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| schestowitz[TR2] | Today we hosted an inspiring event with Matthias Kirschner, President of Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE), for Red Hat Women's Leadership Community Speaker Series and Red Hat Open Source Program Office. | Sep 04 02:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 🌐 🛹 🍧 We talked about "A Tale of Software, Skateboards and Raspberry Ice Cream," a fantastic book and movie that introduces kids to free software. Its open license has allowed it to be translated into many languages and even used in schools – truly showing the power of open collaboration! | Sep 04 02:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 👩💻 👩🏾💻 👩🏻💻 Matthias emphasized the need for more women leading readings and screenings to inspire girls in STEM, and I couldn't agree more. | Sep 04 02:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 02:43 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "" | Sep 04 02:47 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Today I step into the role of Tech Lead for my team at Red Hat | Sep 04 02:47 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I'm thankful for the trust and support of my colleagues and managers, and I’m looking forward to guiding our team as we continue building open and scalable solutions together 🙌" | Sep 04 02:47 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | wth?? | Sep 04 03:13 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://i.4cdn.org/g/1756915368565675.png | Sep 04 03:13 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Devault has shat his pants in public more than just the one time with the sockpuppet Stallman letter. | Sep 04 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Remember how he openly advocated for sabotaging FOSS projects for political purposes on his blog? | Sep 04 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I will forever actively avoid anything he puts his hands on." | Sep 04 03:40 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k48fyyq4 | Sep 04 05:09 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 05:09 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Dell makes a good laptop. I still run one with Win10 from 2011. Runs GREAT! I worked at Lenovo and felt like I was a Chinese spy. I do think the Chinese want to x86 dump products in US and run out US makers like Dell and HPE etc. Plus it looks like there is a love affair with IBM and Dell with IBM cloud touting Dell for x86 needs and IBM TLS shouting from the mountains they can do support for Dell. So it looks to be a gives and get | Sep 04 05:09 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | s arrangement with IBM and Dell which is supposed to be verbotten per BCG rules. | Sep 04 05:09 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "\ | Sep 04 05:09 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Re: urgent / threat evidence | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Hi Roy, | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > I saw you mentioned threats of violence | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Do you have any written evidence you can publish or send to me? | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > - copies of actual threat emails | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > - screenshots of threats on social media | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > - cover page of police report | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > This is for a related legal procedure. I am sending a bunch of | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > documents for review on Friday night and it would be good to include | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > evidence that my family has not been the only target. | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | > Regards, | Sep 04 05:37 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Rianne documented many examples. | Sep 04 05:37 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 12:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Self reporting of support issues in the IBM Cloud sounds like the issues will be sent to the black hole of IBM India Non-existent Tech Support (IINTS). The support staff can't and won't fix the problem, they merely parrot back the issues you have, until you stop responding out of sheer frustration. Of course, it's all in email conversation. | Sep 04 12:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Paid support of $200/month gets you to speak to one or more live IBM India Support representatives who cannot fix your problem either, but will happily parrot back the issues you have, until you stop responding out of sheer frustration. Of course, it's all on the phone or in your voicemail. And $200 bucks a month down the drain for fixing nothing ! | Sep 04 12:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And yes IBM Cloud support claims to offer the Industry Standard support. Yes it must be the lowest and worst level of Industry Standard support. It certainly doesn't compare with AWS, Azure, and Google support in a billion years. | Sep 04 12:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Why not just sell it off and take the money and run, Krabanaugh ? You're running an unprofitable and unsustainable business. Blame it on Alvind and Ginni (and tonic). But how could you know that when you are busy upskilling with Rob the Slob ? | Sep 04 12:11 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It's a cloudy universe for IBM after all. | Sep 04 12:11 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k49txcyt | Sep 04 12:12 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "It's not wise to spend $34 billion in all-cash just to "keep mainframes relevant for the next decade or so, nothing more". Too much money to literally ki-l the investment over a short period of time. I'd rephrase it: "I have no idea what I'm doing, but since they spent so much money buying this company and I said I'm the person to handle this very expensive acquisition, I've got to keep something going, I'll enjoy the revenue they | Sep 04 13:31 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | bring in for a little while as they seem to be making money, AND I will take full credit, although I have no idea what I'm doing and have no strategy whatsoever, but by the time they figured out