Nothing is quite as soul destroying as training someone to take your job. It took me 4 months to find another job for less pay and with less responsibility; my career never recovered. The ones who were left behind literally cheered and applauded as I walked out with my little box for the last time. Some of the Indian guys were clapping too. They knew they were being used to screw other people over and most didn't like the situation much better than we did but they needed the work too.
To any young person contemplating a STEM career who asks I tell them don't bother. You'll only end up working your butt off in college while other guys are on Spring Break and in the end you'll be left with massive student loans and no real career path. Consider a career in HR or marketing research.
People usually think I'm joking when I tell them the same thing, but I'm quite serious. I don't tell them the reasons why I came to that conclusion, since it isn't real flattering.
Mr. niteowl77
Literally cheered as you walked out? Why would they do that?
Another variant of this I witnessed was outsourcing the IT department functions to CSC.
They offer key personnel a transfer to the new company, and if you refuse the pay cut, no unemployment if it was within 10-20% of your prior wage.
If they don’t offer you a job, then it is due to duplicate skill sets in that company and you get unemployment due to layoff.
The company can then outsource “200” jobs, only 50 transfer to a lower pay rate, 50 refuse the pay cut and get no unemployment, and 100 end up laid off but the company can say we only outsourced.