Posted on 10/10/2005 by american made
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Yeah I was outsourced like a lot of people on this site. I grew up in an auto worker family where there was a lot of unrest in the 80's when jobs were going to Japan and plants were being shut down etc. So I was raised that if I studied hard and got a good corporate job, I could avoid a lot of problems my parents and uncles faced and make a nice life for myself.
In school, I studied computer engineering. I got A's and B's and got a great job out of college for a large company as a software engineer. My parents were very proud. After dedicating 10 years to that place, I found myself out the door, easily replaced by someone from India. Actually they think it was easy, but the guy doesn't know a quarter of what I know! But then again I guess he is getting paid a quarter of what I got paid and you get what you pay for! So here I am trying to figure out what in the heck I am going to do with my life while doing side consulting jobs.
Thank you Mr. Large American Company Executive. You've managed to screw 2 generations of my family. Don't worry your pretty little coifed salt and pepper head though! We'll rise above it all, become stronger and recover from the fall. You, however, will still be the greedy hell-bound corporate executive idiot that you always were.
POST A COMMENTCorporate Doormat(05/25/2006)
Companies wouldn't have to outsource if they would stop paying CEO's, Boards of Directors and any high eschelon individual a sh*t load of money! How is it that they can receive millions and millions of dollars per year for having an idea. How hard do they actually work? It's the worker bees who carry out this idea and do all the work. Then when the company is losing money, the first thing that gets cut is labor. God forbit that these CEO's take a small cut. Small for them, like maybe not receive their $500,000 bonus that year. They probably wouldn't even miss it. Most of them probably spend their money foolishly. For example, an accountant I know has a client in the hair business who makes $845,000 per year. He goes to Sax 5th Avenue and drops $10,000 per month on clothes, yet he looks like he purchased it at a lower end department store. He drives a Bentley and wants a new one every 3 years. He doesn't cook goes out to eat for every meal, and (I don't mean fast food) bought a house and decided he didn't want the maintenance of it,(it's vacant and he is paying the mortgage, no tennant) so he bought a condo and furnished is with high end furniture. The furniture is only 3 years old and he recently told his accountant to remove all the furniture and try to sell it because he wants new furniture again. Also the accountant has to manage his bills because he can't, always forgets where he placed the bills and then his phone, electricity and gas gets shut off for non-payment. He has to pay a surcharge to have the utilities turned on again. He's rude to his employees and doesn't even pay health insurance for them, but complained holy hell when the landlord raised his rent on his salon by $3,000 per month. Must be nice to have those kind of problems!
Thinkin' (10/10/2005)
Funny to think what you might advise your children to study. Medicine? Sorry, now 40% (and growing) of X-Rays are read overseas, surgeries can be done via computer using lasers, and the medical field in general is becoming flooded (and we all know what happen to IT when that took place). Anyway, a safe bet might be we'll always need hair cuts, and in the city a taxi will always be necessary!
Sad Lady (10/10/2005)
Outsourcing isn't what it is cracked up to be. Companies tell you it saves them money, but in the long run you lose! Not that much money is saved, but the service you provide goes way down!
SouthernProgrammer (10/10/2005)
> You, however, will still be the greedy hell-bound corporate executive idiot that you always were. > Personally, I don't think it companies are outsourcing just to be greedy. Healthcare costs have skyrocketed due to frivalous lawsuits. A lot of GM's woes are due to unions, and the Government is taxing large companies in order to fund its overspending. So, in order to survive, companies outsource where they think they can save. I don't agree with it at all but there are many factors at work other than greed. Lets outsource our CEO's and our Government! We can save money and lower taxes! I'm sure we can find someone in India who will cost less than my Senator!
c (10/14/2005)
What jobs are outsource proof and still pay a decent survival wage, any suggestions for parents and students of today?
SouthernProgrammer (10/14/2005)
>What jobs are outsource proof Politics....oddly enough, politicians never outsource their own jobs...
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