I have been in the private sector, for the last twenty years, with one company.
I actually gave notice last week, and will be leaving my current job next week.
The company has been exporting jobs to South America, now for over ten years. Maybe even 15 years. It is a huge, global company. Very large. The job situation is now no longer viable for me here though.
Maybe I am biased, because of the job I have had. It has been brutal - I was laid off a year ago because my job at that time was sent south, I managed to relocate to another office with the same company then, but now in my mind, I ended up being badly over-managed.
It had become simply intolerable. It is very frustrating, because I thought I was doing a fine job.
But I finally gave up. Could be I am just fed-up, but I really, really, really think Americans need to be much more focused on American jobs.
Far more, than we currently are. American jobs, for American workers.
Nobody, anywhere, is backing them anymore.
Which is probably why now 94,000,000 Americans, are now not employed.
Ninety four million.
“Far more, than we currently are. American jobs, for American workers.”
What Obama wants, and the GOPe seems to agree with is nothing more than turning the US into a concentration camp for unfortunate businesses.
Why do you think your company exported jobs to South America?
Do you think it was because of labor? Maybe it was icing on the cake, but the real reason is regulations, taxes of all kinds, and a hostile government environment.
I’m sorry to hear you are raw about this, I completely understand the sentiment, but a slogan “American Jobs for American Workers” means one thing under Obama & todays Republican leadership, and it means another thing to someone who actually seeks to grow business and opportunity for American workers.
Don’t be mad at your company, be pissed off at government at all levels for making it so attractive to move work offshore in comparison to the US that it’s a viable alternative.