Office Move
My day job has decided it is most prudent to move me to another office. Actually, a bunch of people are getting shuffled. The real motivation behind this is the window offices. Some time in the past a bunch of up-at-y-ups decided it would be good for moral to put themselves in cubicals. The only real accomplishment this achieved to my knowledge was to make rumors more accurate. Any one could hear what the managers were saying on the phone for example. The high level folks are sick of not having offices and windows. Thus, we all get to move around. I am glad for the change to be honest. It is about time for a change.
I got an office at the end of a hallway. It is full of ceiling high metal cabin ates right now. It was used as a storage area. The scene from "Office Space" where the guy with the stapler was told "Ya, we need you to move your office down to the basement. We need this area for boxes." I found out a minute ago that some one will move the cabinets by the end of the week. I did scope out the mobile signal in my new office. Even with the metal cabinets, I get a full signal. This whole move thing will be a huge productivity suck for a week or so while people pack, move, and then unpack. I think in the long run, it will be better.

Trade with China

The United States lost nearly 1.5 million jobs between 1989 and 2003 because of increased trade with China, according to a report released on Tuesday by a government watchdog committee. ... The job losses have accelerated and moved into unexpected new sectors as the trade deficit -- which reflects the gap between imports and exports -- with China skyrocketed to a record $124 billion in 2003, report author and EPI senior international trade economist Robert Scott said. "The assumptions we built our trade relationship with China on have proved to be a house of cards. Everyone knew we would lose jobs in labor-intensive industries like textiles and apparel, but we thought we could hold our own in the capital-intensive, high-tech arena," Scott said in a statement. ... "It is hard to overstate the challenges posed by this export behemoth," the report said. Reuters

We track a trade deficit, why not a job deficit?