Casual Friday - Corporate Hell Thread

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

I looked over to see a co-worker's head hit the table in frustration. I threw my pencil across the room, knowing that my contract position was guaranteed to be eliminated. Those that lost their jobs were in for a world of hurt while those that were retained by the company were going to be completely swamped by a mountain of work.

That was the day I changed. From then, on, I knew I could never treat a job at a major corporation seriously ever again.

Modern American companies cannot be trusted any further than you can throw their corp grounds over your shoulder.

If you are a contractor you are also eligible to end the contract and to move on to another one.

If they are laying people off and your work increases, you have options. As a contractor there are times that they are perfectly willing to give you a bit more because you are contractor, ie overtime even for engineers.

It's not romance, it's engineering.

Don't get comfortable in the US in an engineering job. Ninely percent of the world's engineering will be done in Asia by 2020. Know the trends and where you fit in.