torand.org » aol http://torand.org the power of two became one Sun, 07 Nov 2010 21:55:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Again AOL??? Really??? http://torand.org/2008/08/17/again-aol-really/ http://torand.org/2008/08/17/again-aol-really/#comments Sun, 17 Aug 2008 23:47:49 +0000 Scott http://torand.org/2008/08/17/again-aol-really/ Just got done with a IM session with a friend of mine

it’s like October 2007 all over again!
the rumors are really wild this time
everything from closing down MTC and DTC
to whacking all of SI and IPE’s

I was through that mess once.. I really feel for my friends back at AOL. The current management, Randy Falco and Ron Grant, have really screwed that company. And my friends will suffer for their stupidity.

The rumors also say that performance bonuses will be stopped and the layoffs will be smaller. Mainly because they got burned last year by the “widespread-edness of the october layoff”. That means they can have smaller “focused” layoff and offer smaller layoff packages.

Nice…

]]> http://torand.org/2008/08/17/again-aol-really/feed/ 1 I have updated already.. Paul… http://torand.org/2008/03/29/spring-ahead/ http://torand.org/2008/03/29/spring-ahead/#comments Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:34:20 +0000 Scott http://torand.org/2008/03/29/spring-ahead/ It has been a long time since I posted anything as one of my friends keeps telling me. Ok, so for him here it is… get off my back.

Well so many things have changed in the past few months, let me try to fill in the highlights.

  • I left mail storage and moved over to portal services, the division that run most of the web services at AOL.
  • I am now on my third new manager in less than six months.
  • I was caught in the latest reorg at AOL, hence the third manager and I am getting all new projects at AOL.
  • Bought a new Mac Book Pro laptop – I love it!!!!
  • Erika graduated from Liberty in December, she will walk on May 10th.

Those are the highlights. Since the last reorg I am still waiting for my new projects. It looks like I will get AOL Latino, and AOL Games. I have not talked to the transition admins yet.

Other than that things are moving along. My parents wrecked their car last month, my dad at 88 decided to give up his driving license. Not a bad decision, when he drove it made mom crazy.

I will try to update a little more regularly, later.

]]> http://torand.org/2008/03/29/spring-ahead/feed/ 0 A sad day at AOL http://torand.org/2007/10/16/a-sad-day-at-aol/ http://torand.org/2007/10/16/a-sad-day-at-aol/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:21:46 +0000 Scott http://torand.org/2007/10/16/a-sad-day-at-aol/ Today was the beginning of a huge layoffs at AOL. It was a very sad day to be at work. I watched as my friends and coworkers packed up their cubes and left the building. Even my manager was among the approximatly 750 people that are laid off. Most of everyone I have talked to can’t understand the capriciousness of the lay offs. Some of the groups in the company were completely laid off. One of the Network Operation Centers (NOC) in Columbus Ohio was dismantled. A NOC that we relied on to monitor our systems.

There was little work done today at the Dulles campus. By mid afternoon most people had left for the day or were rambling around the campus still numb from the sheer number and severity of the layoffs.

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