●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Friday, September 11, 2026 ●● ● Sep 11 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/22/Microsoft_s_Serial_Strangler_and_Matthew_J_Garrett_Join_Forces_.shtml [02:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Microsoft's Serial Strangler and Matthew J. Garrett Join Forces in Trying to Gag Techrights (for Exposing Microsoft Corruption and Crimes Against Women) [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m25wdfks [02:15] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m25wdfks ) [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] All big corporations, Tech companies, especially , follow the trends. Whether its putting people on pips. Adopting stacked ranking evaluations. Switching as many people jobs out to AI as possible. Moving jobs offshore. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] The bottom line is companies do whatever they think will maximize profits . If one company tries something., and there are rumors of positive financial results, the other companies will try it. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Stacked ranking was a good example. It was, and is , a barbaric way to rate your employees.. It originally iwas thought that it would increase competition and make people produce more. So several large companies adopted it.. All this approach really did is demoralizes and keep people in fear. It made people care less about their jobs. I actually reduce productivity in the long run .. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Pips are just another tool that several companies use now to save money. Try to make life miserable, so people will quit.. so they dont have to pay severance , or have their unemployment insurance increase. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] So what it really comes down to his corporate greed. Companies will continue to follow other companies ideas for saving money and maximizing profits at the cost of the employee. Big companies dont really care if you hate them as an employee.. they only care if you produce and make money for them. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Just remember, theres no loyalty from the big company to you. Dont feel so obligated and loyal to any company.. itll never be reciprocated. You are essentially a cost component.. a line on a balance sheet. If cutting you will make more money for the company. You will be gone. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bn+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] -1 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] @b7 dell is a competitor [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+0/-1) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bh+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Putting AWS, Google and IBM as competitors is daring. Heck, even Microsoft is leagues away. The only compatitor in your sentence is Oracle. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 4 hours ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b7+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] AI has become too smart and it will destroy us all! The world needs to switch to IBM AI for its own safety! [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ap+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] @a3 we are an Indian company now. US government should not be giving us contracts anymore [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 8 hours ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ac+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] @a3 check their layoffs boards. Ive never seen anything like this before but not sure if many are moving in this direction. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] 9 hours ago by Anonymous [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a5+1m25wdfks [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] The answer to your question: Look at if these companies are having the same "hiring frenzy" in India that IBM is doing. [02:15] schestowitz[TR2] " [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m23w0wwh [02:21] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m23w0wwh ) [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] "Wait, why would he go on vacation right AFTER a holiday? [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 22 hours ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bb+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] @ar leave now? Odd timing. Most people are coming back from vacations after Labor Day. Very suspicious [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 23 hours ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @b2+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] @ae sure. Be prepred for PIP. Our second liner went on leave [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ar+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] @ad you are giving him to much credit. Its very clear he doesnt know what he is doing and those around him dont either. He is fumbling through like Mr. Magoo [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @am+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] I'm not seeing any announcement about restructuring. But there is a consulting meeting tomorrow. Can anyone provide some insight here? [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ae+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +8 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] @a1 Arvind hasn't made a single logical move since taking over - everything he does is to pad the stock price. He has never done anything else. Hard to believe that man has a PhD - he acts like a soulless MBA who wants to extract as much $ from his employees anyway he can - not by innovation or smart strategic investments - but by boiling their fat down to make soap. [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] What a useless human being. [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 8 reactions (+8/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ad+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +3 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] @OP what did say verbatim? [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+3/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a9+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] What was the announcement and what's the restructure involving? [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a5+1m23w0wwh [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] For those not in Consulting, what is happening? [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] Feels like all these changes are being driven by the stock price collapse rather than anything logical. [02:21] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 11 [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] just caught this "Rust is not and has never been about security". yest it is about security... m$'s security :P [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] true [05:57] schestowitz[TR2] back doors ● Sep 11 [07:16] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [07:24] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-crc.udo.r9g5d1.