I saw Sufjan on Sunday, and it was one of the most amazing concerts I have ever been to. His band was wonderful. He was wonderful. His music makes me feel so free and weightless--like I could just fly away as I listen. I love it.
Speaking of being free and weightless, that Sufjan song in the title is pertinent today. The song's title refers, of course, to the thousands that were laid off by GM in Flint, MI after GM moved it's plants to Mexico. Well, there aren't thousands of us, but my call center got shut down today. As of next Friday, I'm unemployed. I'm officially a victim of outsourcing. Sam's has officially outsourced it's call centers to a company called TCI, who will be operating a call center in Morrilton, AR.
Don't feel bad for me. I'm a college kid with his whole life ahead of him. I'm going to take my severance pay and live the high life. Feel bad for my co-workers. I spoke with one woman, Carolyn, who had worked in administrative duties for 20 years. She had worked with our call center for 4 years. She's unemployed.
We're all victims of capitalism. I couldn't believe the nerve of the Sam's executives in the room today. They felt the need to explain why they were doing this. Telling me that outsourcing saves customers money and saves the company money and increases Robson Walton and Jim Walton's fat pockets doesn't give us our jobs back. It pisses me off to hear some guy talk about how "hard" of a decision this was. Why was it hard for him? He's still going to pull down a 6 figure paycheck this year. It's not hard for people like him to lay anyone off. Nobody wants to hear how hard it was for him.
That's the problem with executives and all those big business fat cats over on the right wing. In the end, they only care about cutting costs and increasing profit. People like me will never--ever--matter to people like them.
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