Just became a victim of outsourcing... in reverse

[Betonov]

Not much of a news. Interesting story at least.

So we were working on a new boat design for an Italian company. We already finished the deck and were preparing to put the supports in the milling process when suddenly the entire project was scrapped.

It appears that italian unions managed to force the company to bring the entire project back home. Why outsource when you have domestic companies.

I seen the italians work. It will cost them 5 times as much for an inferior product that will not meet the deadline. Plus a severance fee, plus they have to pay us for the work and material we already done all the while everything is going to be sent to the landfill because they can't receive the already finished deck. The unions managed to do what they do best, get people laid off. I doubt the company will be able to handle so much stress.

Where do I fit in. Our company will benefit since we won't have any losses apart from loosing a customer and there's still some much work to be done my job is secured.
Apart from having my heart broken after so much work put into it I am on a ''vacation'' until next week, since the next project isn't planned until monday. So 5 days times 8-12 hours times €6 is a revenue loss of €240 to €360 I could go on a vacation to Croatia with that money

So, here's my rant for today