believe me I know... (Score 1)

I used to work there. I was on the team with the guy who designed the CPQ VPN solution... and I worked next to the person who helped implement the Blackberry 1.0 solution, along with the online Faxing solution, etc. Guess what, they were laid off or their projects were cut due to budget changes YEARS ago. I also know the guy who handled all of the subnetting/DNS infrastructure. He was cut as well and sure enough DNS stopped working for a full day company wide. How much did that cost the company versus his salary???

When I threw in the towel is when they asked me to turn in my pager. I refused and offered to pay the bill myself because in the end, if my services weren't available, it was still my ass on the line whether or not I had a $10/month pager or NOT! The next round of cuts I was given a package.