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[QUOTE=Old-Spice2;680966] I agree - if you are strong with current technical skills and have GC, then getting a job in other companies is not an issue.[/QUOTE] THere's a lot of truth to the cost driven purge of older workers. Be it healthcare driven or just the drop in productivity due to fading ...

[QUOTE=direstraits88;680941]Sorry to hear this. Are you a full time employee or contractor? Is there any huge severance being offered for you to train the replacement? If you are in NJ, you should be able to find another job.[/QUOTE] Appreciate the concern :thup:. Yes, I'm a contractor - big mistake ...

Decades ago, following a very humiliating process to obtain the Student Visa (a lot of us went through), I had determined to never take away an American's job post completion of my studies. I had thought if it ever came to that I'd rather go back. Now, I'm a in the other shoe! having to train a h1b ...

I know the mixed feelings. many of us are in the same boat. You may want to look into reliable, trustworthy asset managers in India if you intend to keep the assets for long time. In fact, I'm even thinking of starting such a service since I haven't heard of such service.. Still.. any forum members ...

[QUOTE=crazyforger;674309]I had an 'if' in my statement that you chose to ignore.Also...you invest on mutual funds. The only way you get to zero is if all the companies from all over the world become bankrupt. Probability of that is zero [/QUOTE] That's a sweeping generalization. True only if MF is ...

[QUOTE=cmk786;673475]With 7 crore rupees you can even retired in US and can visit when ever you want to visit to India. But I would not retire in India. Lots of issues in India which will make your life miserable.[/QUOTE] I agree 100% At middle age, it gets really hard to hang on to a good job in US ...

Absolutely terrible if you have one of the hard to diagnose type issues. Too much to pay $150 -200 per doc visit and $120+ for blood tests etc. That's after some sticker shock of seeing $3500; you will gladly pay the "discounted" price. Often medicines for chronic conditions are brought from out of ...

[FONT=Calibri]Surprised to seesome of the responses like ones from Old-spice2 .. Wonder if you have thoughtabout these things: : warn: no tl;dr[/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]Unilateral"agreements"[/FONT] [FONT=Calibri]You have no power to negotiate any of the long list of terms and conditions. Like it or ...

Recently started getting notices from Kotak bank on some old account which has not been used in ages. All available balance has already been siphoned off as non-maintenance-charges (NMC) charges and NMC is now getting debited each quarter even with negative balances. I had dropped into a branch on ...

I believe one way relationships are generally not worth pursuing. Folks in India esp don't need the NRI (except for $ ofcourse) while the NRI needs India relations to feel connected or for help with properties. It's a bitter truth, I think it's best to cut loose and move on. I have a needy 'friend ...