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by debunn 10y ago
I posted about the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in the last "Who's Firing" thread - which was my employer. All of the 100+ of us affected by the outsourcing have been let go as of January 3
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by debunn 10y ago
Thanks! If anything, the notice was excessive (six months) - so it's been challenging to search for a new position as we won't be able to start until February 1st (without abandoning our severance packages at least.) Most of us
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by debunn 10y ago
The only Toronto office I can see listed for TCS is downtown @ 400 University Avenue (which hilariously enough is the building I worked in previously) - I'm sure they'll gladly work anywhere in the city though! As of now, the pro
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by debunn 10y ago
Reposted ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854996 ) from last month's thread, as it's still relevant: The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is currently laying off over 10
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by debunn 10y ago
It looks like you're right - you can have a Professional Employer Organization act on behalf of the employer in regards to payroll, HR and other compliance matters: http://www.salesforcesearch.com/bid/147571/H
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by debunn 10y ago
Having researched this scenario myself (as a Canadian looking to possibly work remotely for a US company), I've found the following article helpful (although the tone may be a little too lighthearted IMO): https://medium.com
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by debunn 10y ago
As well as the aforementioned CTRL-D shortcut, you can change the amount of time the splash screen is displayed... although it does require opening up the Chromebook (to set a jumper) and then writing a modified BIOS to the Chromebook: htt
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by debunn 10y ago
Biotech ETFs are way up today (almost 10%) - it looks like with the fear of Hillary capping medical costs now gone, a lot of folks are seeing more long term value: http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/IBB?ltr=1 http:/&
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by debunn 10y ago
Yes - the Ontario Teachers Federation (the parent body that manages the different Ontario teachers' unions) was made aware of the outsourcing shortly after it was announced in July. They questioned Ron Mock (OTPP's CEO) shortly a
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by debunn 10y ago
While I'd agree that is a good idea, I'm already treading carefully about what I'm saying here as my employer is very explicit about employees not speaking to media outlets (everything I've relayed here is public knowled
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by debunn 10y ago
Sure - I've submitted a request to join the group, and will add a post once I've been approved.
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by debunn 10y ago
Yes - we've discussed amongst ourselves (those affected) about what RBC did, and how they were lambasted in the media for abusing the visas. In our particular case, TCS seems to already have a number of local assets they're invol
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by debunn 10y ago
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is currently laying off over 100+ (union, management and contractor) IT folks from the Enterprise Technology Solutions (IT operations) and Testing teams. All of the
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by debunn 10y ago
A biologist, a statistician and a computer scientist are all riding a train together through Africa, when they notice a herd of zebra from their window. The biologist notices that one of the zebra are entirely white, and exclaims, "Wow