Comments on: Does the World Owe You a Living? And Should It? http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/ bly.com direct marketing blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:58:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Anonymous http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-649125 Anonymous Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:20:33 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-649125 <strong>Slave Dominate...</strong> ... Slave Dominate…

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]]> By: rem http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-565558 rem Sun, 14 Oct 2007 18:46:54 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-565558 I think it's the other way around, the man becomes what he expects not what he deserves. I think it’s the other way around, the man becomes what he expects not what he deserves.

]]> By: Paul Brown http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-398168 Paul Brown Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:23:14 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-398168 It's called progress, or evolution. There are still jobs out there, they're just in a different sector. Life is about growth, not stagnation. People are adaptable, they need to retrain, learn new skills. If they choose not to, that is nobodies fault but their own. Over protection of existing jobs just delays the inevitable. It’s called progress, or evolution. There are still jobs out there, they’re just in a different sector.
Life is about growth, not stagnation. People are adaptable, they need to retrain, learn new skills. If they choose not to, that is nobodies fault but their own.
Over protection of existing jobs just delays the inevitable.

]]> By: lucy http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-7569 lucy Sat, 23 Jul 2005 01:41:36 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-7569 Laziness and greed of employees is also a reason for lost jobs in America. Big unions have cut their own throats and the throats of their willing or unwilling participants. Its not a new story how a whole days work and thousands of dollars of profit are stalled because the person who moves the product from one side of the warehouse to the other was out and no one else was allowed to do it because of union rules. Some assembly workers makes $110,000 a year hording piece work. They have no true skills or at least no skills recognized any where else. They pay no copay for full health benefits and will enjoy full wage retirement. When the plant closes because it's not profitable.....the person is completely unemployable for 2 reasons. He has absolutely no transferable skills and he's spoiled rotten. Many jobs are leaving America because ...some Americans coasted and lost thousands of jobs for the next generation and a big tax base for their cities. Laziness and greed of employees is also a reason for lost jobs in America. Big unions have cut their own throats and the throats of their willing or unwilling participants. Its not a new story how a whole days work and thousands of dollars of profit are stalled because the person who moves the product from one side of the warehouse to the other was out and no one else was allowed to do it because of union rules. Some assembly workers makes $110,000 a year hording piece work. They have no true skills or at least no skills recognized any where else. They pay no copay for full health benefits and will enjoy full wage retirement. When the plant closes because it’s not profitable…..the person is completely unemployable for 2 reasons. He has absolutely no transferable skills and he’s spoiled rotten. Many jobs are leaving America because …some Americans coasted and lost thousands of jobs for the next generation and a big tax base for their cities.

]]> By: Stephan Miller http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1844 Stephan Miller Thu, 09 Jun 2005 03:37:27 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1844 A few years back I was going to get a degree in computer science. I am glad I opted out then. Since then I have taught myself what I needed to know and tackled affiliate marketing, among other things. Looking at the industry now, I think I can make more money on my own than by working for some company that will just fire me to outsource to India. For a while, I tried freelancing online. It never failed. As soon as I thought I had a bid, someone from India bid below what I would to work at McDonalds. I don't know where this will go, but this administration opened up the floodgates for overseas jobs. Without a reason to get a tech job, i.e. high pay, why would someone go to college for it. And without anyone going to school for computer science, where will all the innovations in tech come from. Countries like India. A few years back I was going to get a degree in computer science. I am glad I opted out then. Since then I have taught myself what I needed to know and tackled affiliate marketing, among other things.
Looking at the industry now, I think I can make more money on my own than by working for some company that will just fire me to outsource to India.
For a while, I tried freelancing online. It never failed. As soon as I thought I had a bid, someone from India bid below what I would to work at McDonalds.
I don’t know where this will go, but this administration opened up the floodgates for overseas jobs. Without a reason to get a tech job, i.e. high pay, why would someone go to college for it. And without anyone going to school for computer science, where will all the innovations in tech come from. Countries like India.

]]> By: zapseo http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1686 zapseo Tue, 07 Jun 2005 05:27:17 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1686 When various industries have been threatened, we have imposed tariffs. I guess it must be that they were industries, not employees. Too bad the government doesn't place a tariff on outsourced employees When various industries have been threatened, we have imposed tariffs. I guess it must be that they were industries, not employees. Too bad the government doesn’t place a tariff on outsourced employees

