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Cost problem lacks bumper sticker solution: Cost problem lacks bumper sticker solutionThe problem isn't with the weath of Americans!What a crock of shyte! No the problem is multi-fold.1. Corporate greed is preventing solid reliable AND affordable health care for Americans.2. Lack of political fortitude to break the stranglehold on the American worker by corporate greed.3. Lack...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Insurance, American Worker, Medicare, Corporate Greed, health care; Discussion threads 2007-11-26
Wipro chief sees rise in Indian R&D: Wipro chief sees rise in Indian R&DI don't think so....I am am IT manager at a fortune 50 company who has been working with folks from India both here on H2s and located in India. While off-shoring has its place, R&D is not one of them, at not in the...; Tags: Research & Development, Outsourcing, Indian R&D, American Worker, Wipro Technologies, R&D; Discussion threads 2006-05-16
India faces offshore IT skills crisis by 2010: India faces offshore IT skills crisis by 2010Welcome IndiaTime to join the rest of the western world. If your going to take our money and our jobs, this is the price you pay.2010 is a long time away.And why should I care about India?Does this mean jobs will come back...; Tags: Outsourcing, Strategy, Indian School, American IT worker, American Worker, information technology, salary; Discussion threads 2005-12-14
H-1B visas may grow by half: H-1B visas may grow by halfWhere the heck are all these jobs needing these H-1B visa holders?Pre-DotCom bust, I used to see two, maybe even three, pages of shops needing computer nerds in the Sunday classifieds. Today, it is a really big week if I see two or three...; Tags: Average Joe, U.S. Congress, H-1B, American Worker, worker, H-1B visa, job; Discussion threads 2005-10-21
American workers: Lazy or creative?: American workers: Lazy or creative?I wasted time at work reading this article.Oh the Irony.Next....Officespace was correct"The average worker admits to frittering away 2.09 hours per day,"More like the average disempowered IT worker works for 2.09 hours per week, the rest of the time he's waiting on somebody else to do...; Tags: Games, American Worker, game, worker; Discussion threads 2005-09-06

New H-1B visas still available: New H-1B visas still availableWhy bring them over here?Just hire them where they live.draw your own conclusions.The 20,000 additional visa's require a Master's degree. The base 65,000 are without any prerequisites. Many times even software professionals without undergraduate degree's in Computer Science get the visa's. You can draw...; Tags: Benefits, American Worker, salary, H1-B Visas, H-1B; Discussion threads 2005-07-12
Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifference: Outsourcing backlash replaced with indifferenceOutsourcing BacklashNo Backlash? True as that may seem perhaps you should investigate the problem more. Why did IBM sell off its personal computer lines to a Chinese company that they have a 17% interest in? IBM must think that they have the holy...; Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., outsourcing, job, American Worker, Chinese company, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2005-03-03
Competition grows for global offshoring: Competition grows for global offshoringHow about In-Shoring...How about In-Shoring and giving the people of this country jobs back. Screw the ret of other countries they had their chance, stop putting dowm the American worker.Its impossible to compete...How can the average American living in a country which requires well over...; Tags: Outsourcing, Leadership, Free trade, Branding, American Public, American Worker, offshoring; Discussion threads 2005-02-11
Offshoring: Out of sight, out of mind?: Offshoring: Out of sight, out of mind?What to do?First, blogs bite and I wouldn't waste my time.But to your question of what to do. It seems to me that you and the rest of the press can't seem to grasp is that it isn't simply the cost of labor....; Tags: Outsourcing, offshoring, American Worker, job; Discussion threads 2004-11-05
Study: 400,000 IT jobs lost since 2001: Study: 400,000 IT jobs lost since 2001The number is probably MUCH higherSince the study "is limited to companies in the technology industry, such as Internet service providers and software publishers" it fails to take into consideration the IT staff that were suspended at all the other non-tech industry businesses. What...; Tags: H-1B, American Worker, IT-staff, information technology; Discussion threads 2004-09-14
Net threat overstated, says security researcher: Net threat overstated, says security researcherSome Threat!There are so many threats bouncing around in cyberspace and so many chicken littles announcing the sky is falling that most large companies are overlooking a serious threat to their existance. Since there have been so many American workers thrown to the dogs...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, security, American Worker, Internet; Discussion threads 2004-04-21
Big Blue takes on role of TV repair shop: Big Blue takes on role of TV repair shopImagine thatIBM is a real threat to American IT workers. They are no competing with the little guys to provide IT services and once the deal is struck farm out the services as soon as they can to foreign lands. ...; Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, IBM Corp., TV, American Worker; Discussion threads 2004-04-14
Tech execs look to expand--outside U.S.: Tech execs look to expand--outside U.S.Protectionism TrendWe are already seeing this becoming an issue in the upcoming Presidential election. The two likely general election candidates are in favor of overseas outsourcing (although one says he isn't while several of his chief fundraisers are outsourcing consultants and his wife's company outsources...; Tags: H-1B, Investment, free trade, Right Now IT, worker, Microsoft Corp., American Worker, Xerox Corp., outsourcing, election year; Discussion threads 2004-02-27
Federal bill targets offshore labor: Federal bill targets offshore laborThat's because of unions"Although much of the work heading overseas has been in white-collar categories--such as engineering and software design work moved to cheaper locations such as India and the Philippines-- the Democratic candidates have tended to focus on manufacturing jobs."Manufacturing jobs tend to be unionized,...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Recruitment & Selection, Outsourcing, Leadership, Ventura County California, flat tax, tax, job, American Worker, Wachovia Corp.; Discussion threads 2004-02-20
IT industry watches Iowa: IT industry watches IowaViews on MS even more important..I am watching the race as well, looking for clues that any of these candidates truly understands the importance of Microsoft technologies in today's modern age. Some quotes I found to be quite disturbing from some of the candidates, especially around reversing...; Tags: Outsourcing, Diebold Inc., ITAA, American Worker, tech industry, IT industry; Discussion threads 2004-01-19
Firms should be cleaning the desktop: Firms should be cleaning the desktopGartner might add exploit americaThere are a number of American companies posting pictures of firefighters on their websites..saying they commited to the american dream yet take every opportunity they get to lay off American workers and replace them with sweatshop workers overseas. This exposes their...; Tags: Desktops, Strategy, American Worker, Gartner Inc., desktop; Discussion threads 2003-11-07

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Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blasts: Offshore outsourcers likely to beef up security following Bangalore blastsSome tech union......somewhere in the U.S. is probably cheering. While I hope noone was hurt, nor condone illegal and harmful tactics, I certainly lift a glass in support of retaining American tech jobs here in the U.S.RE: Offshore outsourcers likely...; Tags: Outsourcing, Offshore outsourcer, outsourcing company, security; Discussion threads 2008-07-25
What paper trail?: I've been carting around my latest sheaf of press releases about the green-ness of electronic document technology for weeks now. Yes, as I've blogged before, I am still one of those people who can't help printing out certain emails in order to act on them. Yes, it's bad, I know....; Tags: Xerox Corp., Paper Trail, Survey, Printers, Data Centers, Marketing Research, Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, Data Management, Marketing, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Ready for real Indian medicine?: Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUs: Users gravitating to lower-priced Office SKUsIt's not surprising.The increased cost of the premium Office doesn't provide much that corporations need. Also, as linked, Vista Home Basic is not viable either, so they must, if they go Vista, get the premium product.I do think a clarification is needed. [B]He...; Tags: Elop, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office 2007; Discussion threads 2008-07-24