I used to work for an extremely large/old/established engineering firm, their processes and procedures were written from experience, meaning they were some of the best that ever were. I loved working there, the people were wonderful, some were weird but you didnt have to interact with them if you didnt want to. There were multiple career paths, lots of growth, lots of experience to be gained if you wanted, lots of variety. I thought it was wonderful.

I left in 2013 because they announced at the quarterly company wide meeting that next year they were outsourcing 100% of the business unit I wanted to stay in to their India office.

1HB visas have continued to drive wages down and plague my career and salary advancements everywhere I go, so much that whenever I put myself out there that i am open to a new position i get flooded with jeet emails with non-benefited short term positions for less $/hour than I was making 15 years ago.