No, no, no, the Americans are not threatened. First, get rid of all those
H1Bs. Only after, you need to consider laying off Americans.

Christian

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> Envoyé : jeudi 20 novembre 2003 13:25
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> Objet : [HP3000-L] FW: [HP3000-L] High-tech jobs dwindle by 12%
>
>
> So do we need to go offshore too if we want a job?  Are there
> going to be
> tech jobs in Tahiti?
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: leslie [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2003 12:48 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] High-tech jobs dwindle by 12%
>
>
>  Tom Brandt ([log in to unmask]) wrote:
> :  From the NY Times:
> : ==================================================================
> :
> :
> : High - Tech Jobs Dwindle by 12 Percent
> :
> : November 19, 2003
> :   By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
> :
> : Filed at 12:19 a.m. ET
> :
> : SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- About 12 percent of the nation's
> : high-tech jobs have evaporated during the past two years,
> : but the meltdown appears to be in its final stages,
> : according to an industry report to be released Wednesday.
> :
> : After wiping out 540,000 jobs in 2002, high-tech employers
> : are on pace to lay off another 234,000 workers this year,
> : based on figures compiled by the AeA, a trade group
> : formerly known as the American Electronics Association.
> :
>
> IT offshoring is expected to accelerate from 8% to 55% in 2008:
>
>    http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/career/article.php/3110511
>    Offshoring of IT Jobs Expected to Accelerate
>
>   "...Today, approximately 8 percent of IT work is
> outsourced, according
>    to Gordon Brooks, president and CEO of E5 Systems, Inc., an IT
>    outsourcing company based in Waltham, Mass. In five years,
> that number
>    will have exploded to 55 percent.
>
>    Forrester Research predicts that $136 billion in wages, or
> 3.3 million
>    jobs, will move offshore in the next 15 years.
>
>    Most of the analysts speaking at CDExpo say that number,
> as large as
>    it sounds, might be wishful thinking. The actual numbers
> will be much
>    higher..."
>
>
>
> --Jerry Leslie
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