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Originally Posted by groovemachine
Outsourcing is outta control :!:
I'll drink to that one too. I got outsourced in the trucking industry, sort of. My old company still sells stuff, and trucks are still hauling it, just not their trucks.
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I've had 2 finance jobs moved to India in the last 5 years...
The job I felt like I was going to get involved interfacing with the outsourced branch of operations in India. My international collaborative experience made me feel like a shoe-in for that one.
Apparently not.
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companies can't pull freight via India
That's always been my thinking too, but these days I can't say I really believe this business is immune from the effects of the economy either.
I watched our old product line go from 90% American to 90% imports to 100% imports, and kept thinking that even while all my friends in the factories were out of a job, at least I still had something to haul.
Now look at me. They still have something to haul, but I'm not hauling it anymore. Meanwhile I got out of the really rocky furniture industry and now I'm on the path to True Stability.
I've got a pretty sweet dedicated run that gets me home every night for a few hours, and off most weekends. It's turning out OK now that I'm getting through the culture shock issues.
My future is secure now, and everything is roses and peach ice cream, and I'm going to live happily ever after.
As long as the American auto industry doesn't go into the toilet.
Sigh.
The writing's already on this wall too, unless this supply chain retools and starts servicing Toyota or something.
I'm trying to make sure I don't wind up in the same bind as last time. There's nothing I can realistically do to improve my odds of getting some other kind of job, and I can't afford to move, so I'm trying to work it out where I can live with a 60% pay cut when this all dries up.
And in the meantime, yes, I'm looking for the new Qualcomm Ultra to be rigged up so a nice little lady in Bangalore can drive five 18-wheelers by remote control for $50 a week.