IBM lays off 15,000, HP 1300 [Outsourcing]

The Register ^ | 8/21/2003 | Andrew Orlowski

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

The hidden issue of 2004 and the dominent issue of 2008.

[Texas_Dawg]

Are we all doomed?

[ladysusan]

We've been telling our kids friends who are majoring in CS to change majors. My own two are majoring in math and psychology, respectively.

What a short sighted nation we are, shipping our own prosperity overseas.

[Lazamataz]

So WE ARE all gonna die.

Damn.

I wanted to live.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Sarcasm won't change the facts on the ground. Sooner or later, people are going to be very, very angry that their futures have been sold off. And we are talking about middle class people. They won't just sit still for the "globalization makes us all richer" arguments.

[Texas_Dawg]

What a short sighted nation we are, shipping our own prosperity overseas.

Yeah... we just plain suck. We're all doomed.

[Texas_Dawg]

Sarcasm won't change the facts on the ground. Sooner or later, people are going to be very, very angry that their futures have been sold off. And we are talking about middle class people. They won't just sit still for the "globalization makes us all richer" arguments.

Sarcasm? Where?

[warchild9]

A couple of women were sitting behind me in a restaurant Monday night. They were both IBM'ers who'd lost their jobs that very same day. They were understandablly upset. Sitting nerby was an H1-B family, and we were in a Chinese restaurant.
All IBM engineering and programming jobs here in the Triangle are being eliminated, and sent to China and India. The suits openly said so on television (at least they're honest about it).
W is headed for $300,000,000 in bribe money, er, campaign constributions, this cycle.
Only an idiot can't make the connection.

[ZeitgeistSurfer]

Sorry, I don't let myself be baited. Your posts speak for themselves.

[CJ Wolf]

Nope we are not all doomed, we are on the way to better things. no more cubical bound fat cats surfing the net all day. We are instead set free, use your techknowhow and get out and make something of your self. Start a business, go fishing, eat something other then thaifood, culture the land, use your hands, sell ice cream but above all dream of electric sheep.

[warchild9]

Ma'am, math is useless without a graduate degree. I know; I have one. Business degrees are better, or trade school.

[Texas_Dawg]

W is headed for $300,000,000 in bribe money, er, campaign constributions, this cycle.

It's those damn Illuminati! I've been telling people about this for years, and they wouldn't listen. They just laughed! Well, who's laughing now?!? Huh??

That's what I thought. We're all doomed.

[Lazamataz]

Sarcasm won't change the facts on the ground. Sooner or later, people are going to be very, very angry that their futures have been sold off. And we are talking about middle class people. They won't just sit still for the "globalization makes us all richer" arguments.

I think that programming outsourcing is a very foolish fad. I am already starting to hear about major Indian outsourced projects going belly-up.

The economy is definitely picking up. I am really seeing increased interest from recruiters. I plan to raise my rates pretty significantly.

[snippy_about_it]

IMO, it should be the issue of the 2004 campaign. We continue to give away jobs to other countries or bring H1B visa workers here and it's hurting.

[riri]

So WE ARE all gonna die

Nah, you'll probably live. You'll just be really broke. In which case, you may wish you were dead.

Death comes later in the globalism scheme. Currently serfs are still needed.

[ladysusan]

It's not funny, dawg.

Thre have been massive layoffs where I live. These are college educated, hard working folks who only want a quiet life for themselves and their families. Some of them have invested a decade or so in their educations, and for what?

[warchild9]

Wow, so many mispellings! I set a personal best!

[Texas_Dawg]

Sorry, I don't let myself be baited. Your posts speak for themselves.

So do yours. We're all doomed.

[Loyalist]

PING

[warchild9]

You, sir, are an idiot troll. I don't speak to idiot trolls.