YAY! I hope everyone in IT is excited! They sure seem to be tickled about it on Iris! Can't wait to see how much this will improve our situation over here, stateside!
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For the VPN, RSA issues, there is a known attack. The issue is the company only has a few senior support staff (Evernorth) taking shifts that know how to fix or prevent it. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisco-warns-of-password-spraying-attacks-targeting-vpn-services/
I think it's funny they posted pics of the new building, including the rows of chairs and computer screens so close there isn't even elbow room. They couldn't even provide tiny cubicle spaces so everyone isn't bumping into each other and looking over everyone else's shoulders? Yet they have all these onshore locations with spacious conference rooms and different sized cubicles and office that are unnecessary and hardly used?
ELT, you're out of your minds! Get your priorities straight and treat ALL employees like people. None of you would ever work a day like that! You'll get better productivity if you let people have a little space and privacy for meetings/phone calls or just daily work. That's why so many do better from home. We all deserve our own private office if we want it. You would expect nothing less and your jobs are a lot less important in most cases.
Major VPN and RSA token issues today. Once it disconnects it won’t let you connect. Zscaler fails as well. I wonder if layoffs is the cause of the failure or if there was a hack/security breach? Anyone else having issues?
Does the building have indoor plumbing?
Generators?
I’m so excited. And I just can’t hide it. I’m about to lose my job and I think I like it (like it).
@kkw+1rSWEPxI Summed it up so well I’m just going to say ditto. IT is going to get worse before it gets worse and who knows when if ever it will get better.
Yes, I'm very excited for the cost savings, err, "Innovation" Hub!
I have no issue with Indian coworkers (aside from engineering nepotism and the classism onshore....) and the offshore contractors that do stick around longer than a few months can be pretty alright (when managed, that is). Could I do their jobs faster than me explaining it to them / reviewing everything to the most minute detail? Yes... but they'll at least be there offshore hours in case anything happens, so that's nice.
What I do have issues with is that they're going to replace existing offshore contractors (some whom have been around surprisingly long, my guess is they're paid pretty well) with FTEs offshore. But they're not going to be paying nearly as much for the offshore FTEs, so you'll likely not see many "good" contractor to FTE conversions and the other FTEs they hire will be incompetent if not an active hinderance to the remaining FTEs onshore. Remember: they're doing this to save money, so they're going to go as cheap as possible.
Been through this before (as have many) since IT goes in cycles like this. Eventually, there will be more offshore than onshore, your tech debt is going to skyrocket, and you'll have to pay top dollar to onshore consultants/contractors to come fix your busted codebase because all your talented onshore resources will either quit or be fired.
I also fully expect them to roll out "hub" cities where they can only hire engineering in a few locations with in-office requirements. You'll end up struggling to replace any onshore resources that quit and the ones you'll get won't be great. So they'll end up "having to" hire offshore resources instead.
My advice to onshore engineers: start brushing up on your skills that you've been neglecting because of the 24/7 meetings you're in (start declining those invites!), business folk: lower your expectations going forward, offshore contractors: start looking for new jobs if you want to keep the same payscale.