All DST wants is for you to look at the mirror and ignore all of their disgusting, b---s--- practices because "at least you have a job". I was there for more than a decade. I got out, and now I have the best job I've ever had in my life.
There's nothing keeping you there, folks. Get on LinkedIn. Use your friends' connections. There are other, better places out there, and being able to work every day without that level of stress is wonderful.
Some good advice posted originally by @St2mEYg-ggz
I agree. By letting these "rumors" fly, many will leave on their own. Companies know that a certain amount of attrition will happen and this will thin out the employees naturally without them having to do a damn thing or pay anything. They allow employees to get bored and fearful and those employees usually leave on their own. If you've got a family and a mortgage, etc., then you may want to be proactive and not wait to be laid off, but if you can get by if a layoff does happen, why not collect the payout and look for a job after you know for sure you are out of a job. In other words ride out the rumors and see what happens. Maybe you are one of the ones that they keep.
Remember, many will leave after 2-3 years anyway because that is the nature of things with or without a looming layoff. People get bored or don't feel their career is growing fast enough and they go where the best money is.
Even if you get another job somewhere, you could be in the same situation so no matter what you choose to do, look now or wait and see if you get laid off, there are simply no guarantees in life.
I say if their is a chance of a layoff why leave now.. collect the Unemployment and severance you earned after more than a decade and take a vacation. Join the job market refreshed instead of panicked.
That's what I thought for years, but a buddy of mine got out and was able to get me a reference at the company where I landed.
Instead of complaining and doomsaying, you should be on Linkedin right now putting your resume out there for recruiters to find. There were several who posted openings on LinkedIn after the news broke that DST was being sold earlier this year.47
Get out and go where? Stock market is about to crash and companies everywhere will be laying off... If you're over 40, it's even harder to find it keep a job.
I'mma selling everything and heading off grid.
This is one f*cked up world.