Ed, I think there will be a shortage when/if the dinos like us retire.. A lot of 'younger' guys and gals don't want to learn z/OS or any of it's components.
Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304 [m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 12:14 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mainframe Jobs Considered Recession Proof --- On Wed, 11/12/08, Anton Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Anton Britz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Mainframe Jobs Considered Recession Proof > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2008, 5:24 PM > Hi, > > Depends where and for who, I suppose ? > > I am not so sure this statement applies to the following : > > a) The banking/Investment sector > b) The Car industry > c) American Express > d) The Retail sector > e) EDS/HP > f) The Re-insurance business... AIG/GENRE > g) The unknown sector that received $2 trillion of > emergency loans from > American taxpayers .. Still to be named. > h) The Newspaper/Cable business > i) The Airline business > > Who is "still standing" ? > > a) Oil Companies .. but they outsourced long before they > where making 1 > Billion dollars a day. Had friends that where layed off in > Houston.. Consultants > and permanent employees > b) Drug companies.. did not see them ask for "bail > out" money yet but I did > see lots of new VIAGRA adverts on the local Tv channels > c) Boeing.. Saw a TV advert they made, praising all the > veteran's a day a'go > because they need Military spending to increase. > d) Military spending in Phoenix, AZ.. How much of the > budget is going to AZ ? > > Anton > Anton: I honestly do not not remember the year but it was in the early 90's. I think it was called Black Tuesday in the markets. Our VP managed to force a performance person to be laid off. Yes he was the top dollar earner in the area (and he was not an officer) but the short sighted VP did do it. I was unhappy to see the guy guy go as now the other people (including me) would have to do his duties. The company I worked for was a clearing house for options. There were other dates that trading fell to a low and other people were laid off as well. The damage the VP managed to do the company has never recovered from and now the basically threaten their employees to pick up others jobs, if not they are laid off as well. Needless to say what once was a nice company to work for has gone down in flames. The reputation they had has disappeared and no good people will come within a mile of them. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
