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GreyGhost said:
I don't think graphic design should move offshore.
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Offshoring often results in "you get what you pay for".

I have direct first hand experience. I'll leave it at that.
 
mimico_polak said:
That’s interesting about the ageism in your industry. In my industry people are screaming and begging for the old guys to come out of retirement because there’s just not enough people with experience.
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Well, because I'm 50, I obviously have no connection to what is cool, designwise anymore.
To add to the ageism, look at another thread here -- the millennials and younger bash boomers and gen-x, 'cause they believe we intentionally screwed them over in the housing market etc. Put that attitude together with a creative field, and you can see where I'm going.

I've interviewed many people when I was a supervisor - the younger people tended to come up with more, ummm.. creative titles for themselves... i.e. Web designer = digital evangelist. Or the whole Garbage Man = Sanitation Engineer thing.

That was usually a red flag for me, but if the rest of their resume was good, and they did well in the first interview, I would call them in for a practical. Here's a bunch of source files, now create a 1 page flyer in whatever style you wish. You have 1 hour. Go.

Pretty much all of the inflated title people (i.e. younger) had the lousiest finished pieces, constructed horribly inefficiently and had many other errors that would need to fixed down the line. Not saying that they had bad ideas, but lacked experience to complete the jobs correctly and in a timely manner.

So, Back to moving files offshore and Dougie... Maybe he realizes that there is always stuff in design that could be considered essential -- window posters showing covid restrictions, sale prices in stores, labels for products etc. Getting stuff done in a very fast turnover, with quality work is hard to do if it's going to India etc.

A former employer tried using Indian designers many times. They used the wrong programs for the tasks (i.e. photoshop for walls of text), layer construction was an absolute maze to attempt to figure out, wrong colour models, spelling mistakes everywhere.

But hey, if you want to go offshore to save money, you'll only end up spending the savings (and maybe more) fixing the design files.

That's my $0.02 worth...
 
GreyGhost said:
I don't think graphic design should move offshore. I use someone that is really good and takes my crappy ideas and gives me back something much better. I don't mind paying him for his experience and eye. I am just saying it was a strange thing for Douggie to specifically call out as it is something that can move offshore and educating more people here will not change that trend (it will either stay or go without the tax credit is my point). Most of the other items flagged cannot leave and the jobs are guaranteed to remain here (equipment operators, psw etc).
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That is what a good designer does and I agree it is something you need here so you can work with them. We had a client go to China because their prices were insanely cheap, below our cost for large catalogues but with any issues they had to be up at China time and even then the language barrier and distance made getting things done right very difficult. They ultimately came back because of the service we offered the poor service they got over seas.
 
We use an advertising and design house based here, they offshore some stuff from within thie company , but our contact is based here. The time delays aren't an industry problem as they will get out of bed to comply with your time line, your paying them.

The biggest shift is what is appropriate for an ad in France is completely different than an ad in Ohio. People in Mumbia may not get that.

Our current largest use is signboards in Home centers and lumberyards , even in a basic product promotion sign, text size, font style, color is important. We have all seen bad signage. the message gets lost.
 
Evoex said:

nailed it?
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Toronto apparently had 30% of their injection spots open today. Next week 30,000 spots are available with a total capacity of 6.300 shots per day. They dropped to allow down to 70 years old to try to get what they have into arms.
 
Ottawa has zero right now. The supply was expected to be here a couple of weeks ago. I know someone who was hired and trained to do the paperwork as people were vaccinated weeks ago, but there's nothing for them to do yet, and no pay coming in.

It makes Ford look bad.
 
There is only so much chemical, and so many folks trained to inject it. Folks can yell all they want , it will only move so fast.
 
My wife finally got booked in for her shot. April 15. I'm 5 years younger. No sign of when I'll get mine.
 
Baggsy said:
My comment is that an 80 year old Muslim woman is not required by the government here to wear a hijab at all times. She decides.
As for your brother, he qualifies for an exemption. No loophole.

If you're truly compliant with the mask rules, you shouldn't have to wear one often. Only during that once a month when you go shopping for food. If your wife is an essential worker, and you aren't, she should be doing the shopping, and you shouldn't have to wear a mask, ever.

I understand your frustration, but everyone's a snowflake now
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Re the 80 YO Muslim woman. I agree that it's a religious matter, not a legal one but when a far younger wimp complains about not being able to breath it should be pointed out as BS.