that I turned $34 billion in acquisition I'd be probably gone, I just need 5-6 years to B S". | Sep 04 13:31 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | There was a lot of innovation potential inside Red Hat. It's gone. AK never managed anything, he was just talking for self-promotion." | Sep 04 13:31 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k491ywg1 | Sep 04 13:31 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | "so, is that how all these H1B visas get issued to "learners" by foolish and ignorant American corporations ? After all you can buy all the signed tech certifications that your heart desires from a hawker on the streets of Bengaluru (Bangalore) or Mumbai for a few rupees these days. Why waste 2 weeks going to a boot camp when you can get a signed certificate from IIT and any tech certification of your choice for a few rupees ? Then | Sep 04 15:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | all you need to say then is "I am related to Alvind Klishna, CEO of IBM" and voila, you are admitted to heaven or the place of your dreams. (Sorry, Sydney Sweeney can't be there) | Sep 04 15:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Then the world is your oyster, and you are its pearl." | Sep 04 15:03 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k49txcyt | Sep 04 15:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "This nets it out quite succinctly | Sep 04 15:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | “If Big Blue has decided to ditch small cloudy customers, it’s not alone: China’s Tencent chose to stop working with customers who only use basic cloud services because they weren't profitable.” | Sep 04 15:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM has moved to an “Enterprise” only model, and small and medium customers need not apply Why has IBM done this? Because the 80/20 rule applies 80% of your revenue comes from 20% of your customers. | Sep 04 15:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Expect an IBM spinoff of the small/medium customers set to a USA based PC/storage provider quite soon. NOTE all of this also aligns with the recent Redhat news. It’s all in on Enterprise and everything else goes" | Sep 04 15:12 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k47ygq7s | Sep 04 15:13 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 15:13 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Does "AK and team of escorts" provide those special services you find in Red Light districts and sleazy ads listed at the backs of newspapers ? Maybe it will encourage the special tourists to visit NYC and 590 Madison Avenue in particular ? | Sep 04 15:13 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Put all that real estate to good use. And give Mamdani a piece of the action too." | Sep 04 15:13 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | Many Abusive Monopolist Microsoft "Assets" Are Fabricated Baloney (to Game the Numbers) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/03/Many_Microsoft_Assets_Are_Fabricated_Baloney_to_Game_the_Number.shtml | Sep 04 21:58 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights — Many Microsoft "Assets" Are Fabricated Baloney (to Game the Numbers) | Sep 04 21:58 | |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Daniel it grieves me to see your difficulties with Pudding. I think i see both sides of the argument. I just wrote a long comment on your own blog, on the problem of a patent monopoly having a decription in which there is a definition of a term used in the claim. Ideally, the ED finds it and requires it to be written into the claim. But real life is messy. Sometimes the case gets through to grant without | Sep 04 21:59 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Despite all of your claims to the contrary, you still do not grasp (let alone correctly represent) the views that I actually hold. I shall give up trying to explain. It is clearly a futile exercise.<br /><br />For the record, I agree that the <b>patent</b> is a legal document addressed to the skilled person. Note "patent" and <b>not</b> just the claims.<br /><br />Following your" | Sep 04 22:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Proof of the pudding, in reply to your comment of September 2d, 2025,<br /><br />It is not by invoking sub-optimal situations that you will bring me to change my point of view. Having been for nearly 5 decades in the patent monopoly business, I am not convinced that they often arise in practice. That this might be case in totally new technical areas, and as every rule, some allowance could be made in | Sep 04 22:00 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k49txcyt | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | ""IBM Cloud to end free human support, suggests customers use enhanced AI instead" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Human Support" = Poorly Qualified, Unqualified Indians | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Quality of Support = Terrible | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Result - here's the conversation between AK and his escorts. | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | AK: "Bummer, we need to end it, but how do we do it? These folks are cheap, family, friends, neighbors, you know" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Krap_anno: "Oh, I'm doing all this up-ski-ling myself, got an idea, what if we keep the same humans, but we call it AI, you know, like builder.ai did? if anything goes wrong we just say, oh, we are still training the AI" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | AK: "Great idea, let's do that, can we charge more for the AI marketing label" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Krap_anno: "Totally! Wait, who is the CMO today? Did we fire the one from last week or is still around?" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | AK: "Dunno, I'm busy talking to McKinsey, they are telling me what to do next week"" | Sep 04 22:04 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
