Layoff experiences

[TheDude]

I have mentioned this before but I worked at a large European bank and their strategy in Canary Wharf at least was clearly based on cheap Indian developers. The dev floor I worked on was at least 70% Indian and half used to disappear at 4:30 in the summer to play cricket....

[TheDude]

I had a first interview yesterday....

[TheDude]

It's easiest for them to ghost you.

In my experience if you do chase for an outcome you rarely get told that you didn't get the gig. I suspect in some cases the agent gets ghosted by the hiring firm as well....

[TheDude]

In this market if you didn't get an offer within a day or two you almost certainly didn't get the gig.

If the agent spins you a convoluted tale like this you definitely did not get the gig....

[TheDude]

I am in an outside gig in the public sector.

The limiting factor on tenure appears to be constantly changing supply chains....

[TheDude]

I see this as possibly a punt at going perm and to work with newer technologies.. I am 53 and won't have many more chances....

[TheDude]

Interview next week with a previous banking client for a role I have previously performed.

3 days a week in London and the rate is the same as when I left four years ago but I am going nowhere in my current public sector gig....

[TheDude]

I wasn't replying to you or being nasty.

A few years ago I assumed that agents would keep phoning and there was no way I would accept a contract less than £xxx a day.

I as many others have discovered your day rate is not dictated by what I used to earn or even the bare minimum...

[TheDude]

That is the correct attitude.

You may think that 'your' rate is £700+ per day but you don't get to decide....

[TheDude]

Just had a call about a gig performing the same role at a previous banking client for the same rate.

The learning curve and complexity of the system is quite intense so I would be shocked if I didn't at least get an interview but in todays market who knows?

[TheDude]

After reading today that Oracle have laid of 30k people by 6am email I am curious about the layoffs you have experienced or witnessed.

The worst I have seen was when working at (what was then) a UK supplier of news and financial information. Rumours of redundancies had been in the air for...

[TheDude]

That is the way to do it. I would rather a six am email than waste a day travelling to the office just to get binned....

[TheDude]

I suspect the law is irrelevant if you upset the wrong person....

[TheDude]

Welcome to the club....