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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sholari" data-source="post: 1106003" data-attributes="member: 6059">I really feel for you.  I do not exactly work for the most stable company  myself and have seen some people in adjacent departments and even within my own deparment get laid off.In terms of your situation typically how these arrangements work the outsourcer guarantees to reduce IT costs up to a certain amount or they make up the difference as part of the contract.  Then they will look at better automating processes, changing infrastructure, reducing headcount, etc..  Roughly, 30-40% of the IT staff will make it through this stuff.  If your function is pretty critical and your performance is good you will probably end up at IBM or EDS which looks good on your resume.  If you are not as confident then I'd have to agree to start looking now.  A year or so ago the healthcare industry was looking for IT people with HIPAA regulation, though not quite sure on the current status of this. Not entirely sure where else to look besides maybe government/military perhaps?  Retail IT might be another area to check out.Being a former database person myself, I have been quite surprised at the speed and extent to which IT is getting outsourced to other countries.  My approach toward job security has been through hybridization.  Your more generic/standardized forms of IT are easy to outsource. However, by also mastering a functional area (marketing, supply chain, finance, etc.) you bring to the table a more unique skill set that is harder to outsource.  Believe me most people in marketing do not like to do IT stuff and most IT people do not like to do marketing stuff.  However, there is a real need for people that understand both things but very few people who have that skill set.  Hybridization also gives you the flexibility to hop between one area and then next if things start looking spotty.All in all, the only job security for any of us these days is going to come down to supply and demand.  People will get paid a premium where there is a limited supply of a needed skill set.  People will get laid off where there is too much supply of a needed skill set.</blockquote>

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