[ale] Defeated by the offshoring of America....

[Robert L. Harris]

Thus spake George Carless (kafka at antichri.st):

> Hey, America's all about capitalism, isn't it?  If resources are cheaper
> off-shore, and provide a better service for the money, then so be it.  In
> practice, of course, may companies find that going off-shore can be more
> trouble than it's worth -- stories abound of cheap off-shore labour
> misrepresenting itself, with employees claiming skills, degrees, etc. that
> they don't actually possess.
> 
> At any rate, it's obviously not "because they're American" that the local
> workforce doesn't get hired, but because companies feel the need to cut
> costs -- there's little difference here between tech companies and the
> likes of Nike with their sweatshops.  Welcome to globalism and the logical
> extension of free trade -- welcome to America.


  I wonder.  Delta is in the process of laying off alot of good people to
"save money" just like companies going off shore.  Some of us sat down
with figures from required legal postings and were astounded how much
money they could save on "expenses" and still hire back all the hard
workers just by "right sizing" half of the top 3 levels of management...
The sickest part is the number of bonus checks that will go out for all
the money saved by laying off workers who mak $12/hr trying to survive.



> 
> For my part, I'm proud to be a foreigner over here stealing your jobs and
> your women. ;)
> 
> --George
> 
> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 hbbs at attbi.com wrote:
> 
> > This would make me feel like sending a brief letter to the company's CEO with a
> > picture of myself.  The letter would start off with something like "This is a
> > picture of one of the Americans you wouldn't hire for being American."
> >
> > You might also want to try to call the US Department of Labor Enforcement Office.
> >
> > - Jeff
> > > Thought you guys might be interested in a response I got this morning from
> > > a buddy of mine about a job I had interviewed for with his company:
> > >
> > > "I think they filled it last week.  The main benefit of the resource they
> > > used
> > > was the fact he was offshore.  <company name snipped/> is making every
> > > attempt to hire offshore resources when available.  You interested in
> > > moving to India?"
> > >
> > > This is a *large* American company.  While I'm not too concerned with not
> > > getting the job, it really pisses me off to see other deserving citizens
> > > getting passed up because of cheaper labor in other countries.  Had it
> > > been based solely on qualifications, I'd have no argument.
> > >
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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