Re: Consult400 Digest, Vol 4, Issue 19

Nope, the company wanted to make me full time after consulting for 3 years.  
While I was trying to learn about what others thought of the company...9 people 
were axed.  
 
All of them fat/dumb and happy.   
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Landess <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: consult400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 11:53:12 -0600
Subject: Re: [Consult400] Consult400 Digest, Vol 4, Issue 19


See questions in-line...

Regards,
Steve Landess
Austin, Texas

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> Rob Berendt wrote:
> message: 7
> date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:41:59 -0500
> from: rob@xxxxxxxxx
> subject: Re: [Consult400] Hi
>
> Easy buddy or I'll release Steve on you.  :-)
>
> Rob Berendt

So how many programmer/technical jobs has Dekko offshored, Rob?



> fbocch2595@xxxxxxx  wrote:
> Consulting on the iSeries / AS400 <consult400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Is it a true statement that if salary and/or expenses have to be cut then
> how better to do that then with replacing experienced and more expensive
> citizens with less expensive, not experienced aliens?
>
> My last company laid of 9 programmers w/average tenure of 10 years, in
> favor of over seas folks...and we made $ last year.

fbocch:
You indicate your "last" company...
I guess that means that YOU were one of the overpriced citizens that was 
laid off?


> John Earl wrote:
> ...
>> I'm not making a value judgment on whether this is good or bad, I'm just
>> stating that it is what it is.  If your current salary is $75K and you
>> want to sustain it, ask yourself what are you doing that couldn't be
>> replicated by 3 off-shore workers that are happy to work for $25K?
>>
>> Answer that question successfully (and lot's of people do), and you
>> won't need any government to "protect" your job.

I'm not trying to start an argument here, John, BUT:
How many jobs have YOU offshored?
I'm guessing NONE, since you probably place a high value on your 
intellectual property...

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