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08-15-2003, 12:28 PM
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- Scott Kirwin clung to his job at a large investment bank through several rounds of layoffs last year. Friends marveled at the computer programmer's ability to dodge pink slips during the worst technology downturn in a decade.
But it was tough for Kirwin, 36, to relish his final assignment: training a group of programmers from India who would replace him within a year.
"They called it 'knowledge acquisition,"' the Wilmington, Delaware, resident said. "We got paid our normal salaries to train people to do our jobs. The market was so bad we couldn't really do anything about it, so we taught our replacements."
Finally laid off in April, Kirwin sent out 225 resumes before landing a temporary position without benefits at a smaller bank -- and swallowing a 20 percent pay cut. FULL STORY:http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/08/11/training.replacements.ap/index.html
But it was tough for Kirwin, 36, to relish his final assignment: training a group of programmers from India who would replace him within a year.
"They called it 'knowledge acquisition,"' the Wilmington, Delaware, resident said. "We got paid our normal salaries to train people to do our jobs. The market was so bad we couldn't really do anything about it, so we taught our replacements."
Finally laid off in April, Kirwin sent out 225 resumes before landing a temporary position without benefits at a smaller bank -- and swallowing a 20 percent pay cut. FULL STORY:http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/08/11/training.replacements.ap/index.html