The 'I work in I.T' thread

[ChrisR]

whitelist "world"

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[rctempire]

Currently going through workforce reductions... 10% cut across the entire company.

I have a meeting at 4PM today with my manager and HR to discuss my 'status' - Been playing on my mind all weekend, I've been through several lay-off cycles before, but this one feels different - I've seen people who I'd never imagine being impacted break the news they're leaving!

I worked for an amazing manager previously, a true servant leader... Since he retired 12 months ago, our group has been bounced around 4 different managers, without the knowledge or experience to lead our group - I worry this will have a major play in decisions being made, simply not understanding the impact of their actions.

Hit me up, if you hear of any senior IT roles (Infrastructure leadership, technical product management, server / storage / DC management, manufacturing systems integration etc.) in Derbyshire and surrounding areas... Remote / hybrid position ideally!

Just clicked who this is. Im sure someone will take you easy and you will flying again. You opened a curious thought of joining your old place, didnt work out but ended up going somewhere else and really enjoy it. For that i am greatful.

However chin up and you wont be out of work for long.
PS - The current place you work for, well, they aren't exactly "flying high" the now are they, so i expect it will cut much deeper as more failures come out.

 

[Gray]

Just clicked who this is. Im sure someone will take you easy and you will flying again. You opened a curious thought of joining your old place, didnt work out but ended up going somewhere else and really enjoy it. For that i am greatful.

However chin up and you wont be out of work for long.
PS - The current place you work for, well, they aren't exactly "flying high" the now are they, so i expect it will cut much deeper as more failures come out.

Hey Adam... Ahh, that's a blast from the past - I remember us briefly talking! You dodged a bullet there, <18 months later global IT was outsourced to IBM, total mess. Glad you're in a good role now!

I've had a number of people contact me and set-up meetings since posting on LinkedIn yesterday, that's given me a 'boost'.. I've got a lengthy notice period to serve, hopefully will secure something near term! Just crappy timing 4 weeks until Christmas

 

[mace¬]

Is there also an option of voluntary redundancy? A lot of people I know, took the VR when they had a job lined up. Were thirty years plus with old civil service terms, something like 3 weeks wages per a years service with no limit.

 

[Gray]

Is there also an option of voluntary redundancy? A lot of people I know, took the VR when they had a job lined up. Were thirty years plus with old civil service terms, something like 3 weeks wages per a years service with no limit.

Potentially, yes... Gotta work through consultation, then discuss options!

 

[Advikaz]

Is there also an option of voluntary redundancy? A lot of people I know, took the VR when they had a job lined up. Were thirty years plus with old civil service terms, something like 3 weeks wages per a years service with no limit.

My pal took this from Reuters and it was a LOT of money. Well worth it.

 

[mace¬]

I was a bit gutted because I was out of scope for VR once I'd gone into a TUPE agreement, so ended up just quiting. I'd done 20 years service at that time

 

[Advikaz]

I was a bit gutted because I was out of scope for VR once I'd gone into a TUPE agreement, so ended up just quiting. I'd done 20 years service at that time

My pal had enough that he got himself a Brand new panigale R and lived out in italy for a year not working at all from his lol

 

[mace¬]

My pal had enough that he got himself a Brand new panigale R and lived out in italy for a year not working at all from his lol

My old mentor got enough cash he went to live in the Caribbean and retired. It was mental sums. I think he did have a nice inheritance as well but it was the final straw for him.

 

[ChrisR]

I took VR from a public sector job 13/14 years ago, I’d only been there a couple of years but still ended up with a nice sum, and had another job to walk into (which actually set me up for my current career path which was far far better than if I’d just stayed in that job).

Some people there who’d been public sector for 30/40 years had some insane offers under the VR scheme, uncapped calculations that were just silly.

During my long stint at IBM I can’t remember how many redundancy consultations I was in, similar to Mace (and a similar company) it was a recurring thing.

Then when I got made redundant in 2023 from the place I left IBM for, as much as that company were cretins, and I hope the place burns (not literally, and they are doing a good job as last I’d heard their ARR had dropped from $100mil to $30mil), even though I’d only been there 8 months they still gave us something rather than just showing us the door with statutory.

But again like 13/14 years ago I’m in a much better place now so it worked out.

 

[Krarl]

 

[.Joe]

Has anyone seen huge latency spikes across FTTP/FTTC on the Zen Backhaul network compared to BT's Backhaul.
Currently seeing periods of 300ms+ latency.

 

[Gray]

Has anyone seen huge latency spikes across FTTP/FTTC on the Zen Backhaul network compared to BT's Backhaul.
Currently seeing periods of 300ms+ latency.

Have you tried turning it off and on?

 

[Donny_Dog]

GitHub - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted: A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers

A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers - awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

github.com

Decent list of free containers.

I set this one up - from the list above, for our lass - for her clients to book PT sessions.

Home - Easy!Appointments

Easy!Appointments is a free web scheduling app you can use to automate your booking process.

easyappointments.org

Proper decent for fck all

 

[boultonn]

Another list of open source software for your homelab (or work I suppose)

Self-Hosted Software and Apps

A directory of self-hosted software and applications for easy browsing and discovery

selfh.st

 

[Rojer]

We are replacing user machines as part of a wider project. The client has said that the security PC needs to meet certain requirements. I get an email yesterday saying it needs a minimum of an 8700k with 2 x 2080 GPUs 😂 Maybe the guy is trying to use to parts to build a gaming PC.

 

[adamlstr]

We are replacing user machines as part of a wider project. The client has said that the security PC needs to meet certain requirements. I get an email yesterday saying it needs a minimum of an 8700k with 2 x 2080 GPUs 😂 Maybe the guy is trying to use to parts to build a gaming PC.

Has he recently joined you from 2018? 😂

 

[Rojer]

Has he recently joined you from 2018? 😂

That's the problem with these third parties 😂

 

[ChrisR]

Someones wanting to be doing some password/hash cracking on that machine

I had what sends a shiver down people who work for tech companies spines last night, a random 15 meeting invite from my manager for this afternoon with no information or context.

Thankfully doesn’t appear to be a notice of impending redundancy, just a quick catch up before the holiday break 😂

PTSD kicked in slightly from when I did have one of those meetings a couple of years ago 😂😂

 

[charltjr]

Ah, the meeting of doom. “Catch-up” or similar. The only thing worse is a sudden team meeting called “team update” 😂

 

[mace¬]

Our CEO has in the last fortnight called 2 all employee meetings and sent 1 employee wide email unexpectedly.

Now this near to Christmas you'd think bonus time but no....
One was to announce he is getting a new shiny office in London that 99% of the people don't care about
One was to say have a nice Christmas its the hardwork and dedication of the staff that makes the company, thank you, bye.
Then an email to say exactly the same thing.

It is like he has gone ultimate troll.