]]> By: Apryl Parcher http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1398 Apryl Parcher Wed, 18 May 2005 23:14:11 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1398 I agree with Greg's comment; the business world does not owe us a decent living. It's up to us to develop a skill set that we can market, and if trends such as outsourcing in a global economy threaten that particular field, you've got to be savvy and flexible enough to re-tool and move on. That's the facts of life in a shrinking world, folks...get over it. We in the U.S. enjoy a lifestyle of independence and easy living BECAUSE of the freedom we enjoy as entrepreneurs to innovate and build a better mousetrap. Lose sight of that, and we might as well start trading in Euros. We've got to be hungry enough to innovate, push the envelope...strive for bigger and better solutions. Complacency and the desire to have Uncle Sam or Big Corporate Joe provide us with job, healthcare, housing, etc., is the beginning of the end. Corporate greed isn't what will kill the economy; individual languor will. I agree with Greg’s comment; the business world does not owe us a decent living. It’s up to us to develop a skill set that we can market, and if trends such as outsourcing in a global economy threaten that particular field, you’ve got to be savvy and flexible enough to re-tool and move on. That’s the facts of life in a shrinking world, folks…get over it. We in the U.S. enjoy a lifestyle of independence and easy living BECAUSE of the freedom we enjoy as entrepreneurs to innovate and build a better mousetrap. Lose sight of that, and we might as well start trading in Euros. We’ve got to be hungry enough to innovate, push the envelope…strive for bigger and better solutions. Complacency and the desire to have Uncle Sam or Big Corporate Joe provide us with job, healthcare, housing, etc., is the beginning of the end. Corporate greed isn’t what will kill the economy; individual languor will.

]]> By: edward http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1382 edward Fri, 13 May 2005 06:45:19 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1382 It's all about the allmight dollar for companies here in the U.S. And when they realize their precious companies are in danger, they sell out, i.e. Enron. Greed is the factor that is destroying not only jobs in the U.S. but hope as well. And for those who say it's completely about what the individual can do, I quote a wise man who said; "One man is no man." It’s all about the allmight dollar for companies here in the U.S. And when they realize their precious companies are in danger, they sell out, i.e. Enron.

Greed is the factor that is destroying not only jobs in the U.S. but hope as well. And for those who say it’s completely about what the individual can do, I quote a wise man who said; “One man is no man.”

]]> By: Greg http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1380 Greg Fri, 13 May 2005 02:40:56 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1380 I agree that no one owes Bob anything. Bob owes it to himself to put himself in a financially valued position if he hopes to hang onto a job. If he does not directly and positively impact revenue and profit his job is in jeopardy. Companies have long since stopped being loyal to good employees. We've seen workers changing jobs every two years, so they have no loyalty either. The more jobs we place in the hands of foreign countries the more we open ourselves to a different type of terrorist. This terrorist will be very powerful and be funded by American dollars. This terrorist is denial. My last experience with a support person was terrible. There was a language and cultural barrier that could not be avoided. It was power proof of the old adage, "You get what you pay for!" I will let my support contract lapse and then seek a local support company. It is the time for the small entreprenuer. Start you own business and do a better job for a reasonable fee. I speak from experience. My job, after 24 years, is being done by someone in Germany and for 1/3 of what I was making. The company I was loyal to for all those years had been number two in the industry. Now, they aren't even on the map. I agree that no one owes Bob anything. Bob owes it to himself to put himself in a financially valued position if he hopes to hang onto a job. If he does not directly and positively impact revenue and profit his job is in jeopardy. Companies have long since stopped being loyal to good employees. We’ve seen workers changing jobs every two years, so they have no loyalty either. The more jobs we place in the hands of foreign countries the more we open ourselves to a different type of terrorist. This terrorist will be very powerful and be funded by American dollars. This terrorist is denial. My last experience with a support person was terrible. There was a language and cultural barrier that could not be avoided. It was power proof of the old adage, “You get what you pay for!” I will let my support contract lapse and then seek a local support company. It is the time for the small entreprenuer. Start you own business and do a better job for a reasonable fee. I speak from experience. My job, after 24 years, is being done by someone in Germany and for 1/3 of what I was making. The company I was loyal to for all those years had been number two in the industry. Now, they aren’t even on the map.

]]> By: Janet McAuliffe http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1360 Janet McAuliffe Thu, 12 May 2005 22:44:10 +0000 http://bly.com/blog/general/does-the-world-owe-you-a-living-and-should-it/#comment-1360 Employers don't have as stong an obligation to their employees as they have to their shareholders. However, this situation may just present a marketing challenge ie. many U.S. customers do not *want* to speak to someone in India when they need Customer Service, they want an "American" who speaks with no accent and who follows the same cultural norms as they do (particularly with financial and or IT businesses). A Savvy marketer can turn "all U.S. based Customer Support" into a benefit and charge accordingly. There should be a market for this benefit if it is priced right and marketed correctly as well Employers don’t have as stong an obligation to their employees as they have to their shareholders. However, this situation may just present a marketing challenge ie. many U.S. customers do not *want* to speak to someone in India when they need Customer Service, they want an “American” who speaks with no accent and who follows the same cultural norms as they do (particularly with financial and or IT businesses). A Savvy marketer can turn “all U.S. based Customer Support” into a benefit and charge accordingly. There should be a market for this benefit if it is priced right and marketed correctly as well

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