I suggested similar in another Lobsang cheese and whine party, and he ignored it.
Wow - some company is offshoring jobs TO the USA?
Oh, well, if common sense doesn’t appeal, there’s not much to do. Why ask these questions then?
You may have more employment options than you think. Sometimes I talk with people who are considering new jobs, and they think they’re too specialized to be useful anywhere else. In almost all cases, they’ve been focused so much on their current jobs that they don’t see how their experience can apply to other industries. Related to what pbbth said regarding your resume, maybe you should sit down and describe your exact job to someone you don’t work with, and see if anything occurs to them.
Also, you may work for a company that has one or more competitors. Consider looking for a job with them. Even if you think your competitors are idiots (common in the company I work for), they probably have similar positions available.
If the option is available to you, the US is a great place to live. Many companies offer good health insurance to attract good employees. And despite what you see on this board and on CNN, we don’t actually bicker over politics 24/7. Many of us are kinda friendly.
Not necesarily ignored! It’s a big decision to make!
I will be brushing up my CV and probably look for other jobs. There’s very little out there that wouldn’t require a drop in position and pay. I would virtually have to start again from scratch.
Wow, lots of replies / advice in this thread! It’s much appreciated 
Asking the bosses wouldn’t do much good - It’s in their best interests to let us assume that our jobs are safe. But if it won’t do any harm then I guess it won’t do any harm.
But how do I know it won’t do any harm? If the bosses get a clue that we know something’s going to happen, then they might hasten it.
Sure. The USD is worth so little now. I was recently in the US and shocked at how cheap everything is. Anyone with Euro, Pounds, Francs, Yen… even Rupees has amazing buying power in the US now.
As I said to jjimm I’m not necesarily ignoring them. Taking them into consideration.
Manager of a wagering tote hub.
But they are not offering me a move. More likely that they will simply make us redundant and employ Americans.
If they did though, it would be something to consider.
My employer doesn’t offer benefits other than wage. Everything else (pension etc) is the responsibility of the individual.
In the UK that might be true, but you might find that in the US things are different. The vast majority of employers offer benefits in health insurance for full-time employees. In your industry (computers right?) they’ll have to offer something to salaried employees.
Yes, but given how much cheaper their US staff will be, assuming the dollar stays low, they’ll be able to afford a lot more.
An additional thing to consider. I have noticed that men with English/Irish/Aussie/hell even Scottish accents get women on an order of magnitude hotter than they would have back home. You see a hot chick and wonder, what is she doing with that lug? Then you hear him speak and the mystery is solved. But then again, hot chicks are only better than socialized medicine until you are in the waiting room with a chunk of rebar through your cranium.
My English accent differs from… say… Daniel Craig’s English accent.
Them little yanks can’t tell, bless 'em. I once changed accent significantly several times (RP, cockney, Geordie, Scottish, fake American) in an opthalmologist’s in Manhattan, and the guy didn’t bat an eyelid.
Going on what you said earlier - if you get offered redundancy or relocation, which is what happened to me, then it’s an easy choice to make - relocate and see what happens. If it goes wrong, well, you’re no worse off than if you were made redundant.
Getting a new job generally may seem a big thing to you because you’re not accustomed to it, but it is not a big decision - it’s something millions of people do every day. I’ve had ten serious jobs since I started working properly. It’s not a big thing. Same applies to moving town, renting a new place. It’s all run-of-the-mill life stuff. Pain in the arse, but not really that big a deal.