[ale] Hmm. New employer for someone?

[Jeff Lightner]

I remember going to the "IBM Tower" in midtown right after IBM had
started doing layoffs for the first time in its history in the early
90s.  I went to see a guy there about AIX as we were doing our first
RS6000 install.  He was the only person left on the entire floor.  I
often wondered how depressing it must have been to go in each day
knowing it wouldn't take the company long to figure out they get rid of
the floor if they got rid of you.

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Drag0n
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2006 2:59 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Hmm. New employer for someone?

Unless things have changed at big blue in the last 5 years (not 
impossible, just highly improbable) they have a fairly lax dress code 
for non exec levels. They realized early on that the most important 
asset IBM has is its employee's. They buy lots of real estate during 
boon times as a buffer during lean times so they can sell it off. I was 
a part of IBM corp security and they had a policy of privacy before 
security. So you may not have too much of a change other than moving to 
Lotus notes for a mail client and an occasional visit from the execs.
I still want to go back to Big Blue one day, I'm just waiting for the 
right opportunity.


Drag0n

Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> I was going to say that I felt like the near-dealbreaker here must
have
> been getting white shirts and ties on ISSers...
>
> Michael H. Warfield wrote:
>   
>> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 12:52 -0400, James P. Kinney III wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/23/1455255
>>>     
>>>       
>> 	Yup...
>>
>> 	Interesting times, they are ahead.
>>
>> 	And NO, I still don't have to wear a suit.
>>
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