why are they hiring all these people from india and outsourcing from the philippines? I won't say where I work, but it is one of the larger places and they are also hiring temporaries after the occasional small layoffs. I understand if it was an international corporation such as ikea as an example where they sell products worldwide, but this is an insurance company solely responsible for helping americans. I know for a fact you can get workers in detroit, the desperate areas of west virginia, florida, most parts of los angeles, to do those IT or customer service positions, or anything else at minimum or close to minimum wage if they truly spent the time looking and posting for those positions, if they really needed to pay the minimum to stay afloat. Under the new healthcare act however, everyone must put in for health insurance. The government pays for those who can't from those who can. So I don't get how they can be losing money. The whole issue as I recall was that they would gain more if everyone was insured. So this issue of outsourcing with bringing in people with loopholes in the work visa program, don't make sense. They can keep those that have worked there long without laying off along with hiring those that are desperate for work at minimum wage. I know tons of people that can't find work that would have no problem starting at the bottom if necessary. Again, the company is not hurting, I'm fairly certain in my own view. If everyone is required to have health insurance with the poor getting the benefits from the government if they can't afford it, then how is it that they need to outsource along with hire people through the work visa program also. I know, I wrote a lot. Can someone answer my above questions also.
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its all driven by corporate competition. Outsourcing isn't anything new of course and to make money these days its about saving money. There's so much money saved besides the obvious salaries...no need to pay healthcare for employees, retirement, etc etc. Plus the resources offshore are college graduates and working for a large company is prestigious. In the states we (not all of course) have become lazy. Calling in sick just to have a longer weekend. Showing up late 4 out of 5 days a week. S like that happens all the time in the states...where in the 3rd world countries, workers are willing to take a 2 hour bus ride to get to work EARLY. I'm not trying to start any conflict or anything like that...I'm just speaking out of 100% experience.
well....yes people are available, but americans don't work like foreign workers do. You get 10year experience engg at 60k....will our 10year accept even 100k?
What you are describing is tragic and sad and is the inevitable consequences of globalization, citizens of a prosperous country like the US having to compete with citizens of "third-world" countries who live in extreme poverty. I'm not sure what the long term consequences of offshoring our jobs will be, but I see poverty (approaching that of these third world countries) and dependence on the government for most people in the US. Perhaps in the future the US will enforce more of the labor laws which exist in the socialistic countries of Europe to keep jobs for American citizens, but this will mean high taxes for all and less freedom. The future does not look bright.