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3130.1 | | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a Clue | Wed Jun 01 1994 19:48 | 10 |
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I know that I am thinking alot about what my next move in life
would be. I wish I could think up the next big wave and catch
it. :-)
Ideally, I want to be independantly wealthy and never work again.
Ideally of course.
mike
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3130.2 | | SWAM2::SCHMAUDER_PA | | Wed Jun 01 1994 20:17 | 19 |
| I too have been thinking of life after DEC. Just last night I told my
husband that I wanted to go back to school - full time - for
counselling. My daughter told me that (after reading some book) most
people have three careers in their lives. I was a teacher (8 yrs), DEC
for almost 10 yrs, so I'm due for my third! Last night I went to the
graduation of my youngest son from high school. I raised three
beautiful children - guess that was a career too! For awhile I was
letting the fact that I'm going to be 45 in December stop me from doing
alot of things I want to do. But I figure even if it takes 4 yrs to
get a degree I'd still have a good 15 years working - God willing.
So......I don't know how much longer I will work for DEC. There is a
WHOLE new world waiting for me! I'm looking at leaving DEC as a 'new
birth'.
"When given the Master Key, all the rusted padlocks of the mind are
sprung wide. All the closed windows and doors open to the sunny Light
of Day...and the sweet freshness of awareness, Understanding and
Freedom rush in." Mary Summer Rain
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3130.3 | CAN WE SAY RETIRE ;-) | ANGLIN::SULLIVAN | Take this job and LOVE it | Wed Jun 01 1994 21:38 | 3 |
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I know What I want to do After DEC I want to RETIRE
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3130.4 | Where's my SPR? | RESTRT::LATIMER | | Wed Jun 01 1994 21:42 | 5 |
| I would like to become a DEC customer.
It's a long-time dream of mine.
8^)
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3130.5 | | ISLNDS::SCHWABE | | Wed Jun 01 1994 21:52 | 15 |
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well, I haven't been tapped yet, but I haven't been waiting around
for it to happen either.
Ten months ago I purchased a Coin-Op Laundromat in Worcester in
preparation to eventually leave Digital (tapped or voluntary). I
was looking for a relatively low stress, low tech career and
a laundromat seemed a likely prospect.
So far it is working out real well. I have 5 excellent employees
that work at the laundromat while I manage and repair the machines.
I'm looking for a second laundomat now (either an existing one
or build a new one). Whenever that happens I will probably be saying
my goodbyes to Digital.
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3130.6 | Stay in networking. | BREAKR::BUDZOWSKI | Shouldn't you be committed? | Wed Jun 01 1994 23:29 | 1 |
| Network marketing - consumer electronics (Quorum Intl.)
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3130.7 | it's all going to be very interesting | NWD002::KASSJE | Just passing thru it | Wed Jun 01 1994 23:58 | 11 |
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My wife quit Digital about 9 months ago and we started a cookware store.
Now I'll be helping out a little more. On the to do list is; paint
the house, develop a new site for the vacation house, work on the old
family ranch in the Napa Valley, go commercial fishing with my brother
this summer and... oh that's right look for work!
The future's gettin brighter
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3130.8 | I wanna write multiplayer vidgames... | GUIDUK::GOODHIND | Sleep is for mortals... | Thu Jun 02 1994 00:18 | 12 |
| > -< Where's my SPR? >-
>
> I would like to become a DEC customer.
>
> It's a long-time dream of mine.
Sure you wouldn't like a career with more of a future?
Sorry, my evil twin made me say that.
Larry_who_left_customer_land_in_1990 8^)
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3130.9 | You're aiming too low | POCUS::HUSTON | | Thu Jun 02 1994 02:52 | 2 |
| June 2, 1994. New Jersey Lottery is $35 million.
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3130.10 | | NYEM1::CRANE | | Thu Jun 02 1994 11:24 | 9 |
| Since I just finished my MBA I would like to get into International
Consulting. I will be taking Russian Language in Sept and my daughter
already speaks Japaness. I`m sure I could get 10 or 15 thousand from
the VA to get started.
No matter, those who get the package or those that volunteer to leave,
good luck and God bless you all.
Ray
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3130.11 | Retirement is coming | MIMS::THOMPSON_A | Eat more possum | Thu Jun 02 1994 12:16 | 4 |
| Once I'm out of here, the only job I will have in the future will be to
find my wife another job, should she lose her present one. I keep
encouraging her not to make anyone mad and lose it, so maybe I will be
able to stay retired.
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3130.12 | Hopefully not for a long time. | MR4DEC::GDORAI | | Thu Jun 02 1994 13:14 | 1 |
| I always wanted to run a neighborhood Supermarket or a Hardware store.
