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Showing Original Post only (View all)An IT worker writes: 'Emotionally, we are broken' [View all]
April 25, 2014 11:39 AM EDT
Training your replacement must be an awful experience. Its bad enough to lose a job. Its an entirely different thing when you believe that U.S. government H-1B policies are assisting in the transfer of your job overseas.
Training your replacement must take enormous inner reserve.
Theres an IT professional who, at this moment, is training offshore replacements, the people who are taking over the work. This IT pro is also a good writer, and has penned a short explanation about what life is now like.
The name, employer, and everything else will remain anonymous.
The IT worker writes:
Letter here: http://blogs.computerworld.com/it-outsourcing/23833/it-worker-writes-emotionally-we-are-broken
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I think it's absolutely degrading to make an employee train his "replacement"
whathehell
Apr 2014
#66
The corporations, through their lobbyists, influenced government to change the laws
Xipe Totec
Apr 2014
#80
Not a word about it exchanged with Nance or Harry or relevant committee chairs, either.
merrily
Apr 2014
#23
I should put in my signature line, "The above comments are in no way intended to reflect badly on
rhett o rick
Apr 2014
#28
And it doesnt take a rocket scientist to recognized that no one is looking to
rhett o rick
Apr 2014
#32
You are giving me way too much credit. If you were being factious or sarcastic
rhett o rick
Apr 2014
#48
Now that you mention it, I heard him too. Made no sense to me, especially given the
merrily
Apr 2014
#68
You are absolutely correct & Thomas Jefferson said it long ago.."The merchant has no patriotism"
whathehell
Apr 2014
#70
When you train your own H1-B replacement it's self-evident there is no "skills shortage".
pa28
Apr 2014
#11
Having seen my job go to India twice, this is another reason I cannot support Hillary.
djean111
Apr 2014
#33
The article uses the word outsourcing, but sending jobs to India is offshoring.
merrily
Apr 2014
#47
Let's see. Some are too menial or physically taxing for Americans to want to do.
merrily
Apr 2014
#49
some companies force you to train your replacement if you want severance payment nt
antigop
Apr 2014
#55