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Krakow, Poland |
| Message Name: |
What Have We Got To Lose? |
| Date Posted: |
03/07/2006 |
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LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2006--Hewitt Associates, a global human resources services company, announced today the opening of a new HR outsourcing center in Krakow, Poland.
Approximately 300 Hewitt associates will work at the Krakow center. In addition, Hewitt will conduct pension administration and software development services from the new facility.
"Krakow fits perfectly into Hewitt's global HR BPO strategy," said Bryan Doyle, president of HR outsourcing for Hewitt.
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| Message: |
Our jobs are being sent offshore. Our benefits have been slashed. We're bullied into working longer hours for less pay, and we're threatened with work improvement plans when we refuse. Our firm currently has a 34% overall engagement score, and management's response is to work on improving our financial results so that our stock price goes up, because that's what will motive employees and make them more engaged, even though most associates don't own any shares of Hewitt stock. And, corporte tools and other Hewitt whores remind us that we are "in line" with our competitors, and that if we don't like it then we should leave.
I'm sure employees/associates at our competitor's firms have similar experiences. I'm sure employees at EDS, ACS, Fidelity, Accenture, IBM, Mercer, Towers Perrin, Watson Wyatt, Convergys and others could share similar stories about their work environments. Maybe we should explore the possibility of joining a union. And, if similarly situated employees at our competitor's firms feel the same way, they may join as well. We have nothing to lose but our jobs, and we're about to lose those anyways.
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