It's been a while since I posted a blog entry, so here goes nothing.
And nothing is the operative word.
It boggles my small semi functioning brain and cortex that I STILL can't obtain
full time employment. Yes, the economy is in the crapper (for the lack of a better word)
but still, it does nothing for the moral.
From what I gather, the days of Companies hiring directly are long gone.
They now go through recruiters and agencies. Yes, the companies have to pay $
up front but in the long run they save money. How ? Easy....since you work for the recruiter / agency , you get no benefits, ie...401 K , profit sharing, holidays and Medical.
Bastards, the whole lot of them.
Now I'm in a conundrum. I mean, I love this area *well not entirely thrilled with some aspects of it but...) but the cost of living here is insane. I dream of having my own place, in lieu of throwing out $ to rent. Homes here are astronomically priced. Taxes as well.
Combine that with the trouble of me getting a job and where I reside (or the area in general) you have LOT's of people on H1B visa's. What's that? It's a special work visa
so companies can hire people (mostly from India) on the cheap. So not only does jobs get outsourced to India, they're also here taking jobs from Us. Am I xenophobic? Sound a
bit racist? Or mad? Perhaps, but think about it the next time you buy a HP or pretty much
any computer (or electronic device) and g0d forbid if you should have a issue with it. Some help desk in India will answer the call thanks to outsourcing....and now their here taking American Jobs. It really irks me to no end that now some of these recruiters are
Indian run and pretty much bring in their cronies from over seas to work here. So yes,
I'm pissed off. Couple that with the price of gasoline and the greedy bastards speculating
on the prices (on Wall Street), foreclosures are out of control , and the economy on the whole being weak, well it doesn't make for a rosy picture.
So yes, I'm tired. Tired of the run arounds in dealing with getting a job. The fruitless interviews, where I'm asked simplistic questions off a piece of paper by someone who
knows less than nothing about the I.T. industry but their a HR person so that's ok (detect sarcasm).
Tired of the sleepless nights, the constant worrying, the sitting in front of a computer looking for work and sending out resumes to addresses that never get back to you.
Conversely , I have 3 people in my corner. The 1st two are my Parents who are supportive and then my GF. G0d I love her so. She totally understands me and my
situation. That being said, understanding and patience only goes so far....one day she's going to say to herself, why am I wasting time on someone who's a looser?
I'm tired and Angry (and also hungry). :)
Hopefully, something, anything will change.
