[TriLUG] New member re-location question

[Janyne Kizer]

Yeah, while working for his previous employer my husband had the 
opportunity to travel to India to help move some of their jobs 
overseas.  :-/  He left shortly after that experience.  In this case, 
let's just say that the decision was not based on the quality of the 
finish product...

Chris Magnus Hedemark wrote:

>
> The sudden loss of IT jobs in this country is at least partly 
> attributable to jobs moving to countries with cheap labor, like India 
> or China.  When I was at a big blue company a few years back I saw 
> jobs moving to India that used to be in Raleigh.  Maybe part of it was 
> caused by IT guys hopping from job to job every 6 to 18 months in 
> pursuit of higher pay, and employers scrambling to retain talent as 
> long as they could.  Loyalty in the workplace is *gone*, with blame 
> falling on both sides of the employee/employer relationship.
>

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Janyne Kizer
Systems Programmer Administrator
NC State University, College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Extension Information Technology