Sorry, but our economy depends on foreign labor. There are simply some jobs that Americans won't do, like agricultural work or writing Windows .NET applications.
Maybe that's a sign the company should have stayed on Unix or VMS.
That's funny! :>)
And yet largely true. You should hear .net developers bitching.
Tell that to the IT and other technical "outsourced" un-employed.
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Sorry, but I think you got that mixed up! In my opinion: The *private economy* of "high-powered executives"* with vested stock options and a "tax-free" cayman slush fund just in case the golden parachute fails to open depends on using the leverage of (cheap, abundant and - above all - disposable) foreign labour to take away the value *you* create and add it to their pile!
I.e. *your economy* depends on foreign labour in the exact opposite way of
*theirs* - but *they* can pay people to convince everyone to take part in "Our" Cause ;-)Should be: "there are simply some jobs Americans will not do for less than X USD/Hour"!
Well, shovelling manure aint the worst job in the world ;-)
Really? My employer hires a subcontractor to write .NET applications to interface with our SQL Server database for ~ $100/hr.
Michael R. Darrett, P.E.
A little competition is good for the soul. ;-)
Cheers! Rich
Well, that's MY pile too. I'm a shareholder in quite a few technology companies. As time goes by, more and more of these are foreign managed. It turns out that American labor is as economical as any other. It's a matter of managing it competently. US companies get bought out and competent management teams are brought in. Labor remains local. Profits go up.
Think of it as outsourcing management.
IME we have a pretty good pool of managers in America. Just not in some industries, such as automotive.
That's cheap. They must be using foreign labor.
India? :)
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