turgid's Journal: An Offer

I've been offered a new job, and it's a good one. It will be much harder technically, but much more interesting and I'll be developing my skills accordingly in a growing company on high-tech products. Better still, it's mostly all Linux and other embedded OSs, very little Windows at all and probably no C++!

Our poor Indian at work thought I was going to work for a different customer on a different project. When I explained that I was leaving the company, he was very surprised.

I later found out that he and his Indian colleagues have a very different perspective on what's going on, especially regarding the future of the acquired staff and the reasons for the deal. No one has told them that they are involved because they are cheaper to employ than us, and that our future is very uncertain as our existing work is offshored.

A small handful of staff have started to work on projects for new customers, but that has meant travelling long distances to customers' sites and being away from home for long periods. No one asked for this, but they're doing it because they have nowhere else to go yet.

And go they will as soon as the opportunities arise.

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[PopeRatzo]

I later found out that he and his Indian colleagues have a very different perspective on what's going on, especially regarding the future of the acquired staff and the reasons for the deal. No one has told them that they are involved because they are cheaper to employ than us, and that our future is very uncertain as our existing work is offshored.

That has been their story since Wounded Knee.

But seriously, it is possible to distinguish oneself in the workplace even when an operation is uncertain and maybe e

The didn't realize?!?

[jawtheshark]

I later found out that he and his Indian colleagues have a very different perspective on what's going on, especially regarding the future of the acquired staff and the reasons for the deal. No one has told them that they are involved because they are cheaper to employ than us, and that our future is very uncertain as our existing work is offshored.

They didn't realize? How blue-eyed! Why would any company relocate activities halfway around the world unless there is some monetary gain to be made. I guess,