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Tech support laid off after training Indian workers - bringing up from below

Posted: Nov 12, 2012

Saw this way down the list of posts under Client Support:

Client support - Associate

Posted: Nov 12th, 2012 - 12:30 pm In Reply to: IT Support...India....UNBELIEVEABLE!!!!!!!! - chipssis

Well, the reason for this is that they made us train the techs in India and we just got a call that most of the US techs have been laid off.

tech support - disgusted

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I hope MModal gets BLASTED tomorrow at the town meeting with hard hitting questions. I know they pick and choose, but someone needs to blindside them and tell them how we REALLY feel! This is a disgrace. If they are so eager to give work to India, then maybe they sure just move there too and give us management who cares about the USA!

They should MOVE to - Digusted as well

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India if they love using Indian workers so much. It's one of the filthiest countries on Earth.

good time for this reminder - if you lose your job because of foreign trade

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If you lost your job because of increased foreign imports or shifts in production to foreign countries, you may be eligible for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). You should ask your local Workforce Solutions office staff about eligibility for TAA as soon as possible because there are time limits on eligibility, training, and benefits. TAA benefits may include retraining, Health Coverage Tax Credit (HCTC), job search and relocation allowances, and weekly benefits called a Trade Readjustment Allowance (TRA). If eligible, you may request TRA benefit payments only after you receive all of your regular unemployment insurance benefits in a benefit year.

And that is the gift they got from MM Santa. - nm

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No its a gift from Obama santa - sm

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if you look at the current layoffs from all employers, you can see the pattern...Its simply cheaper to ship the work overseas HIPAA be damned.

How is something that has been happening for a decade Obama's fault? Get a grip. NM - anon

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Obama tried to stop offshoring - your Republican friends kept it in effect

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put the blame where it belongs.

He didn't try very hard ... - anonnew

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During 2008-2010 Congress when he and the Democrats had control of Congress why didn't he do anything? Apparently, it was not a very high priority.

Funny, looks like he did - tired of politics and blame

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Everyone seems to think that the person holding the presidential office position says what will or will not happen. People forget that though they would like to see certain things happen....it doesn't always go their way. For example: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/28/gop-blocks-democrats-jobs-outsourcing-bill/

exactly - nm

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nm

Common sense - sm

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If you know how businesses and how the gvt works you would understand..Obama has put in MORE gvt regulations to reatrict business, research it...Thus a bunch of companies, probably this one included, were holding on till the election to see what happened..the tax code is not friendly in the United States anymore, and in our case, they can make up the difference by cheap labor overseas. And Obama did not do anything to stop shipping jobs overseas research dont look at his campaign commercials, they are all lies

if they have to offshore - they should pay a penalty

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what's to stop all American jobs going overseas? This has nothing to do with commercial ads.

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