Should US and Canadian salaried Engineers and Technicians start thinking about joining the IFPTE union? I've never been pro-union, but maybe it's time to put the company on notice. Every time RA offshores a job it weakens the company. The below industry pay and above average work hours is driving talent away making the company weaker. Those that stay have to absorb the additional workload without a corresponding increase in compensation leading to increased people experiencing burn out. Let's stop the bleeding and get RA back on track to being an employer of choice and speak as one voice to get equitable pay and cost of living increases that keep pace with inflation.
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Hey "Down with Unions", if your reading comprehension skills are any indication of what Devens has to offer, it's no wonder your job is being shipped to Mexico. The original post was about salaried employees, not easily replaced hourly workers. Have fun training the people that are taking your job. Better start to practice saying "would you like fries with that?".
There isn’t a plant in ALL of Rockwell with a leader competent and versed enough to actually form a union lol maybe they tried in Devens, operators are kept from talking to any sympathetic managers who could help anyway I bet even the poster of this thread doesn’t know how to form a union or has the cojones to find a single leader to start the process! lol
We can only hope that Veena is offshored to India too. they may see through her incompetence and nothing burgerness much quicker than white ppl whose hands get tied with her dei defense…
The company can outsource /offshore a vast majority of office jobs (it, engineering, sales etc.). The pandemic and consequently the “remote work era” has proved that a lot of jobs can be performed remotely (i.e India etc.).
Blake just announced opening a new facility in India
The people in the USA are going to enjoy how the merit increase is being determined, it is no longer based on pay for performance. If you are near the top of your pay scale for your role, you will get less of an increase. If you are near the low end of your pay scale, you will get more of an increase.
Don't forget, the talent and experience is in the US - you get what you pay for.
Not sure how unionizing eng and techs will help with the job security.
The compnies thrive in global environment and can outsource/offshore most of the roles to lower cost regions
The US cost of labour is much higher than Poland or China or India.
In the same vein, the latest rumor is Poland will be receiving a higher merit increase than the US.