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I’ve Spoken to an I.T. Manager Who is [Still] Stuck in the Past Decade. I’m Shocked.

The world can be unkind to many. I resonate.

Aldric Chen
Change Your Mind Change Your Life
5 min readJan 18, 2025

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A guy working at a balcony.
We are all trying to cope with technological changes, aren’t we? Photo by LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash

Marketers, technology folks, and professional services consultants have it hard in the retrenchment game.

The rolling waves of retrenchment hit them hard. It is [almost] a matter of time.

I spoke with [my ex-colleague] Jared last Wednesday. We have not been in contact for years. When his text hit my home screen — I was stumped.

“Hmm… what does he want from me?”

Regardless, I agreed to meet him. I guessed he would try to sell me something as a multi-level marketer or… looking for a job.

It was the latter.

Hard Financial Hit / Salary Ice Age / 8 Months of $0 Income

“I was retrenched 8 months ago. I thought I would land myself in a new job within weeks, given my experience and expertise. I was shocked. I only got 1 interview a month. This is really bad.”

Well.

Jaded painted a [really] bleak picture of the hiring ground for in-house I.T. His tonality convinced me so. Desperation drove the quivers and shivers in his articulation.

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Aldric Chen
Aldric Chen

Written by Aldric Chen

Singaporean. 24x Top Writer (as of June 2023). Eavesdropper. I capture interesting & uncomfortable real-life retirement / work-life stories the way they are.

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