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- link Rackspace Layoffs July 2021 https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/technology/article/San-Antonio-based-Rackspace-10-percent-layoffs-16332426.php Confirmed reports of Rackers losing their jobs with backfills outside the US. "The company adds that up to 85 percent of those layoffs "will be backfilled in the Company’s offshore
- Howz rackspace Any idea how their outlook is for next 3 years, they are doing lot of managed services for aws and gcloud but i suspect company may go down in year or two
- Compensation cloud architect @rackspace How much should I ask for a cloud architect role at #rackspace? Current tc : 140k Experience about 4 years on aws but total of 12 years on software.
- Rackspace for long term How is Rackspace doing. I’m been interviewed for SR. Software engineer role. I’m need to take care of green card processing so I’m seeing 10 years with my next job. Please advise will Rackspace is a good company to stick for >10 years
- Is Rackspace worth it ? How good is Rackspace ? Worthwhile? They’re paying very good bucks. #Rackspace #joboffer Tc: 33 lpa
- Rackspace in San Antonio Just curious what employees really think about rackspace!?.... Seems to be big in San Antonio but curious what the culture is like and team interactions....
- link Why is Amazon acquiring Rackspace? https://www.bizjournals.com/sanantonio/news/2020/08/17/amazon-to-invest-in-rackspace.html#:~:text=Amazon%20(Nasdaq%3A%20AMZN)%20would,two%2C%20according%20to%20the%20report. Genuinely curious #rackspace #M&A #cloud
- Rackspace IPO Down almost 20%
- H1B transfer to Rackspace Anyone has experience or knowledge of how long the global mobility team takes to do the initial filing of H1B?#h1b
- Rackspace - how's it going inside? Hey Rackers, how are things going? Hearing conflicting reports. Rumors of selling off some BUs, an empty Castle, and some groups killing it.
- Why isnt rackspace on this forum Why ?
- Rackspace post Apollo (PE) and Yahoo - Stay or leave? So Yahoo is getting bought out of Verizon by private equity (Apollo). I work on the CDN side over here (as opposed to a Yahoo product). Can some rackspacers comment on your experience pre vs post buyout? I have been reaching my feelers out to change jobs, but a few people I respect think that this
- Any Rackspace Linux or database admins on here? How is working at Rackspace in San Antonio?
- Heard Rackspace just asked all its QA engineers to join Tech Mahindra or quit. Is it true? So they don’t have to pay severance or anything.
- Possible leads or referral? Looking for Deal Desk/Rev Ops or entry-mid level Project Management, and would love a referral! 😁 #tech #aws #vmware #rackspace #google #purestorage #nutanix
- Public Cloud Companies? AWS Azure Google Cloud Platform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Alibaba Cloud IBM Cloud Rackspace Cloud Others?
- National Instruments in crisis? Huge Layoffs! Today a big % of the marketing department was fired (worldwide). All the mktg team in MX terminated. Just from my team (of 9) 5 people were fired. This is part of the new CMO plan to restructure and turn NI into a competitive tech company. Carla, the new CMO, also restructured Rackspace more than
- Corelogic Sells Itself to a Private Equity Firm For those who have been at companies bought by PE firms, how long until the layoffs started? I remember at rackspace it was within 3 months. #layoff TC 122k
- Company being acquired? Good or bad? I am getting a offer from Onica soon. Should I take it? They are being acquired by rackspace. What usually happens to people employed at a company that gets acquired? Are they let go? **I am researching but wanted to get a answer from personal experience Thanks.
- Looking for a referral Hello, I am looking for a referral in a finance based role. I am currently working as a Financal Analyst (L3) at Deloitte. YOE - 1.5 TC -5 Please drop a comment so that I can DM you my profile #referral #jobopening #jobhunt #jobs #India #Arcesium #deshaw #jpmorgan #myntra #flipkart #mor
- Any Cloud Architects out here making over $250K TC? Any Cloud Architects making $250K+ TC? Is that a hard target to make outside of #amazon, #google, and #microsoft. Really want to know if that's an unachievable goal outside those companies. If you do, would you mind sharing YOE and what TC? Maybe also how long it took you to reach that TC? #tech #
- New Grad Looking for Referral in Austin/San Antonio/Remote I am a recent CS grad that is looking for new grad opportunities as a Software Engineer. I have many projects that have been fully developed and more in the works. Please DM for more info. LC: 100+ GPA: 3.8 YOE: 0 (new grad) Thank you! #referral #newgrad #swe #jobhunt #remote #austin #sananto
- link Elon's Dilemma: Build vs Buy. How long & how expensive to build Infrastructure like Twitter? @elonmusk spent $2.9B on stock for Twitter. He probably could spend less on a team to build the equivalent of Twitter. The infrastructure would take time to build, but doable. I doubt any of the big cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, Azure) would allow it. So he'd have to get into Data Centers too. Probably c
- Devops I have 10 years of experience in maintaining ans tuning large scale java based systems. Automated lot of build process and deployment process . I have truly achived 100% uptime even during deployment process ( without impacting seasions) . Can tune java gc and db (through awr) . Lot of experience in
- India or Dubai? I got an offer in Dubai. I'm currently working as PM in Rackspace. Even though the work is not that great, the pay is good and it's WFH (I'm saving good amount living in a tier 2 city with my parents). However I'm working night shifts. I'm not sure if I should move and take the offer. It'll be lot
