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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Stockdale" data-source="post: 1104995" data-attributes="member: 3367">Die_Kluge, don't lose you head yet. I recently wrote an article on selling type of outsourcing for a project management client. (I'm in the business of writing marketing newsletters).When an organization like EDS acquires a department from some other monstrous company, they generally take as many of the current people in that department as is economically sounds. After all, who know that department better than the people currently working in it? Therefore, you are more likely to be secure in the short term. Once EDS or whomever received the outsourcing contract has better analyzed the department and identified where they will be able to capture saving, then you can begin to worry. For that matter, if its IBM and you are a good programmer, they may keep you around for some time. My mother-in-law programmed at NBD before the merger to Bank One. Her department was outsourced to IBM during or just prior to the acquisition. She stayed with IBM, working on different jobs for several years, before taking a position at Fords. Don't worry yet. If the company that has received the contract is worth its weight, you will know a lot of details before too long. Communication with the outsourced department's personnel is a key factor to a successfully outsourced project.</blockquote>