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3130.13 | But Dorai, | PARVAX::SCHUSTAK | Join the AlphaGeneration! | Thu Jun 02 1994 13:22 | 4 |
| Are you ready for all the "logistics" of running a retail
operation :-)
Steve
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3130.14 | Critters!!! | POBOX::SEIBERTR | | Thu Jun 02 1994 13:25 | 15 |
| I love animals and I'm getting a wild hair to run off and be a dog
groomer!! I picture myself driving a block or two to a cute little
salon, dressing casually, spliting my hours between days and evenings
so I can enjoy my house more during the day. Also, I'd like to have
some kids and it would be a flexible job for that--maybe do it out of
the house. I'd like to go back to school part time too. The one thing
that reallys scares me is trying to put those little tiny bows on a dog
with an attitude!!!!! :):)
I like this note. Its refreshing to see what people would like to do
once its over here at Digital. Usually I read this file with a sinking
feeling and this note picked me up.
Good Luck,
Renee
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3130.15 | My goals are simple.. | PELKEY::pelkey | Life aint for the Squeamish | Thu Jun 02 1994 16:57 | 3 |
| Actually I was thinking of becoming a bum!
-- back to read only!
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3130.16 | Life ain't for the squeamish -- Indeed ! | SPEZKO::DICKINSON | | Thu Jun 02 1994 17:30 | 9 |
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I'm going back to school. I feel a bit uneasy at competing with all the
young upstarts, but life is for learning.
carry on,
peter
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3130.17 | | KAOFS::B_VANVALKENB | | Thu Jun 02 1994 17:39 | 18 |
| I guess I'm still caught in the past. I like the security/comfort
of working in the only place I've worked since college. While I
bitch and complain about management decisions and our present work
conditions I really and truely still like it here.
Getting kicked out is probably the only way I'd have the balls to
leave. Oh well. I enjoy cabinet making and teaching but don't know if
either is an option for full time employment...all the techs in my area
that have been canned had a job with Sorbus within a week.
(shrug)
Something will like come up.
Brian V
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3130.18 | ITS A WONDERFUL LIFE | ZEKE::FOTI | | Thu Jun 02 1994 18:22 | 25 |
| I surpose you could look at the possibility of being "layed off" as
a sever threat. It also could be a positive opportunity is some cases.
Alot depends on each individual circumstance..If you are use to the finer
monetary riches life has to offer, you might find making adjustments
and pounding the pavement alittle unbearable..After all, what will the
neigbors say when you start planting plastic flowers, and he/she is
home alot, and your luxury vehicle(s) turn into a pumpkin.
Now on the other hand, this could be the driving influence to do
something you always wanted to. Like own/start a new business,
spend some quality time with your family, move to that special part
of the country you thought years about, finish those home projects
that keep being placed on the back burner, go to the beach, go to
Home Depot before the made rush, re-plan your future/career..
I've changed my career path several times, and each time I thought I
would have an elcer. But, each time turned out to be a plus and an
educational experience. As I'm writing this, I'm still employed at
Digital. The thoughts of my job going away scares me, but I have
convinced myself that this could be just an another opportunity to
to do/try something different..
Regards,
Joe
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3130.19 | | FRETZ::HEISER | ugadanodawonumadja | Thu Jun 02 1994 19:12 | 14 |
| > I guess I'm still caught in the past. I like the security/comfort
> of working in the only place I've worked since college. While I
> bitch and complain about management decisions and our present work
> conditions I really and truely still like it here.
>
> Getting kicked out is probably the only way I'd have the balls to
> leave. Oh well. I enjoy cabinet making and teaching but don't know if
> either is an option for full time employment...all the techs in my area
> that have been canned had a job with Sorbus within a week.
Sounds like me. I started here when I was 18 and never thought I'd see
DEC in this position.
Mike
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3130.20 | ITTS STILD AH WANDERFULL LIFT | ZEKE::FOTI | | Thu Jun 02 1994 19:23 | 5 |
| RE: correction to note 3130.18
I guess theirs something wrong with my PC..The "e" that was on the
word "sever"(2nd line), fell off and landed on the word "mad"
(15th line)..I always had a feeling my PC mis-spelled..
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3130.21 | | AXEL::FOLEY | Rebel without a Clue | Thu Jun 02 1994 20:43 | 7 |
| RE: .19
Yea, I started when I was 19, driving a car and delivering SPR's
to various sites. (SneakerNet) Who woulda thunk it that DEC would
be in the condition it's in?
mike
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3130.22 | My two cents.... | POBOX::CORSON | YOU CALL THAT A SLAPSHOT....? | Thu Jun 02 1994 21:16 | 13 |
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Actually, I was looking for a job when I found this one. That was
nine years ago, so....
