IT Software Vendor, CA, to Cut 1,000 Jobs

[sezyboy]

[citation][nom]jellico[/nom]Companies do their best to budget for the next fiscal year. Often times, they are a bit too optimistic. Rarely are they too conservative in their budgets. If they make their mark, then all is good. When they don't, which happens more often than not... especially these days, then it is decision time. Most medium to large companies have quite a bit of fat (people on the payroll that really don't do much, or what they do is not vital to the continuing operation of the business) that can be trimmed. Better leadership isn't going to change the reality of that situation.Finally, I would like to point something out that may be obvious to some, but which far too many people just don't seem to understand:Companies do NOT exist to provide you with a job, and healthcare and whatever other benefits you feel you are entitled to; companies exist to make money for their owners... period, end-of-sentence, thank-you, goodbye.[/citation]

Yes it is understandable for them to want to earn money however a lot of companies these days don't look very far in the future. Stock dips, "oh lets lay off half the support dept", which leads to poor customer service and support. With little or no job security, why should employees care about the growth of the company or the level of service? If the companies don't give a sh#t, why should employees?

 

[Regulas]

I wouldn't care if California fell off into the ocean. The libtards have turned it into the one of the worse places to business. Over regulation, taxes and all the other crap liberals/socialists love to do to stifle business. Spend everyone elses money on their pet social programs. That's great until you run out of other peoples money. Now we have libtards doing it to the whole country, God help us.

 

[techguy911]

[citation][nom]rooket[/nom]Symantec and Avira are the best antivirus out right now. Sure I'll get -20 for mentioning Symantec but try it out and you will see what I mean. CA might have a product that works but I haven't heard anyone mention their products in a number of years now. I still have a CA pen and a CA mousepad somewhere I think.[/citation]

Lol symantec best av i own my own computer store, i have been a tech over 25 years if symantec is so good why do i spend all my time removing viruses on machines, worms and trojans and fake av's that have Norton 2010 products.

Comodo internet security free blows away anything including what symantec has how many machines have i cleaned with comodo internet security zero why because it has both signature based and behavioral based and sandboxes unsecured applications .

99% of the time a trojan or rootkit disables norton's antivirus products while it has a smaller memory footprint it is a major target for virus and malware writers comodo has hips (defense+) which is a must for protecting yourself from malware.

 

[curnel_D]

[citation][nom]techguy911[/nom]Lol symantec best av i own my own computer store, i have been a tech over 25 years if symantec is so good why do i spend all my time removing viruses on machines, worms and trojans and fake av's that have Norton 2010 products.Comodo internet security free blows away anything including what symantec has how many machines have i cleaned with comodo internet security zero why because it has both signature based and behavioral based and sandboxes unsecured applications .99% of the time a trojan or rootkit disables norton's antivirus products while it has a smaller memory footprint it is a major target for virus and malware writers comodo has hips (defense+) which is a must for protecting yourself from malware.[/citation]
Holy! You've been in the industry 25 years, and you're still trudging along in little better than a help desk position? Time to find a new career. *eye roll* Norton products aren't that good, but you should try Symantec Endpoint products. And if you own your own PC store, I know for a fact that you don't install Comodo on your customers machines. MSRP of $40 for a $15 AV license is too much to pass up for anyone who has to stay in buisness. That is... If you do actually own a store of your own.
[citation][nom]aford10[/nom]Check out dice.com. There are lots of different IT job openings.[/citation]
Ha, coincidentally, I checked that site. 3 jobs in a 40 mile radius. 2 weren't even IT jobs, but graphic design jobs. The other wanted an MSEE degree and 10 years experience. Hell, monster.com does a better job than that. [citation][nom]jaybus[/nom]You're forgetting unemployment benefits for the 990. That may leave only $20 million for the execs (excluding stock option grants of course)[/citation]
True, hadn't thought of that.

 

[aford10]

Ha, coincidentally, I checked that site. 3 jobs in a 40 mile radius. 2 weren't even IT jobs, but graphic design jobs. The other wanted an MSEE degree and 10 years experience. Hell, monster.com does a better job than that.

When you're on Dice, make sure you modify the search filters. There's only a few larger cities within 40 miles of where I live, and it has 135 job results, listed in the last 30 days.

The problem with Monster, is it's full of repeat, garbage/scam listings. Our bank recently hired a new network engineer. It was listed on Dice, but never monster, yahoo jobs, career builder, or any of the other job sites.

 

[martel80]

During "boom" it's quite easy for companies to hire and keep more people that they really need. In "bust" they get rid of the most useless trash. It's beneficial for the company and they have a good excuse to do so, there's nothing bad about it.

And to the guy complaining about lack of jobs 40 miles around whatever... ever heard of moving?

 

[jisamaniac]

I just got a job as a Network Administrator/IT Support. I seriously lucked out. After a year of not able to find work and doing a lot of grueling grunt work. I finally managed to find a job that pays decent. I don't make as much as these guys by about 15k, but it's better than not having a job. Word for the wise, start your own IT business or software developing because it is the only way we can keep our jobs from going over seas.

 

[JohnnyLucky]

[citation][nom]regulas[/nom]I wouldn't care if California fell off into the ocean. The libtards have turned it into the one of the worse places to business. Over regulation, taxes and all the other crap liberals/socialists love to do to stifle business. Spend everyone elses money on their pet social programs. That's great until you run out of other peoples money. Now we have libtards doing it to the whole country, God help us.[/citation]

roflmao :lol: - The article is not about Califormia!

 

[neiroatopelcc]

[citation][nom]jisamaniac[/nom]I just got a job as a Network Administrator/IT Support. I seriously lucked out. After a year of not able to find work and doing a lot of grueling grunt work. I finally managed to find a job that pays decent. I don't make as much as these guys by about 15k, but it's better than not having a job. Word for the wise, start your own IT business or software developing because it is the only way we can keep our jobs from going over seas.[/citation]

It's not as bad in IT as it is in manufacturing. Many of the 'thinkers' stay in industrial countries. 'dumb laboring tasks' get moved to low pay countries.

You americans, despite appearances (think bush) are thinkers. You're literate and offer a wealth of knowledge. That's something that's harder to come by in low pay countries. So don't worry - if people are smart enough that they think they can start their own business, then they're smart enough to be an employee at the companies that go somewhere else for their production facilities.

 

[mikejwhitfield]

As a public corporation, CA's firing practices warrant investigation. They have their legal teams geared so effectively, it is financially close to impossible for an undeserving terminated employee to challenge them for anything beyond the standard severance settlement. I believe the CA modus-operandi is to make it financially inaffordable for a fired employee to stage a contest. To my mind that is unethical and should not be tolerated. And as for sezyboy's comments about company's existing to make money for owners - absolutely correct, they do. However, it is the work of employees who allow that to happen. And CA's periodical firings make a mockery of all the poetic rhetoric about caring for employees. It's all b/s. As a happily ex-CA employee, my advice to anybody contemplating a CA job offer is "buyer beware", look at other options with privately held companies or self-employment rather than relying on CA for a paycheck. The company has layer upon layer of paranoid management, not adding much value and petrified of being fired themselves in the next round of attrition. It is a toxic, fearful environment to work in. Not to mention, in my case, some seriously problematical customer relationships.