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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:10 AM Original message |
Once a Dynamo, the Tech Sector Is Slow to Hire |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. And yet, we're still giving out green cards to tech workers. n/t |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Yep n/t |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. And lil Billy gates want to increase the number of them |
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Progressive_In_NC (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. who do not have the basic skills to do the job in the US |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
2. Where I was much of the work was being outsourced to cheaper labor |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Everyone is outsourcing using the economy as an excuse nt |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:34 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yep!!! It's a rush to the bottom for many of us in the US. n/t |
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izquierdista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. When lawyers and CEOs start getting outsourced |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:19 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I would love to see this happen, the tables turned on these guys ripping off the |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, off--shoring and out-sourcing have pretty much killed the tech sector |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 10:32 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. "If I buy a new car again it would be a Subaru or a Honda..." |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 07:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Yeah, and GM and Ford don't outsource |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 10:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Good point.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 08:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. LOL. Was his point about refusing to buy an American car a good one, too? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 09:57 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Obsess much? |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Maybe I'm missing something.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Nope. He's 100% pro "free trade" and a proud Toyota driver. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 08:32 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Oh.....I see.... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And YOU outsource cars/manufacturing jobs. Where do YOU have room to complain? |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 09:56 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Oh please. I don't out-source anything. Talk to US automakers if you don't like it |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. You're demanding protection for your job while celebrating "free trade" |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. whatever...you obviously have your agenda |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Yep. It's called "logical consistency"; look into it! |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Oh, it's called something, alright... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Your hypocrisy isn't something you can explain away with snark. nt |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-10 05:33 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. It's not snark. I was being polite. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. dupe. nt |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 11:06 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. yep, so it appears |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. I'd say it was the mercenary attitudes of American workers that did it. |
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mike r (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
9. Much of the 'tech' sector is based on: |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. you may want to read my ltte-mirrors a lot of what you said |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-08-10 09:57 AM Response to Original message |
22. The tech companies were greedy. |
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