What's wrong with the market?

[zscoundrel]

That is another result of business "leaders" that have their heads 
planted firmly in their backsides!  Back in the '70's and '80's I asked 
what we would do when year 2000 rolled around and I was told 'you don't 
need to worry about that, we have it under control'.  Then in the late 
'90's these same exec's start blustering about how badly I/T bungled the 
problem.

During all the big hiring pushes in '97 - '99 my company even paid the 
I/t people 15 to 20 percent yearly y2k retention bonuses to stick around 
through the summer of 2001.  When they announced the bonus I asked, 
"What happens in the summer of 2001 when Y2K is over?"  The response 
was, "Oh, don't worry, we will have LOTS for you to do!".

Yeah, Right!!  Filing unemployment forms, looking for help wanted ads, 
and mailing resumes!  Not really what I am trained for, but on the plus 
side, I don't have to put up with a garbage OS mandated by a gaggle of 
Harvard MBA's that can't count past ten with their shoes on!

Tony Zafiropoulos wrote:

> On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, Brian Densmore wrote:
> 
> 
>>Ahh, you mean the KC market is dry. Well, that doesn't surprise me.
>>KC always did have a very strange job market. 
>>'Course I haven't tried to get something new in more than a year.
>>
>>Brian
>>
>>
> 
> I don't mean to be more pessimistic, but the St. Louis job market is dry
> as well.
> 
> In my opinion this is just a typical boom-bust cycle and its effects.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> tony
> 
> 
>