Quote from: fabucat on October 06, 2011, 08:05:02 PM
I cannot tell you how many IT workers I know who have lost their jobs because their employers prefer to ship 'em to India, where they work for pennies.
I can attest to that. My hubby, a senior DBA, worked w/same corp for 13 yrs. They are 3rd largest in the industry. I told him 2 yrs ago they're going to try leverage buyout or sale. I follow the co. stock, press releases, dial into stock holder conf. calls. They are now taking the entire operation to an office complex IN INDIA. He'll be unemployed by end of next 2012 if not by end of 1st qtr 2012.
At my urging, he asked for a retention bonus & a raise when we learned of the India complex. He has a ton of proprietary knowledge that the new execs & managers don't. He literally had them by the gonads & guess what -- they said no! I was furious & sent his resume to head hunters & personally applied on his behalf for various dba positions online. 3 companies showed interest over an 8 month period. He was offered a position for 3k less but his commute went from 2.5 hrs a day to 40 mins. I KNOW, SO WORTH IT RIGHT? After he started his new job, w/in 2 wks the old company called & offered him everything we initially requested & some additional perks. He went back to sellout co. & is literally training the people who will be taking his job from him. Needless to say he's in the dog house at home. The point being: tech jobs are not bullet proof.