FUCK YOU ----- Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 6:08 PM
> You have my commiserations, Bob. This is probably the worst period that I > have seen since I set up my company in 1983 and I am doing better than a lot > of others than I know. > > A few months ago I had a project involving components from Analog Devices. > When I sought support about some problems that I was having, I discovered > that they had laid off the only engineer who could answer my questions - > they had to bring him back as a contractor for a short period to help me > out. > > I am also getting a lot of flak from design companies in India who are > offering design services for as little as $US10 per man-hour. I gather that > a lot of US companies are being seduced by this low rate and are laying off > their own engineers in favour of "low cost" outsourcing. Actually the "low > cost" is not as low as would first appear. I asked one of the Indian > companies to give me an estimate on a project that we had completed in 6 > months using a team of 2 engineers. Their solution involved a team of 6 > engineers, 2 team leaders and a project manager with a development period of > 12 months. In this case the "low cost" solution turned out to be about > $US100K more expensive than mine. > > Llew Griffiths > ________________________________ > Llew Griffiths & Associates Pty Limited > Embedded Controller Design Consultants > Melbourne, Australia > http://www.llga.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:root@;fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Bob Paddock > > Sent: Sunday, 20 October 2002 06:18 > > To: Multiple recipients of list CHIPDIR-L > > Subject: Re: test or ping > > > > Forty people (23% of the company) were laid off at the company I > > worked for Tuesday. I was one of the 40 people. Anyone need someone with > > design and programming skills? I'm about 90 miles north of Pittsburgh PA. > > > > -- > Author: Llewellyn Griffiths > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in > the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L > (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may > also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.394 / Virus Database: 224 - Release Date: 10/3/02 -- Author: dmc INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB CHIPDIR-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
