an expansion on “i am part of the problem…”

i confess, i am part of the problem. i haven’t done anything impactful in around 5-6 months. i do not expect to work on anything for another 2-3 months.

things have not always been this way. i believe myself to be a hard working individual. i put great years into this company that i used to love, but no longer am i giving it my all at Citrix.

I realize I am part of the problem and thus I WANT TO BE LET GO. I am not suffering. I am not in pain. I am just not fulfilled and don’t believe I will ever be under this new sh-t-show management.

i am super duper content waiting weeks to months (while doing no work) to see if i get let go and get literally thousands of dollars in payout.

call me greedy. call me an as----e. but at the end of the day, i think of this as a middle finger to our new overlords for destroying Citrix as we knew and built it.

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If you are doing nothing anyway while waiting for severance, why not make TK’s worst nightmare come true and start a new job without resigning?

After 30 years experience with Citrix I have seen it all . My suggestion don't wait, ask for the layoff with a severance package . They could short you on severance very easily.
Second if you see a job opportunity take it don't wait . I know so many Citrites
that are already working and enjoying there new jobs . Good Luck .

Julian...is that you?

also, i'm not interested in supporting customers anymore. if you're still using citrix solutions i have no respect for you. this new management team has made it crystal clear that they're planning to increase prices while reducing spending on customer service. seriously, if you are okay with that situation then you must be more lethargic than i am

call me greedy. call me fat. but i'm proud of the time i've wasted a citrix being lethargic

Right now, because a lot of managers are so busy with the budget planning, you might be able to fly under the radar (especially if you're working remotely.) Just remember that what they are currently planning is the budget, and they will have to justify every project and every headcount. Your manager will look at every name and decide "yes or no." They have no choice; that is Krause's edict.

why are you being so negative and judgmental? you sound like my new manager. i've been on performance improvement plans for the last decade but i can't seem to convince my managers that the extra pounds that i've gained in weight are not related to my apathy

If you think they aren't going to figure out that you are sitting there doing no work, you are delusional.

Here is what is going to happen.

You sit there doing nothing for however long it takes your manager to realize this.
After they figure it out, they will put you on a performance improvement plan.
You continue to throw up your middle finger at them because you're a tough guy and you don't take sh$t from no company.
They terminate your employment with no severance, throw up their middle finger at you and now who is suffering? Not them is the answer.

Good luck with that!

okay, i am also part of the problem, i have done nothing meaningful at citrix for so long now i wonder how i'll find anyone to employee me and pay me to coast thu the rest of my pointless career. i'm open to ideas, but first i need to take a nap. i'll be back in an hour or so to read your suggestions

me too, i've spent 10+ years at citrix doing next to nothing. another few months won't matter to me either. nobody will miss me when i'm gone. i don't even care to use the caps key on my keyboard because it would take too much effort and i'm really bored

this post is either clever sarcasm or i'm just a pitiful human being

you decide ;-)

this is pretty much exactly me too.. and many of my team. at first i felt a bit guilty for doing literally nothing, but now i'm just numb to it.

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