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    State of Michigan Caught in Another Outsourcing Lie

    State of Michigan Caught in Another Outsourcing Lie, Part 1


    The State of Michigan says IBM will provide East Lansing with "100 Real Jobs"; since when did temporary internships count as real jobs?


    http://blog.mlive.com/paulagardner/2009 ... _of_2.html

    Michigan State University is announcing this morning that IBM [NYSE: IBM] will invest in a Global Delivery Center for Application Services on the East Lansing campus.

    It's a joint effort - and the first is the U.S. for IBM - among the state's economic development team, the university and the global computer giant.

    "The center will provide innovative application development and support services to modernize older and less efficient IT systems for state and local government agencies and universities," according to MSU officials.


    http://www.itjungle.com/tfh/tfh012609-story08.html

    IBM Opens App Services Center in Michigan, Support Center in Iowa

    Published: January 26, 2009
    by Timothy Prickett Morgan

    While IBM has been making layoffs around the United States and Japan, and perhaps all around the world for all we know, two Big Ten states here in America at least got some good news recently from Big Blue.

    The state government of Michigan, which is reeling from the latest pop in a 35-year implosion of the indigenous car market, has worked out a deal with IBM to plunk a global delivery center for application services in the East Lansing campus of Michigan State University. The center is, according to IBM, the first of its kind in the United States built by IBM (which begs the question about how many are already located in India and China), and will be used to modernize legacy applications used by state and local governments as well as colleges and universities, which have some of the crustiest systems and cruftiest software around. IBM and MSU are planning to expand out to help modernize IT systems at companies based in the U.S. in the healthcare, telecommunication, and other industries.

    Presumably, IBM is getting some political heat to source its projects back here in the good ole USA, or this work would still be done elsewhere [1]. While Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm was obviously pleased with the center being set up in East Lansing, since it is expected to create 100 new, direct jobs by this June and about 1,500 indirect jobs in the next five years. (They did not elaborate on how much business they expect the application modernization delivery center to do, or what platforms they would be working on, but mainframes and AS/400s will play a big part given their use in those industry sectors.) IBM says that students [why only "students"? Why not experienced professionals?] that study computer science, supply chain, and engineering at MSU will be candidates for employment at the facility [Ask again, why only "students", what happened to the "real" jobs in the Press Release put out by the State of Michigan?], which closes the loop and keeps people spending money in East Lansing [how? "Student employees" are not real bread-winners, and only 100? Why is that worthy of a Press Release?]. The operation will, in fact, be located in the MSU Federal Credit Union offices [so that "students", not real professionals. will be within walking distance of the huge MSU dorm complexes close to the Credit Union].

    [To Sum up: notice that it says "100 new, direct jobs by this June..." This is the start of the big lie. When I was contacted by a recruiter for IBM I was given a description for all of the 100 jobs which was somewhat vague. All of the jobs they are hiring American citizens for are temporary internships. They are not real jobs at all!]

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    http://www.indolink.com/News/NRI/news_081203-105019.php

    Last year [2003], Michigan awarded a $25.2 million contract to Farmington Hills-based Covansys to upgrade the computer system used by the state employees retirement system. Much of the work on the three-stage project will be done by Covansys workers in India, though the state won´t allow the company to release any details about the workload.

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    IBM says that students [why only "students"? Why not experienced professionals?] that study computer science, supply chain, and engineering at MSU will be candidates for employment at the facility [Ask again, why only "students", what happened to the "real" jobs in the Press Release put out by the State of Michigan?],
    Nothing like adding a disention between generations to the search for jobs as well! Lets see, those 35 and over who have had their jobs outsourced and need work can't get in either. Many in those ages groups aren't physically able to be "shovel ready" for the jobs they paln to give to illegals. Where is our hope and oppertunity?
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    Quote Originally Posted by crazybird
    Where is our hope and oppertunity?
    I was watching a special on cable about the Cherokee Nation and their forced march into the Indian reservations around 1830. I am wondering if there will be a similar push to hand over our "best lands" to foreign laborers while unemployed Americans are pushed out.

    Seeing the disgraceful Sacramento homeless village kind of reminds me of this.

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