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Important - Your True Job Status

Wilson

2003-07-11, 12:24 pm

One major mistake that many people are making these days is how they view
themselves in relation to their employer. About all that I talk to feel that
as an employee of a given company there are an integral part and have a long
term relationship. As with a long term relationship like marriage the
typical ups and downs are to be expected and corrected. But that is not the
case as you will discover.

The truth is with the current job market, the typical employer has the
status and longevity of a outside vendor to the company. Let's say that
vendor A has been repairing copy machines at the company for years and then
company B offers to do it for less money. Vendor A will lose the contract so
that the company can save money with vendor B.

The same applies to employees. If you are a network admin who was never
touched by all the post 9/11 turmoil, you might think that you are safe. The
threat to your job is that there are a lot more better qualified people in
the job market who would be delighted to have your position for a lot less
money. Therefore, you lose and out the door you go. Or, rather than simply
replace your positions, many companies are combining multiple
responsibilities into a new single position and hiring someone to fill that
role until they burn out from being overworked. Then, they are replaced.

I've seen it happen many times. I have watched as hard working dedicated
employees were tossed aside so that a company can try a new more inexpensive
solution. I've watched careers that were over twenty years old end with a
simple decision to save some money. Loyalty means nothing when compared to
the bottom line.

So don't think of yourself as an employee with a long term relationship. You
're only the current bidder with the lowest cost they can find. As soon as
another source can be found that can replace you with a lower cost the
company you work for will replace you.

Many people have defended there job security with comments that 'nobody can
do this as well as I can' or 'I'm friends with someone in HR'. These are
people in denial and the hour of their termination approaches. Some feel
that they are secure with the experience they have. I've seen many
experienced network techs replaced by total novices so the company can save
money.

If you are in IT, chances are good that will you be losing your job by the
end of this year to someone offshore or to someone who is willing to do your
work for a lot less money.

GR8 CADMAN

2003-07-13, 6:25 pm

>If you are in IT, chances are good that will you be losing your job by the
>end of this year to someone offshore or to someone who is willing to do your
>work for a lot less money.

Hell Wilson, if you say it it must be true.

Why don't we all just quit IT and take up yak farming?

******
Justice will be served and the battle will rage,
This big dog will fight when you rattle its cage,
You'll be sorry that you messed with the US of A
'Cause we'll put a boot in your XXX its the American way"

The Angry American

Yossarian

2003-07-27, 12:25 am

"Wilson" <wilson@noemailforme.org> wrote in message
news:nIAPa.83$pO5.15@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com...
> One major mistake that many people are making these days is how they view
> themselves in relation to their employer. About all that I talk to feel
that
> as an employee of a given company there are an integral part and have a
long
> term relationship. As with a long term relationship like marriage the
> typical ups and downs are to be expected and corrected. But that is not
the
> case as you will discover.
>
>
>
> The truth is with the current job market, the typical employer has the
> status and longevity of a outside vendor to the company. Let's say that
> vendor A has been repairing copy machines at the company for years and
then
> company B offers to do it for less money. Vendor A will lose the contract
so
> that the company can save money with vendor B.
>
>
>
> The same applies to employees. If you are a network admin who was never
> touched by all the post 9/11 turmoil, you might think that you are safe.
The
> threat to your job is that there are a lot more better qualified people in
> the job market who would be delighted to have your position for a lot less
> money. Therefore, you lose and out the door you go. Or, rather than simply
> replace your positions, many companies are combining multiple
> responsibilities into a new single position and hiring someone to fill
that
> role until they burn out from being overworked. Then, they are replaced.
>
>
>
> I've seen it happen many times. I have watched as hard working dedicated
> employees were tossed aside so that a company can try a new more
inexpensive
> solution. I've watched careers that were over twenty years old end with a
> simple decision to save some money. Loyalty means nothing when compared to
> the bottom line.
>
>
>
> So don't think of yourself as an employee with a long term relationship.
You
> 're only the current bidder with the lowest cost they can find. As soon as
> another source can be found that can replace you with a lower cost the
> company you work for will replace you.
>
>
>
> Many people have defended there job security with comments that 'nobody
can
> do this as well as I can' or 'I'm friends with someone in HR'. These are
> people in denial and the hour of their termination approaches. Some feel
> that they are secure with the experience they have. I've seen many
> experienced network techs replaced by total novices so the company can
save
> money.
>
>
>
> If you are in IT, chances are good that will you be losing your job by the
> end of this year to someone offshore or to someone who is willing to do
your
> work for a lot less money.
>
>
>

How easy is it to do remote admin work in India using MS terminal services
to manage an American network? Also won't a good many networks be augmented
in India as profesional staffs of all sorts are laid off in the States?
This would shrink LAN network service demand in the States, given this
scenario.

Yossarian

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