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Chris Austin

Not me yet, but the place I work for just let go of 30% of the dev team and prob 50% of the QA team. But, not a single BA was let go despite the fact that prior to this "Right Sizing" (they actually said that in the meeting! asshats)the ration of BA's to developers was almost 2:1. Another disturbing thing about this is that they cut the employees first while us contractors are still standing. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Chris Losinger

Chris Austin wrote: Another disturbing thing about this is that they cut the employees first while us contractors are still standing. employees are expensive. contractors are cheap and disposable. -c

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Marc Clifton

What's a BA, besides a Bachelor of Arts? And where do you work? :-D Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator.
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Chris Austin

Chris Losinger wrote: employees are expensive. contractors are cheap and disposable. I guess, but a lot of these people will be worse of than I would have. My contract requires them to give me 90 days notice or pay my wages for that period of time. I just feel bad for them because soo much of the decision was political and not based on effort or performance. [edit] I guess I should have clarified and said that the emp.'s were only given 2 weeks severance. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Chris Austin

Marc Clifton wrote: What's a BA, Business Analyst..aka idiots with a business or finance degree. Marc Clifton wrote: And where do you work? I work in a medium sized company that provides outsourcing for Transaction Handling, Data Warehousing, and custom B2B solutions for utilities, banks and any other company that needs to work with disparate data formats. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

David Wulff

Chris Austin wrote: Business Analyst No no, Bullshit Analysts... :~

David Wulff

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Michael A Barnhart

Chris Austin wrote: Another disturbing thing about this is that they cut the employees first while us contractors are still standing. That is actually typical. Most contracts have a termination cause that make it costly to change at short notice. Which when you have cut backs is a big factor. Chris Austin wrote: Not me yet, but the place I work for just let go of 30% of the dev team and prob 50% of the QA team. I can feel for you, my previous employer went from 18,000 to 3,000 in 6 months. It was some time ago. ""

Roger Wright

Chris Austin wrote: Business Analyst.. Ah, deadwood. Start looking elsewhere asap; this company's doomed. Ancient man conquered his rivals with the jawbone of an ass; modern man uses the jawbone of a politician.

peterchen

Grab the VSS DB and run! What's a BA? I assume it's a Businessassh*le....

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Chris Austin

peterchen wrote: Grab the VSS DB and run! Thank God we aren't using that POS. We are using Perforce and I have a convient mirror of the prod and dev repositories running on my fileserver at home :) I needed it for working from home, now I may need it for keeping myself busy for months if I get axed (Right Sized). Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Chris Austin

Yep, called my *cough* favorite *cough* recuiter about an hour after it happened and told her I may be back on the market sooner than expected. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

Chris Austin

It's fucked to see your frieds go. But I count myself lucky. Michael A. Barnhart wrote: That is actually typical. Most contracts have a termination cause that make it costly to change at short notice. Which when you have cut backs is a big factor. I am one of them, 90 days for me. I always insist on that clause as well as almost never agree to those non-compete clauses...I am contractor for god's sake. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton