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anonymous February 11 2009, 08:07:43 UTC

That vid was, indeed, epic. Passed it on to the other GhettoCubers.

Grats on climbing out of the sarlacc pit of life, standing on your two feet and getting back on track with all the stuff you want to do. Phase 1, complete!

Sounds like you're overdue for a change of position at ML/Symantec. Even a step over (as opposed to up) would provide some novelty for a while, and make you even more versatile.

Let me know if you want help with travel ideas/plans. Doooooo it!

drui_en February 11 2009, 17:40:17 UTC

*hugsquishes*

something_srice February 11 2009, 20:44:23 UTC

I just got a Lenovo X-series laptop (waiting on delivery for when I get off-ice). Someone here works for IBM let me use their employee discount and I saved nearly $700. If you're interested, I can ask if he wouldn't mind passing that on.

Also: glad to hear things are improving for you, even if it's a little dull. Good luck!

wily February 12 2009, 01:06:08 UTC

I have a "friends and family" code, but employee discount would be better! That'd be awesome!

something_srice February 12 2009, 06:38:32 UTC

Actually, that sounds like it might be the same thing then. It wasn't dependent on him ordering it, just a login with his employee number.

From a former Symantec employee giza February 12 2009, 18:59:06 UTC

Do they still use that crappy PeopleSoft app to request days off and such from their HR website? GOD, I hated that.

Other than that, the benefits were pretty decent when I was there. Sounds like a good deal.

Re: From a former Symantec employee wily February 12 2009, 23:36:51 UTC

We now, afaik, use SymPeople. Likely Symantec bought them after using them for a while.. just like most companies. =P

Benefits are decent, Stock discount, 5% matche to RRSP and probably a bunch of stuff I'm completely unaware of...

Re: From a former Symantec employee giza February 12 2009, 23:42:39 UTC

Yeah, SymPeople, that's it! How I hated that app.

The stock options weren't worth it for me. Right before my layoff, my options were actually MORE expensive than what the stock was trading for.

The 401(k) and vacation time, on the other hand, weren't so bad.

Get me drunk at a con (other than AC) sometime and I'll be happy to tell you all sorts of stories from when I was on their SMS 8160 team.