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| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Hopefully this will not happen to you, but it happened to me and it might be wise to prepare yourself psychologically. Some of your coworkers might shun you. I had three coworkers stop talking to me, two of whom actually pretended they didn't see me when I walked past them. (Fu--ing a--holes.) Most of my coworkers were sympathetic and even apologetic. Best of luck. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 1 hour ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @b2+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | First, I am sorry to hear of your situation. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | This is probably a hard time and please know that you already on the right track by being proactive. Keep going -- action alleviates anxiety. Take control and plan your next steps. Here are some suggestions to get you started. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Before you leave IBM, here are 12 actions to get ready to find a new job: | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (1) While it will be hard to stay positive near term, be sure you don't burn any bridges internally before you leave. IBMers know alot of people and will be good references for you and they may know of open positions elsewhere and/or could refer recruiters to you. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (2) Do a quick audit of your skills -- are they current? the skills that people want now? If you need to buff up your skills, now is the time to take advantage of all the free education at IBM and earn some new badges. Once you get outside, you may have to pay to get re-skilled. Better to take advantage of IBM’s free education resources now. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (3) Start getting connected with fellow IBMers on LinkedIn now, before you leave. Once you leave, people may be less inclined to link with you. Of course, when you reach out to them on LinkedIn there is no need to reveal that you want to connect because you have been RA'd. You can share that at a future time when you are ready to network. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (4) Get your LinkedIn profile updated -- lots of good advice online about how to shine. Since you are still working for another 3 months, there is no need to put anything about your laid-off status or use the “Open to Work” emblem on your profile. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (5) Update your resume -- while you can do it yourself, I suggest you invest $200 to have a professional help you. Here's a service my HR Partner recommends www.topresume.com/ | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (6) Since you are in the US, get on the phone with the Money Smart program team and have them provide an assessment of your 401K and finances. This will let you know where you stand financially. The Money Smart program is free, so take advantage of it. Also check if you have a Future Health Account on the Fidelity NetBenefits site under Health Insurance. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (7) In the US, depending on what State you reside in, you may or may not be paid for your unused Personal Choice Days. If you will not get paid for your Personal Choice days, I would suggest you use your Personal Choice days instead of vacation days. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (8) In the US, save all your vacation days since IBM will pay you for those days that you have accrued and not used. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (9) If you have an Anniversary coming up (Quarter Century etc), look on w3 to see what you are eligible for -- and think about how you want to handle it before you leave. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (10) If you have Blue Points, cash them in and treat yourself to something. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (11) Download your Checkpoint and PBC history and documents. You will want to refer to them later when you are interviewing and people ask about your work experiences and performance. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | (12) Download your Think40 history so you remember all the courses you have taken and the learning you have done. This will be good fodder for your updated resume and will demonstrate that you are a life long learner. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And here is relevant advice from a few years ago: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/6-things-id-do-i-got-laid-off-ibm-j-t-o-donnell | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Best of luck! Ever onward | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 4 reactions (+3/-1) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ax+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +3 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ak | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Agreed definitely on the filing for UE | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | That’s not a freebie. We pay taxes into that system so we are basically getting some of our money back | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 2 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @av+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | dentist, annual physical, colonoscopy if over 50, eye exam, immunizations, update will if signed up to the legal plan. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | let your co-worker know that you are looking, share your resume with your co-worker, let them look out for you. You find out who is your friend fast. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @as+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @an, | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Great idea, but that's a waste of good eggs. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Large Dog tu*ds and rotten tomatoes might be a better alternative, particularly if left in Alvind's office. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | IBM stinks to high heaven....let the management get the message loud and clear. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ar+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +7 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ae | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | And you don't have to tell anyone (not even your closest friends at IBM if you don't want to ) about what happened and you've been RA'd - it's between your manager and you, and it's Confidential. And your manager has to keep their mouth shut, unless you decide that want to make it public knowledge. As for training your replacement , you make the rules about that. Other have addressed that already. IBM likes stealth and secrecy abou | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | t RAs, so let them get a dose of their own medicine. