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Discussion in 'General' started by nickhelton, 30 Jul 2008.

  1. Mister_Tad

    Mister_Tad Will work for nuts Super Moderator

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    The few jobs what weren't made redundant at my place were TUPE'd to IBM, there was quite a bit of competition to get the package :worried:
     
  2. slugs

    slugs Minimodder

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    40 , male , technical support
     
  3. Stuey

    Stuey You will be defenestrated!

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    25, M, Materials Science grad student/research assistant/slave
     
  4. Hex

    Hex Paul?! Super Moderator

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    I went for TUPE for a few years, deliberately didn't go over to the full IBM position because everything stayed the same except I kept the extra days off (Civil Service :rock: ). Then I really got to breaking point, hated it so much I could see myself going postal. Went to resign, then redundancies came up again :D Surprisingly not that many people went for it as it was a bit of a mess with the union not being bothered to sort anything out, then they saw how much I was getting and kicked themselves. Heehee!
     
  5. Flibblebot

    Flibblebot Smile with me

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    38, M, MD of my own company supplying & installing home cinema, multi-room AV, lighting control & home automation.

    Oh, and I write reviews for bit-tech on the side :D
     
  6. Emzay

    Emzay "He's doing a poo!"

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    21 / f / part-time bar monkey.
     
  7. eek

    eek CAMRA ***.

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    Unsurprisingly pretty much identical to everyone else...

    24, M, tax bod / software developer for professional services firm
     
  8. Burnout21

    Burnout21 Mmmm biscuits

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    Is big blue really that bad to work for? i would have thought a company that big would look after its employee's. Now thinking about it, they just want money!
     
  9. r4tch3t

    r4tch3t hmmmm....

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    20 / M / Student, tech support for the people I know.
     
  10. Xoddoza

    Xoddoza What's a Dremel?

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    21 / male / pilot.
     
  11. jhanlon303

    jhanlon303 The Keeper of History

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    Depends on what part of IBM you work for. I was a manager for Global Services for most of my stay with big blue. Treated us allright and heaped a ton of bucks on the table for early retirement. Other orgs within IBM just terminate and give nothing. For the last 6 yrs. there, I worked from home managing 16 System Admins from every timezone in US. IBM gets more than 40 hrs. whenever they can. I was on call 24/7 365 days/yr. for 6 yrs. When the retirement offer came my lady/wife Marilyn said go for it.
    John
     
  12. notatoad

    notatoad pretty fing wonderful

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    21 / not enough / landscaper, student
     
  13. olddaphon

    olddaphon MADMODDER

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    53-male-night foreman.
     
  14. magicpixel

    magicpixel What's a Dremel?

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    38/M/computer graphics & 2D/3D animation, digitalFX for mainstream advertising.
     
  15. vincentnone

    vincentnone enthusiast or fanboy?

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    30,M,Programmer/Game Developer

    artist, animator, programmer, character modeler, environment/level designer + modeler
    and if you make a difference between programmer and coder then I'm a coder as well.
     
  16. Blademrk

    Blademrk Why so serious?

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    30 / M / SAS database Programmer for the Data Management department of a Clinical CRO (a place where they "pay" volunteers to try new drugs).
     
  17. DougEdey

    DougEdey I pwn all your storage

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    Ugh, SAS, I have bad memories of that...
     
  18. plug_in_ross

    plug_in_ross What's a Dremel?

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    20 / M / Civil Engineer











    ....Aquarius, blue eyes, likes/dislikes....
     
  19. bigsharn

    bigsharn Officially demotivated

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    17(for another 6 days)
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    Part time On-Street marketing assistant/Full time Student
     
  20. Aericon

    Aericon Hyperbol!!!!

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    :S / F / Rancher/artist
     

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