I'm not sure what I hate more: when there are all kinds of rumors going around or when it's completely quiet, and I can't help but think it's the calm before the storm.
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closing in
Plan is to cut 30-40% of L2 support in AMER/EMEA and replace them with APAC to make match what competitors are doing with outsourcing. No timeframe given, but the process started a while back. It will probably be in phases and they want people to leave hence sharing the marching orders.
“Peter Gibbons: The thing is, Bob, it's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.
Bob Porter: Don't... don't care?
Peter Gibbons: It's a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my a-s off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don't see another dime; so where's the motivation? And here's something else, Bob: I have eight different bosses right now.
Bob Slydell: I beg your pardon?
Peter Gibbons: Eight bosses.
Bob Slydell: Eight?
Peter Gibbons: Eight, Bob. So that means that when I make a mistake, I have eight different people coming by to tell me about it. That's my only real motivation is not to be hassled; that, and the fear of losing my job. But you know, Bob, that will only make someone work just hard enough not to get fired. ”
Doesn't really matter at this point, not long between them.
everyone is possibly. feel like end of the month.
@gg any reason why?
Support re-org delayed to January.
I've heard of the typical pre-Thanksgiving wave of layoffs, along with some sort of Support restructuring coming. I have no specifics unfortunately.