Kaiser Friends gathering

It was a sad moment when I learned about friends leaving KPIT. There are various batches for people being let go, i.e., May, July, August, September, etc. This is the result of Kaiser Permanente outsources and cuts 860 IT jobs.

Kaiser Permanente officials said the seven-year deal with IBM, reportedly worth $500 million to Big Blue, will help make their operations more efficient. Since this being an industry trend, including health care, a lot of my old frineds get affected, e.g., Robert Hsu, Robert Tsao, Eleanor Lee, Sam Yeung, Tony Ha, Jose Yamasaki, Yogi Shah, etc.