I have never understood what the reasoning (legal or otherwise is) that keeps companies from saying, "Well, we can keep you on staff, but your pay will have to be lowered to $xxxx and your vacation time will need to be cut completely. Are you willing?"

They seem to always just fire people who are paid more than they are willing to disburse.

Job requirements: Must speak Bangla. Must be able to count to 10.

*IF* anyone bothers to file.

If you're looking for work and possibly even trying to maintain unemployment checks every couple of weeks, you probably don't have the money OR TIME to risk filing suit and losing. You have to have a lot of facts, hard data, etc before you can. If your unemployment has expired and you can't get any more, AND you still have someplace to live, AND communication mediums, you may be able to do all of this research to ensure you have a chance in Hell.

Any openings?

Just joshin'.

I work for a background screening company and that's exactly what becomes a gray area used to a company's advantage - what does "qualified" entail? It's like the Bill Clinton question of the definition of the word "is".

You can have hard facts on paper regarding qualifications, but the interview process can make "superior" or simple "qualifications" pop up that weren't there before.

It isn't what you know, it's who you know. If you don't know anyone, it's shiny medals on degrees that gives HR some sort of feeling that they're hiring someone that isn't a waste or a threat.

Because they're assisting in the decline of the economy and lowering in the value of the dollar. Basically seeding collapse. But hey, it won't happen in their lifetime, so seed away!

It's like you have a sixth sense. ;)

I've been saying this same damn thing since the late 90s and get the same response every time: glazed eyes followed by "so anyway..."

What kills me is that I can never get a logical AND emotionally-agreeable answer to "define 'good talent.'"

I would love to see (literally) what happens if an American-born citizen wants to escape bad things in this good ol' USA and immigrates into India. What jobs could they find? How fast? How much pay? LOL

Is this 1997?

And if the more expensive labor offered to work for less money? Then what?

There's a difference between a "spin-off" and an "invention".

One name: Stephen Hawking.

OMG, my Canon ImageRunners are doing the same thing! It must be a virus!

I'd better write up a research document on this and request some grant money.

I can tell you right now that the release of MSO to the Droid is one of those nifty tactics to generate false failures, sortcomings, and unsafe situations that make people want to find a "more secure device" that "addresses these problems or never had them".

Funny how an ad of the latest MS tablet device will appear at just the right moment.

I'm not joking.