Thread regarding GE Digital layoffs

The latest App strategy will bring more changes

There are several scrum teams who have been sitting for the past 3 quarters waiting for a Product Strategy or roadmap to be in place. Many of the good engineers got so bored that they either quit or moved to other groups. This is in the Apps organization by the way, especially the manufacturing folks. The new App strategy unveiled by Eddy Amos does not have a lot for these teams in San Ramon. So they should pack their bags.

Instead of teams across the East and West cost to be better integrated, they have made all of San Ramon as what they call App Foundation, which is code for we will not need you soon and the front end product will now be built in Roanoke. and by the way the guys in Roanoke have no cloud experience whatsoever and still build software that is shipped in CDs. They have good subject matter but technology is very weak, they do not understand distributed computing or any aspects of PaaS, the folks who know PaaS are in San Ramon and they are getting ready to be fired.

This organization is also doomed now. GE should not make software, they should stick with core engineering, build the engines, turbines etc and leave the Software to the nimble Software shops.

Originally posted by @PYfwasK-bmo.

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San Ramon will have some layoffs but nothing to major. All these execs just overhired building there empires. I think who should be worried are mid and upper level managers that manage small staffs.

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Post ID: @3nil+Q0fel37

I work in San Ramon and the above details are accurate. It is impossible to maintain morale of the team when everyone is worried about their Job. I would recommend GE take actions swiftly and quickly so everyone can move on. We have been hearing about cuts for many months now. Do it already.

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Post ID: @1lgr+Q0fel37

This is accurate.

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Post ID: @yql+Q0fel37

Doomed is right.

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