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Offline scootrd

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Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« on: July 02, 2012, 01:43:03 PM »
Well Friday was my last day . My job was outsourced overseas. I finished training my replacements. It's going to take 3 overseas people to replace my American Job. One in Budapest, one in Malaysia, and one in India. (but somehow this saves the company monies???) talk about  cheap labor and benefits I guess. But hey My manager saved her Job!!!!!! and threw the rest of us U.S. workers under the bus.

Anyway , I probably wont be on for a while as I have to turn my computer in tomorrow and cannot afford another at the moment.
I've enjoyed the debates and learned alot . even from those whose opinions differed from mine. I'm going to miss some of the spirited discussions. I hope you all hold true to your convictions on both sides as open dialogue is important.

Well at least I will have time to sight my 7mm-08 in and try different loads.

Hopefully I will be back in a few months once I find a new Job.

Peace to all ,


Don't get too high on a bottle,
 just a little sip every now and then,
 fight your fights,
 find your grace,
 and all the things that you can't change
 and help somebody if you can,
 and get right with the man

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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2012, 01:50:37 PM »
scootrd
 
Sorry to hear that , so much for the job market getting better , if you get a chance drop by your local Library , most have computers to use , their great a great tool to look for jobs too .
 
Don't overlook Craig's List as well as other sites of that type , I know several people that have gotten jobs that way , and you can even keep your clothes on .  ::) ;D
 
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2012, 12:44:28 AM »
Sorry to hear that bud.

If nothing else a little shooting time will clear your head.  My reccomendation is to take a week off and simply relax.  Then hit the job hunt as if it were a real job you go to everyday.  A worker like you will land a job pretty quick.  Good luck and god bless.
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2012, 04:38:18 AM »
sorry to hear it .. .hang in there... just coming out of a long dry period here.
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2012, 06:25:30 AM »
Your   a   better   man   than   me  .  Training    your   replacements  that   is. 
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2012, 08:53:54 AM »
Quote from: mcbammer on July 03, 2012, 06:25:30 AM
Your   a   better   man   than   me  .  Training    your   replacements  that   is.
 

You said it !!
 
Have done so myself until I found out why I was training someone else.
 
 After that I went Union not because I liked the politics, I actually hate them but for the job security that senority provides.
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2012, 12:36:26 PM »
I'll miss your good posts, hopefully you'll be back soon.

They tried to outsource my job to India not too long ago. They even had me working with the Indians, luckily they were a dismal failure. Hopefully you'll find another job soon.
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2012, 02:33:51 PM »
Scootrd,

What type of work do you do?   Many companies in Jacksonville are hiring right now.   PM me some info and I will help you try to find something, if you are open to the idea.

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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #8 on: July 05, 2012, 02:31:20 AM »
Quote from: TM7 on July 03, 2012, 02:56:32 AM
Bye Scoot...keep the faith......always darkest before the storm. BTW, you will need a computor for a job search and such.  Wally world has cheap e-machines for around $300, windows 7, but no MS Office...might be worth the investment and a tax deduction for job searching.
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For anyone who doesn't know it, you can download for free, Open Office from Sun Micro Systems.  It does all the same stuff, but it is absolutely free.  I've been using it for years.  The latest version is OpenOffice.org 3.4.  The good thing is that it opens MS Office documents, which is I guess, why they call it open office.
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Re: Job Outsourced - Goodbye for a while
« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2012, 03:29:06 AM »
I dont know what your cell phone situation is but I saved over $50 bucks a month by ditching my Verizon contract and going to a pre-pay phone. My Verizon contract was only for unlimited talk and text but my pre-pay has 300 minutes a month talk, unlimited text and unlimited internet. The down side is you have to buy a phone up front but I looked around and found a internet capable phone on sale for $55 bucks. Its not a fancy phone and you will never see a flashy commercial for it but it works. The phone paid for itsself in the first month of not having a contract. If I cant afford to pay the cell phone bill I just dont pay it until I can afford it and I dont have to pay a late fee. Downside is you lose your number but to me its better than a bunch of late fees. I also killed my landline and got one of those magic jack things. Again downside is you have to buy something up front but I only pay $20 bucks a year for phone and instead of $29 bucks a month for landline. This allowed me to keep my internet on because I have to have access to a "real" computer for some of the classes I am taking.
 
I wish you the best.
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