AT&T CEO says hard to find skilled U.S. workers

[RecycleMichael]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder
Never been fired.  

What kind of cannon has never been fired?

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Our problem is finding SKILLED people.  

you don't need many skills to read a script for ATT tech support.  The two skills I can think of are the ability to speak and read.  If we are unable to do that then this country is ****ed.

[sgrizzle]

quote:Originally posted by RecycleMichael

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder
Never been fired.  

What kind of cannon has never been fired?

French?

[Townsend]

quote:Originally posted by inteller

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

Our problem is finding SKILLED people.  

you don't need many skills to read a script for ATT tech support.  The two skills I can think of are the ability to speak and read.  If we are unable to do that then this country is ****ed.

Tied for 15th with Haiti, Fiji, and many more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_literacy_rate

[cannon_fodder]

Sorry Inteller, I meant "our" as in the company I am hiring for.

In re the call center jobs, your points are probably more apt (sloth).

[tim huntzinger]

The problem is not the Union (though it does not help), the problem is the Co. is trying to save costs.  FT people pay $30/MO for full health insurance. Great pension package (whenever I leave, once I retire from wherever I am still vested $500/MO. and that is besides my 401k).  An older company like at&t has higher fixed costs bc of its pensioners, many of whom will spend mo time retired drawing a check than they did on the job.

One co-worker reports that of a training class of 25, at the end of one year only three people were still working at the call center.  They just do not want to put up with the grief for that compensation. No shortage of applicants willing to sign on.

Essentially the idiot got his talking points mixed up.  He got confused between outsourcing and bringing in foreign workers, because nothing he said makes sense.  To suggest that he is going to get better edgukaited wurkors in Bangladesh than the Sooner state is preposterous. Mr. $22 Million per annum.