Personally I'd move the whole kit and kaboodle to southern Florida
and go to work buying crummy houses in good neighborhoods and making
them good houses again. Take $10K out each turn and watch the kids
grow.
Digital is a job folks, the other stuff died three years ago. Only
the people remain...
the Greyhawk
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3130.23 | Looking for Adventure | MIMS::BRENNER_C | | Thu Jun 02 1994 21:31 | 20 |
| TFSO or not I plan to leave in the fall and move to Israel. I hope to
live on a Kibbutz....no bills, rent, car repairs, and home cooked meals
cooked by someone else...heaven.
Hopefully, I can get a job there working on a kibbutz that is HiTech
thus my career lives on. I heard as a rumor that DEC is hiring in
Israel and having duel citizenships help in landing technical jobs
at American companies.
The bottom line is ADVENTURE...I need a turning point after 11 years
here.
Regards,
Carol
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3130.24 | frozen yogurt for me! | ZIPLOK::PASQUALE | | Fri Jun 03 1994 01:12 | 15 |
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i will turn over the keys to my house ( i lost all equity in it thanks
to the real estate crash) to the bank and open up a TCBY yogurt
franchise with whatever severance/accumulated savings i get.. i love
their product .. fat free for the most part and tastes incredible..
and is essentially brain dead work.. once in awhile you have to pour
water into a machine and add some powder and close it up.. then it
makes great tasting stuff that you pull a lever and spill into a cone..
then you take money and make change.. then go home and start again
then next day.... i can't wait!!
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3130.25 | One of the " Grateful Dead " | GLDOA::TREMBATH | | Fri Jun 03 1994 01:58 | 12 |
| I dunno but since I DID just get layed-off I guess I'll have 23 weeks +
to think about it !
I agree with a past note... I am looking at this as possibly the best
thing that could have happened to me.
I am VERY sorry and upset for the additional workload that my friends
here will have to shoulder because of my departure. The last 12 years
have been good ones and DEC ( yes *DEC*) has been a good place to
collect a paycheck. I wish everyone the best of luck !
Pete
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3130.26 | | GLDOA::ROGERS | hard on the wind again | Fri Jun 03 1994 02:51 | 12 |
| sorry to see you go Pete, but not to fear for us of the living
dead...the current pot full of hot water gets poured into a smaller pot
with the usual results.....the excess ends up on the floor. Customers
will leave, service will decline, revenue remains the same per capita,
its just smaller in total. This is a short term solution for the wrong
problem
customer>>>marketing>>>engineering>>>marketing>>>sales>>>customer>>>/
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^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<service(all types)<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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3130.27 | | CSOADM::ROTH | What, me worry? | Fri Jun 03 1994 03:19 | 15 |
| Re: .26
And, when Digital is gone, some of the former high-levels will be between
jobs, sipping their drinks, picking out BMW's for their kids to drive to
college and lining up their next position... looking for another
'Digital' that wants to hire 'some new blood from outside', just as DEC
did. Then, they can apply some of the same toad n' crony skills they
nurtured and honed while here.
It wasn't the indians that ran us into the ground... it was the chiefs.
Lee
p.s. Sorry to be so bitter, but my cache of hope is exhausted after
seeing the layoffs of recent days.
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3130.29 | | TENNIS::KAM | Kam USDS (714)261-4133 (DTN 535) IVO | Fri Jun 03 1994 14:13 | 19 |
| re .28
You think this has been bad?! A manager with 17+ years with Digital layed off
her group, then got layed off herself. Whilst in the exit interview she was
informed that Personnel is gearing up to lay off 20,000 more people in August
1994. The population has to be decreased by September 1994.
Whether this is true or not I'm not sure, however, this individual was at a
manager's level that had access to this type of confidential information in the
past. We can only sit back and wait and see.....
I recognize a lot of the electronic signatures that are signing off. A lot of
these individuals have provided solutions to problems posted in conferences. Is
there going to be anyone around?
Regards,
kam
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3130.30 | This whole thing is bass-ackwards | FUNYET::ANDERSON | MmMmMyAlphaGeneration | Fri Jun 03 1994 14:16 | 7 |
3130.31 | It has to be done before the Annual results are out! | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Fri Jun 03 1994 14:24 | 1 |
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3130.32 | Q2 profitability goal | ODIXIE::KFOSTER | | Fri Jun 03 1994 14:36 | 24 |
3130.33 | | NWD002::GOLDSMITH_TH | Onward thru the Fog | Fri Jun 03 1994 15:38 | 19 |
3130.34 | | LGP30::FLEISCHER | without vision the people perish (DTN 223-8576, MSO2-2/A2, IM&T) | Fri Jun 03 1994 18:29 | 20
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