[ale] Ga tech

[Geoffrey]

Paul Cartwright wrote:
> 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.

Yeah, I was one of the fortunate ones.  Left with a full package and 
then some.

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey

War never solved anything, well, except slavery, fascism and communism