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01-21-2016, 4:05pm | #1 | ||||||
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Whacked after 16 years
Just had my gig at Cisco eliminated. New top guy in my division so of course everything has to be re-orged. Dodged this bullet many times, guess it was my turn.
I have 2 weeks to find something internally, not likely, then I get a fairly nice little separation package. On a positive note, this happened to my wife last month and she starts her new job Monday, so there will be no interruption of health benefits. She also wrangled a 30% pay increase. Now all I need to do is find something, and I think I will fairly quickly, but I am going to make sure it is what I want, not just something to have something. I have a ton of contacts in the industry and have never burned any bridges, hopefully that helps. |
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That royally sucks, but good luck!
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Good luck - I HATE seeing this happen to people unless they are of retirement age and they WANT it (the separation package) to happen.
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Damn does that suck.
I got mine 2 years ago Jan. 31. Still running strong on my own. |
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Good luck. I got laid off in December 2014 and , in my field, the job market has deteriorated to the point of being a waste of time.
At least I saw it coming and planned for it. |
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Hate to hear about this Doug Good luck my fiend!!!
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Maybe some new opportunities will come your way. Whatever your field is, if it makes you happy and you can make a living at it, the contact's you have may come in handy. If you're at a point in life where doing something different is an option, go for it.
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The best I can wish for you is that regardless of what the future brings you will look back at this as the best thing that ever happened to you.
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Aw, chit Doug. Sorry to hear that. No matter how well prepared you think you are, it still arrives as a shock.
Good luck finding the next gig! |
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At any time during your long and faithful employment, did any boss ever say something along the lines of "we are one big happy family here"?
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I feel for you. Be happy you aren't in the oil industry.
Here's to a quick bounce back and a big raise in the process If there is anything I can do, I will. If you interview near me, you have a place to stay and a hot meal. |
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A few roles. Started as a Consulting Systems Engineer for Unified Messaging, I was a Subject Matter Expert on Cisco Unity and integrations to Active Directory and Exchange. (sales position)
Next role was a Technical Marketing Enginer, basically the same as the previous role but not in Sales, instead I worked between the Sales teams, customers and Product dev teams. Did design consulting, tech doc development, Trade show support, critical account support, that kind of thing. Currently I am a Program Manager, working with prodcut dev teams to coordinate 35-50 different products to release at the same time as a solution, while working with Marketing, Partner development and various other groups to resolve go-to-market issues. |
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Good Luck with your search.
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Damn. Good luck!
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Same thing happened to a very good friend around Thanksgiving time last year. He was in sales at Cisco. I think Cisco is tightening the belt and their only option left is eliminating people.
Good luck with your search, I hope you take a couple of weeks to relax and recharge before you start the always stressful job search process. |
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I have been extremely bored for the last 2 years, I needed a push to make a change, this was more like a shove but I will leave with a nice pile of cash and have many people reaching out to me already. I am going to make sure whatever I do it will have the elements that make me happy day to day. No more putting up with shit for comfort and safety. No such thing anyway.
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Exactly, save your loyalty for friends and family, not your employer.
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