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Originally Posted by toy

Before I give my opinion on what has happened to our country I would like to thank cat driver for making a list of some of the companies that have moved their manufacturing out of this country, but that is just a partial listing I feel it is much larger than that.

Good Mornin Toy,
I can only speak with any kind of authority on but one company on Cat Drivers' list. That cpmpany would be Pitney Bowes.

I worked for them as a modelmaker/ toolmaker for just about 20 years. This fall I will have been seperated from the company for two years. The last few years that I was there, I watched more and more work go over seas. Obviously the company was trying to bring its products to market with minimal costs to maximize their profits. My problem with all of that, was it wasnt working on many fronts ! What do I mean by that claim ? We repeatedly sent entire projects to China, for both engineering development and later on manufacturing. What China sent back to us weres machines that didnt work ! We in turn sent our engineers over there to straighten out the problems, on numerous occassions. When it became apparent, that the only way that the product was going to be launched, was to bring the entire project back to the states, re engineer it and test it over here, thats precisely what they did ! How could we possibly make money by going through all that baloney ?

I knew the company was in trouble, when upper management was seeking input from its rank and file workers, on what direction the company should be headed in respect to new business ! As a blue collar worker, I felt that if I could offer advice on saving time on a particular process, I would do just that ! But I felt that all those over priced Ivy Leaguers' running the top slots of the company, should bemaking the decisions on future business direction ! JMO !

In the end Im glad Im out of that rat race, I sure dont miss any of it !