My Need For A Paycheck Overrides My Righteous Indignation

I did see several items in our lovely daily rag about which it would be easy to be angry, but since I did not have access to the computer until 9:30 PM, sleepiness has overtaken my rage. Now that I am once again gainfully employed, I am exhausted by this time, and thinking only of my soft bed.

I did find out yesterday, when I was sitting with another underwriter to "observe the process", that the company outsources all of its verification of employment checks to an office in Bangladore, India.

Today, when I took the "Welcome to Mortgage Company X" online course, I found out more... The course was designed to give a history of the company, as well as detail its Mission Statement, goals, etc. There was even a test at the end (which is the only reason I paid attention to any of it). There was a section in which you clicked on a year and a "significant event in company history" popped up.

When I clicked on the year 2001, the pop up touted the closing of two American offices in order to "streamline" the operations by moving those jobs to Bangladore, India. Of course they didn't talk about "moving the jobs". It talked about how great the event was for the shareholders, because so much money had been saved, and profits had increased. I just couldn't believe that they'd try to spin it in a positive way. Maybe I'm just that naive.

Anyway, I am sad to report that I need a job more desperately than I need to cling to the saddle of my high horse, so employed I will remain...for now. Perhaps I will have the energy to be angry about something else tomorrow.

Until then...