- Lets list all companies or orgs in companies offering remote jobs I never want to commute again, also I want to buy a house for a reasonable price. I know I am not alone. Post your sweet knowledge below! 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 #remotework #wfh EDIT: I will compile a list from the comments daily, feel free to contest the list or add details. Adobe Affirm Amazon - selec
- Tips on switching from SE to SWE TC: 130K YOE: 6 No degree Looking to move into SWE role at FAANG sometime from now. (Maybe a year or two). I'm currently at a unicorn (not Rackspace) as a SE (solutions engineer) and I work mostly with infra/security and some VERY light JS problem solving. I'm bouncing between getting a bachelors
- Manager gossipping about former employee This relates to my wife who is NOT at Rackspace. Her manager, who has never been a very effective manager, just gossiped that a former member of the team was having an affair with one of her relatives. My wife was horrified that she would say such a thing. She had a talk with HR this morning, and th
- Product Manager - laid-off and looking for referrals TL;DR: Got laid off in 6 months because CEO decided he doesn't want to build new products anymore. Looking for referrals for product roles (Austin/remote). --- I joined a small B2B SaaS company in Austin 6 months back as a sr product manager to help build new B2C products. I worked with the CXOs to
- Ranking the SWE Technical Bars of Tech Companies I work in tech recruiting (full disclosure: recruited in the past for Google and Uber ATG) and was helping a new recruiter with getting calibrated on profiles. So, I figured I would make a list to share some top tech companies with her while she searched for top Software Engineers (SWEs). But once
- London Comp / Data Engineering Offers / What Next? Currently a DE at FAANG. 6 YOE. TC ~90k GBP. Am looking at positions outside the firm but I am getting similar comp (mostly because my RSUs are doing well). I want to leave this FAANG due to toxic culture, for my own mental sanity and because I am pretty sure Dev List and Pivot is on its way in Jun
- link Amazon recruiter contacted me, I sent my CV and he sent me the following NOTE: I am not looking for answers. I'm just interested in knowing if this has been a typical route to get hired as an SA. I have previously applied and had a couple of interviews, but no offer. I want to put my best foot forward. Also sharing for the benefit of others. ****************** Thank yo
- Travel from India Any folks traveled back from India to the US recently? I am on OPT and have to travel to India urgently. Wanted to get an assessment of the situation. Thanks
- Good bootcamps for SE Job Offer I have a CS background coming out of college, but I don’t feel great about my programming abilities. Anyone have any recommendation for a bootcamp that leads to a great job offer? #engineering #software #bootcamp
- Thoughts on Jumpstart’s feature to filter candidates based on race/gender? I wonder if there even is an option to see only male, or Asian/White. Seems like Jumpstart is promoting racism and sexism in hiring.
- vote Has innovation slowed down? Title.
- Travel to India after graduation I will be graduating in Dec and will be joining Amazon in Feb on OPT. Is it risky to travel to India in December?
- Claim stimulus check on 2020 tax return? In 2019, I worked part time at my university and filed taxes for 9k earnings. I’ve been waiting and waiting, and haven’t received my stimulus check... Can I claim the $1200 on my 2020 tax return, even if my 2020 income is above the requirements? TC 200k YOE < 1
- best ways to buy bitcoin What is the best way to buy bitcoin? I've heard Robinhood is horrible :(
- Child care isn’t a transmission vector Largest peer-reviewed study, 57,335 child care centers: “No evidence of child care being a significant contributor to COVID19 transmission to adults—finding consistent with previous studies showing lack of assoc btwn school closures & transmission rates” https://twitter.com/nahasnewman/status/1323
- Referrals Hey everyone, looking for referrals I have a Masters degree in CS YOE - 3+ TC - 110k #Uber #Lyft #Dropbox #Microsoft #Netflix #Slack
- Any H4 applicants still waiting for Biometric appointment. Mine was filed in may 2020 and still waiting.
- Facebook WFH Options Hello Facebookers. Are you all allowed to WFH as per news or only some teams allow that? TC: 250k
- vote What kind of worker are you? Let’s face it. Some people in G and F don’t spend that much , especially 5 and 6. If You gave them 10M or 10B, they would live the same life. They just want more money even though they don’t need to spend that much. Some people work for a purpose like Dr. Fauci. He was downplayed but still want to
- link When Trump thought pandemic was going to end by easter.. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52029546
- At what age did you buy life insurance Folks will be 34 soon thinking of getting a life insurance. Have a wife and 2 kids 😀 What age did you folks take one and which one would you folks recommend ? TC : 328k
- vote Stay or switch companies? I'm a designer, planning to switch to a smaller company. Even if I get promoted, I don't see myself growing much, and the work is getting boring. However, this company is less well known, but the culture seems awesome. Base: 101k Bonus: 2k Current TC: 103k New company. Base: 108k Bonus: 7k RSU- 5
- Referral Needed Looking for a referral. I need a fully remote position for personal reasons. I do not mind sharing why in my DM. YOE: 16- leadership roles. Do not mind being a individual contributor. Do not need to be a manager but I am great with people. Current Title: Capacity Planning Manager Education: Master
- Anyone hiring SDE with 1 year experience Anyone hiring SDEs with 1 year experience. Currently at Amazon and don't like the team. It is impossible to move within Amazon at L4 level. #tech
- vote Should I buy stocks on or after Election Day? What you guys think? #Amazon #Apple #Google