What a job...

[Gene Reginato]

So my company used to be proud of their software. Recently, the higher ups decided that it was no longer a software company, but a business consultancy one. The software was the mean to deliver the results.

After that, the employees of the business side started to be even more rewarded than they were, and the software guys were now the "operational people".

Today, one of my coworkers and best friend told me he will quit on Monday, another one leaves by the end of the month. 2 other guys left in the last 4 months. Only 3 will remain. I have an interview on Tuesday.

The company is screwed, but to be honest, that makes me very happy.

[Donal DeLay]

good luck on the interview.

A suit and tie, and the ability to BS about sports, fishing or golf is more important than hard work.

[Thommy Melanson]

good luck on the interview.

A suit and tie, and the ability to BS about sports, fishing or golf is more important than hard work.

...and not having visible tattoos.

;)

[R0cketFr0g]

...and not having visible tattoos.

;)

I took the visible tattoo verbiage out of our company handbook. :):)

[Thommy Melanson]

I took the visible tattoo verbiage out of our company handbook. :):)

You're a god among insects, never let anyone tell you different.

[Kingsumo]

Got to love a business model like that. Good luck with the interview

[Donal DeLay]

...and not having visible tattoos.

;)
:lol:

[Gene Reginato]

Got to love a business model like that. Good luck with the interview

Yeah. It's funny how people don't realise when things are going sour. I talked to my director last week and let him know very clearly that I was unhappy. He pretended to care, but barely. And I loved this guy when I started working there.
Suddenly he has to look at the "company strategies" and forgot to look to those close to him.

I wouldn't be surprised if he got fired soon. We already have more than one NEW project per person and losing two, maybe 3 people in a month means that all goals set for this fiscal year (ending in April) won't be met.

BTW: I just remember another genius decision. I had a training abroad for a couple of months, imagine the cost, then when I returned I only worked with the stuff I trained for during 7 months and got involved in a endless support project afterwards.

During this time, I wasn't able to work in 3 projects that I was the only go-to-guy, so we paid for it to be done abroad (by the people who trained me). Considering only ONE of the projects, for the 3 weeks work, they paid 25 times my salary.

[Kingsumo]

Yeah. It's funny how people don't realise when things are going sour. I talked to my director last week and let him know very clearly that I was unhappy. He pretended to care, but barely. And I loved this guy when I started working there.
Suddenly he has to look at the "company strategies" and forgot to look to those close to him.

I wouldn't be surprised if he got fired soon. We already have more than one NEW project per person and losing two, maybe 3 people in a month means that all goals set for this fiscal year (ending in April) won't be met.

BTW: I just remember another genius decision. I had a training abroad for a couple of months, imagine the cost, then when I returned I only worked with the stuff I trained for during 7 months and got involved in a endless support project afterwards.

During this time, I wasn't able to work in 3 projects that I was the only go-to-guy, so we paid for it to be done abroad (by the people who trained me). Considering only ONE of the projects, for the 3 weeks work, they paid 25 times my salary.

Wow. Brilliant. Last call center I worked at was prone to those types of decisions. Ops manager worked on this whole 'employee first' routine. Company did great, we brought in new business. Opened up another branch in vegas (Never do that).

About a year later the Vegas branch gets run into the ground, so rather then cut loose that ops manager, they bring him up here, cut out the one that actually did all of the good work, and then cut all of the projects he had been working on.

Go figgure, all of the senior staff bailed (myself included) and about 6 months later the company goes bankrupt and locked it's doors.

Classy move bonus points.. The remaining employees were informed they did not have a job when they arrived to work that morning and the bank had to escort them to get their personal effects.

[Gene Reginato]

Wow. Brilliant. Last call center I worked at was prone to those types of decisions. Ops manager worked on this whole 'employee first' routine. Company did great, we brought in new business. Opened up another branch in vegas (Never do that).

About a year later the Vegas branch gets run into the ground, so rather then cut loose that ops manager, they bring him up here, cut out the one that actually did all of the good work, and then cut all of the projects he had been working on.

Go figgure, all of the senior staff bailed (myself included) and about 6 months later the company goes bankrupt and locked it's doors.

Classy move bonus points.. The remaining employees were informed they did not have a job when they arrived to work that morning and the bank had to escort them to get their personal effects.

That's crazy. Corporate world is insane. It's like people don't read Dilbert :)

[Kingsumo]

That's crazy. Corporate world is insane. It's like people don't read Dilbert :)

Hahaha. No shit. I have to say, as much as I love my new place. It is still corporate, and there is still some bizarre ass business practices that get made.