Sign Of The Times... AOL Editorial Cuts

I was reading an article recently about AOL UK, and how it is preparing to lose more than half the editorial jobs at its newsroom operation. It's rumored that a number of positions including design will be outsourced to India.

I have to say what a disappointment and can only hope that companies don't follow suit. IR35 back in 2000 made it so difficult for English IT consultants to make money, meaning that a huge % of IT was then handed on a plate to India.

With a decrease in manufacturing, the UK has become a service industry and it looks like more aspects of this are under threat from India and other emerging countries.