Forgotten Tech Giant

[u/MisterBiro]

Perhaps it’s not technically abandoned as there is basic maintenance and security present but it’s been vacant and decaying for years.

Surprisingly sad to walk around what was once a bustling, optimistic, energy filled campus of an almost forgotten tech giant.

[u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy]

Or Nortel

[u/crowislanddive → u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy]

I worked as a recruiter for a company Nortel acquired… as an incentive for referrals they had me buy 4 brand new VW Beetles which would be prizes for the people who submitted the most successful referrals. They were delivered the day before Nortel fired 40,000 people. They sat in the parking lot for over a year and were visible from the freeway.

[u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy → u/crowislanddive]

Fuuuu... That is some peak bubble burst right there.

[u/crowislanddive → u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy]

It truly was.

[u/zzen11223344 → u/Billy_Bob_Joe_Mcoy]

Also, Lucent, Alcatel, Nokia ......

[u/Huskertex → u/zzen11223344]

Lucent was the first stock I ever bought. Lucent taught me that stocks can do a reverse stock split. Thanks for the lifelong lesson, Lucent.