[GOP_1900AD]

This is a virtual brainstorming thread to discuss what you would do if your employer was bought out by a "firm" from Communist Red China. Please join in and share your ideas! :-)

[IncPen]

I'd go with the Lemon Chicken.

They always bread and deep fry the Sweet and Sour and that gives me heartburn.

[Huck]

Take ronger runches.

[LongsforReagan]

Start learning Chinese.

[pganini]

How about if they build a plant where you live:

http://www.bebeyond.com/KeepCurrent/Recommended/Haier.htm

It's Haier, the refrigerator, beer maker company. You might know them as the one that sells the wine coolers in Bestbuy or Fry's.

[TheOtherOne]

Work.

[lucyblue]

Bump.

[theDentist]

Start seeking employment elsewhere, because once they know what the job is and how it's done, you're out anyhow.

[agere_contra]

Are they paying a competitive wage? That's the question.

[GOP_1900AD]

Please share your thoughts on this virtual brainstorming thread!

[Steven W.]

Remember, suicide is painless.

[Pondman88]

The Chinese are cheap, cheap bastards. they continually try to screw everyone they deal with.

I would seek employment elsewhere.

[deadeyedawg]

Ask for lots of General Tso's chiucken, extra spicy, in the cafeteria.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Are you caught up in the Maytag / Haier situation? If the deal goes through, as soon as Haier gets a handle on the Maytag technology and production processes, there's a high probability that they'll close down the American plants and move production to China. Unless the US decides to slap some heavy import duties on Chinese goods .......

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Well, I guess I'd stick my head between my legs and kiss my "royal, rosie red Irish ass" goodbye.
Cuz, if mainland China ever "acquired" my employer, then they will have succeeded where Japan, Germany and Russia have failed.
You see, my employer is the U.S. Government.

[Roos_Girl]

I just don't, just don't, just don't get why China isn't being called the "Evil Empire" that Russia was called when I was a kid. Being a communist isn't a bad thing anymore. We "won" the cold war, yeah right. Any time I hear someone complain about how high the gas prices are I ask them how many products they've bought that are "Made in China".

[superiorslots]

I get china back in spades. I would anomalously give as much corporate info(client list, pricing, proprietary knowledge etc) to the domestic competition and then split (after getting another job first).

[Rodney King]

I take it you work for Unocal? What I would do is manipualte the reserve #'s in an attempt to get them to sell off assets to Devon, Apache, or Anadarko at a good price. Then write a book about it.

[nairBResal]

bttt

[hiramknight]

With 75% of my companies sales going to engine manufacturers in China, this a very viable senario. One I hadn't given any thought to until now...very scary.

If they took a hands off management approach, I'd probably keep plugging away. If they started changing things and began instilling their philosophy, I'd quit.

[shellshocked]

Find a new job immediately.