. Unfortunately they haven't learnt from the past and are going to Sell Low / Buy High as has been done in the past. Both businesses are not doing well at this time and... — read more
Thoughts after last town hall ?
It looked somewhat promising for AV, don't know what to make of it.
Please promote technically sound and qualified people in Bangalore office rather than promoting dummy and mangers candidates
Transparency should be maintained while giving DPM ratings and promoting people . WE don't see this in many of the teams in Bangalore office . we see lot of favoritism while promoting employees . DFW leadership team should interfere and make sure... — read more
October 9th
Mark your calendars!! It's gonna be a big one!!
Sabre Alternate
Is there any other good companies in dfw other than sabre? Throw some lights on so that ppl who r looking (like me) can benefit . Dont want to end up in another sabre...if they dont give any hike or no promotion cycle, ppl will start packing soon... — read more
Merits?
Has anyone's boss talk to them about merits for this year or is that off the table?
Airberlin VP's good move
Not sure how many of you read this article but it is very good hope sabre outgoing leadership does the same for their team/members :)... http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2017/08/27/airberlin-ecommerce-fired/
Challenges plaguing Sabre's layoffs decision
I found this to be an interesting read, thought I'd share it. From the article: Sometimes stocks go up on news about layoffs. Not this time. Some investors were not satisfied with Sabre’s story. After opening trading on Aug. 1 at $23, the stock price... — read more
Workers pay for management incompetence
The problem with the new leadership is that the entirety of their airline experience is that they are Exec Platinum. Most airline leaders can tell when one of our execs haven't got a clue about what our products really do. They laugh when people that... — read more
SVP MSM Meeting
Certain SVP talked about KRK and BLR being $13 and $17 an hour for development vs $70 on average in TX. Used the term streamlining workflows (aka offshoring) the ship is sinking.
Sabre e-mail rebranding makes all reference to the name or logo disappear?
Yesterday we received an e-mail where we are requested to update our e-mail signature by making it "simpler" and removing all Sabre logos or Department logos, while regarding all our Business Unit names that once included Sabre in their name. Isn't... — read more
Has anybody else been rehired?
Laid off and rehired. Apply on Sabre's internal career portal. There are lot of positions coming up everyday. Contact other teams that are hiring. I ran into this post in another thread (@OzRFjeQ-gkoe) and I was wondering if anybody had a similar... — read more
Replace the so-called leadership
Most of the so-called "Leaders" at Sabre are nothing but "True Politicians" who have survived all types of layoffs throughout their career in Sabre and they will still be there like rotten coackroaches by making others as Scape Goats till the company... — read more
The New List
I heard from Bailey that the new list is already being circulated...
AirBerlin Bankrupt, Etihad busted for shady financial results-go figure.
Who didn't see that coming? Etihad is a shady and unethical company run by idiot expats that don't even know the airline business. Paying people 200K a year for what we get 75K for. I hope they go under, they have been the reason this company went... — read more
No one is forcing you to work at Sabre
Yes, the layoff was bad. Some good people were let go. Some people needed to be let go. Either way, what's done is done and it's time to move on. All of you folks still working for the company and STILL bad-mouthing it - give your two-week notice on... — read more
Effed up company
Worked here almost 7 years. Worst place I've ever worked as far as horrible managers, lack of promotions, lack of vision, no security. There are some good managers, but lots of bad ones. Very VP and Director heavy. 3 layoffs so far this year. Lots of... — read more
New CEO Said He Is a HAS-BEEN!!!
So I found it interesting that our CEO SM said in the meeting last week that he was a Has-Been. I couldn't believe my ears so I even watched the recorded video broadcast to make sure I heard it right and sure enough he said it twice that he is a... — read more