[ale] Bad business

[Adrin]

The first time they are down for a few days cause they can't reach the employee, They will
reconsider there error of their ways.

I have seen a few employees get home sick and want to visit the homeland and just up a
quit when they could not get the month off.

Adrin


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of
> matty91 at bellsouth.net
> Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 7:24 PM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Bad business
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Geoffrey wrote:
>
> > James P. Kinney III wrote:
> > > I saw it on Slashdot. It's not good news if one reads for the trend.
> > >
> > > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_05/b3818001.htm
> >
> > Check out some of the quotes:
> >
> > "Ex-BofA managers and contractors say one-third of those jobs are headed
> > to India, where work that costs $100 an hour in the U.S. gets done for $20."
> >
> >
> > "Not far away, 26-year-old engineer Dharin Shah talks excitedly about
> > his $10,000-a-year job designing third-generation mobile-phone chips, as
> > sun pours through a skylight at the Texas Instrument Inc."
> >
> > Let's see, I believe that would be below poverty level in the states.
> >
> > Let's face it folks, whether you think the h1b thing is a problem or
> > not, if all the work is done overseas, or for half the rate here in the
> > states, there's going to be a lot of folks out of work.  If all those
> > folks are out of work, companies like Bunc of America will lose as their
> > share of their market will shrink as well.
>
> Multinational corporations don't care about workers, their only
> intention is to return increasing profits to wall street. :( America
> is becoming more and more service based, and less and less manufacturing
> based. The state of NY set a precedent a few months back. They cancelled
> third party contracts where the IT operations were sourced overseas. I
> am hoping uncle Sam steps up to the plate and keeps the government
> IT positions within our borders.
>
> One thing that has always confused me is why corporations choose India
> as opposed to China/South Korea/etc. Written and verbal communication
> may be one reason, but several other coountries also allow MNCs to abuse
> labor overseas. With the previous conflicts between Pakistan and India,
> I would think other labor markets would seem a bit more stable. I hope and
> pray ppl start to wise up and invest in america. I love our country!
>
> - Ryan
>
> >
> > I don't understand why corporate America doesn't get it.  Those folks
> > you lay off, will not be able to feed your money machine.
> >
> > --
> > Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net
> >
> > The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> > Think about it...
> >
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