I honestly wonder why there hasn’t been any serious effort to organize tech employees in the U.S. to push back against offshoring. Comcast has already offshored more than 5,000 tech jobs to Chennai, India, and there hasn’t been a single negative article in the mainstream media about it (NBC probably makes sure of that). I also haven’t heard of any union even attempting to organize tech workers here. Shouldn’t we be coming together and saying: enough is enough?
This company makes its money in the United States. Its customers are in the United States. Its revenue comes from the United States. Yet more and more of the technology is being built in India, and more of the business is being operated from offshore. Why?
I understand that the company isn’t performing at the top of the market and is trying to cut costs. But let’s be real. The company is still making something like $30B in profit. Offshoring doesn’t save nearly as much as leadership claims, and we can do a better job onshore. On top of that, it’s simply immoral to lay off U.S. employees only to hire thousands of people overseas.
I have nothing against India. This isn’t about that. This is a U.S. company, serving U.S. customers, operating almost entirely in the U.S. Yes, there’s Sky and NBC with real operations in Europe, so it makes sense that some work is done there. But there is no comparable business presence in India, and no justification for having 5,000–6,000 tech employees there—on top of significant customer service offshoring to India and the Philippines.
I don’t know much about unions, but call me and I’ll sign up immediately. Why isn’t anyone trying to organize at Comcast? We have to stop this madness.