In 2000, In London, I was replaced at the Bank of America by a bunch of Indians who would not speak to me. They isolated them on an empty floor of the same building. I am quite sure that their IT maintenance costs went up by a multiple since then. 😊

𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶

𝘈 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘦𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘫𝘰𝘣𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 (𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘸𝘴𝘫.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩/𝘢𝘪/𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘢𝘪-𝘫𝘰𝘣-𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴-𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴-1𝘢7𝘣𝘥492) 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵.

𝘐𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵-𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 "𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺," 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐'𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

"𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘨 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘜𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘈𝘐. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘈𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘚𝘑 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥.

𝘔𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘢𝘸, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘱𝘢𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 $45 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 $250 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴.

𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘸𝘸𝘸.𝘻𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦.𝘤𝘰𝘮/𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴/𝘯𝘦𝘸-𝘨𝘪𝘨-𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺-𝘫𝘰𝘣-𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯-𝘢𝘪-𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴-𝘺𝘰𝘶

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𝘐’𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘈𝘐 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘖𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘰. 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘜𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘬.
𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘵𝘰𝘰.

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴, 𝘢 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬.

👉 𝘩𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘴://𝘵.𝘮𝘦/𝘋𝘳𝘔𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘰𝘯