LightChucker
Enlightened
Finally, I can report some good news in my life - I am not going to be outsourced to Elbonia! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/happy14.gif
You can read the details here.
In short:
I will be able to continue my career of 31 years in computer programming with my current company, "Universal Underwriters Group" (UUG). THANK GOD! I am not going to be outsourced to Elbonia.
At my age, and with the job market the way it has been, my outlook, and my attitude have not been good. With this and all my medical problems of late, Carol and I have had to cancel a lot of plans that we had made.
To be honest, all this has lead to some very "politically incorrect" thinking. I wish I could be ashamed, but...
A brief history of time:
Some of you remember my string of misfortune that started with the spontaneous detachment of the retina in my left eye. I had a total of 11 surgeries to try to save the vision in that eye. Each surgery left me with less-and-less vision, until there was nothing left but static. Then, in 2004 I had an "evisceration" and a follow-up surgery to replace it with a prosthetic (artificial eye).
Mixed in with the eye surgeries, there were many trips to the emergency room for various other things. Most notable were the 2 kidney stone surgeries. The first stone was pulled out of my right kidney through the "you-know-what". The second surgery, on my left kidney, was far worse. It required access through my back through 2 holes. Everything went well, and they sent me home after 3 days. But that wasn't the end of the story. At home, on the morning of the 4th day, my kidney had been bleeding internally so much that it filled my bladder with blood. The blood clotted, and that plugged my bladder. The bladder continued to fill with blood, but nothing could drain! I almost died.
The E/R had a motley crew that night, because they did not know which "Foley" to insert or how to insert it correctly. This caused me to suffer through 4 days of suicidal pain, agony, and bleeding. (The details of this are too long and gory to recount here.)
While all this was going on, "Zurich Financial Services", the world-wide corporation that owns UUG, announced they were going to outsource the IT departments (computer departments) of all the companies it owned. Apparently, they thought they could get the job done better and cheaper in Elbonia.
"UUG", is just one of dozens of companies held by Zurich. This was terrible news. It was going to affect many thousands of families world-wide; my family included. Most likely, at my age, it would mean the end of a lifetime career. With the cost of my medications and treatment, our future looked very bleak.
The good news!
After 2 years of living under this cloud, Zurich announced that UUG was being sold to H&F.
This means we are not going to be outsourced. It also means that I won't have to learn how to speak Gitchgotcha so I can teach an Elbonian how to do my job for 10 cents on the dollar.
God be praised!
(And I don't mean some god that is holding a freshly-picked-bugger between its thumb and finger, and is about to flick it at you. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nana.gif )
Chuck
You can read the details here.
In short:
I will be able to continue my career of 31 years in computer programming with my current company, "Universal Underwriters Group" (UUG). THANK GOD! I am not going to be outsourced to Elbonia.
At my age, and with the job market the way it has been, my outlook, and my attitude have not been good. With this and all my medical problems of late, Carol and I have had to cancel a lot of plans that we had made.
To be honest, all this has lead to some very "politically incorrect" thinking. I wish I could be ashamed, but...
A brief history of time:
Some of you remember my string of misfortune that started with the spontaneous detachment of the retina in my left eye. I had a total of 11 surgeries to try to save the vision in that eye. Each surgery left me with less-and-less vision, until there was nothing left but static. Then, in 2004 I had an "evisceration" and a follow-up surgery to replace it with a prosthetic (artificial eye).
Mixed in with the eye surgeries, there were many trips to the emergency room for various other things. Most notable were the 2 kidney stone surgeries. The first stone was pulled out of my right kidney through the "you-know-what". The second surgery, on my left kidney, was far worse. It required access through my back through 2 holes. Everything went well, and they sent me home after 3 days. But that wasn't the end of the story. At home, on the morning of the 4th day, my kidney had been bleeding internally so much that it filled my bladder with blood. The blood clotted, and that plugged my bladder. The bladder continued to fill with blood, but nothing could drain! I almost died.
The E/R had a motley crew that night, because they did not know which "Foley" to insert or how to insert it correctly. This caused me to suffer through 4 days of suicidal pain, agony, and bleeding. (The details of this are too long and gory to recount here.)
While all this was going on, "Zurich Financial Services", the world-wide corporation that owns UUG, announced they were going to outsource the IT departments (computer departments) of all the companies it owned. Apparently, they thought they could get the job done better and cheaper in Elbonia.
"UUG", is just one of dozens of companies held by Zurich. This was terrible news. It was going to affect many thousands of families world-wide; my family included. Most likely, at my age, it would mean the end of a lifetime career. With the cost of my medications and treatment, our future looked very bleak.
The good news!
After 2 years of living under this cloud, Zurich announced that UUG was being sold to H&F.
This means we are not going to be outsourced. It also means that I won't have to learn how to speak Gitchgotcha so I can teach an Elbonian how to do my job for 10 cents on the dollar.
God be praised!
(And I don't mean some god that is holding a freshly-picked-bugger between its thumb and finger, and is about to flick it at you. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crackup.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nana.gif )
Chuck