If I wanted to apply for a handicap parking permit or plate for my brother the request would have to be accompanied by a letter from a doctor who would certify he met the requirements. He died of cancer and was cremated six years ago so he wouldn't be available for the medical exam. A two minute phone call got me the mask exemption.

The Ontario government has a nine page document outlining the rules and regulations of the plate / sticker. Basically the holder can use the blue parking spots. They can't, for their convenience, park in fire lanes, live traffic lanes etc. Some municipalities may give them free street parking.

If a healthy person abuses the handicap system the person is a scumball but their actions are unlikely to contribute to the deaths of tens of thousands of people. Their actions will cause a major inconvenience to the truly disabled but will not result in a trillion dollar government debt. I assume the private losses to companies will be of similar magnitude. We have a death count but on top of that there are the financial lives that have been destroyed. Emotional lives have been destroyed with parents in LTC being locked away. Funerals restricted, weddings on hold, children without playmates, difficult learners without face to face teaching etc.

Medical confidentiality concerns are BS. The handicap letter from the doctor states that the person qualifies for the permit. It doesn't say why and the person doesn't have to divulge anything to anyone short of a court order.

The handicap dashboard placard has a name and serial number on it linking it to one individual.

How many people would qualify for a mask exemption on physical grounds? If a person's respiratory system was so weak they couldn't breath through a mask they likely have COPD or a variant. They are probably so weak that they can't walk.

I spoke to the manager of a nearby grocery store and he was between a rock and a hard place on the matter. Not wanting a disturbance and wanting to protect his customers. He was totally open to solutions if there was the occasional person that couldn't genuinely wear a mask. On line shopping is the simplest, delivered or pick up.

Psychological problems with face covering are a possibilities but do we allow a person with a problem to endanger others and destroy lives?

A bunch of people in the USA have paranoia issues and don't feel comfortable without guns on their hips. Should we allow that here? It's a different shade of grey but still the same concept, the rights of the individual vs the rights of the general population.

Re the TTC exemption card, it says "I'm unable to wear a mask. Please maintain physical distancing."

Depending on where the person sits they could block off a large part of a bus in rush hour.

If the bus is crowded and a mask exempt person gets on does everyone else have to move or do others have to get off? Is the mask exempt person denied entry to the bus because it's too full to accept them?

Yeah there are too many snowflakes.

How do you deal with snowflakes??? Use a flamethrower.

When the Covid situation started going sideways Trudeau should have called in the military. They've handled disasters around the world. Our politicians only kiss babies and the rear ends of big businesses.

Ford and Trudeau started off OK, Trudeau to a degree was also dealing with Trump making his job harder but the lunacy of him and his string pullers continuing when they were over their heads is ridiculous.

In reality the mask exemption problem isn't that great, the occasional shopper. It is more of an indicator of how all levels of our governments think and they are incompetent with regards to making hard decisions for the good of the general population.
 
actually this is not his fault, and he's always outraged at somebody, because people do dumb **** and he doesn't suffer fools.

I didnt like him when I voted him in and the Liberals out, but I would vote him back in.
 
crankcall said:
actually this is not his fault, and he's always outraged at somebody, because people do dumb **** and he doesn't suffer fools.

I didnt like him when I voted him in and the Liberals out, but I would vote him back in.
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Toronto having tons of extra shots (because people are dumb and not in a rush to get the shots) while Ottawa has nothing is partly Douggie's issue but he can clean that up quickly (and then we can listen to Toronto moaning about how they are being screwed by Douggie).
 
Weren't we supposed to be into "phase 2" by this point with a lot of essential workers being eligible?

I kind of figured I'd be booking an appointment about a week ago and be getting my shot in another week or two.

Anyhow, bring on the lockdown....it is what it is. We have to do it, lets just do it. I don't get why Ford can't just pull the trigger on these sorts of decisions rather than dancing around the topic, making vague suggestions it's about to happen....and then not actually doing it for another 4-7 days while the numbers continue to get worse. Just like what happened at Christmas.

We know easter weekend is going to be another superspreader weekend. The difference between announcing the lockdown and restrictions effective tomorrow night vs next Monday night is the difference between some (certainly not all, we know some don't care) people thinking "Well, it's still kinda OK, we'll get together with family for easter dinner" versus "Well, guess we'd best cancel that and do it another time".
 
Halton booking appts starting tomorrow for 65 and older. That’s 5 days after opening it up to 70 and older. The cycle has shortened by 2 days. At this rate, I will be booking mine in 10 days .


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