I was let go but was able to retire. Company wants ‘fresh’,cheap talent and cheap H1B labor.
They don’t understand that you get what you pay for.
That is what happened with my husband’s last job. He will be pushing himself out of the current one
I was let go but was able to retire. Company wants ‘fresh’,cheap talent and cheap H1B labor.
They don’t understand that you get what you pay for.
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cheap talent and cheap H1B labor. BINGO!
Jobs in STEM used to be a ticket to a comfortable middle class (or higher) lifestyle, but H1B Visa expansions (spouses, etc) and a never-ending supply of cheap foreign labor have taken a huge toll on STEM positions/careers.
My son is the only Caucasian in his department, same for spouse~they work in STEM fields.
Ageism is also a factor...Both feel they are similar to athletes with limited play time left...Son is in his early 30s...
You said it. In a previous life I was a contractor for a company doing work for the government. They decided they didn't like paying my contractor fee so they hired a (much younger) recent college grad to take over the project I was running, and canceled my contract (which I understood happens). I turned in my badge and left. About six months later my former boss calls me out of the blue and asks me to come back and work on the same project. The person they hired (no longer employed there) screwed it up so bad the sponsor was going to pull the project for lack of performance. I wrote them a proposal with double my fee, request for my own workspace in a secure area, and time from a hardware systems analyst and software engineer. Also the provision that I would only work on this project and when it was done so was I. They bought it without a whisper of protest. Turns out I could have probably gotten three times my contractor fee if I wanted (but even I'm not that greedy). The job got done and the company kept its business with the sponsor. They wanted me to stay on but I had other things to do. Still, they gave me a nice bonus for pulling them out of the fire. So, yes, you get what you pay for.