Top posting -- haters gonna hate. I worked at Novell for just about two years and loved every minute of it. That being said, it was a frustrating place to work because you knew you were working on a great product, at a great company, but nobody outside the company gave two craps. Novell has been on the downward spiral for roughly 8 years now. I saw the writing after two years and jumped ship to a company that stood a chance in the market. Novell just isn't relevant anymore.
-- gs On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 3:44 PM, S. Dale Morrey <sdalemor...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Ryan Simpkins <p...@ryansimpkins.com> > wrote: > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 13:05, Alan Young wrote: > >> On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 13:01, Robert Merrill <robertmerr...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> just-launched "Vibe" product team in Provo. http://linkd.in/kYnbst > >> > >> Wait ... Novell just laid off people, and they're hiring at the same > time? > > > > For those not aware... Robert works for Novell as a Sr. Recruiter (since > > 2009?). Robert. The Attachemate overlords just made his job a lot > tougher. > > I agree with that sentiment, personally in my eyes Novell has lost > quite a lot of it's luster. Not that I'm in any way trying to > disparage them, and all of the employees I've had the pleasure of > meeting are some of the most top-notch, highest caliber people. But > frankly I want stability with my next job, and Novell seems to subject > itself (and therefore it's employees), to cyclical resizing. > > Not to make Mr. Merrill's job any more difficult, but I've seen Novell > do this grow/shrink, rightsize or whatever you want to call it, time & > time again. Instead of applying (unless you really, really need the > job), I'd recommend sending a resume with a letter attached and > addressed to who ever is in charge over there stating that even though > you're qualified for "position x", you're choosing not to out of > solidarity because what they are doing is not the right thing to do. > > It's irresponsible of them to do it this way and it has significant > negative economic consequences locally. They need to try and fill all > positions internally first and to secure employment for those who have > been loyal all these years. Otherwise they are flooding the local > market with talent all at once and those who have difficulty finding > employment are going to have a really tough time in the current > market. > > This means prolonged unemployment which is a total drain on social > services and thats assuming you can even get those services. Utah's > "Department of Workforce Services", is the worst joke I've ever seen, > we really need to rename it "Department of Worthless Services". > (Caveat: There is one gal who works there as the resume writer, she > does top notch work. But that's the only DWS service I've seen that's > even worth the time of taking the trip over there.) > > Sorry if this has gotten a bit ranty, I have very strong feelings > about the whole Novell issue. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
