If your job is so valuable that it takes a few days to train someone to be as competent as you, then how does that reflect upon your job?
I was involved in managing an outsourcing project. Not in the computer industry either as it happens, it was back office accounting. The replacement workers spent 8 weeks or so on site here, 4 weeks documenting the living crap out of everything, 4 weeks doing the actual work with the soon to be replaced staff looking over their shoulders then 4 more once back in India with their work being checked from here. Where I worked at the time we had other openings so no one directly lost their jobs because of this. The workers we got were generally overqualified for what they were asked to do and we paid them a fraction of what it would have cost to hire local staff. Think it turned out to be around $12000 per year per chartered accountant. That covered everything salary, overhead, insurance. Another benefit was that everything was now well documented and they constantly cross trained new employees to keep them from getting bored and to make sure we had replacments if someone over there quit.
Too bad it was posted by an AC or you could have rewarded the poster with a percentage of today's sales. If you send it to me instead I'll try to figure out who wrote it.
Voting with your wallet isn't that easy these days, because of the backlash against outsourcing, companies aren't exactly making big announcements that they're sending jobs to India.
Also, where do you draw the line? Do you not buy imported goods anymore because they weren't produced in the country you live? Seems like a big step in the wrong direction. Don't think they grow much coffee around these parts for example.
I think Western Europe's perception of crime in the US is a bit blown out of proportion. True, there are more deaths by gunshots here than in all of Europe combined, but take an average small town anywhere in the US and compare to one of similar population in any Western European country and I think the numbers won't be that far apart. I did just this for the town I live in and compared the crime stats to my parents' hometown in Sweden. Our towns' populations are within a few thousand, yet their crime stats were worse in almost every single category.
both in IM and online forums (thinking of none in particular). Of course being a devout spelling nazi myself I don't need one, but it would spare me from seeing others' mistakes.
inspired by the blockbuster movie Death Race 2000. Sylvester Stallone's finest performance till Spy Kids 3D finally put him on the map of superstardom.
The 2 main reasons why I don't like a flat sales tax.
1. People would barter for things even more than today to get around it.
2. Rich people would pay a lower percentage of their total earnings as tax while middle and lower income earners would pay a higher percentage of their earnings as tax (really, really poor people wouldn't pay much tax if they can only afford the basics).
The logic is that the gas stations all have to hire more people which supposedly benefits the economy by lowering unemployment. Not even gonna go in to a discussion if this is a valid argument or not, but that's the underlying plan.
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like in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, or United Arab Emirates for example
I was involved in managing an outsourcing project. Not in the computer industry either as it happens, it was back office accounting. The replacement workers spent 8 weeks or so on site here, 4 weeks documenting the living crap out of everything, 4 weeks doing the actual work with the soon to be replaced staff looking over their shoulders then 4 more once back in India with their work being checked from here.
Where I worked at the time we had other openings so no one directly lost their jobs because of this. The workers we got were generally overqualified for what they were asked to do and we paid them a fraction of what it would have cost to hire local staff. Think it turned out to be around $12000 per year per chartered accountant. That covered everything salary, overhead, insurance. Another benefit was that everything was now well documented and they constantly cross trained new employees to keep them from getting bored and to make sure we had replacments if someone over there quit.
I picked up a C64 the other week on eBay for $30. Now would probably be a good time to resell it.
thought it was Soda?
(50d4)
So glad I'm an alpha, the betas and below all believe subliminal messages aren't working.
Jeff Goldblum voice on: "Nature will find a way"
No need, it already comes from plants, Castor Beans. But hey, there's a new vaccine
April 1st isn't till the Thursday after next
quickly turn the glass upside down over your mouth
Too bad it was posted by an AC or you could have rewarded the poster with a percentage of today's sales. If you send it to me instead I'll try to figure out who wrote it.
Voting with your wallet isn't that easy these days, because of the backlash against outsourcing, companies aren't exactly making big announcements that they're sending jobs to India.
Also, where do you draw the line? Do you not buy imported goods anymore because they weren't produced in the country you live? Seems like a big step in the wrong direction. Don't think they grow much coffee around these parts for example.
I think Western Europe's perception of crime in the US is a bit blown out of proportion. True, there are more deaths by gunshots here than in all of Europe combined, but take an average small town anywhere in the US and compare to one of similar population in any Western European country and I think the numbers won't be that far apart. I did just this for the town I live in and compared the crime stats to my parents' hometown in Sweden. Our towns' populations are within a few thousand, yet their crime stats were worse in almost every single category.
if it can be expanded to parsel tongue, elvish, 1337, and klingon you could have something for this crowd.
both in IM and online forums (thinking of none in particular). Of course being a devout spelling nazi myself I don't need one, but it would spare me from seeing others' mistakes.
inspired by the blockbuster movie Death Race 2000.
Sylvester Stallone's finest performance till Spy Kids 3D finally put him on the map of superstardom.
How can you make sure some numbnut doesn't get rid of useful stuff?
1. People would barter for things even more than today to get around it.
2. Rich people would pay a lower percentage of their total earnings as tax while middle and lower income earners would pay a higher percentage of their earnings as tax (really, really poor people wouldn't pay much tax if they can only afford the basics).
The logic is that the gas stations all have to hire more people which supposedly benefits the economy by lowering unemployment. Not even gonna go in to a discussion if this is a valid argument or not, but that's the underlying plan.
Did you happen to see the little checkbox to the left of "Under 7 lb. (heaviest model)"?
Would you mind telling the class if it was checked?
Gollum would say Lexuses
I was wondering why I haven't seen the Coneheads on SNL lately.
It'll be at least a century before one of these things actually do anything useful.
You sound just like Paul from American Chopper every time that kid who paints for them comes in with a tank he just completed.
trying to find the minimize button before the boss pops in to my cube
not similar, but the same