Comments on: Rumour: Novell Layoffs Next Month

By: lbrist

lbrist — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:53:08 +0000

I just heard about this today, does anybody know if they’re implementing any type of employment firm to help get those that are/will be laid off employees placed???

By: Starfish mama

Starfish mama — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:43:25 +0000

yup – i’m the wife of one of the victims of a rumor – oh wait, I mean the real-for-sure layoffs. Happened today. Dh started with WordPerfect in 1990, then got sold to Novell (I mean the company was sold – ha!), then Corel, then back to Novell. It’s been a long ride, but it ended today . . .

By: MR EX NOVELL

MR EX NOVELL — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:44:05 +0000

I left Novell in March because it was obvious to me that Novell has ZERO commitment its employees in PROVO. I didn’t think Moral could get any lower but it has since I left.

The recent Lab that was set up to Aid the MS/NOVELL agreement could have easily been set up on PROVO. But no, they went for the more expensive location in Boston- here’s the press release.
http://www.novell.com/news/press/microsoft-and-novell-open-interoperability-lab

The next move will be moving ALL of Technical support in PROVO off shore. Its already been happening for GroupWise. GroupWise and the Novell CLient technical support moved to INDIA years ago. Now GroupWise development is in Mexico. Pity Novell employees aren’t in the UAW eh? Maybe they should join up?

By: I.P. Freely

I.P. Freely — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:27:04 +0000

Confirmed. Layoffs are taking place today. Nice work Executives!

The MSFT deal was a mistake in the eyes of the community, I am not so sure that it is a mistake in the eyes of those customers who are taking advantage of the agreement. Regardless, it hindsight is 20/20. There have been numerous execs at Novell who have taken the company down too many blind alleys.

The company isn’t growing. Allowing CPT to come in and run/ruin the company has been a huge mistake. Even if an employee were not laid off, the writing is on the wall. It is time to look elsewhere.

By: phil mccrackin

phil mccrackin — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:24:11 +0000

I work at Novell. And yes, layoffs are coming. The last word I heard was around 400 from Provo. They will happen the week of Oct 15th, 2007. There are over 500 people at the Novell office in India now. Most of them fresh out of school and looking for experience, so in two years they can bail for a newer job that requires the experience that Novell just gave them. I don’t understand why the execs don’t see that since it’s been happening for years. I guess it’s just that they want to see the dollar amount, instead of what reality is. *sigh*

By: DistRogue

DistRogue — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:26:11 +0000

If that’s the case at Novell, then thank God for the openSUSE community, right?

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:52:51 +0000

This is something that we covered before, along with layoffs in Denmark and Novell's renting of office space in the United States. It's just surprising that the press is mum on the issue.

By: Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:46:48 +0000

All you need to do is look at last year’s annual report. Novell set aside some $60M in funds for “restructuring.” There have been a couple of small layoffs here and there, but the “big one” is just around the corner. Many of the Novell folks in Provo have been transitioning work to India and other off shore locations.