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Meh. After I finished my stint at Big Blue, they outsourced my entire midrange (UNIX) team which supported a large Australian bank to a foreign provider. 2 yea
by nineteen999 2y ago
Meh. After I finished my stint at Big Blue, they outsourced my entire midrange (UNIX) team which supported a large Australian bank to a foreign provider.
2 years later I had recruitment consultants calling me multiple times a week to get me to "come back" to IBM as the offshoring had been a disaster for the customer. And this was despite of me having a lifetime IBM ban for flipping off my manager's manager on the way out.
No way, no time, no thank you, no how.
- gtirloni 2y agoThe rumors of bans were always circulating when I worked at IBM. I never heard that at any other company. It's bizarre.
- Gud 2y agoPerhaps few other companies has (ex)employees who feel the need to flip their superiors the bird?
- nineteen999 2y agoThe reality was that I already knew from stories I'd heard that they were terrible with renewing contracts - they always waited until your contract had expired, and then would have an expectation that after a few weeks of unemployment you'd be desperate to re-sign and come back. Knowing this I had another job already lined up ready to go as soon as my contract ended. If you treat staff like cattle, you reap what you sow.