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 11 [08:05] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [08:43] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 11 [09:49] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Sep 11 [10:06] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 11 [11:32] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 11 [12:14] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [12:15] *_what___ (~whatA_@mdcfgdbrn3488.irc) has joined #techbytes [12:15] *_what___ (~whatA_@mdcfgdbrn3488.irc) has left #techbytes [12:38] *psydroid2 (~psydroid@kcvnmgbxt8eqq.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 11 [13:36] schestowitz[TR2]
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    • [13:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.olafalders.com | Sort Your Perl Imports Olaf Alders [13:54] *psydroid2 has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) ● Sep 11 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m26zd88w [17:18] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m26zd88w ) [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] "Remember they accidentally sent their test email out a few weeks ago to the previous impacted former employees. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @cq+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @ch India Business Machine .... [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+1/-1) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ck+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +4 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @bt IBM used to have a tool called RAST that they used to manage resource actions. Top features included identifying a "tie" - that is, the need to choose a younger person to balance out the older person they desperately want to get rid of; the "tie" allows them to pretend it is not age discrimination when it most definitely was. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] RAST also helped to ensure that per RA they could keep the total laid off to less than 50 people per site. That is the WARN limit. IBM can ignore WARN if they can keep under that. Obviously the total can be vastly higher - multiple 49 by the number of sites and perhaps expect they will use WARN in places highly regulated like California. The count starts over for each RA. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] In this manner IBM has shrunk the US workforce to just 43k from its post Gertsner numbers of nearly 200k despite many acquisitions and grown IBM India to over 150k. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by RAST [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ch+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @bf it will be first week in December. Low performers and pips let go before then in sporadicly occurring before then [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 3 hours ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c5+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @bk they didnt violate anything because they kept it low enough at each site [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 5 hours ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+3/-3) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bt+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @a4 the last one in Nov 2025 - ibm did not do the warn act. Look it up. They violated the warn act and just did if [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 3 reactions (+2/-1) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bk+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Massive RAs before December. Many of us know that. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 7 hours ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bf+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Yep, aggressively job search now, with the goal being securing a new job that has a start date by Thanksgiving. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Starting a new job around the holidays is a nice way to ease into a new place too...lots of people taking vacation, and there's often a week off for everyone between Christmas & New Year's. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Also, you get the security of knowing you're good financially going into the new year, and can carve out some staycation/vacation time for yourself for either next month (October, already!) or November, for the time between whenever you close the door here, to when you start working at the new place. [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Don't put it off...we're already in mid-September! [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 13 hours ago by Time's a-Wastin' [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 9 reactions (+9/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a9+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +2 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] @a4 why do layoffs require 90 days? I thought they kick you out in. 2 weeks with 3 month salary? [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 14 hours ago by Yu [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 2 reactions (+2/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a7+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Layoffs require 90 days, PIPs don't .... [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] 14 hours ago by Anonymous [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @a4+1m26zd88w [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] First week of December [17:18] schestowitz[TR2] " ● Sep 11 [18:23] *parsifal_ has quit (Quit: Leaving) ● Sep 11 [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.teamblind.com/post/where-i-went-wrong-with-making-money-and-how-to-course-correct-now-baffm5dt [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] "Where I went wrong with making money and how to course correct now. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] Male 40. Married. 1 child. