[lbo-talk] Mordor Doesn't Compute

[joanna bujes]

Interesting. Tuesday they laid off another 3% of software at the major 
computer co. for which I work. (Sol) Today at the engineering staff 
meeting I attended, the chief engineer remarked to one of the engineers 
from India, that "hey, at least if you guys get laid off, you can go 
back home to a hopping job market." The Indian engineer mustered a very 
muffled response. He didn't sound overjoyed at the prospect.

I'm sure this varies with person and locale, but I wonder how many 
engineers would prefer to go back home? I have never been to India and 
do not know how it compares to the U.S. It must be more civilized. It 
can hardly be less.

Joanna

Sujeet Bhatt wrote:


>On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 20:46:23 -0600, Eubulides
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>>I read it; all to the good for India. However, it is budget battle season in
>>the US Congress and the scare-the-crap-out-of-them strategy is in full force
>>in the fight for $s. Lots of Federal departments and trade associations [who
>>like to socialize the risks/costs and 'privatize' the gains from R&D] have
>>taken the Pentagon's strategy [which is to a large extent the US' industrial
>>policy] to heart..............
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>Thanks for the cautionary note! The return-to-India phenomenon has
>been noticeable for quite some time, though. There are even web sites
>devoted to it: check out www.return2india.com, for example.
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