Does anyone feel better (or worse) since the split (this is a rhetorical question focusing strictly on the professional angle)...
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@1yit/@1eld... Your comment has been the best one I've seen on this site for a very long time. Excellent strategy! It's obvious you knew pretty well what you were looking for. Thanks for sharing. I disagree with your first comment that no one helps no one nowadays, but I assume you have good reasons for saying that (personal experience?). Good luck!!
@1yit - thanks, this sounds great. Good luck to you
@1url. This is @1eld... I was able to stay in Texas, but had to move to Austin. I'm with General Motors right now, in the Manufacturing and Logistics IT team. Tons of work, but I work directly with other developers, engineers, and testers, working with a wide array of systems architectures and technical platforms. The complexity and nature of the IT environment makes it really difficult to send this kind of role overseas, or even subcontract to a major IT vendor within the States. That's the kind of Industry/role that I "believe" would provide some stability at least for some time. There are always risks associated with any Industry, but I prefer one million times taking risks with this one, than working again for an IT Company like HPE or Dell.
@1eld how are you doing now? Where did you go?
To answer the question posed-the split was done in order to jettison services so most folk in HPE now should be worse off.
People getting the WRF now vs last 1.5 years ago get a smaller package and this trend will continue. Csc marriage is around the corner and HPE is not yet slim enough.
Factor that into your employment strategy.
A few people will/may survive this cycle but is it worth it to your health mental and physical?
I was laid off in April, 2015, so I didn't come to live the split. The way I look at it now is that the later you get WFR'ed, the more competition you'll have out there from fellow peers. Once you are out, it's everyone against everyone, and the IT field is extremely competitive... That thing about peers helping peers, networking advantage, and things like that is pure BS...