[ale] Suntrust replaces 100 veteran techs with outsourced staff

[jslozier at gmail.com (Jay Lozier)]

Looks like SunTrust will on the block soon when the back end COBOL 
system crashes and no one in India knows enough COBOL to fix it.

At least I am with another bank.

Jay

On 10/22/2015 04:54 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> I'm sure by now, most people have heard that Suntrust (time to find a 
> new bank) is laying off 100 developers, having them train their 
> overseas replacements and requiring that they be available, FOR FREE, 
> over the next 2 years if required.
>
> The Register has a good writeup:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/22/the_zombie_programmer_awakens/
> -- 
> James P. Kinney III
>
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