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Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the talk-to-the-bobs dept.

ErichTheRed writes: A company called Cengage Learning now joins the Toys 'R Us, Disney and Southern California Edison IT offshoring club. Apparently, even IT workers in low-cost parts of the country are too expensive and their work is being sent to Cognizant, one of the largest H-1B visa users. As a final insult, the article describes a pretty humiliating termination process was used. Is it time to think about a professional organization before IT goes the way of manufacturing?

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  1. Re:Where do the consumers come from? by peragrin · · Score: 4, Funny

    it is called trickle down economics. The 1% will hire us still right?

    we should give them more tax breaks just to be certain.

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