Northwest Members - Merry Xmas from my employer...

Man, what a week this has been.. :bash:

Okay, so Thursday night, power goes out.. I'm on vacation from my job.. I go back in to work on Monday, and I'm there for 30 minutes and get laid off.

:(

Power comes back on at my place on Tuesday.. but apparently my ISP (Comcast) took a hit in the storm and I have no internet access from home... I'm actually posting from the Issaquah library right now. They can't seem to tell me whether it will be out for another day... another week.. another month even. Getting really frustrating.

So anyway... I'm looking for a job again. If any of the IT guys in the group have any leads on who is hiring currently, I would be most appreciative of the information. I'm good for a little while, but considering the time of year, it's not exactly the best time to be out of work.. hoping to get back into something real soon.

Looking for a job without internet access is a real pain, too. :bash:

Bummer dude. Sorry to hear it. Hopefully something comes up soon and everything will be fine.

That sucks! People that do that should be shot! Christmas time is not the time to be laying people off..

Do you have a regular phone line at home? If so shoot me an e-mail and I'll let you use our AOHell account till you can get comcrap back...it's better than nothing..

lilscout2u@comcast.net

Sorry, brother...

I will keep ya in my prayers. Something good will come up soon, so just keep looking. I'd offer to get you a job, but I don't think starting pay would cut it... 32k a year ain't exactly anything to write home about, lol.

Ouch! You might go to the Boeing web site and check to see if there are any open requisitions there. We've been short of IT people for a couple of years.

Sorry to here it Zeke.

Can you be specific as to what kind of IT job you want / are qualified for?

Also, www.nocharge.com

That sucks! People that do that should be shot! Christmas time is not the time to be laying people off..
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:stupid: I guess some people never read the story about Ebeneezer..... :mad:
[QUOTE=CW00BlackTA]Ouch! You might go to the Boeing web site and check to see if there are any open requisitions there. We've been short of IT people for a couple of years.
And I know someone that does contract work for Boeing I can ask.....

I feel bad for you Zeke. Nobody deserves a shot to the boys like they did to you :judge: They couldn't possibly have waited until after Christmas huh ?! Makes you wonder WTF is wrong with some people ? I hope you find something soon ... and something better :) PRICKS !

bILL

Sorry to hear that Zeke! And yeah, they always pull that shit under the guise of "Well, we didn't want to wait too long, we wanted to get it done quickly so you guys have more of a chance to find a new job... we laid you off at this point in the year for you!" Yeah right... asswipes.

That sucks Zeke. :( Hoping for a quick turn around and finding a new job soon. I've had some pretty good luck with Business Careers but I dunno how many IT jobs they have access too. They're not contract either all they find is full time jobs and the company pays them.

sorry to hear that Zeke,

I know they were hireing at my location for ET's (IT's)
I can try and get you some info.

major bummer! Best wishes for a better year ahead!

Man that sucks Zeke, have you check out the UW's job site?
https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm
2 pages of job listings under computer/information technology

Man that sucks, and I've been down that road before. My last two previous jobs laid me off (from lack of work), just before Christmas. Sorry to hear about that, getting laid off at any time sucks, let alone just before the holidays.

Mike

Can you be specific as to what kind of IT job you want / are qualified for?

Well, for the last two years I've been working as a Wintel Server Tech at WaMu's data center down in Tukwila.. basically rack/stack, break/fix, build and maintain servers, general sys admin work, Windows troubleshooting, supporting IBM and Compaq/HP hardware. Prior to that I spent 3 years doing software rollout support for Wamu, Verizon Wireless and Real Networks.. The last position I had there was as a technical lead, where I had teams of technicians working for me, and I managed the technicians doing deployments of new software/hardware campus-wide, hired/fired techs, and did shared data migrations from Novell servers to Windows EFS boxes. Before then I spent 4 years at Microsoft as a lab technician.

I'm kinda looking to get away from the data center environment and back into something that is less isolated... I'm fairly open to new stuff, too, and wouldn't even mind getting into a project management kind of role if the pay rate was right.

As far as experience, I've been in electronics / computers since 1983, and have been working as a Wintel tech since 1993 or so. I think the thing that works against me right now is that I do not have a degree, or any current certifications that are of much use to me... I mean, I have some basic IBM stuff, and was working on getting current, but that's pretty much out the window right now.

That sucks! People that do that should be shot! Christmas time is not the time to be laying people off..

Do you have a regular phone line at home? If so shoot me an e-mail and I'll let you use our AOHell account till you can get comcrap back...it's better than nothing..

lilscout2u@comcast.net

Well, fortunately, my internet connection came back on this morning, so I'm good now... at least for the time being. I apperciate the offer, though. :)

Man, having no internet access sucks ass.

Well, fortunately, my internet connection came back on this morning, so I'm good now... at least for the time being. I apperciate the offer, though. :)

Man, having no internet access sucks ass.

No Problem :thumb: I hope you find another job soon!

No Problem :thumb: I hope you find another job soon!

Me too. I don't want to have to start selling cars to stay afloat. :(

That really blows, Zeke. I'm sorry. You probably already know about dice.com and computerjobs.com. I have found some leads/ideas on those sites.

If you want to take a pay cut you can come sell doors and windows with me. I know we are going to be hiring again sometime before February.

Wow that's to bad at this time of year. You know it will work out for the best in the long run, good luck.
Robert