2025 was a harsh and bitter year of layoffs and departures from Corel. Most notably the Vice President & Principal Architect of Parallels left after rearchitecting Parallels for success. The worst part is Christa takes credit for the success of the... — read more 

CDO, then CDO/CIO, then CDOA/CIO is laid himself off by taking another job. The sad thing is he has taken credit for the work of those who earned their jobs without a friendship with Christa Quarles. he did not lead an overhaul of the company's... — read more 

Layoffs have continues across 2025 along with DEI grandstanding on the part of Christa Quarles and more reorgs: Sr. Directors across the org has been laid-off that one were the product directors More people from Marketing have are gone -... — read more 

We have a CDO/CIO who is really isn't qualified to lead an IT department. He got his job because of his friendship with CEO Christa Quarles. The latest IT director was 'laid-off' because he didn't fit the task driven culture of an inept CDO/CIO. He... — read more 

Almost the entire ELT is OpenTable sourced, the restructures aren't real here, just a rename of jobs by people who had to actually interview unknown. Performance-wise a sinking ship is what one sees these days. Salary bloat is the name of the game... — read more 

Enter at your own risk if you NEED a job. There is no job security for IT leaders unless you are from OpenTable. Even if you do great work, chances of retention are minimal IF someone who knows Grant Parsamyan or Christa Quarles 'needs' your job... — read more 

We just started our new quarter and we are lighter a few people who have the good sense to exit and be rid of the continued bad show of OpenTable fandom lead by Christa Quarles. After laying off more R&D and continuing soft number financials and... — read more 

Target layoffs an constant restructuring continue since Christa Quarles arrival. Why? Christa Quarles is not focused on the business, she is focused on hiring her OpenTable friends. Christa Quarles bet everything on Parallels and the rebrand of... — read more 

Engineers are the latest target of CEO Christa Quarles. She has laid-off those who actually did the work and given credit to people who she hired in.

Christa Quarles has ruined the company through her bias of hiring her friends. The worst part is listening to the constant term regurgitation from of articles she has read yet doesn't live by. Her Diversity Drives Innovation-And How You Hire Is Step... — read more 

Layoffs are non-stop since the arrival of Christa Quarles. The restructures are suppose to support financial goals except after some of the layoffs, promotions were given throughout the company. Morale is low Everyone is aware that the OpenTable... — read more 

Continue layoff of those who built the companies success and give their jobs to people they can pay less or those from OpenTable. Continue giving interviews for self-promotion while ridding the company of those who made Mauritius a success. Spend... — read more 

There are three types of laysoffs at Alludo. 1 - Position elimination due to fiscal mismanagement of creating a top heavy org. For every VP of this and that someone's job is eliminated to make way for more VPs 2 - Position elimination because... — read more 

It's the end of 2023 and 1.5 years of layoffs since CEO Christa Quarles has been busy restructuring based on DEI. Here are the stats: Diversity - Over half of Alludo's ELT is from OpenTable; all of which did not have to interview for their jobs like... — read more 

Alludo CEO Christa Quarles claims to manage by Haiku accept she doesn't follow her own haiku: Constraints yield outcomes: Christa is quoted about the looming recession, yet she supports a culture where first she has direct hired her friends and next... — read more 

How does CEO Christa Quarles not understand the optics of replacing staff with her friends from OpenTable with less professional experience and successes? The restructure is quicksand.

CEO Christa Quarles has not brought any new thought leadership to the company formerly known as Corel or the various M&As. All she has brought is multiple hires from OpenTable who do not have the level of experience required. For every... — read more 

CEO Christa Quarles is not honest or ethical regarding the skills of employees. Of course she is also not honest about her own skills and experience. Here she claims OpenTable hired her as their CEO:... — read more 

Prior to Christa Quarles arrival layoffs were announced to the press and explained, now not one word. Yet, across the world companies are announcing layoffs. Everyone has watched the shuffling of OpenTable people in company through hidden direct... — read more 

OrgDev is not Christa Quarles strong suite. Succuessful business leaders understand success is based on fostering a culture of respect and open communication. All you affirmed after the 'restructure' is that you are only interested in building a very... — read more 

To anyone considering a job at Alludo, two words: run away!!! Run as far as you can from this place. You will find a better job somewhere. I guarantee you that. Work here and you will find a non-tech savvy ELT who micromanages to cover for their lack... — read more 

The layoffs and those forced out or retired is because of the failure of the subscription model. It is a brand mess which is not on the R&D teams that have been kept around. The subscription model isn't working. Why? Because of the method of... — read more 

Alludo is run by people who fail upwards. Nothing of meaning is ever delivered, because it's now just an infestation of OpenTable people CEO Christa Quarles dragged over. What's worse is the people delivering this nonsense are rewarded jobs they... — read more 

In a world of work, a facade so grand, Where career paths of OpenTable seem to stretch and expand, But 'tis but a mirage, a false hope displayed, As toxic waters and under the table interview slowly erode our shade. CEO, they claim, holds care in... — read more 

Let's see if we have Christa Quarles real through leadership. Create jobs for your open table croonies by------- Re-orging a department and taking away a team, then create a c-level position for someone from OpenTable Then 11 months later eliminate... — read more 

Should I do it? I have other job offers from another tech company and I thought I heard not all tech companies in the industry is stable and growing. Alludo has lower job offer but like I said, I like the idea of stability. But looking at the posts... — read more 

Has anyone heard that recent layoffs were being done to lower costs and hire lower paid staff? I swear I heard in a meeting a statement like this. And either she felt we were all aware of it... or forgot who her audience was.

Glad the grapevine showed me the way out here. The CEO has no ethics or morals. She lacks the education and knowledge to actually perform the job. Working here is like going back to high school! DO NOT apply here!!! Toxic, hateful and definitely not... — read more 

Extremely incompetent upper management. CEO doesn't care about customers or employees only OpenTable cronies. Its a giant, greedy money grab all at the full expense of its dwindling customer base. C suite is about bringing in OpenTable people with... — read more 

Corel/Alludo is systematically laying off people across the company and outsourcing jobs elsewhere. Jobs were frozen and existing positions eliminated.

Cloud strategy - minimal, readiness to change - nonexistent - Corel is in big trouble, let's see what 2015 brings (more losses for sure)