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] Came to US single in 2012. Did my masters in CS and started working with a pay of ~ $90K. Took 50k loan for my master's which I took 18 months to relay at a rate of 3k per month. Got a new job in 2015 with a pay of 110K. Got married in 2016. Sent my wife to school and paid around 40k for her tuition out of my own pocket. So by 2017, whatever I saved went into her education and I hardly had any money in my account. 2017 mid I got i [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] nto Amazon as SDE 1. If I remember I got 80 stocks (at that time each stock was 900, this is pre-split) and then I got 20 more stocks in 2019 when I get to SDE 2. In total, I got 100 stocks, 50 went into taxes, 50 I was left with. Then 1:20 split happned so as of today I have 1000 stocks roughly worth 250k. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] 2022, I moved to a startup, worked there for a year and got lay off. Made some decent cash during that year. I think my salary was around 300k USD, something like that which was higher than amazon as I hit my 4-year mark and got to the cliff. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] 2022, after layout, I moved to Canada so that I can get citizenship and took a solid pay cut. Joined MSFT as L63. They gave me 200k worth of stocks + 150ish CAD as base. At the time of each stock was 240 USD and not its around 490ish. By the end of this year, I will complete my 4 years, and I should have stocks of 225K USD. I am a L64 today. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] So overall, I am working since 2014, around 12.5 years now and first few years went into all sorts of loan. Since 2017 I started building some wealth. My wife's job has been very average and thats ok. She was never supposed to be in tech but she kinda going ok, in Canada, making around 100k. I have no issues with that, but when I look just my wealth creation, it has not been a good trajectory. As a combined couple we are sitting ar [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] ound some 1.2 million USD, which includes everything, 401K, RRSP etc etc, down to the last penny + I own a 1.8 CR flat in Bangalore for which I have already pay 1.2 CRs. I am speculating that by a year or so I will fully pay this amount without withdrawing any money from our portfolio. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] Now comes the question. I do agree that I am average software engineer and with 12 years of experience being on L64 is not a good trajectory, but it is what it is. However, I have seen so many average folks with my trajectory and have really made a huge portfolio, so I want to understand where I went wrong. I was fortunate that I saw a good run in the market where my amazon + msft stocks did well + I invested in SPY which also did [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] well so it's not that I did bad in investing, I did good. [21:40] schestowitz[TR2] What changes should I bring that helps me build a large portfolio. Changing jobs can help but then I did that too and not sure how good those decisions were. I am looking for recommendations on how I can expediate my progress here." [21:40] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.teamblind.com | Where I went wrong with making money and how to course correct now. | Stocks & Investments - Blind [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] "Bro blind is two things: [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] Bunch of liars [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] And biased [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] Nobody who did poorly or even average will write on blind hey I have 1M net worth at 35. You are only seeing either straight up liars or biased posts with people who got lucky in something.. stock market, real estate, whatever [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] "" [21:41] schestowitz[TR2] Agreed. Classic Indians. They could have $100m and they would still bully others and treat everyone and everything really bad because they need to reach $150m asap." ● Sep 11 [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m26zd88w#replies [22:06] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m26zd88w#replies ) [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] "Usually 30 days to end and 90 days severance [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] 12 minutes ago by Anonymous [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] | no reactions | Reply [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dr+1m26zd88w [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] @ch That is interesting about the "RAST/tie". Never heard of that before. Could that be one of the motivations to hire 3x times new hires? To create a healthy supply of "ties"? Needed to hide|obscure future actions. And they realized they didn't have enough "ties" to statistically bury what they wanted to achieve? No idea but very very interesting to consider. [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] 2 hours ago by Anonymous [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] | 1 reaction (+1/-0) | Reply [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dd+1m26zd88w [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] @OP: "From what Im told goal is 10% low performers pipped and out in December" [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] What are your sources ? This is most likely rumors. IBM had these rumors circulating all the time, to keep the slaves on edge. [22:06] schestowitz[TR2] " [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] "James Howell, professor at Penn State University, says that Omarchy Linux is a "scam" to make "Muggles associate 'Linux' with 'Big Tech Billionaire Fascists'." [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] "For these f**kin creeps there is no such thing as bad publicity," says the @penn_state [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] Biology Professor. "If we let them succeed it will be a catastrophe for this movement." [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] "The normies already demonize us enough," replied another Open Source Leftist. "Bryan Lunduke as an example added fuel to the fire by labelling the OpenSource community as PDFiles." [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] He added, ominously, "You'll need to do something about these 'people'." [22:10] schestowitz[TR2] "People" being in quotes." [22:25] *_what___ (~whatA_@shycuttentcjw.irc) has joined #techbytes [22:25] *_what___ (~whatA_@shycuttentcjw.irc) has left #techbytes