THE MOTHERFUCKING HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE?!?!?!?!!?

[broken_points]

on thursday we got pulled into a meeting with our operations director (read: my boss's boss). they're outsourcing some of our work. TO. FUCKING. INDIA.

a) my official title is Publishing Support Assistant (II). my job function is COPYEDITOR

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[v_for_vendetta]

Ah, but you see, your rage at what presumably sounds like more work for you has clouded your mind to the situation. See, the company is probably thinking that if they're going to continue getting work with shitty spelling and grammar, they might as well get work with shitty spelling and grammar for less money.

In other words, the company would rather pay less for shitty work they have to hire someone to copyedit, than pay more for work done well.

In other words, you officially have job security. Yay!?

[broken_points]

why would i have job security if the company obviously doesn't give a flying fuck as to whether or not the ads that they're producing are correct (my job is to check to make sure they are)...

[v_for_vendetta]

ah, but they clearly do care, or otherwise you wouldn't have a job at all. unless they don't ever bother to take your corrections under advisement. in which case, your job is a redundancy. which, as we all know, in the corporate world, is the closest thing to job security you can get.

[broken_points]

let me put it this way:

1) they've gotten rid of my job function for less complicated contracts. the only reason i still even do what i was hired to do is that i'm working with ads that run in the thousands of dollars and are completely insane.

2) that whole redundancy point makes no fucking sense. explain yourself, sir!

3) and just out of curiosity, how familiar are you with the corporate world?

4) the president/CEO or whatever is heading down on Thursday to check out the place. this generally means that they're looking into how they can be more cost effective. i.e. getting rid of people.

5) my official stance on the matter is fuck india, fuck corporations, fuck everyone. you would be proud. :D