TJT
Mr. Poopybutthole
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They did the mass layoffs yesterday at GM, where I currently work. Got to see my shitty manager walked out of the office. So that was cool! But I really would have preferred that severance package. It was quite generous. So its actually disappointing. The reorganization will be pretty interesting and might be an opportunity to escape my SILO. But I still fully intend to leave the company once I do find another job.
In the meantime it does mean that a whole lot of nothing will be going on so I can pursue some more certifications on company time and not give a shit. Our temporary director halted all dev work until the re-org is complete which will take until mid March. I think this is all pretty weird. They spent the past 3 months at minimum planning layoffs but have no idea where everyone is going to?
I think they did the layoffs in an ass backwards way though. They did the directors then the managers then the rank and file. So to speak. The Axe room in our area was right next to where I sit. But having directors/managers walked out by security in front of their own teams seemed really unprofessional to me. At GM you also get the perk of a company car that rotates every quarter. So most of these dudes don't have personal cars anymore. You got a Lyft voucher for a ride back to your house lol.
Later in the day a director I don't really know from Detroit contacted me via Skype call. I thought was going to be to tell me to go to the Axe room. But it was to tell me that there were no further re-orgs within my team.
On the other side my teammate who spent the past several years riding our manager's dick and several directors dicks to climb the ladder just lost all of his patrons but didn't get cut himself. He was quite depressed today as that has been his angle to get more bonus/raises for like three years. I mean that's one way to play the game and all but being a buttboy to do obviously stupid pet projects is your own fault. (IE write me an application that captures such information so I can say that the ROI for my team's work is 500% on my performance review). I am quite certain our manager's pursuit of highly questionable, "improvements" to the development process and purchase of extremely expensive useless software is not unrelated to why he was removed.
In the meantime it does mean that a whole lot of nothing will be going on so I can pursue some more certifications on company time and not give a shit. Our temporary director halted all dev work until the re-org is complete which will take until mid March. I think this is all pretty weird. They spent the past 3 months at minimum planning layoffs but have no idea where everyone is going to?
I think they did the layoffs in an ass backwards way though. They did the directors then the managers then the rank and file. So to speak. The Axe room in our area was right next to where I sit. But having directors/managers walked out by security in front of their own teams seemed really unprofessional to me. At GM you also get the perk of a company car that rotates every quarter. So most of these dudes don't have personal cars anymore. You got a Lyft voucher for a ride back to your house lol.
Later in the day a director I don't really know from Detroit contacted me via Skype call. I thought was going to be to tell me to go to the Axe room. But it was to tell me that there were no further re-orgs within my team.
On the other side my teammate who spent the past several years riding our manager's dick and several directors dicks to climb the ladder just lost all of his patrons but didn't get cut himself. He was quite depressed today as that has been his angle to get more bonus/raises for like three years. I mean that's one way to play the game and all but being a buttboy to do obviously stupid pet projects is your own fault. (IE write me an application that captures such information so I can say that the ROI for my team's work is 500% on my performance review). I am quite certain our manager's pursuit of highly questionable, "improvements" to the development process and purchase of extremely expensive useless software is not unrelated to why he was removed.
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