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Offline illawarra_steelers

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Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« on: May 25, 2009, 04:03:34 PM »
What a shit feeling...all IT guys, just not enough work for them.

Not a good vibe here right now.

Anybody else's place of employment bit the bullet yet?
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2009, 05:37:25 PM »
Sorry to hear that Tony . Where I am we've been lucky so far but we are a global business of which Australia/New Zealand is just a small part so fingers crossed we'll be OK. We are also a Telecommunications business and they are traditionally largely not as affected in recessions. We are still meeting the business financial targets so far.
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #2 on: May 25, 2009, 06:08:01 PM »
I'm self-employed but having come from a corporate IT background I gotta say it's a very competitive field.  There's so many young kids coming out into the workforce that are so switched on!  The older you get in the IT/Comms industry the more you need to be prepared to enter into a management or mentoring role otherwise you're gonna be stuck making crap money working the help-desk alongside pimple faced IT graduates ;)
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2009, 08:59:38 PM »
Tony, Sorry man to hear this.  Its always hard when you loose work colleges (freinds) due to economic downturns etc.  !!!

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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2009, 09:10:57 PM »
Yeah my company let go 150 odd people (out of 4000 odd) and thats despite us having our best year ever last year. I think for some companies its just an excuse to cut their wages bill for a while ...  ^.^
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2009, 10:15:26 PM »
Sorry to hear this Tony, never good when this happens, feel for the families involved
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2009, 11:02:17 PM »
Yeah our company has dropped from 35 IT staff to around 10 by September. Most of the work will be outsourced to India... Fun times ahead.
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2009, 11:34:01 PM »
Sorry to hear about your colleagues Tony, and hoping your position stays secure.

I work for myself, by myself these days, and I think I might need to lay myself off soon...
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2009, 08:54:07 AM »
Quote from: pict on May 25, 2009, 11:02:17 PM
Yeah our company has dropped from 35 IT staff to around 10 by September. Most of the work will be outsourced to India... Fun times ahead.

this out sourcing is a real cancer, pure exploitation!
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Re: Oh man, my company layed off 4 staff today
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2009, 08:58:31 AM »
Quote from: Extra Ball on May 26, 2009, 08:54:07 AM
Quote from: pict on May 25, 2009, 11:02:17 PM
Yeah our company has dropped from 35 IT staff to around 10 by September. Most of the work will be outsourced to India... Fun times ahead.
this out sourcing is a real cancer, pure exploitation!

The funny thing is that little of the extra profit gained from moving to the cheaper outsource model goes to improve service levels.
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