[ale] Ga tech

[Paul Cartwright]

On Tue February 21 2006 9:10 am, Geoffrey wrote:
> Well, it's certainly not overblown from my perspective. ?That is one
> of the main reasons I left AT&T a few years ago, because I could see
> the writing on the wall. ?I had been writing code for AT&T for over
> 10 years and was with AT&T Labs at the time. ?There was a ton of
> stuff being outsourced. ?Either that, or h1b's being hired. ?Either
> way, they were reducing their cost by going with cheaper
> programming. ?I can remember having to have a conference call with
> some folks in India. ?The time difference made it quite difficult to
> schedule.
Our group in Avaya got a 5+5 in 2001, most of us left, except for a few 
H1B types, and one ( poor soul ) with only 15 years service. the 
benefits have been going downhill ever since..
those that didn't have the time to retire went to "partner" firms, less 
benefits or NO benefits as contractors.

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Paul Cartwright
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