oh it's the whole company, not just me. I just got caught in the
fallout
- Yosi Greenfield <yosi_at_comhill.com> wrote:
> Oh no - not you Rachel! Oy vey! Is nothing sacred?
>
> You'd think that all of us talented, intelligent, technologically
> savvy people with time on our hands could come up with a
> start-up type thing and turn the world upside down, no? Any
> takers? Any great ideas that you wouldn't mind sharing with
> this small, informal audience of several hundred thousand?
>
> My friend at the major bank cut his 5%. I wonder how they
> got to keep it out of the news... And he has a meeting with
> his boss next week sometime. Feeling the heat, as we say...
>
> I met with three tech people last week at my sole interview
> since 9/11 (not like I was rolling in them before that...), of
> course none of them were in position to hire Oracle people,
> so then I had to go back to meet with HR. Now my interview
> process is stuck in HR and there are 'Issues.' If we solve the
> 'Issues' I get to meet some tech people who might actually
> be in a position to hire Oracle people. A bit of cart pulling
> the horse here...
>
> Layla tov, buenos noches, bon nuit (sic), gutte nacht,
> oyasumi (Japanese, as in 'O I suyu, Oyasumi').
>
> Ciao y'all. I'm outtahere.
>
> yosi
>
>
> Rachel Carmichael wrote:
>
> > and in another month, I'll find out if I'll be joining you and Yosi
> and
> > all the others in "the hunt for work".
> >
> > We are being absorbed by another internet subsidiary of our parent
> > company. Tech will either be asked to stay on for the transition
> period
> > (meaning we would still be laid off but we'd have some time to
> prepare
> > for it) or will be asked to stay on -- but relocate to San Diego or
> LA.
> >
> > I don't know which will be my fate, and I don't know if I'd want to
> > relocate if asked.
> >
> > I'm starting to look around now, I don't expect it to be easy or
> fast.
> > I expect I will be asked to take a pay cut if I'm offered anything.
> I'm
> > also (like Don and Jenny) thinking of doing something else with my
> > life.
> >
> > at least I know in advance, won't be blindsided and through other,
> > unfortunate circumstances, have enough money to live on for quite a
> > while before I have to think about sending the cats out to work.
> >
> > But, like the rest here, if anyone hears of something, please
> contact
> > me privately.
> >
> > Rachel
>
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