Given everything that has happened this year so far, what are you doing in response? Look for a new job, go back to business as usual and hope for the best, or something else?
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I worked for Illumina from '08-'19. They were getting top heavy then. Too many managers and directors, lots of red tape and butt kissers.
At this point I am just waiting to be laid off and get severance pay, which will give me few months to find new job. After 20 years here I am so sad to see where we are at right now.
"Mockingbird bot. Disregard"
Elon, is that you?? LOL
I'm sure you would like to believe I'm a bot. It's much easier to digest than to face the reality - Elon and Trump are a big reason our stock took a dive. I'd be embarrassed too...
"Look for a new job" is not really a thing right now. It's a bloodbath out there.
Trump and Elon's cuts to NIH funding is going to destroy the Biotech industry. For the life of me, I cannot understand why they are cutting everything that is benefits mankind. UW Researchers are sounding the alarm - that these MASSIVE cuts are going to set back medical research by decades! This is serious folks. A complete nightmare.
If I was an European member of Illumina and wanted to stay in a like for like role, I'd be applying for a genomics or life sciences company that's predominantly based in Europe or UK (ONT for example). The trump administrations approach to cutting NIH funding (to me anyway) will have a bigger overall impact on the SD companies like Illumina most. Either way getting out now seems to be best
I'm actively looking for a new job
Imo the job market is very bad right now. Not sure if others are experiencing that as well?
Looking for a new job. If I had an offer, I'd quit today.
Hopefully I find a new role elsewhere, competing with all my previous colleagues in a slim job market in SD. {{Sarcastically}} “Fun!”
The constant RIF threat is bad enough. But really, what’s worse is how the culture died over the past seven years or so. This is almost an entirely different (much worse) company than when Jay was CEO. It got drunk on its own success, slowed the innovation, became top-heavy - as well as complacent and narcissistic - and ruined one of the all-time great companies. The only reason to stay in such a dour environment is for a paycheck, and it becomes less certain and less compelling by the day. Get out as soon as you can - the leadership stinks.
Of course looking for Job. Who would stay there and wait for the next RIF in June. Then others after.