Will a recession make your manager nervous?
I've been watching the tech market crash and burn over the past two weeks, and, my 403b nothwithstanding, the numbers have me thinking.
I'm not as willing to take a chance with a cutting-edge hardware/technology vendor as I was a few months ago. Before the Nasdaq went into freefall, I would entertain a pitch from any company that had a product I thought might be useful, even if it wasn't fully baked. I was happy to devote the time to testing and evaluation and would write it off as time well spent.
Now that many of these dot-coms are dot-notanymores, I'm having second thoughts. Hey, when Cisco announces layoffs, you know it's gotta be tough out there.
So, the question that's been on my mind is this: How do you all feel? Are you as willing to listen to an unknown dot-com now as you were a few months back? Before you invest staff time and resources in evaluating a product, are you doing due diligence on the company's financials? Are you sticking with well-known vendors (e.g., Cisco, IBM, Nortel) or are you still willing to take a chance?"
How does your management feel about all this? Have you gotten "only what's necessary, and only from an approved list of vendors" orders from upstairs?
I'm waiting to hear from you in ITworld.com's Enterprise Networking forum!
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