Could someone please provide an update on my asset request? I have been without an asset for three weeks. Several co-workers are also without working equipment. Three new hires at our location sit in the cafeteria daily because the also never received a computer. Is this a new consolidated layoff process?
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Funny that the workaround is to post on a layoff site to see if management reads it.
GE Digital is a cost center. GE is now focused on reducing costs and divesting assets, it can't cook books any longer and is under SEC scrutiny. So all sources of cost - employees, assets, etc. will be squeezed and disposed where possible
I'm beginning to wonder how much of the refresh "shortage" is a manufactured one. It's not like our demand for computers is anything new. CompuCom was able to source the needs just fine--why are we now having issues getting machines direct from the manufacturer? Something just seems off.
There is a genuine backlog/shortage of new PC's through MyTech. Its being worked, I promise. A lot of it has to do with vendor changes and frankly our scale is outstripping the supplier. Refreshes are on hold so every new device we get is going to a new employee. WE WILL CATCH UP, I promise. Hang in there. Thanks for being patient.
curious if buying a model directly from OEM/retail store is cheaper than getting it from the process?
It is effective to complain here because Drumgoole reads it.
Yammer has turned into a field of excuses and passing blame. GE Digital is a wasteland of cost. Do yourself a favor and purchase the model direct from the OEM or go to your local retail store. Have your manager expense it. Bring the new pc to the nearest lounge and have them apply the image. We have been successfully purchasing assets for weeks following this work around and keeping users up and running at my location.
When you have to go to layoff.com to try and get a solid answer on your laptop, you know you're in for a good time.
This is yet another example of how GE Digital's management thinks they know better than anyone else in the room, and are surprised when they find out their new shiny process isn't working. I'm sorry, there's no excuse for not getting new hires machines. Or not fixing current employees machines that are failing, or even performing refreshes in a timely manner.
Why has it been nearly a year since they "paused" refreshes and kept telling people various fairy tales? "It will be ready early Q1" then "end of Q1" then kept being pushed back.
Management seems to like this idea of killing a process that was working--even if it was a crappy process and then giving back a broken website in return. I always loved the help site that had issues showing you the static page about the site. Yeah, that was tested and ready for production.
Ask the nearest Tech lounge?
This is the new "Smart Help" desktop model owned by CTS. Best bet is to post something on Yammer or use the MyTech site for help. To say this model wasn't ready for prime-time is an understatement.
Which location ? Could be some internal hiccups