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Most of all, remember this - HR is not your friend. Nor are IBM's lawyers as someone has mentioned already. The post IBM package looks good on paper but it's a load of tripe. Particularly the Randstadt outplacement garbage if they are still using it. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | The only winners are Alvind and his pathetic Pipmunks at this time. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 7 reactions (+7/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @aq+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | At some point before you leave, bring a dozen eggs to the office. When nobody's around, drop each egg into a non-visible area (behind file cabinets, between cubicle walls, etc.). Leave with a smile. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @an+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +8 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | No point fighting it. Get what you need off your laptop. Do not expect any help from your mgr or HR since IBM no longer has HR other than a horrendous bot. DO ON DAY 1 FILE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. SO MANY people do not file because they think it is only for poor people or embarrassing etc. BS. During Covid people were making more money on unemployment than working but those over the top benefits are no longer. In most states filing is ea | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | sy and done online of via phone. DO NOT WAIT. Ask people to write recommendations for you on LinkedIn LI. If you are not on LI, get on it ASAP and you can make it much like your resume. Your next job WILL NOT be found applying to hundreds or thousands of jobs most of which are phantom posts. Your next job will be from your network or friend or someone you worked with etc. Do not pigeon hole yourself in your job search. The odds are | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | likely you will have to take on a new role that may be quite from from your IBM role. BTW what was your role and how many years and location? | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 3 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ak+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +6 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | No point fighting it. IBM's lawyers are great liars who will almost certainly win. And if you do somehow maintain your job, IBM will make it he-l. They'll find a reason to fire you. E.g., your job is being moved across the country, move or voluntarily resign without severance. If you've really been there as long as you suggest, you should know all this already. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @aj+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +2 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | So is today RA day then? | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ah+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +1 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @OP Thank You, this helps. Any point fighting it? any checklist I could follow? | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ag+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 0 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ab Thank You for the reply. Is there a point in fighting it? 3 months package is nothing given my tenure. Any action plan you would recommend? | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | no reactions | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @af+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +10 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @ab | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | "Don’t go out of your way too much to show people who will be taking over your work.........." | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Exactly - DO NOT give in to any urge to play martyred good-guy (or gal) here; NOBODY deserves to benefit from your knowledge and expertise acquired by the sweat of your brow - except your next employer. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Good luck. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 10 reactions (+10/-0) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ae+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +5 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | @aa | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | What a pompous j3rk you are | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | It’s better you keep your mouth shut if you have nothing of value to add | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 4 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 9 reactions (+7/-2) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ad+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | +11 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Sorry to hear that. Wait about a week or 2 before sending out resumes , networking etc. if you have the finances take a vacation or a long weekend . | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Also don’t go out of your way too much to show people who will be taking over your work. I’m not saying sabotage but focus on yourself | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | If they ask you to work overtime extra hours etc. kindly decline | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I wish you all the best . | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | 5 hours ago by Anonymous | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | | 13 reactions (+12/-1) | Reply | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Post ID: @ab+1k4ah0dwy | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | -9 | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | Uh. Do what everyone else who's been laid off does; (a) find another job, (b) start your own gig, or (c) retire. | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | I mean ... what advice do you need? | Sep 04 22:06 |
| schestowitz[TR2] | " | Sep 04 22:06 |
| -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.linkedin.com | 6 Things I'd Do If I Got Laid-off By IBM | Sep 04 22:07 | |
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