Where is my job gone - rte programme

dodgyme

Not to sure if I got the title of the programme wrong but just wondering if anyone saw this last night.

Basically folks who had lost mainly manufacturing jobs during the boom years. Thermastat factory where couples meet and married etc. Kinda reminded me of the only hope there was in the 80's if you were lucky enough to get a job in the only decent factory around while most emigrated. Then with the boom the luck ran out.

Anyhow there was this one on it from the 'knowledge economy'. She worked for merril lynch and was a complete a**wipe. She was from down the country (cork I think) and her accent was some kinda warped version of what she thought was sophistocated. But she had worked in london so I guess she must be a cut above.

not sure if anyone else here saw it.

KerranJast

Yeah I saw most of it. I knew the heads of those lads from Motorola. I left just before they shut up shop. I don't want to sound cruel but anyone in low end manufacturing jobs should have known for the last 5-6 years that work like that would be drying up in the short to medium term. You just can't compete with Asia and Eastern Europe (and Africa in the long run) for low cost jobs like that. As for Motorola, unlike the general publics information the loss of that plant wasn't due to Irelands economy or the low cost nature of India and China. Motorola as a corporation have had a disastrous few years since the highs of the RAZR days. They still haven't found someone to fill their "Mobile Devices" CEO position.

That asswipe woman was painful to watch.

SprostonGreen

The constant music in the background made it feel like a corporate video. I've noticed a lot of RTE productions have done that recently, there is never a gap without music, fade to black, new song.

MattEmulsion

RTÉt love talking us into a recession though don't they

Stark

dodgyme wrote: »

But she had worked in london so I guess she must be a cut above.

Is that sarcasm?

It doesn't take much to land a job with an investment company in London, you just need to be an asswipe who can talk your way through their HR departments