Winning in the Global Economy - Will You be a Victim or Victor?

Part II - American Dream or American Myth? If you’re still playing by the “How to Achieve the American Dream” rules of your father and grandfather, then:

1. You’ve been downsized out of one or more jobs.
2. You company merged with corporation ABC and you’ve been rightsized out of a job to reap the “synergies” of the merger.
3. You’ve trained your replacement in Bangalore prior to your job being outsourced.
4. You’re working 60 to 80 hour per week and getting paid for 40 hours out of fear of either
1), 2), or 3) above.

5. You’re working under contract and think you’re an entrepreneur or a “consultant”, but you’re really just an “employee without health benefits”.
6. You’re recently retired from a large corporation with a “secure” pension that’s about to be decimated (defaulted to the federal government) so your former employer can continue to compete in the global economy.