NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #30/NN_1992_30.iso/spool/sci/engr/2384

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Subject: I don't want to keep looking for new jobs.
Date: 18 Dec 1992 18:02:14 GMT
Organization: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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The latest issue of Spectrum discusses the conversion of engineers from
military work to civilian work. One of the articles says that
many engineers could go through 10-12 jobs in a lifetime. Companies tend
to contract work out so engineers can't expect to work in a stable
company. They have to learn to manage themselves and go around looking
for work. Having to look for work every few years is a royal pain in the
ass. Upper management should be getting enough work to keep their
engineers employed. There's a few engineering firms in town. They bid
on contracts and employ engineers to grind out the details. An
engineering friend of mine was laid off from one such company because it
didn't have enough work to do. Now my friend has gone out and found
people wanting to contract work out. What's this big company doing?
It's gotten so big that it doesn't even know how to get work. They just
bury themselves with paperwork and legal matters.

Henry Choy
[e-mail]