Posted on 03/06/2023 3:05:46 PM PST by Lazamataz
DEY TOOK MAH JOB! DEY TERK MEH JERB! D'TERK M'JERB! DURKA DURKA DERRRR!
So, a layoff is imminent. My company, a health insurance company, is getting rid of a large bread-and-butter portion of their focus, namely Employee Group insurance. That's the health insurance component that employers give employees.
Guess what area of the company I work for?
The layoff could occur as soon as 60 days from now, or (at max) 6 months from now.
So my manager, who really loves my work, gave me a inside-scoop that our area (Producer Services, basically sales commissions for agents) is going away. I think I better proactively move.
So, any Freepers who need a skilled web- and winforms-developer who is an expert in SQL, please contact me.
A little of what I offer:
If you know someone who is in the industry in a hiring authority (or even not!), ping them to this thread.
This is a difficult time for even experienced developers. There are lots of people from Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, and excetera who are very skilled and who are competing with people like me. However, I got something they don't: I'm not a liberal woke a-hole. :)
Good luck! Good idea to get proficient in python as well?
He already is.
BTT
Good luck and try to find a new job before you get laid off.
A younger and a very capable worker, we know didn’t do that and quit between this Christmas and New Years using some vacation days.
He started looking for a job the second week in January, and people, who seemed interested in hiring him before are not that enthused now.
It could just be the Covid/Biden economy negative.
However, a friend in the same field told him that his quitting before he had a job was not a good thing.
Best of luck in finding a good job!
Sorry to hear this Laz, keep your head up.
BTTT some more ...
Not sure of your salary expectations, but with those skills, you should be able to get a job with the Army/DoD... we do a lot of development in .NET and SQL; check USAJOBS. The hiring process is a pain (goes through a centralized bureaucracy to minimize manager influence), and you do need to be eligible for a clearance (REALLY not hard these days), but if you stick it out with your experience you should be able to find a ~GS 12/13 level ($100k) position. If you are looking for more than that, try Booze-Allen Hamilton, they contract top talent out to DoD that we can’t pay for a government/military employee.
Where are you located?
I will put out some feelers for you.
It’s good to have advance warning.
Gives you time to plan financially for it, cutting any unnecessary spending now and banking every penny you can in the interim.
MR mm quit a job many years ago due to the company ethics, they wanted him to lie to customers and bait and switch them. He wouldn’t do it so he eventually left, but since we knew it was coming, we acted proactively for months in advance and it got us through for several months with out much income. Some odd jobs, on occasion, but for the most part, it was the planning that managed the bulk of it.
Good luck, Laz!
Dis a shamie
I’m a few miles (45 or so) outside of Atlanta, in a small community underneath Lake Lanier.
Wish you luck.
It is a good thing you have advance notice and can plan accordingly.
I had notice twice only on the same day of leaving.
First one was an entire plant closure (1987).
Everybody go home, we are closing.
You don’t work here anymore...adios.
Second one was a 10% “reduction in force” (1991).
Hey, you were one of the last 10% hired...adios.
Those were two very long slow drives home
to tell the wife and family the news.
How about a general IT guy for a manufacturing company or some other mid sized company that needs one?
The place I work at has < 80 employees but has an IT guy because they have a large inventory of repair parts and database for it. It’s for their own machinery but some of that machinery is the size of a small house. They also have PCs in the shop, cameras all over the place, emergency signals that send out notifications via email if certain sensors on equipment change state etc etc.
It would take some OJT but a change might be good. I drive from up my rural gravel road up against a national forest, 40 miles to a small town on Interstate 44 in MO.
I’ve actually got some FedGov experience, more than 7 years as a Federal Contractor for the CDC. Being as I have diabetes, that makes me a Title 2 hire (preferred). I’ve passed E-QIP twice and if I’m not mistaken, I held a Public Trust clearance (long expired, I’m certain.)
If your manager loves your work, perhaps an internal move to a different division?
Good luck
I’d absolutely consider something like that.
Unlikely, there are six openings for a guy with my skillset.... and over 5000 people in Employer Group insurance. I mean, I'll try, but I'm expecting nada.
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