[a fool in paradise]

“I can’t remember exactly — it was a long time ago — how many [were brought in],” she added. “But there were some particular jobs where we needed particular sets of skills, where we were growing a particular business.”

Bullstalin. Wait until the CEO jobs are outsourced.

The smart upper bosses at IBM said that laid off Americans should go to India and come back to work for IBM. They said that they would be paid less than before but their money would go farther.

It sure as hell is NOT about the skills set, it's all about the money it costs. Money that they skim for their own damn pocket. I don't begrudge them a million or a billion in the bank but when they cry to Congress and lie and say there isn't anyone stateside who can do the work and then they hire 2-3 employees (who underperform but are cheaper by the dozen) to do the same job, they are p!ssing on my shoes. And they don't just do this at places like HP, they do this to my whole industry.

[snippy_about_it]

You are so right, it is happening still and it isn’t because we don’t have the skill set. Those of us still working have seen a lot of good people go with more planned and they aren’t the foreigners that are leaving, in fact more come onboard continually.

[The Antiyuppie]

“It sure as hell is NOT about the skills set, it’s all about the money it costs. Money that they skim for their own damn pocket. I don’t begrudge them a million or a billion in the bank but when they cry to Congress and lie and say there isn’t anyone stateside who can do the work and then they hire 2-3 employees (who underperform but are cheaper by the dozen) to do the same job, they are p!ssing on my shoes. And they don’t just do this at places like HP, they do this to my whole industry. “

+1.

Actually, a lot more than +1.