Comments on: Simdesk Shuts Down

By: Knows Whose Fault It Is

Knows Whose Fault It Is — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:00:54 +0000

You know, any company that hires Charles Davis is bound for failure. Seriously, that man is an energy sucking nightmare to work with. And you should see how he treats his direct reports. He seems to be able to fools upper management with his good ole boy act, but ultimately he’s a high school football player in a suit. Not even a quarterback. More like a loose end - you know, just stays out of the way and tries his best to not get hurt.
All of this would almost be OK if he was smart enough to do his damn job.

By: interesting

interesting — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:40:13 +0000

What happened to all of the customers?

By: The Audience

The Audience — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:09:47 +0000

Bobby was not the soul of Simdesk(did it have a soul?), if anything, he was the village idiot. When I first came on he was talking about how he single handedly wrote a new Internet protocol in VB6. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL. There was a guy Eric Eaton that pursued every girl in the office. Poor guy, I think some of the weaker ones felt sorry for him.

I swear to God it was like working at The Office.. the characters

Michael Scott - Gary Allison
Pam Beesly - Stacy (Michael gets Pam in a couple of episodes)
Dwight Schrute - Eric Eaton
Jim Halpert - Justin York
Jan Levinson - Raegan Hill (Michael gets Jan in a couple of episodes)
Andy Bernard - David Crowley
Toby Flenderson - A composite of HR
Angela Martin - Milena (Michael gets Angela in a couple of episodes)

By: titans

titans — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:01:32 +0000

i worked there too for a couple years. i felt the people tried, people worked hard, management made changes.
but hey this is tech startup life, you get competitions titans or nimbles ones, you work on the market in the end if you dont win big you’re out…there’s no magic.

By: Morgan was an Idiot

Morgan was an Idiot — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:51:16 +0000

I really dont think anyone really took that freak seriously

By: assman

assman — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:42:36 +0000

LOL-that place is gone man. Like 1000s of startups, they didnt make it. Let it go guys…just let it go.

By: BeenThereDoneThat

BeenThereDoneThat — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:51:59 +0000

I worked at Simdesk for only two months. Don’t know what I was thinking when I accepted the offer from Simdesk and left big, well-known Fortune 500 company (top 20) where I was paid six digit salary and had 4 weeks vacation. I was offered somewhat more at Simdesk, but not much. Not worth the hassle of changing jobs anyway. I guess i was just literally bored out of my mind and my old job. It happens sometimes. That’s the only explanation I can think of. Anyhow, as soon as I started at Simdesk, I realized what I stepped into. The company was obviously rotting away while still alive,well, sort of alive. When CEO left the company for another job “for family reasons” (Huh?) during my first month there, - that was the writing on the wall. Rats leaving the sinking ship. That was my first experience with a startup and hope the last. I had no moral or any other investment in the company at the time, having been there for less than 2 months. Therefore I accepted another offer that, as it came to be, was made just in time. Within one month after my voluntary termination of employment with Simdesk, the company basically ceased to exist. RIP. I am only sorry for the guys that were hired along with me in this “last gasp” spree of hiring. I guess that was the last batch of hiring of “the new talents” that Simdesk management was hoping to salvage that sinking ship with. They were all let go from what I heard.

By: David Morgan

David Morgan — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:01:08 +0000

I loved all of you guys. Shouts to you all! Greg K., you were fun if a little misanthropic. Bobby, loved talking with you, you were the soul. Gary B. sorry for bringing you into another failing company, you totally rock. Justin, you were a fun lovin spirit, I hope you have a dozen kids already. Blondin, you fool, we know it was you who smoked my machine. Waathiq, I liked you, despite what you thought I thought about you, I wish you success. Eric, I lied on the disguised personality test, I’ve been studying NLP since I was 14. To the other Dave M., stop hitting on my wife. Gary McFeely, we agree on politics, but you burned SimDesk when you soured the wholesale dial deal, you didn’t know what you were talking about. Wolbrecht, you had your chance in the Indian ocean, but blew it. Server team, you should have smoked far less marijuana. Sasha, I apologize for my foolish American comrades.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:23:46 +0000

In case anyone is interested, thedailywtf.com tells the story of this company in which the name has been thinly veiled as “Virtudyne”.

By: iWorkedThereTo

iWorkedThereTo — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:11:05 +0000

@anothersimdeskex

The software never worked the way it was supposed to. I should know. I QAed about 20+ versions for over 3 years. It was all smoke and mirrors. I don’t know what kind of bull mgt. fed you but SimDesk died in 2004. Broken promises and repeat failures is what SimDesk’s trademark should be.

To Gary M.’s defense, we wasn’t a whiner, he was stating the obvious. I have nothing but respect for him. Too bad mgt didn’t listen to him more often.