If an operation in the US (or here in Aus) wishes to run the bulk of its operation in a third world country then the executive should have to live there as well. See how long the pro offshoring arguments would carry on for then.
Executives forced to live in 3rd world countries would have every luxury they have in 1st world countries... at a greatly reduced price. My sister lived in a mansion in Botswana... with a huge courtyard and enclosed pool when she worked there.
Real luxury is possible on middle-class savings in 3rd world countries.
We ship it off to countries with no safety standards where people are destitute enough to take ANY KIND OF WORK... they probably know that their cancer risk is sky high... but they have families to feed... sort of like the coal miners who went into the mines because that was the best option they felt they had...
It's convenient for us to sweep the problem under the carpet... so under the carpet it goes.
And you can bet that someone in each of those countries is making a bundle hiring people to cook PCB boards down to their base components. Yeah capitalism!
Let's look at the tactics: RIAA sues many people... and publicizes it. Gets poked in the eye by suing dead people and people without computers...(in the mix)... Now. Things don't look good from a PR standpoint. What to do... what to do... Hmmm. How about getting rid of the defense lawyer!! Then things would be much smoother!! Maybe we can push him and silence him!!!!
quote: I always thought there were worse occupations out there. Surely the garbage man or coal miner has a less satisfying/harder job than me. However, at the end of the shift, these guys go home. The garbage man doesn't need to pick up heavy cans in his living room. The coal miner doesn't need to chip away at the walls in his bedroom. In no other industry is the disconnect between work and life non-existent like in IT. Hell, even doctors have calling services./quote
Garbage man: Goes home smelling of garbage. Runs the risk of putting his back out (when tired, we all lose proper form... and loss of form for him can mean back trouble. For life.)
Miner: Dies of black lung.
Hmmm... Yes... these people are done when they're done... but looking in my own company, most people available for 24/7 are the senior management... who are glued to the their blackberries. Who read each message as it comes in... regardless of where they are. I did have a cell phone for a while... and resented the one call I got: It came at midnight from someone who'd lost his phone... not even an employee (we have people all over the world...so it is possible to get a call anytime.) The cellphone I had has been reassigned. Good riddance.
Re: 3 Years is permanent. Well. Permanent has been 23 years so far for me. Permanent is up to you and your company... and your committment level.
If you dig a little further you will see that the woman in question is becoming famous in her town... and so is her husband.
I suspect they'll be financially ruined for what they did. No one will buy a house from him (he's a realtor) and her advertising newsletter won't get ads--or readers.
She's squirming now like most criminals trying to find some explanation she can live with for the evil she did. Everybody needs to be the hero in their life story... and it sounds like she'll be a hero (in her own mind)--but a poor one.
I've started using the Library heavily... and it has cut down my $$ spent.
If I find a book I really like... I buy it. Why should I buy... I've already read it?!! Well. Because if you don't reward the people who brought you good content... then fewer people will be attracted to making content... and thus fewer great works will be out there.
You can check out science fiction clubs online (li
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If an operation in the US (or here in Aus) wishes to run the bulk of its operation in a third world country then the executive should have to live there as well. See how long the pro offshoring arguments would carry on for then.
Executives forced to live in 3rd world countries would have every luxury they have in 1st world countries... at a greatly reduced price. My sister lived in a mansion in Botswana... with a huge courtyard and enclosed pool when she worked there. Real luxury is possible on middle-class savings in 3rd world countries.
We ship it off to countries with no safety standards where people are destitute enough to take ANY KIND OF WORK... they probably know that their cancer risk is sky high... but they have families to feed... sort of like the coal miners who went into the mines because that was the best option they felt they had...
It's convenient for us to sweep the problem under the carpet... so under the carpet it goes.
And you can bet that someone in each of those countries is making a bundle hiring people to cook PCB boards down to their base components. Yeah capitalism!
Let's look at the tactics: RIAA sues many people... and publicizes it. Gets poked in the eye by suing dead people and people without computers...(in the mix)... Now. Things don't look good from a PR standpoint. What to do... what to do... Hmmm. How about getting rid of the defense lawyer!! Then things would be much smoother!! Maybe we can push him and silence him!!!!
... so, I guess we can expect to have a lot of widows on the internet who would like to find trustworthy people to help them launder their millions?
quote: I always thought there were worse occupations out there. Surely the garbage man or coal miner has a less satisfying/harder job than me. However, at the end of the shift, these guys go home. The garbage man doesn't need to pick up heavy cans in his living room. The coal miner doesn't need to chip away at the walls in his bedroom. In no other industry is the disconnect between work and life non-existent like in IT. Hell, even doctors have calling services. /quote
Garbage man: Goes home smelling of garbage. Runs the risk of putting his back out (when tired, we all lose proper form... and loss of form for him can mean back trouble. For life.)
Miner: Dies of black lung.
Hmmm... Yes... these people are done when they're done... but looking in my own company, most people available for 24/7 are the senior management... who are glued to the their blackberries. Who read each message as it comes in... regardless of where they are. I did have a cell phone for a while... and resented the one call I got: It came at midnight from someone who'd lost his phone... not even an employee (we have people all over the world...so it is possible to get a call anytime.) The cellphone I had has been reassigned. Good riddance.
Re: 3 Years is permanent. Well. Permanent has been 23 years so far for me. Permanent is up to you and your company... and your committment level.
If you dig a little further you will see that the woman in question is becoming famous in her town... and so is her husband.
I suspect they'll be financially ruined for what they did. No one will buy a house from him (he's a realtor) and her advertising newsletter won't get ads--or readers.
She's squirming now like most criminals trying to find some explanation she can live with for the evil she did. Everybody needs to be the hero in their life story... and it sounds like she'll be a hero (in her own mind)--but a poor one.
I've started using the Library heavily... and it has cut down my $$ spent.
If I find a book I really like... I buy it. Why should I buy... I've already read it?!! Well. Because if you don't reward the people who brought you good content... then fewer people will be attracted to making content... and thus fewer great works will be out there.
You can check out science fiction clubs online (li
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