Thread regarding Sungard Availability Services layoffs

Last poster, do everyone a favor and leave - dinosaurs like you only bring everyone down.

Yeah, the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. As with any company, SunGard is a big place and everyone's experience is different. I hope you come back to the productive culture you were familiar with when you left. That being said, I doubt the atmosphere you left will match the experience you find now. As an employee of SunGard for 15 years, morale is on a steep decline. No offense, but I don't know why you'd decide to come back now unless you've got nothing to lose. From my standpoint, most of the coworkers I was close to were laid off long ago - good people that were productive, and whom I was close to. When I started, SunGard was a great place, with a great culture But, as you term it, now, it's 'just a job.' I was here when SunGard truly cared about it's customers. Then I saw it cater to the bottomline.. I hope you recapture the magic, but, having been here as long as I have, I'm skeptical. You folks talking about flexibility and a great culture must be well positioned, because where I'm sitting I'm seeing perpetual cuts to the point where viable operations are unsustainable.

Agreed, finding a place with flexibility and great culture is a challenge. Find a company that is also growing, with great culture and flexibility is more challenging. Research the mgmt and where they came from will tell you a lot. I too left sungard and found what I personally need, growth, being valued and appreciated is key. Sungard has been declining for years, and public cloud wont save them. BUT. I guess we will soon what happens soon.

Agree, there's this tendency to search for the perfect job, an employment panacea, but neither exist really. In the end, a job is just that a job and matters very little in comparison to friends, family, your health and that of your friends and family.