Thread regarding Quest Software Inc. layoffs

Attrition and layoffs has wiped out most of the experts

The last mass attrition that happened when Quest acquired Onelogin, almost wiped out most of the experts that had the system knowledge and we started lagging terribly from out competitions in terms of the features. Other than just putting off the fire in last couple years, what new features did Onelogin add in comparison to its competitions? The recent mass layoff that wiped out the entire North America and EU workforce to move the product to an Offshore company with no transition or knowledge transfer, is the final nail to the coffin. All the terminated people will find a new better job but Onelogin will never be the same again and it will never recover from this shock. The system knowledge is lost. Unless the decision was taken to ultimately ki-l the product, this is a terrible decision from its management.

Well said, @Adol+1qQ8p2Bl.

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This post basically discusses the same issue: https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1qQ8p2Bl

Quest/Oneidentity neither care about Customers nor its employers. All they have to please is investors and see how to make money and sell it to someone

The mass layoff of engineers and support team will lead to poor customer support that was already very poor. This layoffs came at a time when customer issues were already on the rise. Some of those engineers were with onelogin for long enough and with no documentation of the products, the knowledge is lost for ever. All you have got now is the source code. One major security incident could potentially ki-l OL.

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Seems like all the product releases ended on 11/17/22 after a monthly or bi-monthy releases. From an outside look in, it looks like they are just keeping the lights on now, falling further and further behind the competition. When I was there, (I left because I didn't like the product at the time), it was damn near impossible to get answers about basic 'how does this actually work' type questions. It was embarrassing to work there and be in front of clients when you can't answer basic questions or find answers in a timely way. I left around Jan of 23. It was bad then.

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